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r PRINT: Sports_____________________________ Wednesday, November20,2013 $ 7 SOCCER: Cougars place third in NWAACC Continued from Page 1 A chill breeze and dark clouds rolled in momentarily, but the clouds passed and sun peeked back out. All-Star Claudia Florez attacked with a goal attempt that went over. The action flowed back towards the Cougars’ goal, Dija Kirkland took a hard fall while defending and a foul was called on Edmonds. Kirkland landed face- first outside the line and was down for a moment. “She, like, kicked my ankle and I slid on the turf and twisted my ankle,” said Kirkland. After the resulting free kick, Edmonds brought the attack back again, but Mecca Krutsinger tena ciously defended and deflected the ball. Then a comer kick by Edmonds brought a shot on goal, which Trumbull saved by smack ing the ball away with both hands. Edmonds received another comer kick. Edmonds sought another attack on goal and Trumbull showed how scrappy and resourceful she can be. With the pressure all on her, she saved multiple back-to-back, point-blank shots on goal. The Cougars used excellent teamwork and defense to stifle the attack. Trumbull was fired up. She yelled in triumph and pride for her team’s performance. The Cougars picked up some momentum and started getting the better o f the headers, defending and attacking. Towards the end o f the first half Marci Haynes showed solid defense as Edmonds attacked again. Then Edmonds shot, but it went over the goal. ...The clouds returned and the sun was gone, dropping the temperature All-Star Forward Claudia Flores precisely maneuvers the ball through oncoming attackers. at 42 minutes on the scoreboard. As the first half neared its end, Tori Roberts took a great long shot that was just wide. It was 0-0 at halftime. The second half began with an offside call against Clackamas. The play moved back toward Clackamas’ goal and a defensive slide tackle that looked like it hit the ball cleanly at first, was declared a foul, right outside the penalty box. Edmonds took an indirect free kick and managed to put together the first goal o f the game. Clackamas was down 0-1. Trumbull had a couple o f really nice saves towards the beginning of the second half. The second attempt was a long shot that was set up by Edmonds, quickly driving up line. On the offensive, Clackamas’ Marci Haynes intercepted and deflected an Edmonds’ pass and almost scored, but it went just wide. At 67:38 on the scoreboard, Haynes caught an assist from Roberts and scored after great teamwork and passing up-field. The score was tied 1-1. “Tori crossed it and Marci shot and scored,” said Krutsinger Trumbull showed more moxie and bravely challenged an attack by Edmonds, defending well. Then at 71 minutes on the scoreboard, Trumbull deftly saved a straight shot at goal. In an unfortunate turn o f events, Carly Turner fouled while defending inside the Cougars’ penalty box. A direct penalty kick was awarded to Edmonds. Hannah Shouse took the kick and made it past Trumbull for her team’s second goal. Clackamas was behind 1-2. “Defense was such a good effort, but when we messed up is when the goals happened,” said Krutsinger. Shortly after Edmonds fouled just outside their penalty box at 75:16 on the board. Butler took the free kick straight towards goal. But Edmonds’ goalkeeper, Alecia Longsine, saved it. Tani Harr took another long shot later that was also saved. The Cougars were still battling, trying to attack and keep good defense. At 88:50 on the board, Kirkland showed more solid defense in front o f the goal. A comer kick by Edmonds shortly after, turned into a shot on goal that was saved by Trumbull. Trumbull grabbed 11 saves throughout the game. “I think it was really strong,” Flores said. “We fought all the way to the end, just couldn’t get a goal in, we couldn’t finish. We were fighting hard equally.” The Cougars felt the sting o f defeat as the match came to a close. Clackamas 1. Edmonds 2. Clackamas took third place. Edmonds lost to Peninsula Sunday and got second place. “I thought we did good,” said Kirkland. “If we had done as good as we did against Spokane, we would have won. We tried.” The Cougars played a strong game and had an inspiring run this season that brought them to the semifinals. Overall, they grew as a team and helped each other improve individually. Here’s to another great season turned in by the Clackamas Cougars women’s soccer team. Cougars secure play off spot Larissa Harper The Clackamas Print The crow d yelled and screamed as the Cougars vol leyball team stepped onto the court to conquer Linn-Benton on Wednesday, Nov. 13 — the last home volleyball game o f the 2013 season. It was also the last game on CCC’s court for the two sophomores, Skylar Fate and Kiki Stonebraker. “This was actually my first year playing here,” said Fate. “I transferred from California. It is [on a] different level here but I am proud to be a part o f the team. I love these girls.” The first set started out with numerous amazing plays. Stonebraker set up the ball a cou ple o f times for a spike and slid across the floor to save the ball. No. 14, Courtney Lofton, spiked the ball to perfection and earned a point. Sierra VeraCruz, No. 7, the defender and libero o f the team, continuously saved the ball and avoided the loss o f points by digging. The ladies worked very hard to win the first set with a score o f 25-21. The second set went ju st as the team wanted. They domi nated in plays and continually racked up points. Again, Fate played the front row well and spiked the ball, which made the opposition cringe and dive. But they couldn’t recover. Then she simply tipped the ball over the net and it fell to the floor. No. 13, Bre Gibbons, spiked the ball as well after a great set up and earned a point. A lexa Toth, No. 9, saw the ball was heading for the floor and threw herself after it, making the save and end ing with a somersault. There was a spike, a block and another dig; CCC got the point. Lots o f vol leying o f the ball was done in this match and they pulled through. CCC won set No. 2 w ith a score o f 25-14. Set No. 3 included a serve that stunned the opposition and went straight to the floor as the Cougars cheered. No. 2, Taylor Balkan, set up the ball for Stonebraker to spike and earn a point. One more tip over the net earned one last point. The match ended w ith CCC winning 25-22. “We played amazing,” said Fate. VeraCruz agreed. “We reached the point we are capable of,” she said. “We played a great game. We were very aggressive.” As Coach Woods said, this w in was important to the whole team in regards to finalizing the Southern R egion league play. The results o f the final game determined who was going to be number two and three in league standings. I f the team had lost the m atch, they w ould have been third. I f they won, they would be tied for second with Linn-Benton. The w in against Linn-Benton in three sets was necessary in order to obtain the second seed for the NWAACC Tournament (post season play). They did ju st that' and earned the spot. Clackamas and Linn- Benton ended Southern Region play tied for second. The team will now play their first match o f the NWAACC Conference Cham pionships on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. against the No. 3 seed team, Shoreline CC from the Northern Region. / ‘I couldn’t be more proud,” said Woods. “We’ve worked so hard, we came together well.” Coach Woods, assistant coach es, the team and CCC Cougar fans should be very proud o f the team and all their hard work this season. Congratulations as well on being ranked sixth out o f 29 teams in their league as they head into Tournament Championship play. The Cougars gathered during a timeout to pump themselves up for the remainder o f the set. They shut out the Linn-Benton Roadrunners.
