Schedule for Wednesday, September 3rd
College Volleyball
Evergreen vs. Puget Sound – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Author Archives: Brandon Sparks
Today (9/4): Saints Women’s Soccer Hosts Corban in Season Opener
Senior Sasha Dini makes a challenge in Saint Martin’s scrimmage with Evergreen
Women’s Soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Corban – SMU Soccer Field – 3:00 PM
Saint Martin’s officially opens their fall sports seasons today when the Saints women’s soccer team hosts Corban in a non-conference game at the SMU Soccer Field. New to Saints soccer games this season: tickets. $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, military and non-SMU students, students and kids under 11 are free.
Wednesday Score: Geoducks Volleyball Matches 2013 Win Total With Win
College Volleyball
| Evergreen 3, Puget Sound 1 – Box score | ||||||||||||
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| CRC Gymnasium | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Geoducks (8-3 overall) | (3) | 19 | 25 | 26 | 25 | |||||||
| Loggers (1-4 overall) | (1) | 25 | 19 | 24 | 11 | |||||||
After dropping the first set of the match, Evergreen rallied and took three straight sets to knock off UPS 3-1 and run their record to 8-3, matching last season’s win total and the second most wins in program history.
Brandee Victorino recorded 17 kills in the non-conference victory while Jaclyn Trinque notched 49 assists and Natimia Barker-Doss made 27 digs.
The Geoducks open up conference play this weekend when they travel to Portland to face Concordia and Warner Pacific. They return home next Wednesday to play another non-conference match against PLU before hosting CCC opponents Eastern Oregon and College of Idaho on December 12th and 13th respectively.
Freshman Kayla Thayer, a 2014 graduate of Olympia High School, had 15 assists for the Loggers.
Today (9/3): Geoducks Open Home Volleyball Schedule With UPS
Oly Town Artesians Indoor Soccer Debuts This Fall
I am excited to announce this new venture…
TUMWATER, Wash. – Semi-professional indoor soccer will return to the Olympia area for the 2014-2015 season when the Oly Town Artesians take the field at Olympia Indoor Soccer as a founding member of the Western Indoor Soccer League. The inaugural season for the Artesians and the WISL will kick off in November.
Tim Smith, owner and operator of Olympia Indoor Soccer in Tumwater, and OlySports.com and Oly Town FC founder Brandon Sparks have teamed up and purchased a team in the locally operated WISL. Sparks has been named General Manager and will lead the operations side of the Artesians.
“Thanks to Tim Smith and Olympia Indoor Soccer, I’m excited to bring fast-paced, up-tempo soccer action and fun, affordable family entertainment back to town,” said Sparks, who volunteered as the communications and marketing manager for the Tumwater Pioneers indoor soccer team during their lone season in 2012-2013.
“I saw the great…
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Friday Scores: Geoducks Volleyball Sweeps at Pacific Tourney
College Volleyball
| Evergreen 3, George Fox 0 – Box score | ||||||||||||
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| Forest Grove, OR | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bruins (0-2 overall) | (0) | 19 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||
| Geoducks (4-3 overall) | (3) | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||
Brandee Victorino collected 14 kills, Jaclyn Trinque racked up 24 assists and Natimia Barker-Doss led the Geoducks with 15 digs to lead Evergreen to a three set sweep of George Fox in their first game at the Pacific University Volleyball Tournament.
| Evergreen 3, Pacific 0 – Box score | ||||||||||||
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| Forest Grove, OR | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Boxers (0-2 overall) | (0) | 16 | 13 | 19 | ||||||||
| Geoducks (5-3 overall) | (3) | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||
In their second match of the day, the Geoducks cruised to a three set sweep of the host Pacific Boxers. Victorino duplicated her 14 kills from the first match while Trinque added 22 assists. Evergreen is now 5-3 in the early going of this season and are just three wins off of their win total from coach Angela Spoja’s first season. All of this from a team that went 0-46 combined in 2011 and 2012.
PHOTO GALLERY: T-Birds, Rams and Highclimbers Jamboree it Up
Tumwater, North Thurston and Shelton kicked off their 2014 seasons with a little jamboree action at Tumwater Stadium tonight. Here is a small photo gallery that is a little Tumwater offense heavy, which shouldn’t come as a surprise since the jamboree was a little Tumwater offense heavy.
Thursday Score: Geoducks Men’s Soccer Drops Opener
Men’s Soccer
| Johnson and Wales 1, Evergreen 0 – Recap | ||||||||||||
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| Geoducks Pitch | 1st | 2nd | Final | |||||||||
| Wildcats (1-0-0 overall) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Geoducks (0-1-0 overall) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| JWU Goal: Tyler Glenn (28th minute) | ||||||||||||
Evergreen out shot Johnson & Wales 13-4 in their home opener but were unable to break through and fell 1-0 on Thursday evening at Geoducks Pitch. Tyler Glenn scored the only goal of the game in the 28th minute for the Wildcats from Denver. Angel Guerra made one save in his first game as the Evergreen keeper.
Thursday Schedule and Wednesday Score
Schedule for Thursday, August 28th
Men’s Soccer
Evergreen vs. Johnson And Wales – Geoducks Pitch – 5:00 PM
College Volleyball
Saint Martin’s Intrasquad Match and Fan Day – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Score from Wednesday, August 27th
Men’s soccer
| Southwest Oregon 2, SPSCC 0 | ||||||||||||
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| Starfire Complex, Tukwila | 1st | 2nd | Final | |||||||||
| SW Oregon (2-0-0 NWAC) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| SPSCC (0-2-0 NWAC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Tuesday Score: Clippers Fall in Friendly Opener
Men’s soccer
| Bellevue College 8, SPSCC 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Starfire Complex, Tukwila | 1st | 2nd | Final | |||||||||
| SPSCC (0-1-0 NWAC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bellevue (1-0-0 NWAC) | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| SPSCC goal: Ramon Bravo (89th minute) | ||||||||||||
Today (8/26): Saints Volleyball Opens 2014 With PLU Scrimmage
Schedule for Tuesday, August 26th
Women’s volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Pacific Lutheran – Marcus Pavilion – 6:00 PM
Oly Sports 