By Jim Richards
April 21, 2009 will likely go down as one of the great days in the history of South Mountain Community College sports.
Here’s what happened...
For the first time in school history, the SMCC men’s golf team captured the ACCAC regular-season title, ending Scottsdale CC’s 29-year reign as conference champions.
The women’s golf team qualified for the national tournament.
The baseball team defeated No.4-ranked Yavapai College in both games of a thrilling double-header.
The softball team played the role of spoiler and defeated Paradise Valley, keeping PVCC out of the playoff.
Meg Matetich’s women’s golf team picked up the No.2 seed coming out of the NJCAA Region I tournament and will join top-seeded Mesa Community at the LPGA Golf Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. (May 18-21).
Reaching the national tournament is quite an accomplishment for the Lady Cougars, who were unable to field an entire team the previous season.
The Cougars’ men’s team captured their fifth conference invitational out of six this season with a five-stroke victory over second-place Mesa CC at the Chandler-Gilbert-hosted invitational at Toka Sticks. More 