Category Archives: College
Friday scoreboard: Rams top T-Birds; Clippers pick up first win
Boys soccer
North Thurston 4, Mount Tahoma 1
College softball
SPSCC 14, Grays Harbor 13
Grays Harbor 13, SPSCC 7
Saints hire Ostlund as men’s basketball head coach
Micheal Ostlund is the new head men’s basketball coach at Saint Martin’s, the school announced today.
Ostlund, an assistant for the Saints under Bob Grisham from 1997-2002, spent five seasons as the head coach at Snow College, a two year school in Ephraim, Utah before resigning before the 2012-2013 season. He led the Badgers to an 83-73 record in his time at Snow, a member of the Scenic West Athletic Conference, one of the toughest junior college conferences in the counrty. He had his best season in 2011-2012 when his team went 23-9.
The stint at Snow was Ostlund’s first head coaching position after assistant stints at Salt Lake Community College, Saint Martin’s and Weber State. He graduated from Weber State and played two seasons for the Wildcats.
Ostlund replaces Keith Cooper, who wasn’t retained after ten seasons as the head coach of the Saints. He becomes just the third head coach at Saint Martin’s in 26 years. Current athletic director Bob Grisham coached the Saints for 16 years before turning over the reigns to Cooper.
The Saints will return 11 players next season from a team that went 10-16 overall and 6-12 in conference play, missing out on the playoffs that they hosted. Ostlund will have to replace the team’s two leading scorers, Roger O’Neill and Eric Taylor, and longtime, steady point guard Brady Bomber. But they have a solid, senior led core with forward Rei Jensen, guard Evan Coulter and center Matt Dodson returning from the starting lineup. Sophomore Will Bond exploded late in the season when he joined the starting lineup following an injury ended Dodson’s season.
Today (4/12): ESPN Friday Night Fights; Clippers host Chokers; Wolves hope to snap skid
Boxing
ESPN Friday Night Fights – Little Creek Casino – 6:00 PM
For the first time, ESPN Friday Night Fights comes to Little Creek Casino with seven fights scheduled for the Skookum Creek Events Center. Doors open at 5:30 with the first fight getting underway at 6:00 PM. ESPN2 will begin their broadcast at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $40. For more information including the full fight card, visit the Little Creek Casino website.
College softball
SPSCC vs. Grays Harbor (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
Black Hills @ Capital – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM Rained out
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM Rescheduled for 4/18
Thursday scoreboard: Saints sweep Wolves; Bears top Rams in non-league tilt
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Western Oregon 1
Saint Martin’s 12, Western Oregon 6 – Photo gallery
High school softball
Olympia 4, North Thurston 2
Aberdeen 11, Black Hills 0
Centralia 11, River Ridge 1
WF West 8, Capital 0
High school baseball
Aberdeen 7, Black Hills 4
Centralia 5, Capital 4
Northwest Christian vs. Oakville – No report
Boys soccer
WF West 2, Tumwater 1 (WF West wins shootout)
Centralia 6, Black Hills 1
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – No report
PHOTO GALLERY: Red hot Saints sweep Wolves
The 23rd ranked Saint Martin’s softball team swept Western Oregon 8-1 and 12-6 on Thursday afternoon distancing themselves from the third place Wolves and bringing them to within a half game of first place Simon Fraser.
(Pictures in this set are from the first five innings of game two)
Today (4/11): #23 Saints host important GNAC doubleheader
College softball
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon (DH) – Saints Softball Field – 2:00 PM
The #23 ranked Division II softball team in the nation returns to GNAC play this afternoon when Saint Martin’s hosts Western Oregon today.
The Saints currently sit in second place at 8-4 in the GNAC behind Simon Fraser and one game ahead of Western Oregon.
Both teams just returned from Turlock, California where the Saints went 6-1 and took second place at the Tournament of Champions. The Wolves struggled in the tourney and finished just 2-4.
High school softball
North Thurston @ Olympia – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Capital – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
Northwest Christian vs. Oakville – The RAC – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge vs. WF West – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
Capital vs. Centralia – Waits Field – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Cougars, Blazers score one goal wins; Saints fall again
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Tumwater 0 – Photo gallery
Timberline 1, Lincoln 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
River Ridge @ Centralia – No report
College baseball
Pacific Lutheran 6, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Tumwater 3, Centralia 2
Timberline 16, Lincoln 0
Toutle Lake 11, Northwest Christian 9
WF West 9, Black Hills 0
Capital @ Aberdeen – No report
High school softball
Aberdeen 8, Capital 1
WF West 20, Black Hills 1
Centralia 7, Tumwater 3
Today (4/9): T-Birds host Cougars in important 2A EvCo match
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. PLU – Saints Baseball Field – 4:00 PM
High school baseball
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Black Hills vs. WF West – Black Hills HS – 4:30 PM
Boys soccer
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tumwater started out slow and a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Capital on March 14th stung. But the T-Birds have strung together a pair of wins over Centralia and Black Hills and now sit in fourth place, half a game behind the Cougars and Tigers. Meanwhile, Capital have Aberdeen their first loss of the season on Saturday night with a 3-2 overtime win.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints take second at Tournament of Champions, earn GNAC Team of the Week
College softball
Saint Martin’s 9, Chaminade 2 – Box score
CSU-Dominguez Hills 8, Saint Martin’s 2 – Box score
Saint Martin’s moved into the finals of the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California with a 9-2 win over Chaminade on Sunday afternoon. The Saints scored in all but the first inning and hit four home runs in the game, one each by Joselyn Eugenio, Dani Wall, Taviah Jenkins and Taylor Bakos. Wall finished the game 2-fo-3 and drove in three RBI and Lacey McGladrey scored three times. Bakos picked up her twelfth win of the season pitching four innings in relief of Sam Munger.
But the Saints winning streak came to an end in the championship game falling to CSU-Dominguez Hills 8-2. The Saints only managed three hits off of the Toros’ Stephanie Jimenez, who struck out seven and went the distance in the win. Munger had two of the Saints’ three hits including a solo home run fourth season. However, she did pick up the loss giving up six earned runs in six innings.
For their second place finish at the Tournament of Champions, the Saints earned GNAC Team of the Week. They are now 26-11 overall this season and will return to conference play this week where they are in second place at 8-4.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints take three in California; T-Birds top Wolves; Budd Bay shakes up Quakes
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, CSU-Monterey Bay 1
Saint Martin’s 7, Academy of Art 6 (8 innings)
Saint Martin’s 5, Chico State 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s moved to 5-0 at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California with a 5-1 win over CSU-Monterey Bay, a 7-6 extra innings win over Academy of Art and a 5-1 win over Chico State. The Saints are now 25-10 on the season and will take on Chaminade at 1:00 PM in the semifinals.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 4, Black Hills 2
Capital 3, Aberdeen 2 (OT)
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 60, Seattle Quake 5
Roller derby
Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 162, Rainier Roller Girls 131
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