Category Archives: College
Saturday Scores: Geoducks Upset #17, Saints Wallop Eagles; T-Birds Roll On, Bears Take 3rd
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 84, Lewis & Clark 75 – Recap
Saint Martin’s 68, Northwest 30 – Recap
With 4:14 left to play, Katie Anderson hit a three pointer to put Lewis & Clark up 71-68 over Evergreen at the CRC Gymnasium. But the Geoducks finished the game on a 16-4 run to upset the NCAA Division III’s 17th-ranked team, 84-75. The Geoducks shot 52.4% from the field and had five players score in double digits including Kiemba Pearson’s 17 points off of the bench.
Sadee Jones and Jessica Denmon scored 15 and 14 points respectively and Brittany Gray added 13 with eight rebounds. Sammi Clark went scoreless in the first half but chipped in 11 points in the final 20 minutes to go along with six assists.
Evergreen won their third game in a row and are 3-2 this season.
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Saint Martin’s gave up just 30 points tonight, the least amount of points they have allowed since they jumped to NCAA Divison II, to waltz to a 68-30 win over Northwest University at Marcus Pavilion. The Eagles committed 32 personal fouls and the Saints made 24 of 37 free throws while Northwest shot just four free throws all evening.
The Saints hit eight three pointers, three each from Angela Gelhar and Jordyn Richardson, who scored 14 and 11 points respectively. Ciara Pedroni and Chelsea Haskey tallied 11 points each and Liz Mills added 10.
Northwest kept it close in the early going and led 10-9 with just eight minutes gone but were held scoreless over the next five minutes and the Saints went on a 27-5 run over a 12 minute span to close out the first half.
Just like Evergreen, Saint Martin’s has won three straight games and is 3-1 this season.
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater 45, White River 7
Tumwater trailed for the first time in the postseason when White River jumped out to a 7-0 lead and led by just seven at the half, but turned on the afterburners in the second half to heat up the frigid crowd and to roll past the Hornets, 45-7.
The T-Birds will likely travel to the Tri-Cities on Saturday next week to take on Prosser, who knocked off Mark Morris 45-22. The game is expected to be played at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick on Saturday afternoon.
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia 0, Mead 0 – Olympia wins shootout 2-0.
College volleyball
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap
Riddled by injuries, Saint Martin’s finished the season on a ten game losing streak with their straight sets loss to Northwest Nazarene. The Saints ended the season at 7-23 overall and 3-15 in GNAC play.
Today (11/23): Bears for 3rd; Women’s Hoops; T-Birds Battle Hornets; Fights
Girls soccer
4A 3rd/4th Place Game
Olympia vs. Mead – Sparks Stadium, Puyallup – Noon
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Alumni – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Lewis & Clark – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
High school football
2A State Quarterfinals
Tumwater @ White River – Orting Stadium – 4:00 PM
Radio: KGY and Eli Sports
ScoreCzar prediction: Tumwater 32, White River 10
Mixed Martial Arts
Northwest Fight Challenge XVIII – South Sound Sports Center – 7:00 PM
Friday Scoreboard: Saints Streak Past Lancers; Bears Fall in Semis
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 64, Cal Baptist 55 – Box score
Evergreen 63, Linfield 56 – Recap
Chelsea Haskey recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Saint Martin’s to a streaky 64-55 win over Cal Baptist at Marcus Pavilion.
Haskey opened the scoring with a three pointer at the 17:42 mark of the first half and the Saints never trailed again. The Lancers cut the lead to two once in the second half when Chanel Cambronero’s three cut the Saints lead to 16-14 with just under ten minutes left in the half. But SMU went on a 16-8 run and the half ended with the Saints up 32-22.
Megan Wiedeman stepped out to hit from downtown and the Saints opened up a 15 point lead with just four minutes gone in the second half. But the Lancers finally found some energy when they switched to a full court press and went on an 18-6 run capped off by Kamille Diaz’s free throw that cut the Saints lead to three at 47-44.
But Saint Martin’s weathered the storm and went on a 14-3 run of their own over the next seven minutes and never looked back to record their second win of the season, 64-55.
