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April 23, 2003
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Friday, April 25
at South Puget
Sound
@ 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 26
Chemeketa
@ 2 p.m.
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NIC DELZELL Clackamas Print
Softball players celebrate an out during their April 12 game against Lower Columbia. The Cougars defeated Lower
Columbia 4-2, ending LCC’s NWAACC-record 54 game win streak.
Tuesday, April 29
Grays Harbor
@ 3 p.m.
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Softball captures third place
in Crossover Tournament
Frank Jordan
The Clackamas Print
Saturday, April 26
at Lane
@ 1 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29
Mt. Hood
@ 1 p.m.
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Saturday, April 26
Oregon Invitational
at Eugene, Ore.
Monday/Tuesday,
April 28-29
NWAACC Multi
Championships
at Spokane, Wash.
Clackamas softball closed out a
5-2 week with a third place finish
at
the
Northwest Athletic
Association
of
Community
Colleges’ Crossover Tournament
held last weekend in Wenatchee,
Wash.
Clackamas opened the tourna
ment Saturday morning with a 3-1
win over Edmonds CC. Carleen
Lessard allowed only two hits and
one run in four innings of work,
while Brieanne Thum allowed one
hit in her two innings pitched.
Miranda Gillaspie hit her second
homerun of the season. Carla Lillis
and Jessica Nagi supplied RBI sin
gles in the wilt
The
Cougars
took
on
Wenatchee Valley CC in the sec
ond game on Saturday and played
well, but lost a heartbreaking game
to the host school, 2-1. Two close
calls at the plate went against the
Cougars in the sixth inning, help
ing WVCC to the win.
“We played really well, but
sometimes those things happen,”
said Head Coach Paul Fiskum.
“We hit the ball really hard, but the
breaks went against us.”
With the loss, Clackamas fell
into the third-place bracket and
met Shoreline CC Sunday morn
ing. CCC bounced back from the
loss to Wenatchee Valley and
defeated Shoreline 3-2.
The Cougars got singles from
Angie Roberti and Kim Kraxberger
in the second inning to drive in the
first two runs of the game, then
Lillis doubled home Randi
Middagh in the fifth to finish the
Cougar scoring. Thurn pitched
four innings for the win, allowing
one run on five hits, while
Gillaspie gave up one run on two
hits in relief.
Clackamas took on second-
ranked Spokane CC Sunday after
noon and used a dominating pitch
ing performance by Lessard to
defeat Spokane 3-0.
Lessard
allowed two hits, striking out eight
in five innings. Brooke Comstock
had two RBI singles at the plate
and Lillis knocked in a run in the
fifth inning.
“We got to
see a lot of
high quality
teams...”
Paul Fiskum
Head Softball
Coach
Clackamas took on Chemeketa
CC in the third-place trophy game
and used a complete game from
Thum to defeat the Chiefs 5-0.
Thum allowed four hits and struck
out six. Comstock had two more
RBI at the plate as part of a ten-hit
attack for the Cougars.
“We got to see a lot of high-
quality teams that, frankly, we
don’t get to see much during the
season. It only helps to see them
because we will likely face some
of them come NWAACC tourna
ment
time,”
said
Fiskum.
“Edmonds, Wenatchee, Spokane,
all of those teams are perennial
playoff and championship con
tenders in this conference, so it is
good to see them now to get ready
for them later.”
Earlier in the week, Clackamas
lost 2-1 to Mi. Hood CC. Lessard
threw a four-hitter, and although
the Cougars hit the ball hard, they
couldn’t get enough breaks to
defeat the Saints. Clackamas had
runners on second and third with
one out in the seventh, but a line
drive to the second baseman, who
then stepped on second base to
force a runner out, ended the game.
Clackamas took on number-one
ranked Lower Columbia College in
a makeup game last Wednesday,
and came away with their second
straight win over the defending
NWAACC champions by a score of
7-5.
Clackamas got behind 4-0 after
three innings when Lower
Columbia’s All-American second
baseman Megan Jezierski hit two
homeruns. The Cougars bounced
back in the fourth when Nicole
Obrist singled, Kraxberger singled,
Melissa Gibson walked to load the
bases, Morgan Huffstutter walked
to force in a run and Middagh sin
gled home Kraxberger. Lillis lined
into a double play, but on the play,
Huffstutter charged around third
and scored on the fielder’s choice.
Clackamas scored three more
runs in the fifth when Nagi reached
on an error, then Obrist singled,
Kraxberger bunted for a single and
Gibson knocked home Nagi on a
fielder’s choice;
Huffstutter
reached on another error,- scoring
Kraxberger, then Middagh laid
down a bunt to bring home Gibson.
After giving up a leadoff home
run in the sixth, Lessard was
relieved by Thum on the mound.
Thum gave up a single, then struck
out the side to finish the LCC rally
and seal the victory.
“We showed our competitive
spirit in this game, we just never
gave up after getting down 4-0,”
Fiskum said. “We weren’t going
down without a fight. We put some
great pressure on LCC and it
showed in the vyay the game played
itself out. It may have led to some
errors on their part. I am just so
proud of these girls.”
The next home action for the
Cougars will be April 26 against
Chemeketa CC. The doubleheader
with the Chiefs begins at 2 p.m.
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