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Saints Head to GNAC Championships Behind Coach, Freshman of the Year

Photo from SMUSaints.com

Chandler Tracey – Photo from SMUSaints.com

The Saint Martin’s baseball team won eight of their last ten conference games to make their first appearance in the GNAC Championships that begin on Thursday at 10:00 AM Friday at 10:00 AM (weather postponed Thursday’s games) in Monmouth, Oregon.

For their efforts, head coach Ken Garland was named the GNAC Coach of the Year, shortstop Zack Larsen earned Freshman of the Year and eight players were named All-GNAC selections including first team honorees Larsen, catcher Chandler Tracy, starting pitcher Zach Carter and designated hitter Travis Shaw.

Tracy leads the way for the Saints. The junior from Newcastle is slashing .328/.440/.628 this season with 11 home runs, 30 runs scored and 34 RBIs. His 11 homers and .628 slugging percentage leads the GNAC and his 1.068 OPS is second only to the GNAC Player of the Year Brody Miller’s 1.098, the only two players in the conference with an OPS over 1.000. Tracy became the conference’s all-time home run leader earlier this season and now has 31 career bombs in three seasons.

The Saints play the first two games of the round robin tournament hosted by Western Oregon. They face the #1 seeded host Wolves at 10:00 and will then face #2 seed Central Washington at 1:00 PM. Live stats and video are available here. For an extensive preview of the tournament, click here.

More about the selections & full press release from SMU after the jump

Saturday (Better Late Than Never) Scores: Saints Clinch Playoff Spot

 College baseball

Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 6 – Box score
LACEY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CWU (17-14) 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 11 4
SMU (14-17) 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 X 11 20 2
W: Anthony LaDue (2-0) L: Davis Engel (0-1)

Tied at 5-5, Saint Martin’s erupted for six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win their fifth straight game with an 11-6 victory over Central Washington. The win, combined with a pair of losses by Northwest Nazarene to Montana State-Billings, secured third place in the GNAC and a spot in the championships next week.

Needing a big win, the Saints pounded out 20 hits including a 3-for-5, three RBI performance from Travis Shaw and three hits each from Zack Larsen, Zach Raczok and Chris Womac.  Game two of the doubleheader was rained out and was not needed to be played after the Saints clinched the playoff spot.

The Saints travel to Monmouth, Oregon to play in a round-robin tournament beginning on Thursday against #1 seed Western Oregon at 10:00 AM.


College softball

Highline 7, SPSCC 1 – Box score
DES MOINES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SPSCC (0-15 WEST) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2
HCC (7-8 WEST) 4 0 0 3 0 0 X 7 11 1
W: Kayla Andrus (8-9) L: Amanda Rupright (0-25)
Highline 15, SPSCC 2 – Box score
DES MOINES
1 2 3 4 5 R H E
SPSCC (0-16 WEST) 0 0 2 0 2 2 6 0
HCC (8-8 WEST) 6 0 5 4 X 15 11 0
W: Hayley Craddock (5-7) L: Amanda Rupright (0-26)


High school baseball

North Thurston 2, Timberline 1
NT (11-1 3A Narrows), TIM (10-2 3A Narrows)

North Thurston claimed the 3A Narrows League regular season title with a 2-1 win in a game that was started on April 23rd before being rained out. Riley Storedahl pitched a complete game two hitter to lead the Rams to the #1 seed in the 3A Narrows League tournament. They move directly to the championship game at The RAC on Friday while Timberline will take on Wilson on Wednesday.

Roller derby

The Big O Tournament – Eugene, Oregon

Oly Rollers 219, Treasure Valley 84


Rugby

PacCoast Championships – Boise, Idaho

Life West Gladiators 34, Budd Bay Buffaloes 24

Today (5/3): Playoff Spots up for Grabs in Lacey

College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington (DH) – SMU Baseball Field – Noon

The scenario is pretty simple for Saint Martin’s in a senior day doubleheader starting at noon: just win. The Saints are tied with Northwest Nazarene for the third and final playoff spot in the GNAC and need to finish one game ahead of the Crusaders to secure a playoff birth since NNU took the season series 6-2. The Saints have won four straight games in their push for the postseason but face the second place Wildcats today while Northwest Nazarene continues their series against last place Montana State-Billings.


High school baseball

North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 1:00 PM

North Thurston and Timberline will finish a game they started on April 23rd before the rains came and washed out an 0-0 tie in the 4th inning. Both teams sit at 10-1 in league play and the winner of this game will determine the 3A Narrows League champion and #1 seed to districts the league tournament.

