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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Clackamas Print''/
Cougars h it it out of the park
By John William Howard
W ith the race fo r the tide now
over, all the focus shifts to the
upcoming NW AACC champion
ships, something that Clackamas
is as ready for as any team in
the league. They’ve won their last
eight games a n d 20 o f their last
However, Clackam as isn’t
about to rest on the fact that they
had a good season. According to
Malvick, the confidence heading
in to the tournam ent has nothing
to do with their record.
‘ It comes from ' the team
because we always pick each other
up,” said M alvick -“Like in this
game, we picked each other up
and ended on a good note.”
. Marshall, who has been one o f
the NW AACC’s best pitchers all
season, said that she knows her
fteammates have her back, no m at
ter ho w she does personally.
“I still get pretty nervous, but
I know m y team can hit,” said
Marshall, who is one o f only three
pitchers in the top six in wins,
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strike outs and earned run. aver
ages. “You can’t underestimate a
team because if you do that, then
you’ll get beat, but I know that if
our team comes out and plays like
we have been, then were gonna
win.”
H ead coach Jessica Buel agreed,
talking about how the two come McKenzie Marshall makes a pitch. Marshall, along with the infield,
from behind victories against held the Storm scoreless during the sixth inning allowing them to clinch
Chemeketa and M t. H ood were the victory over Chemeketa last Saturday.
group efforts, w ith, everybody g
contributing.
“T h e
confidence
comes
straight from the team ... they’re
probably one o f the m ost talented
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Buel. “Their goal is to win the
NWAACC Championships
title, so I have complete faith in
® Delta Park, Portland
them.”
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defense took the field, this time it
was with Marshall on the m ound
to dose out the game.
T he sixth inning fared well, as
' O n the final d a y o f the reg Marshall gave up no base hits, and
ular season for softball, No. 4 the infielaers cfidn’t miss a beat.
Clackamas Com m unity College T he Cougars headed back to the
had a lot to play for. Two wins bats w ith a chance to p ut the nail
combpied with a loss by No, .2 in the coffin.
S W Qregon Com m unity College
T he bottom o f the sixth start
would give the Cougars a share ed off strong, with Ashley Bacon
o f the southern region title, and doubling for the first b aseh it o f
with the NW AACC champion the inning. T hat’s when Megan
ship tournam ent looming, keep Malvick stepped up to the plate
ingtheir streak o f w on games alive and knocked the ball out o f the
is important.
park, bouncing off o f the score-
Clackamas w on the first board and falling over the fence to
game bn Saturday in dom inat give the Cougars an 8-5 lead. T he
ing fashion, flattening Chemeketa inning ended w ith Clackamas
Com m unity College 13-0, while holding that advantage, giving
giving up just three hits and no Chemeketa one last chance to tie
errors. T h e second game was the game or take the lead.
much-different.
Chemeketa gained a glimmer
In the bottom o f the fifth o f hope w hen a dropped ball
inning, it looked like Clackamas’ by Bacon allowed Tasha Saunders
chances at tying for a region to advance to second base, but
championship were slipping away the Storm didn’t get m uch else.
fast. Things had been close the Saunders eventually scored, but
whole game, w ith Clackamas it wasn’t enough as Clackamas
finally putting the first points on clamped down on defense arid
the board in the fourth when iced the win.
MaKenzie Marshall finally made
O nce Clackamas had done
it to hom e to make it 1-0.
their part to win both gairies,
T h en things began to fall apart they could only-sit and .-wait to
ip th e hands o f Clackamas pitcher hear how S W Oregon had done
Noelle Wright. Two quick runs in their doubleheader with M t.
from Chemeketa’s Carrie Bess and Hood. S W Oregon dominated
Sammie Bowman gave the Storm j the first game, but nearly lost the
a lead. M inuteslater, Chemeketa second, eventually scoring in the
tacked on two more runs before bottom o f the sixth inning to break
Tiffany Medley hit one out o f a 1-1 tie. T he win means that
the park to give Chemeketa a 5-1
Clackamas (30-10, 17-3 South)
lead |
finishes the season ip second place
Evenk though to m any,/ all in the southern region standings
seemed lost, Clackamas didn’t give behind S W Oregon (34-5, 18-2
up, instead putting, up five runs in
the bottom o f the fifth to charge have beaten Clackamas in three of
back to a 6-5 lead. W hen the four meetings this season.
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