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C o u g ars fa il to
re ta in NW AAC
c h a m p io n s h ip
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Theret would not be anoth
er miracle run through the
loser’s bracket this year as the
Clackamas Community College
women’s softball team couldn’t
defend its championship in the
NWAACC Tournament last
weekend at Delta Park. The
Cougars rolled through its first
two games on Friday, but the
rain came down on Saturday and
washed away Clackamas’ offen
sive firepower as they were first
knocked into the losers bracket
by Mt. Hood 3-0 and then out of
the tournament by Bellevue, 4-1.
The Cougars fell behind
Bellevue 1-0 early in their elimi
nation game, only to see the
game get suspended due to rain
in the top of the third inning until
Sunday morning. Unfortunately,
the Cougars left all of their runs
at home the following morning
and despite six different players
getting hits, Clackamas could
only manage one run.
Bellevue chipped away at the
Cougars with two more runs in
the third and another in the fifth
to push ahead 4-0. Clackamas
was held in check by Bulldogs
pitcher Brielle Bray for most
of the game, and then Hannah
Sauget came in and closed the
door by getting the last five
Cougars out.
No. 2 overall seed Wenatchee
Valley cruised through the tour
nament without a loss, win
ning all five games to win the
2013 NWAACC Championship.
The Knights defeated upstart
Douglas 6-5 in the final game
on Monday. Douglas played
great to get into the champion
ship game by also winning five
games during the tournament,
but Wenatchee Valley proved to
be too much in the end, defeating
the Royals twice in two games.
Game 1:
Clackamas 4, Everett 2 —
Pitchers Alyson Boytz and
Lucy Baldovino combined to
shut down Everett, scattering
three hits while giving up two
unearned runs, to win the first
game of the 2013 NWAACC
Tournament, 4-2. Catcher Kiara
Vasquez hit a two-run home run
and right-fielder Taylor Gould
added two RBIs in the win over
the Trojans. Gould and first-
baseman Tasha Silvius had two
hits apiece.
Game 2:
Clackamas 9, Southwestern
Oregon 0 —Baldovino came
right back and pitched five solid
innings in game two, striking out
five, while giving up three hits
and not allowing a run to get the
win in the Cougars 9-0 victory
over the Lakers. Gould stayed
hot and hit a three run home run
and Sam Owirka added a two-
run shot to power the Cougars to
victory. Rashaun Sells went 2 for
2 at the plate with one run scored
and one run batted in, raising her
team leading average to .487 on
the season.
Game 3:
Mt. Hood 3, Clackamas 0
— Clackamas couldn’t figure
out the pitching of Saints ace,
Ann-Marie Guischer, a fresh
man from The Dalles, in get
ting shut out of their first game
in the loser’s bracket. Guischer
allowed only two hits, both by
Nicole Lehman, while striking
out seven Cougars on her way to
the complete game victory.
Mt. Hood scored two runs
in the first inning off of Cougar
starter Alyson Boytz, giving the
Saints the cushion they needed to
turn the game over to Guischer.
The Saints’ Lola Ciu crushed a
home run in the sixth inning for
the final 3-0 score.
Post-Season Honors:
Several Cougars earned rec
ognition for their All-Star perfor
mances this season. Tasha Silvius
and Rashaun Sells earned NFCA
(National Fastpitch Coaches
Association)
All-American
honors. Slivius, Sells, Megan
Malvick and Alyson Boytz
made the South Region All-Star
first team. Sam Owirka, Nicole
Lehman and Rachel Ray made
the second team.
Alyson Boytz throws a pitch in the game against Everett. She and
Lucy Baldovino maneuvered their talents and helped Clackamas win
the first game o f the season.
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