Friday Scores: Saints Softball Falls After Heroics; Saints Baseball Stays Alive

Saints celebrate their walk-off win - Photo via SMUSaints.com

Saints celebrate their walk-off win – Photo via SMUSaints.com

College softball
GNAC Championships

Saint Martin’s 4, Western Washington 3 – Box score
RICHLAND, WA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
#2 WWU 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 0
#4 SMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 3
W: Sam Munger (20-15) L: Shayna Adelstein (5-6)

Down 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning in an elimination game at the GNAC Championships in Richland, Saint Martin’s hit three home runs including back-to-back home runs by freshmen Mary Dettling and Jackie Schmaeling  to extend their season with a 4-3 win over Western Washington.

A pair of Saints errors allowed the Vikings took a 3-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning capped off by a two run homer by Jordan Walley. The Saints got Lacey McGladrey and Megan Miller on base in the the bottom half of the sixth but were unable to answer. Sam Munger then made quick work of Western in the top of the seventh.

With three outs between the Saints and elimination, Taviah Jenkins singled to open the inning and scored on Dani Wall’s two run blast to right center to cut the score to Vikings lead to 3-2.

After a Western pitching change, Christina Demar struck out for the first out of the inning. Dettling took Shayna Adelstein deep in the next at bat to tie the game, 3-3, and Schmaeling jumped on a 1-0 pitch and deposited it over the left center wall for the game winner.

The rally eliminated the #2 seed Western Washington and sent the Saints to another elimination game immediately afterward with #3 Central Wasington.

Central Washington 9, Saint Martin’s 1 – Box score
RICHLAND, WA
1 2 3 4 5 R H E
#4 SMU 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
#3 CWU 1 1 4 3 X 9 12 0
W: Maria Gau (18-7) L: Sam Munger (20-16)

But the celebration would be short lived for the Saints as they were eliminated in quick fashion by the #3 seed Central Washington in a 9-1 five inning game. The Wildcats scored in each of the four innings that they batted including a four spot in the third and three more in the fourth that put the game out of reach and GNAC Pitcher of the Year Maria Gau allowed just five hits over five shutout innings.

The Saints finished their season at 27-22, their third straight 20+ win season and should be strong again next year with just one senior, Lacey McGladrey, on the roster.

Green River 7, SPSCC 3 – Box score
KENT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SPSCC (0-13 WEST) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 4
GRCC (4-9 WEST) 1 1 0 3 2 0 X 7 9 3
W: Rachel Barcena (4-13) L: Amanda Rupright (0-23)
Green River 5, SPSCC 2 – Box score
KENT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SPSCC (0-14 WEST) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5
GRCC (5-9 WEST) 0 0 0 1 0 4 X 5 10 0
W: Rachel Barcena (5-13) L: Amanda Rupright (0-24)


College baseball

Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 4 – Box score
LACEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CWU (17-12) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 2
SMU (12-17) 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 X 11 14 1
W: Zach Carter (6-3) L: Skye Adams (5-6)
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 1 – Box score
LACEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CWU (17-13 GNAC) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 2
SMU (13-17 GNAC) 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 6 0
W: Josh Moss (3-9) L: Brandon Williams (8-3)

Entering today’s doubleheader, Saint Martin’s, Northwest Nazarene and Montana State-Billings were all tied at 11-17 for the third and final GNAC playoff spot. The Saints took care of business on their end with a doubleheader sweep, 11-4 and 3-1, of Central Washington on Friday afternoon.

Carl Svanevik drove in three runs, Zach Raczok drove in a pair and Zack Larsen went 3-for-5 and scored three times to lead the Saints to the 11-4 game one victory. Saints starter Zach Carter pitched a complete game allowing four earned runs on nine hits.

Josh Moss allowed just one earned run on eight hits over seven innings and Chandler Tracey drove in one run in the first inning and Travis Shaw tripled in a pair of runs in the fourth to lead the Saints to a 4-1 win in game two.

The win ran the Saints record to 13-17 in the GNAC but are still tied for third after Northwest Nazarene swept Montana State-Billings. Both teams play doubleheaders against the same teams tomorrow. First pitch for the Saints is scheduled for noon at the SMU Baseball Field.

