P R IN T : Sports
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Cougars squash sasquatch,
head to semifinals
Left: Claudia Flores powerfully boots the ball,
Spokane’s Tasha Luu takes a hard blow to the mid
section blocking the pass.
Right: Megan Luckenbach defensively challenges
Spokane’s Lindsay DeHaas. With the 2-0 victory over
Spokane, the Cougars win a sp o f in the semifinals
at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Wash., this coming
Saturday. The Cougars face Edmonds fo r the right
to play in the final NWAACC championship game.
David Beasley
Sports Editor
Last Saturday the Cougars
avenged a loss and earned a trip
back to the site of that loss for
the NWAACC Women’s Soccer
Championship Semifinals.
Aug. 27 at Starfire Stadium in
Tukwila, Wash., was the Cougars’
first game of the season. There
they were defeated by Spokane
1-2.
“We played them in the begin
ning, but we are a whole new
team and have stepped up to
another level,” said Clackamas
midfielder Tori Roberts. “We
knew number three was gonna’
be tough, but we’re not a one-
man team, we play together.”
On home turf this time, the
Cougars defeated their Sasquatch
rivals 2-0 at OC’s Pioneer
Stadium in a wild and spectacu
lar match.
“The first 12 seconds really set
the pace,” said Roberts.
Indeed it did, as just 12 sec
onds into the first stanza mid
fielder Hope Butler scored a
statement-making goal that sent
the crowd crazy with cheers for
the Cougars.
“It was Tori that took a shot
and I capitalized on it,” said
Butler.
Spokane’s frustration showed
early, their reaction after the
first goal foreshadowed the
atmosphere of the rest of the
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game. The Cougars continued to
employ excellent teamwork and
solid defense when needed, but
they consistently attacked.
Melanie Trumbull put on
another goalkeeping clinic with
strong defends and brave sacrifice
saves throughout the game. With
four saves, this was Trumbull’s
ninth shutout of the season. She
has 58 saves total.
Spokane managed to make
Clackamas a little impatient half
way through the first stanza. The
hard teamwork by the Cougars
momentarily became overzealous
as they booted the ball forward
instead of passing and setting up
plays. But Spokane became too
aggressive and with three back-
to-back fouls, sent the action
back towards their own goal.
Cougars defender Carly
Turner and midfielder Tahni
Harr each launched well-placed
slide tackles in the first half,
continuing Clackamas’ tenacious
defense. On the offensive again
at 34 minutes on the scoreboard,
Roberts found herself in front
of Spokane’s goal. Facing away
from the goal with defenders
closing in, she caught a nice pass
and turned 180 degrees to shoot
it through the defense, right at
the goal. The spectacular shot
was defended, but kept up the
Cougars’ competitive pace and
wowed the crowd.
Defender Marci Haynes con
tinued the attack with a good
header goal attempt off a volley
from a. comer kick by Butler. At
40 minutes, head referee James
vs. Linn-Benton at
CCC Randall Hall
6 p.m.
THURSDAY-11/14
• Intramurals
Soccer:
12:15-1:30 p.m. in
the soccer field next
to Hwy. 213
Shields had to issue his first warn
ing to the already heated Spokane
assistant coach Jeff Srock.
The game started getting
rougher and more physical. A
foul was called on Clackamas
and as Spokane attacked, Haynes
launched the ball back up field
with a stiff boot. Spokane took a
couple shots in the first, but the
score remained 1-0 at halftime.
The Cougars continued the
second half with more construc
tive teamwork, good use of head
ers and defense against headers.
The Cougars won the headers in
the air and prevented Spokane
from getting useful headers.
A melee broke out in front
of the Cougars’ goal. Trumbull
had to fight hard for the save and
defended well, putting herself in
the line of fire.
With 63 minutes showing
on the scoreboard, a foul Was
called on Spokane’s Brittany
Bruegeman and Clackamas was
awarded a free kick. The foul
brought Spokane their first yel
low card of the match.
Spokane attacked aggressively
again with a battle in front of the
Cougars goal, but the determina
tion of Clackamas fended off the
attempt. Spokane’s team and their
fans in the stands were becom
ing increasingly upset with the
referees.
The rage turned belligerent
at 69 minutes as Srock began
verbally attacking Shields and
questioning his refereeing. The
Spokane assistant coach would
not back down and Shields issued
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him a yellow card. Srock relent
lessly continued, so Shields
issued him a red card, ejecting
him from the game and the field.
The other team
didn ’t think it was
playing fairly but
we kept our com
posure and I think
that’s why we won. ”
Tori Roberts
Freshman Forward
“We knew it was going to be
a hard game,” said Roberts. “The
other team didn’t think it was
playing fairly but we kept our
composure and I think that’s why
we won.”
Spokane was visibly frustrat
ed, but still competitive as the
game continued with the Cougars
in the lead. On the defensive,
Clackamas forward Claudia
Florez shot in with a clean, well-
timed slide tackle. Shortly after
she found another tackle, but
fouled. Spokane made their way
towards the Cougars’ penalty box
and sent a shot towards goal that
was deftly deflected by the head
of defender Stephanie Corea.
Shortly after, Trumball saved a
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Spokane comer kick.
The second half continued
on with Clackamas still winning
headers and consistently defend
ing. Spokane was still vocally
upset with the referee. The score
in the second was almost a stale
mate. Then a free kick awarded to
Cougar defender Carly Turner set
up a long header by Butler that
sailed perfectly into Spokane’s
goal. The stands exploded with
cheering voices.
“We’ve actually been prac
ticing that a lot, [free kicks]
working on diagonal balls,” said
Butler. “As far as this game goes,
we applied everything we learned
in practice. This was by far our
best team game.”
With 90 minutes on the score-
board, the official game time
kept on-field was counting down.
Another fierce battle in front of
the Cougars’ goal ensued and
Clackamas defended again. The
game ended with Clackamas
emerging as the victor.
“I feel great,” said Roberts.
“Now we’re in the final four.”
The Cougars play Edmonds
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Starfire
Stadium in Tukwila, Wash., for
the right to play in the final match
of the NWAACC championship
the next day at 3 p.m. Roberts
predicts Walla Walla to be the
team they will face.
“We were a lot more positive
as a team,” Butler said. “As long
as we play like we did today,
we’ll do well.”
MONDAY-11/18
• CCCWomen’s
Basketball:
• Women’s Soc
cer Semifinals:
• Intramurals
Football: 11:30
vs. Olympicat
Bremerton Wash. 7
p.m.
vs. TBA at Starfire
Stadium
a.m. in the soccer
field next to Hwy.
213
• CCC Wom
en’s Soccer
Semifinals:
vs. Edmonds at
Starfire Stadium
• CCC Women’s
Basketball:
vs. Edmonds at Lyn
nwood Wash. 6 p.m.
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