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Cougar Women's Basketball History
1989-1990
Under third year Head Coach Jeff Dunlap, the Lady Cougars finished the season with a sensational record 25-8 and received its first ever berth to the state tournament. The team lost to College of the Sequoias in the first round of the state tournament.
1996-1997
LaCresha Clark became the school’s single-season scoring leader to surpass Tressi Millender who scored 633 points in a single season (2/19). Clark finished the season with 722 points. The Lady Cougars surpass their single-game scoring high of 136 set earlier in the season, to score 146 points and set a record breaking 43 steals (2/20). College of the Canyons finished the regular season 29-4 overall and 12-0 in conference, while winning the Western State Conference South title and earning and second place ranking in the state. COC was ranked No. 1 in the state in scoring offense. COC made it all the way to the state championship game to play Ventura College, but lost, 68-59.
1997-1998
Forward Zevette Mitchell pulls down a school record 30 rebounds in a game against L.A. Valley College (2/7). COC makes it to the Southern California Regional game to play Orange Coast College to seek their third trip to the state championship in the last four years. Unfortunately, COC lost 74-66 to OCC.
1998-1999
The Lady Cougars have the best start of the season (6-1) since the 1991 season. The Lady Cougars finished the season 20-10.
1999-2000
College of the Canyons women’s basketball team finished a perfect conference schedule with an 11-0 record and grabbed the Western State Conference South title once again. The Lady Cougars, seeded No. 4 from the South, faced No. 1 seeded Shasta College from the North in the Elite Eight California State Championships after winning fourteen consecutive games. The Lady Cougars lost to Shasta, 89-70, finishing the season 26-7.
2000-2001
The Lady Cougars clinched their sixth Western State Conference South title in nine seasons under Head Coach Greg Herrick with a 12-0 record in conference.
2002-2003
The Lady Cougars top the state as the No. 1 scoring team in the state with 81.8 ppg.
2003-2004
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For the fourth straight year and the seventh time in the last nine years, the College of the Canyons Women’s Basketball team completed the season as the #1 scoring team in the state. Averaging 85.6 ppg, the Lady Cougars scored over 100 points seven times this year and captured the Western State Conference South Division championship with an 11-1 record. The Lady Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 24-6 (the tenth straight year of over 20 wins) and were eliminated in the Southern California Regional Finals by eventual state champion Mt. San Antonio College, 74-70.
2004-2005
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College of the Canyons finished the season 16-12 and make it to the first round of the playoffs. The Lady Cougars end up losing a close game to Antelope Valley College 81-79 in overtime.
2005-06
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The Lady Cougars, with only one sophomore, returned to the top spot in the Western State Conference South as the team goes 11-1 in conference after a tough preseason schedule against nine of the state’s top-20 teams. Going into conference play, Canyons only held an 8-9 record, but the tough season worked out in the end for COC. The Lady Cougars went on to win 11 games in a row before losing in the last game of the season to L.A. Valley College, 72-64. In the playoffs, Canyons was slated against Compton College, which ended in an 85-82 win for the Lady Cougars. Next up were the eventual state champions, Mt. SAC. College of the Canyons put up a good fight against the Mounties, but were not able to pull out a win, as the Mounties defeated Canyons 78-66. Head Coach Greg Herrick earned Coach of the Year Award from the WSC after leading his team to the top offensive scoring team in the state. Point guard Leslie Ortiz was named MVP of the conference after she averaged 15.1 apg during conference and 10.7 apg overall.
2006-2007
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The Cougars returned to the state tournament in 2007 with the help of two-time conference MVP and All-State guard Leslie Ortiz. The team won its ninth conference title with a perfect 12-0 record and a 30-6 record overall. COC, who had not been to the state tournament since 2004 defeated Long Beach (84-74), Mt. San Jacinto (67-61) and San Joaquin Delta (86-75) to enter the state tournament's semifinal round. Facing powerhouse Mt. SAC, who COC had lost to twice in the regular season, COC fell to the Mounties, 59-42. Sophomore Ortiz, sophomore Facion Edwards, sophomore Melissa Tachias and freshman Andrea Bobic were named to the all-conference team, while Ortiz was named the conference MVP for the second year in a row. Ortiz and Edwards also earned All-State accolades for the season.
2007-2008
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Greg Herrick and his women’s basketball team won another conference title in 2007-2008, the program’s third straight. The team struggled, though, once it reached the playoffs. In the opening round against Saddleback College, the Cougars shot just 29.4 percent from the field and were held to 59 points as the Gauchos turned aside any thoughts the Cougars had of making a deep run in the postseason. Andrea Bobic was named to the All-State team along with the all-conference team. Sophomore Kelly O'Linn, freshman Britney Bradley and freshman Charity Smith also earned all-conference nods.
2008-2009
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With one of the most athletic teams that head coach Greg Herrick has led in years, the women’s basketball team dominated conference play with a perfect 12-0 record. The first-place finish for Herrick was his 11th title and eighth non-blemished Western State Conference season in his 17-year career. COC defeated Mt. San Jacinto in the first round of the playoffs, 81-77, needing all 40 minutes to hold off the feisty Eagles. Following the win against the Eagles, COC travelled to Ventura College to face a team that had not lost a single game during the 2008-09 season. The Cougars had their hands full and could not handle the fast paced basketball of the Pirates and lost, 77-51. A school record four women were named First-Team All-Conference – Sophomores Charity Smith, Arielle White and Britney Bradleyand freshman Ashley Wakefield. Herrick was named the Conference Coach of the Year.
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