Krista Stabler scored 10 points off the bench and Angela Gelhar scored eight points, all from the free throw line, for the Saints.
Both teams shot an identical 19-of-61 (31.1%) from the floor but the Saints made 22 free throws while Cal Baptist made just 11 of their 20 attempts.
Diaz and Elise Shelton each scored 15 points for the Lancers.
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Brittany Gray scored 17 points and pulled down 11 boards and Sammi Clark added 14 points in Evergreen’s 63-56 win over Linfield in McMinnville, Oregon. The Geoducks held a 22-7 advantage on points off of turnovers and a 25-12 advantage on second chance points to pick up their second win of the season.
Girls soccer
4A State Tournament Semifinals
Issaquah 3, Olympia 0
Rachel Wheeler scored in the 18th minute and added an insurance goal early in the second half and Issaquah advanced to the 4A state title game with a 3-0 win over Olympia at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.
The Bears will play Mead tomorrow at noon at Sparks Stadium for third place.
Today (11/22): Bears Face Issaquah in Semis; Saints Women Host Lancers
Girls soccer
4A State Tournament Semifinals
Olympia vs. Issaquah – Sparks Stadium, Puyallup – 8:00 PM
The Bears have lived by the shootout this postseason winning three of their four games after regulation and extra time. The Bears sit at 15-3-2 and feature sophomore Sophie Kabel in goal, a freshman, Jenna Killman, who has scored 14 goals and the 4A Narrows League MVP Megan Spataro on defense.
They face Issaquah, who are 14-4-1 this season and finished third in the KingCo.
You can listen to the action live on the Eli Sports Network.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Cal Baptist – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
The 1-1 Saints women return to the Marcus Pavilion court after nearly two weeks off when they take on Cal Baptist tonight at 7:00 PM. SMU last played on November 9th when they picked up a 74-56 win over Notre Dame de Namur in Monmouth, Oregon.
Cal Baptist won the PacWest last year finishing with a 26-5 record but the Lancers return just one player from last year’s squad. Despite a virtually all new team, they are picked to finish third in their league and currently sit at 2-1.
You can watch tonight’s game with me, Brandon Sparks, on the call on the Saint Martin’s website.
Thursday Scoreboard: Saints Still Stuck on Seven
College volleyball
Central Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-10, 28-26, 25-21) – Recap
Suffering from injuries and a ridiculous schedule that has had them play just once on their home court at Marcus Pavilion since October 12th, Saint Martin’s lost their ninth straight match, a straight sets sweep by Central Washington in Ellensburg.
Freshmen led the way for the Saints as Brook Good and Larissa Hamilton racked up 9 and 8 kills respectively and Jessica Riddle had 24 digs.
Stuck on seven wins this season, the Saints have one more chance on Saturday night at Northwest Nazarene to pick up win number eight and finish the season with their most wins since 2003.
PHOTO GALLERY: Tritons Press Capsizes Clippers
Men’s basketball
Edmonds 89, SPSCC 70
South Puget Sound led for most of the first half but constant full court presssure by Edmonds forced 30 Clippers turnovers and the Tritons pulled away in the second half to take an 89-70 decision at the SPSCC Gymnasium.
Joseph Johnson scored 22 points for the Clippers and Keegan Liebelt added 10 points on three long distance buckets in the first half that helped them take an early lead. Brandon McGurkin pulled in 11 rebounds while Slanblaytee Kaye dished out nine assists.
Edmonds got a double-double from Samuel Omondi. His 24 points and 11 boards led the way while Devin Stoen and Ramsey Rosales each scored 16. The Tritons held a 22-2 advantage in second chance points and scored 34 points off of SPSCC’s 30 turnovers.
The Clippers fell to 0-2 in the early season and have over a week off before taking on Lane CC in the Pierce College Thanksgiving Tournament beginning on Friday in Steilacoom.
Today (11/20): Young Clippers Host Tritons
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Edmonds – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM
New South Puget Sound head coach Aaron Landon has assembled an all new team composed of 12 freshmen that will get a tough early season test tonight when they face NWAACC championship runners-up Edmonds on the SPSCC campus at 7:00 PM.
