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November 3, 2004
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The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas volleyball
team had another triumphant
week finishing first at the Mt.
Hood Halloween Classic.
Last Saturday, the Cougars
battled against Columbia Basin
CC in the Mt. Hood Classic
final and were victorious 30-
27, 31-27, 30-10. Clackamas is
ranked No. 1 and Columbia
Basin is currently ranked No. 2
in the NWAACC Coaches’
Poll.
“Columbia Basin is who we
wanted to play in the final,”
Head Coach Kathie Woods
said. “They’re a top-ranked
team and we beat them. We
played an unconscious final
game; they played well but our
defense held them back and
they eventually cracked.”
Saturday, the Cougars faced
Chemeketa CC and Bellevue
CC in bracket play, defeating
both teams on the way to the
final. In the 'semi-final game
against Chemeketa, outside hit
ter Brianna McLeod stepped in
and played setter for the first
time, leading the Cougar vol
leybailers to the win.
The Cougars were also able
to overwhelm Highline CC,
Shoreline CC and Bellevue CC
in pool play on Friday night.
The Cougars dominated the
tournament from start to finish
and were 6-0 in overall match
es and 17-2 in overall games.
Woods said she is very
pleased with her team’s first-
ever first-place finish at the
Halloween Classic.
“We are very pleased with
our first place finish at the tour
nament,” Woods said. “The
Mt. Hood Halloween Classic is
a very prestigious tournament
and these were some
teams in the NWA
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Cougar runner takes first at S
Nie Delzell Clackamas Print
Brianna McLeod (6) and Jessica Heidenreich (2) wait for
the ball to drop at the Mt. Hood Halloween Classic. The
Cougars are currently 10-1 in league play and 33-8
overall. They also ranked first in the NWAACC Coaches’ Poll,
Clackamas brings the
beat-down to Bellevue
Michael McCormack
The Clackamas Print
Despite playing their third
game in a week, the Clackamas
Women’s soccer team continued
their season of excellence this
past Saturday in a 4-1 victory
over the visiting Bellevue
Bulldogs.
“We played well ... but we
were a little fatigued from the
long week,” Head Coach Tracy
Nelson said.
Clackamas scored once in
the first half with a beautiful
pass from freshman Ashley
Webster to Emily Ingalls, who
put the ball into the back of the
net.
Bellevue was able to hold off
the usually explosive Cougar
offense in the first half with
excellent ball movement and
good team play.
In the second half the
Cougars were capable of getting
more chances on goal and
scored three times in the second
frame. The conference’s leading
goal scorer, Vicky Rodriguez,
was proficient once again, find
ing the back of the not twice.
Webster also contributed a goal
of her own en route to the
team’s 14th win in 16 games.
With a lack of substitutions,
the Cougars have relied so
much on their team condition
ing this season. They have been
able to last longer and outrun
their opponents for the majority
of the year.
“We are a fitness team,”
Nelson said. “We don’t sub
much, so we have to be fit.”
Heading into the final week
of the regular season the
Cougars have clinched the
NWAACC Southern Division
and have done it in impressive
fashion. The Cougar Women
have outscored their opponents
with a remarkable count of 57-
4, while shutting out 12 teams
along the way..
The team has two remaining
games before the postseason
begins next Week. They will
face Clark in their final home
game on Thursday, and then
travel up to Olympic College to
conclude their season on
Saturday.
Olympic is just one of two
teams this year to put a flaw in
the Cougar’s record when the
teams tied 1-1 back in late
September. When asked if the
team would like revenge,
Nelson said enthusiastically,
“Oh yeah.”
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Jon Butkey, crossing the finish line, placed first at the Southern Region Champii
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