High school baseball

Tumwater 3, River Ridge 2
TUM (16-1 2A EvCo), RR (5-13 2A EvCo)
Centralia 4, Capital 2
CENT (11-5 2A EvCo), CAP (5-12 2A EvCo)


High school softball

Olympia 13, Central Kitsap 3
OLY (8-1 4A Narrows), CK (3-7 4A Narrows)
North Thurston 14, Shelton 4
NT (7-1 3A Narrows), SHEL (7-4 3A Narrows)
Timberline 6, Wilson 2
TIM (10-0 3A Narrows), WIL (4-5 3A Narrows)
Tumwater 11, River Ridge 0
TUM (11-3 2A EvCo), RR (0-12 2A EvCo)
Centralia 6, Capital 3
CENT (9-3 2A EvCo), CAP (6-6 2A EvCo)

Thursday Scores: Saints Lose Heartbreaker at GNAC Championships

Taviah Jenkins robs WOU - Photo via @GNACsports

Taviah Jenkins robs WOU – Photo via @GNACsports

College softball
GNAC Championships

Western Oregon 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (8 innings) – Box score
RICHLAND, WA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
#4 SMU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
#1 WOU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 9 1
W: Kelli Demianew (15-9) L: Sam Munger (19-15)

Jourdan Williams hit a walk off two run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Western Oregon a 3-1 win over Saint Martin’s in the first round of the GNAC Championships in Richland, Washington.

The Saints took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning and Taviah Jenkins did all that she could to hold back the Wolves. The first batter of the inning, Raina Reece, lined a ball into the gap in right center but Jenkins cut it off and caught Reece trying to stretch the hit to a double. She then reached up and robbed Ashlie Garner of a home run to record the second out of the inning. But Danielle Hannan singled on the next at bat and Melanie Pfeiffer drove her in with a double to even the game at one all and send it to extra innings.

Sam Munger and Kellie Demianew battled in the circle but it was Demianew who got the big win giving up just one unearned run over eight innings. Munger went 7 1/3 innings and gave up three earned runs.

The Saints now face an elimination game on Friday at 4:30 PM against Western Washington.

High school baseball

Olympia 9, Stadium 5
OLY (6-6 4A Narrows), STAD (5-6 4A Narrows)
Timberline 13, Mount Tahoma 0
TIM (10-1 3A Narrows), MT (2-10 3A Narrows)
Black Hills 8, Centralia 5
BH (7-9 2A EvCo), CENT (10-5 2A EvCo)


High school softball

Tumwater 12, Capital 1
TUM (10-3 2A EvCo), CAP (6-5 2A EvCo)
Centralia 10, Black Hills 4
CENT (8-3 2A EvCo), BH (3-12 2A EvCo)


Boys soccer

River Ridge 3, Black Hills 2
RR (3-9 2A EvCo), BH (3-8 2A EvCo)
Capital 6, WF West 0
CAP (11-0 2A EvCo), WFW (5-6 2A EvCo)

Today (5/1): Saints Open GNAC Title Defense in Richland

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College Softball
GNAC Championships
#4 Saint Martin’s vs. #1 Western Oregon – Columbia Playfield, Richland – 7:00

The Saint Martin’s softball team opens up their defense of their GNAC title tonight in Richland at Columbia Playfield with a game against the top seed, Western Oregon. The Saints were picked to win the GNAC regular season but slipped to fourth place and have some work to do to make a return trip to the NCAA Division II tournament and they open with a team that has given them fits this season. The Wolves swept the four game season series with the Saints.

Live stats can be found here.


High school baseball

Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM


High school softball

Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM


Boys soccer

River Ridge @ Black Hills – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM

Sunday Scores: Saints Baseball Sweeps, Softball Splits; Shock Debut With a W

College baseball

Saint Martin’s 11, Western Oregon 9 – Box score
MONMOUTH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
SMU 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 11 17 2
WO 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 9 12 0
W: Chase DeCoito (1-2) L: Jesse Pratt (1-1)
Saint Martin’s 5, Western Oregon 5 – Box score
MONMOUTH, OR
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
SMU (11-17 GNAC) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 6 1
WO (22-10 GNAC) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 1
W: Anthony LaDue (1-0) L: Chase Tokunaga (1-2)

Travis Shaw’s single in the 11th inning broke a 9-9 tie and gave Saint Martin’s an 11-9 win over Western Oregon in game one of a GNAC doubleheader in Monmouth, Oregon. In game two, Chris Womac singled in the eventual game winner in the first extra frame of game two and the Saints pulled off the sweep of the Wolves with a 5-3 win. The wins pulled the Saints to within a game and a half of third place Northwest Nazarene for the third and final playoff spot with one weekend left to play.

