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Clackamas Print
Sports
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
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Santos, Cristofaro K opposition
Frank Jordan
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The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas softball team had a 5-2 week, losing games to Lower
Columbia College and Mt. Hood CC, while sweeping doubleheaders against
Southwestern Oregon CC and Clark College.
Renee Santos set a new school record for strikeouts in a single season dur
ing a Friday win over SW Oregon. Santos struck out nine Laker hitters during
CCC’s 8-0 win, giving her 224 strikeouts on the season, breaking the mark of
223 K’s set by Holly Marlow during the 2004 season.
Santos ran her record to 14-2 for the season, although she
left after 4 1/3 -innings due to soreness in her pitch
ing arm. Janelle Cristofaro finished out the Cougar
victory in game one, and then tossed a complete
game in the second game, a 12-0 Cougar romp.
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Cristofaro struck out five and gave up only !
one hit in game two, while Jessica Schell and !
Sam Daline each contributed three hits to the g KBSF e
Cougar offense.
Saturday, the Cougars took on the
Chemeketa Storm and. got more strong
pitching from Santos and Cristofaro, while
Schell and Heather Rightley helped supply
the offense in a 6-3 and 3-2 doubleheader J
sweep.
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Santos struck out 16 Storm hitters g >
in the game one victory, .running her Ik
record to 15-3 and increasing her Ilk
single-season strikeout record set the !
day before. Schell hit a towering !^Bl
home run during a five-run sec- !
ond inning to set the pace for the !
Cougars.
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Cristofaro ran her record to ! jB^^R
11 -2 with a complete-game four- ! j ^^BBB
hitter while striking out three #
in game two, as Clackamas / Jg
pushed across a fifth-inning #
run to break a 2-2 tie and , ^B
send the Storm back to
Salem with a 3-2 loss.
The Cougars played
host to the defending
NWAACC champions J
from Lower Columbia g
College yesterday; 1
results were not g
available -¡at press;
time. Friday, Clackamas
goes to Gresham to take on
second-place Mt. Hood CC in a
key Southern Division matchup. The
Cougars lead the Lady Saints by two games
in division play entering this week’s games.
Saturday, CCC travels to Salem to play Chemeketa in a
doubleheader on the Chemeketa campus.
“We are still playing very well, although we have had some
ups-and-downs over the last week,” said Head Coach Jessica Farnsworth.
“Both of our pitchers are feeling the effects of a long season, but they are hang
ing in there. Renee [Santos] has had some soreness in her arin, but we will rest
her on practice days. Her arm is not a major concern at the moment. We will
keep an eye on her, definitely.”
The next Cougar home game is Tuesday, May 8, when Clackamas will take
on Southwestern Oregon CC in a doubleheader ' beginning at 3 p.m. on thh
Cougar softball diamond behind Randall Hall.
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Freeman, Cernin sign, will continue college basketball career.
Big
man
Brian
P Freeman
goes up
strong in a
game earlier
this year.
Brian Freeman, the 6’10” sophomore center,
has finally signed a letter of intent.
He has committed to play for Long Beach
State University.
The Albany native led the Cougs to an
NWAACC championship this last season,
also compiling an all time school best record
of 29-4, which included going undefeated in
the Southern Region. ,
Freeman was named the MVP of both
the Southern Region and the NWAACC
Tournament.
In his two seasons at Clackamas, his
teams went a combined 53-11, winning over
80%f of their games.
Freeman was actively recruited by more
than 30 DI schools.
He will be joining a program that went
24-8 last season, and reached the NCAA
Tournament.
Freeman’s teammate David “sharp shoot
ing” Cernin also has been signed and will
continue his college basketball career at Cal
Baptist University.
Cernin has earned a full scholarship after
his strong season that saw him achieve first
team all region and first team all NWAACC
Tournament.
Compiled by Mike Guidice, The Clackamas
Print. Source: Cougar athletic department press
releases
Photos by Sam Krause Clackamas Print
Guard David
Cernin
shoots a I
freethrowl I
during the I
team’s
postseason
run to thes
NWAACC I
champion
ship games
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