COC NOTEBOOK: COC RESURGENCE LEADS TO PLAYOFFS.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer VALENCIA - There was no conference title this time, but that didn't keep the College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team from having a satisfying finish to Western State Conference play. The Cougars earned the conference's final postseason berth by defeating Bakersfield in Tuesday's WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) finale. Playoff pairings are scheduled to be released Monday. The trip to next weekend's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, regionals will be COC's tenth in program history. The Cougars went a combined 55-7 in conference while winning WSC titles the past three seasons, but with only four returning players, they spent most of this year struggling to reach .500. Tuesday's 3-2 victory over Bakersfield improved COC See chip on chip. to 21-20. The victory was the Cougars' fifth in a row and came against a team that had defeated them in their previous meeting. COC needed a victory in its last game to secure the playoff berth. Moorpark had already clinched the Blue Division title. With the help of Bakersfield losing to Moorpark last week, COC and Bakersfield entered the final game of the regular season tied for second place, but only the top two teams from the division receive an automatic postseason bid. Among the factors in the Cougars' resurgence was sophomore Rian Standley, who entered the week sixth in the conference with a .455 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. during WSC play. Freshman Jennifer McLarty's two-RBI single in the first inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. was the decisive blow Tuesday. The regionals are May 4 -5 at sites to be determined. The state playoffs are the following weekend in Fresno. --Milestone: Cougars softball coach Ray Whitten reached the 300-career- win mark last weekend. Tuesday's victory extended his school record to 301 victories. --In the hunt: The Cougars baseball team remains in contention not only for a playoff berth, but the WSC title. COC had a chance to take sole possession of first place in the WSC South when the Cougars faced co-leader Glendale on Tuesday, but COC lost 22-11. COC had a chance to move back into a first-place tie when the Cougars had a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® with the defending WSC champion Vaqueros on Thursday. COC plays at fourth-place Bakersfield on Saturday, but the Renegades shouldn't be taken lightly as they have recently defeated the conference's other top teams. Citrus, then part of a three-way tie for first, lost to Bakersfield 3-2 last week. Glendale also lost to the Renegades 8-7 last week. COC, which entered this week ranked second in the conference in team batting with a .345 average entering the week, dropped to 14-7 in conference with Tuesday's loss. --More postseason action: The WSC track and field finals are Saturday at Bakersfield. ... The conference swimming finals began Thursday and run through Saturday at Citrus. State championships start next Thursday. ... The men's golf team tries to make a repeat of its conference final official when the first-place Cougars compete in the WSC finals Monday at Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. CC. |
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