The weekend of May 15th, 16th and 17th will be a busy one for Green River Community College. That’s when thr NWAACC Championships begin to get underway for many of Green River’s sports.
Athletic Director Bob Kickner will be in Portland during the Gator’s exciting championship weekend for the fastpitch NWAACC championships, Green River’s first appearance in Portland in five years. Despite battling early adversities with roster issues, the Gators have battled to third place in the NWAACC West. The Gators are led by freshman phenom pitcher Caitlyn Dougan, who has posted a 4-1 record and a 1.29 ERA with 41 strikeouts, and hitters such as Sarah King and MariJo Fraser who have hit consistently over .400 all season. Head coach Scott Dillinger is excited about just being there, but is hoping his team has what it takes to pull an upset or two.
The baseball team will be in action on May 16th at Lea Hill park hosting a West region playoff, after finishing second in the NWAACC West to Lower Columbia. On May 21st the team will head down to Longview to compete in the NWAACC Championships, hoping to have as good of a showing as they did last time they went in 2007, when the Gators were third overall in the NWAACC.
The Men’s and Women’s tennis team will in action on May 14-17 in Spokane. The men’s team is led by Matt Huynh, whose led the Gators to an undefeated regular season, and looking to bring home the Steve Sauers trophy to Green River, named after the former Green River coach who won 35 championships(men’s and women’s) at the school. The trophy is currently held by Spokane Community College who won it last year.
The women are a solid second in the NWAACC only behind powerhouse Bellevue, who handed the Gators their only loss of the season. The Bellevue women have won four straight NWAACC titles.
On the Golf course the Gator women are looking to close out a great season, with two All NWAACC first team performers, Annie Viola and recently married Jenna Rouchelle, formally Jenna Witmer, who got married on May 2nd and teed off the day after at Washington National Golf course and placing first. As a team, the Gators finished second overall behind Spokane.
The Men’s Golf team has been a steady 6th place all season, with Brady White as their most consistant performer. They placed 8th at the NWAACC event on May 2nd at Washington National golf course.
Spring sports have proven to be the most succesful for the Gators. The fall got off to a slow start with women’s soccer struggling and the cross country season going through it’s inaguaral season. In the winter, men’s and women’s basketball struggled, but the Volleyball program was able to grab 7th at the NWAACC.
Spring update
NWAACC Championships on the horizon for Green River’s spring programs
Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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