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5, 2004
T he C lackamas P rint * 9
ackamas baseball nearly sweeps league leader Lane CC
Nic Delzell
S ports E ditor
zkarhas baseball (8-10
12-17 overall) was able to
split with division leading
'.C last Saturday.
Copgars lost a heartbreak
amp one against Lane 6-5.
rt stop Jason Chan went 4-
two runs scored and one
□ase.
Cougars went into the
nning up 5-3 and. gave up
uns for the loss.
good day that could have
;rcat,” Head Coach Robin
on «id. “Playing Lane, the
leader, we out-played them
here except out closing
1 the ninth.”
Cougars were victorious in
wo 5-3 as Chan went 2-2
vo puns scored. Catcher
Humphrey smacked a two
uble.
/an Goff picked up the win
che®great,” Robinson said.
April ¡29 the Cougars split
1 ann-Benton CC. The
s won game one 5-4 as
mi th went 2-4 with an RBI
Iy Combs went 1 -4 with an
>uble and Humphrey went
5 two- runs.
id Neffendorf pitched a
x innings,” Robinson said.
Freshman Cougar basebailer Josh Breslaw steps up to the plate and leans in to try and lay down the bunt during the
Cougars blow-out loss against Mt. Hood CC on April 27. The Cougars lost by a score of 16-1.
Ncffendorf is leading the
Cougar pitchers in wins so far
this season; he is 4-2 with a 3.59
ERA.
In game two the Cougar
offense was held to one run off
eight hits as they lost 4-1. Chan
went 2-4 and Smith went 2-3.
“Johnny Bliss pitched okay, but
lost,” said Robinson. “Jack
Whipple pitched great in one
inning of relief.”
Mt. Hood CC was able to
sweep the Cougars in a make-up
double header on April 27, The
Cougars were routed in game one
16-1 and lost game two 2-1.
Tuesday, the Cougars played
Mt. Hood once again but results
were not available at press time.
ljuries leave Clackamas softball split
NIC DELZELL C lackamas P rint
imas softballer Cijay Koanui takes a cut during a recent home game. The softballers are now 1 7-5 in the NWAACC South.
?e Clackamas
mil hit the road
finished up 3-3
vr the week
Frank Jordan
e
C lackamas P rint
Clackamas softball team
up-and-down week, split-
irec doubleheaders and
g one to run their record
overall and 17-5 in the
■n Division of
the
LC.
I 27, the Cougars traveled
os Bay to take on
astern Oregon CC and in
ic, Holly Marlow tossed a
shutout and got a walk
/ bases loaded from Cijay
to force in the only run of
e in a CCC 1-0 victory.
e two started out well for
the Cougars as they got a bascs-
loaded walk from Koanui and an
Angie Robert! two-RBI single to
give CCC an early 3-0 lead.
SWOCC came back with two
runs in the third,-three runs in the
fourth and a single run in. the fifth
to take the 6-3 win.
“We played tough all day, but in
the end it was a split,” said Head
Coach Paul Fiskum; “Chelsea
Koch took the loss in game two,
but She threw pretty well.”
Last Friday» the Cougars came
home and took on South Puget
Sound CC. Clackamas got solid
pitching and some timely hitting
to sweep the Clippers by identical
6-3 scores in both ends of the
twinbill.
Koch tossed a solid game in
game one» pitching 6 1/3 innings
to pick up the victory, while
Nicole Winklcy provided the big
blow» hitting her first collegiate
home run in the second to spark
the Cougars to the 6-3 win.
Game two was a seesaw affair,
with SPSCC getting a run in the son,” said Fiskum.
first, then CCC countering with
A two-run error in the first
two runs of their own. The inning got the ball rolling for the
Clippers added a run in the second Storm and they did not let up in
to tie the game, but
the 5-0 win over
Clackamas got an
the Cougars.
RBI single from
Game two was
Koanui in the sec
completely
the
“We played
ond, an RBI single
opposite of game
tough
all
day,
from Kaycc Ernst
one, as Clackamas
but in the end
and a bascs-loaded
jumped on the
walk from Makenzie
back of Marlow,
it
was
a
Marincau in the
who threw anoth
split.”
third to give the
er
outstanding
Cougars a 5-3 lead.
game,
allowing
Marincau
added
only three hits in
Paul Fiskum
another RBI in the
the 6-0 Clackamas
Head Softball Coach
sixth on a single to
victory.
cap another 6-3
Monday, it was
Cougar win.
back on the road
Saturday, the Cougars traveled for the Cougars as they traveled to
down to Salem to take . on Olympia, Wash., to take on South
Chcmekcta CC and followed a Puget Sound for the second time in
shutout loss in game one with a four days. Unfortunately, SPSCC
shutout of their own in game two pounded out 13 hits in game one,
to split the doubleheader.
outscoring the Cougars 11-9.
“It was.probably the best pitch
Koanui provided the Cougars an
ing performance against us all sea early spark, hitting her first collegiate
home run to give (ICC an early lead.
But the Clippers scored five runs on
seven hits in the bottom of the sixth
inning to take an 11-7 lead, and sur
vived a two-run home run from
Winklcy in the top of the seventh to
get the victory.
Again, the Cougars sucked it up
and bounced back from a tough
game one by jumping all over their
opponent in game two, scoring eight
runs in the first three innings to take
an 8-1 lead, then holding on at the
end for the 8-6 win.
“We arc battling like heck, that is
for sure. The team is focused on the
task at hand and they sure working
hard ” said Fiskum. “Unfortunately,
the injury bug continues to haunt
us.”
Clackamas closes its home
schedule this weekend with dou
bleheaders Friday against Mt.
Hood CC and Saturday against
Lower Columbia College. Friday’s
first game begins at 3 p.m. and
Saturday’s first pitch is 2 p.m. on
the Cougar diamond.