The Clippers are coming off a ten point loss in their opener to the Concordia University JV squad but got a good look at their young team. Joseph Johnson hit seven three pointers to lead the way with 26 points, Austin Bonds chipped in 21, Slanblaytee Kaye chipped in 12 with seven assists and Olympia grad Michael Champlin racked up ten points.
Edmonds lost their two best players from last season, Shaquielle McKissic, who transferred to Arizona State, and Ricardo Maxwell, now at Western Washington, and has just two returners from last year’s squad.
Josh Phillips Named WCC Defender of the Year
Josh Phillips, a 2010 graduate of Capital and currently a senior at Gonzaga University, was named the West Coast Conference’s Defender of the Year today. From GoZags.com…
“Phillips (Olympia, Wash.) joins Nick Barclay in 2008 as the only other Bulldog to earn Defender of the Year accolades. A mainstay on the Bulldog defense he was instrumental in Gonzaga allowing opponents just 0.95 goals/match. The 10 wins for the Bulldogs this season marked the first double-digit wins season since 2000, and Gonzaga’s 5-4-3 WCC record for third place is the highest finish since 2008. He earned All-WCC second-team honors in 2011.
Phillips said it’s a great honor to be chosen.
‘I was pretty excited when I heard the news. It’s a great honor to be recognized with this award, not only for me but as a program we really turned things around this year. It’s been a wonderful ride this year.'”
Gonzaga went 10-6-3 overall this season and finished in third place of the WCC at 5-4-3 behind Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara. The Zags did not receive an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships on Sunday.
Phillips is the second local alum honored in Division I soccer. Tumwater grad Abbey Bergquist was named the Big Sky’s Newcomer of the Year. She made 16 starts for Portland State and scored a pair of goals with a pair of assists.
Saturday College Scores: Saints, Clippers Stay Close, Geoducks Blown Out; Homeless Saints Fall
Men’s basketball
Cal Baptist 86, Saint Martin’s 79 – Recap
Seattle U 100, Evergreen 59 – Recap
Concordia JV 88, SPSCC 78 – Box score
Riley Carel scored 22 points and Ryan Rogers added 21 but Saint Martin’s was unable to overcome a 24 point first half deficit and fell 86-79 in Riverside, California. The Saints are now 0-4 this season.
Division I Seattle University outrebounded Evergreen 68-28 and had 32 second chance points in their 100-59 win at Key Arena in Seattle. KJ Hong scored 17 points and Kwame Awadjie chipped in ten points for the Geoducks, who went just 5-for-23 from downtown and shot just 34% from the field.
SPSCC opened their season with an 88-78 loss to the Concordia University JV team at the SPSCC gym. Joseph Johnson hit seven three pointers and led the Clippers with 26 points and Austin Bonds scored 21 points and had six steals in the loss.
College volleyball
Montana State-Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 1 (25-18, 27-29, 25-21, 25-18) – Recap
Riddled by injuries and relegated to Capital High School for the third time in the past month because of other events taking place on their on campus home court, Saint Martin’s dropped their eighth straight match with a 3-1 loss to lowly Montana-State Billings.
Freshmen Brooke Good, Larissa Hamilton and Maddie Knect combined for 34 kills on the night and senior Cymbree Decosta, playing in her last game in the general vicinity of home, added 43 assists in the loss.
Today (11/16): Cougars Volleyball in Semis; T-Birds Football Faces Sehome; SPSCC Men Tip-Off
High school volleyball
4A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 8:00 AM – Bracket
3A State Tournament – Marcus Pavilion – 9:45 AM – Bracket
Consolation: Timberline vs. Prairie – Court #3 – 9:45 AM
2A State Tournament – Pierce College, Steilacoom – Bracket
Consolation: Tumwater vs. East Valley (Spokane) – Court #1 – 11:00 AM
Semifinals: Capital vs. Sehome – Court #1 – 1:00 PM
High school football
2A State Tournament First Round
Tumwater vs. Sehome – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Montana State-Billings – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Concordia JV – SPSCC Gym – 7:00 PM
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes vs. Portland Pigs – The RAC – 2:30 PM
Oly Sports 