College softball

Saint Martin’s 6, Western Washington 5 – Box score
LACEY, WA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
WWU (16-7 GNAC) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 15 1
SMU (15-8 GNAC) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 10 0
W: Sam Munger (19-14), Shayna Adelstein (5-6)
Western Washington 5, Saint Martin’s 4 – Box score
LACEY, WA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
WWU (17-7 GNAC) 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 1
SMU (15-9 GNAC) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 1
W: Aspen Ison (7-3) L: Kaylee Lawson (7-6)

Saint Martin’s lone senior, Lacey McGladrey, went 4-for-7 with two runs and an RBI in her final home games and the Saints split a doubleheader with Western Washington with a 6-5 extra innings win in game one and a 5-4 loss in game two. The Saints travel to the Tri-Cities this week for the GNAC Championships where they are the #4 seed. They will face #1 Western Oregon at 7:00 PM on Thursday.

Roller Derby

Oly Rollers 423, Rainier Roller Girls 13
SKATELAND!
1st 2nd Final
Rainier Roller Girls 11 2 13
Oly Rollers 182 241 423


Men’s soccer

South Sound FC 2, WestSound FC 0 – Recap
SILVERDALE
1st 2nd Final
South Sound (1-0-0) 0 0 0
WestSound (0-1-0) 0 2 2
Goals: Frankie Lopez (63rd minute), Vincent McCluskey (73rd)

Clippers Sign Matheney and Sanders; Stevenson Heads to WVC

Matheney and Sanders signing - Photo courtesy Aaron Landon

Matheney and Sanders signing – Photo from Aaron Landon

Olympia senior Khalil Matheney and 2013 Timberline grad Elijah Sanders signed their letters of intent on Wednesday to play basketball for SPSCC next season.

After a strong career for the Blazers that ended with a state appearance in 2013, the 6-6 Sanders went to Central Wyoming College and played in two games last season before leaving the program. It is not clear whether or not he will be a freshman or a sophomore for the Clippers.

Matheney, 6-0 guard, scored 14.6 points per game as a senior for the Bears and scored a season high 24 points against Gig Harbor on January 17th.

The two locals join California high schooler Nick Springer and Condordia University transfer Robbie Jackson as recent signees to Aaron Landon’s squad that played most of the 2013-2014 season with just five players clocking meaningful minutes.

Also signing an NWAACC LOI on Wednesday was River Ridge senior center Rebecca Stevenson. She will continue her playing career at Wenatchee Valley next season.

Today (4/22): T-Birds, Bearcats Baseball Hopes to Beat the Rain

College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. UPS – SMU Baseball Field – 3:00 PM


High school baseball

Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 4:00 PM
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM


High school softball

River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM


Boys soccer

North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM

Saturday Scores: Saints Baseball Explodes; Bears Hand Cougs First Loss; MIA Rolls

 College baseball

Saint Martin’s 21, Montana State-Billings 7 – Box score
BILLINGS, MT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SMU (8-15 GNAC) 3 0 2 2 2 3 5 4 0 21 25 2
MSUB (8-13 GNAC) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 11 0
W: Josh Sontag (1-2) L: Drew Christina (1-5)
Saint Martin’s 8, Montana State-Billings 6 – Box score
BILLINGS, MT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SMU (9-15 GNAC) 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 9 2
MSUB (8-14 GNAC) 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 12 3
W: Josh Moss (2-8) L: Jordan Knoll (1-2)

Saint Martin’s exploded for 21 runs on 25 hits in the game one of a GNAC doubleheader in Billings, Montana on Saturday afternoon. Chandler Tracy hit a pair of homeruns in the opener and was one of six players with three or more hits in the game. Zach Raczok went 4-for-5 and drove in eight runs including a three run homer in the sixth inning. Kaelen Hirashiki also collected four hits and Spencer Dodd, Zack Larsen, Carl Svanevik and Tracy each had three hits and each scored three runs.

In game two, Tracy tied the GNAC career home run record with a grand slam in a seven run second inning that proved to be the difference for the Saints in their 8-6 win to complete the sweep. Tracy, now with 30 career home runs, also tripled in the game. Raczok continued his hot hitting going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.


College softball

Western Oregon 2, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box score
LACEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
WOU (15-4 GNAC) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 2
SMU (12-7 GNAC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
W: Kelli Demianew (12-8) L: Sam Munger (17-13)
Western Oregon 4, Saint Martin’s 3 – Box score
LACEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
WOU (16-4 GNAC) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 4
SMU (12-8 GNAC) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 2
W: Kelli Demianew (13-8) L: Sam Munger (17-14)


Boys soccer

Olympia 1, Capital 0
OLY (6-2-1 overall), CAP (9-1 overall)
River Ridge 2, Timberline 1
RR (3-8 overall), TIM (3-6-0 overall)


Roller Derby

MIA Derby Girls 202, Grunge City Rollers 111 – Photo Gallery
LACEY
1st 2nd Final
Grunge City 52 59 111
MIA 93 109 202
Fresh meat game: MIA 99, GC Newbee Yatches 72