May 13 , 2008

TENNIS WRAPS UP ANOTHER UNDEFEATED SEASON; TAKES AIM AT FOURTH NWAACC TITLE

Sophomores Courtney Groszhans (left) and Ciara Schultz (right) will end their phenonmenal careers at BCC when they compete in the NWAACC Championships May 16-18. Groszhans, playing number two singles, is undefeated in her two years at Bellevue, while Schultz has lost only three times in her two year stint as BCC's number 1 singles player.

The BCC Women's Tennis team put the wraps on an undefeated season with three victories last weekend to bring their season record to 10-0 heading into the NWAACC Championships. For the Bulldogs, it marks their third consecutive undefeated year and extends their four year winning streak to 48 consecutive matches.

Bellevue traveled to Mt. Vernon, WA to take on the Cardinals of Skagit Valley College on Thursday, May 8 in match that was rescheduled from May 3 due to weather.

The Bulldogs received a scare in their first match of the day, as their number two doubles team lost for the first time on the year. Things returned to form, however as BCC recovered to sweep the remaining matches and come away with an 8-1 victory.

Friday May 9 was a busy day for Bellevue, as they played host to the Community Colleges of Spokane, and Treasure Valley Community College. Bellevue was dominant in both matches, coming away with a pair of 9-0 victories and a strong showing heading into the NWAACC Championship Tournament May 16-18 in Spokane. The Bulldogs will be striving for their fourth consecutive NWAACC Championship.

Friday's doubleheader marked the final home appearance for a pair of sophomores who have had stellar careers. For Courtney Groszhans, playing number two singles, her victories advanced an undefeated career in singles matches. Ciara Schultz, playing number one singles, has been nearly as brilliant in her two seasons, losing only three times against the top competition in the NWAACC.

BULLDOGS TOP DOLPHINS; WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON ON A 14 GAME WINNING STREAK

Sophomore Dawn Norcross hits her team-leading ninth homerun of the season in helping BCC to a pair of victories over Shoreline CC on May 10 (photo by Jeff Smoot).

With a pair of wins over Shoreline Community College, the BCC Softball team put the wraps on one of the finest seasons in their history.

Bellevue and Shoreline met for final time this season at UW Husky Softball Field on the University of Washington Campus for a doubleheader on May 10. Dawn Norcross belted her team leading ninth home run of the season in game one, and Michelle Wilson went four for four at the plate as the Bulldog offense racked up 16 hits en route to a 6-4 win. Christine Miller-Long picked up the win.

Game two saw the BCC bats attack Shoreline pitching for 10 runs on 19 hits, and Michelle Ruby held the Dolphins in check to pickup a 10-3 victory. Allison Stanford also hit her second home run of the season for Bellevue.

With the wins, Bellevue finished the regular season with 41 wins on the year, the most in the NWAACC. BCC's 41-4 overall record, and 34-2 league mark are among the best in school history. The Bulldogs also finished the regular season on a 14 game winning streak.

By virtue of their third league championship in four years, BCC has claimed the Northern Region's number one seed to the NWAACC Championships May 16-18 at Delta Park in Portland, OR. The Bulldogs' first round game will be against Centralia Community College, the number four seed from the West Region, slated for 11:30am on May 16.

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GOLF TAKES FIRST IN SEVENTH STRAIGHT MATCH

Bellevue Golfer Richard Lee, a graduate of nearby Newport High School, has finished no lower than second place in all of BCC's matches this season.

The BCC Men's Golf team has finished no lower than first place for the seven matches in a row, after tieing Southwestern Oregon Community College for top honors at the CBC Invitational in Richland, WA May 4-5.

BCC trailed SOCC by 2 shots after the first day of competition, but the Bulldogs bounced back to catch the Lakers, shooting a tournament best 290 on May 5 for a two day total of 597.

BCC sophomore Richard Lee was once again near the top of the field, finishing in second place with a two day total of 144. Lee has finished no lower than second in all of BCC's matches so far this season.

Bellevue and Southwestern Oregon will square off again May 11-12 when the Bulldogs travel south to compete in the Southwestern Oregon Invitational at Brandon Dunes in Brandon, OR. The match will be the final regular season contest for the Bulldogs, and will give them a chance to test their mettle against the Lakers one more time before the NWAACC Championships May 18-19.

BASEBALL SPLITS FINAL SERIES; DOUGLAS PLAYS SPOILER TO BELLEVUE

Bulldog sophomore Will Campbell, bound for the University of Kentucky, hit three doubles and a homerun in Bellevue's series against Douglas, but it was not enough as the Bulldogs' season ended with a 2-2 split.

In a tie for third place with Skagit Valley going into the final weekend of regular season play, Bellevue could manage only a split with Douglas College while Skagit vaulted past the Bulldogs with a sweep of Shoreline.  Skagit will move on to play second place Everett Community College next weekend to decide who gets the second seed to the NWAACC tournament, while Bellevue’s season now comes to an end.

Bellevue looked to have gotten off to a good starting taking down Douglas 9-1 in game one on May 10.  Bellevue went to work early scoring five runs off of Douglas’ starter Jordan Padrinao.  In the top of the first, freshman second baseman Keegan Acker led off with a single.  Freshman short stop Hunter Beaty reached first by getting hit by a pitch.  Sophomore left fielder Kyle Laukala then followed with a sacrifice bunt.  University of Kentucky bound Will Campbell then drilled a clutch two run double scoring both Acker and Beaty.  Sophomore Kyle Decater hit a single to move Campbell over to third.  After a RBI groundout by Ryan Shelton, freshman Riley Tompkins drove home Decater with an RBI double.  Bellevue got one more run from a run scoring single by freshman catcher Gio Learned before the side was retired.  

Bellevue then went on to score two more in the second... complete story