The Clark College volleyball plays its regular season finale at 6:30 p.m. tonight against Mt. Hood at the O’Connell Center.
The Penguins are locked into second place in the NWAC South division at 11-2, 26-9 overall.
Local sophomores playing their last home match for the Penguins include Melisa Ljuca (Mountain View HS), Dianne Walter (King’s Way Christian), and Gauleighyan Eastman (Prairie).
Clark, ranked No. 7 in the NWAC coaches poll, will open play in the NWAC Championship on Nov. 17 at Tacoma.
• Sacramento State senior Chloe Bartek (Columbia River) shot a 2-under 70 int he final round to finish tied for fifth and lead the Hornets to the team title at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Hawaii. Bartek shot 73-75-70 as the Hornets set a team record for a single round by shooting 5-under in the third round.
• Saint Martin’s senior Shannon Porter (Hockinson HS grad) placed third at the NCAA Division II West Region cross country championships at Billings, Mont. Her time was 21:16.64. She became the first female Saints runner to qualify for the NCAA Division II Championships, which is at St. Leo, Fla., on Nov. 19.
• Kavita Battan (Hockinson) recently led Idaho to its second straight Big Sky soccer title. She earned first-team all-conference honors while tallying five goals and four assists.
• Western State senior Georgia Porter (Hockinson) placed third at the NCAA Division II South Central Region championship with a time of 21:54 and qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships.
• Arizona State sophomore Sammi Hampton (Skyview) lost to teammate and doubles partner Kassidy Jump in the championship singles match of the Thunderbird Invitational on Sunday, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in Tempe. It was the final competition of the fall tennis season.
• Eastern Washington sophomore Jennifer Lewis (Camas) placed third in the Doubles C bracket of the Bulldog Invitational at Spokane to close the fall schedule.
• Western Washington redshirt freshman Trevor Jasinsky (Camas) scored four points in 17 minutes of action as the Vikings lost to Washington 109-103 in an exhibition basketball game on Nov. 3.
• Alex McGarry, a Columbia River grad playing baseball at Tacoma Community College, will sign today to play at Oregon State starting with the 2017-2018 season.
• Erin Sprowls, a King’s Way 2013 graduate, just finished her collegiate volleyball career at George Fox university this past Saturday. She finished ninth all-time in blocks for the school with 198. She also had 676 kills.
