Liz Mills scored 18 points and Krista Stabler added 16 in Saint Martin’s 66-58 exhibition win over Carroll College on Thursday night at Marcus Pavilion.
A three pointer by Mike Robinson with 10:54 left in the first half gave Carroll their largest lead of the game at 19-13. But Saint Martin’s battled back and the two teams took a tie into the locker room at 33.
SMU struck first in the second half on a layup by Krista Stabler but Katie Estey’s three a minute later gave Carroll the lead at 36-35, the last lead that Caroll would hold. They would tie it up at 41 but a 6-0 run capped off by Brooke Paulson’s jumper with 11:04 left put Saint Martin’s up for good. Mills twice gave SMU a nine point lead, once at the 4:10 mark and again with 1:14 left to play.
Elin Johansson scored 11 points and pulled down seven boards in her debut at Marcus Pavilion. Mills added seven rebounds to her game high 18 points and Stabler led the way with six assists.
Bailey Snelling scored 17 points for Carroll including 13 in the first half. Cassidy Hashley added 11 points and seven rebounds. The Saints of Carroll hit nine three pointers while the Saints of Saint Martin’s went 0-for-7 from long distance.
The Saints return to Marcus Pavilion on Wednesday, November 5th to take on Northwest Christian at 6:00 PM.
Men’s Basketball
University of Washington 88, Saint Martin’s 65
Seattle, WA
1st
2nd
Final
Saints
27
38
65
Huskies
44
44
88
Timberline alum Donaven Dorsey scored 11 points in his University of Washington debut and the Huskies knocked off Saint Martin’s 88-65 in an exhibition game at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle. Dorsey went 4-for-7 from the field and pulled down two rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench.
Tyler Copp led the Saints with 14 points and Tyler Idowu added 10 points including a couple PAC-12 level slam dunks. Isaac Bianchini hit three three pointers for nine points and Riley Carel had seven points, seven rebounds and five assists in the loss.
Next up for Saint Martin’s is another Divison I exhibition on Saturday when they travel to Missoula to take on Montana.
College Volleyball
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box Score
Bellingham, WA
1
2
3
Vikings (11-4 GNAC, 18-6 overall)
(3)
25
25
25
Saints (4-23 GNAC, 1-14 overall)
(3)
17
9
14
SMU: Brenna Peterson – 12 assists
Girls Soccer 4A Bi-District Tournament (winner to state, loser out)
Olympia 1, Todd Beamer 0
3A Bi-District Tournament (loser out)
Prairie 3, Capital 0 – Capital eliminated
Auburn Mountainview 3, North Thurston 0 – NT eliminated
2A District 4 Tournament (loser out)
Black Hills 3, Tumwater 2 – Tumwater eliminated
High School Volleyball 2A District 4 Tournament (double elimination)
Tumwater 3, Mark Morris 0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-20)
Woodland 3, Black Hills 0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-14)
Mark Morris 3, Black Hills 1 (25-13, 24-26, 25-12, 25-18) – BH eliminated
High School Football (week 10, non-playoffs)
North Thurston 44, Yelm 28
Women’s Basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Carroll College – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Girls Soccer 4A Bi-District Tournament (loser out)
Olympia vs. Todd Beamer – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 7:30 PM
3A Bi-District Tournament (loser out)
Capital vs. Prairie – Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma – 5:30 PM
North Thurston vs. Auburn Mountainview – Harry Lang Stadiu, Lakewood – 7:00 PM
2A District 4 Tournament (loser out)
Tumwater vs. Black Hills – Tumwater District Stadium – 7:00 PM
High School Volleyball 2A District 4 Tournament (double elimination)
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – RA Long HS, Longview – 4:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Woodland – Mark Morris HS, Longview – 4:00 PM
Loser of Tumwater and Black Hills matches – RA Long HS, Tumwater – 8:00 PM
A three pointer with 13:53 left from Alix Hernandez put Evergreen up by seven for the fourth time in the second half but Saint Martin’s went on a 13-1 run capped by a three from Ryan Rogers with 9:49 left put the Saints up for good. The Geoducks cut the lead to two on a Hernandez layup with 1:47 left but it was the last bucket the Geoducks would score until a last second shot when the game was already out of reach and the Saints took home an 82-79 exhibition win.
Five Saints scored in double figures led by Riley Carel’s 15 points. Carel also dished out 10 assists as two Saints notched double-doubles on the night. Ryan Rogers scored 13 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Newcomers Victor Ieronymides and Trey Ingram scored 12 and 14 points respectively in the win. The Saints shot a blistering 63% from the floor.
Two of Evergreen’s newcomers led the way for the Geoducks. Alix Hernandez and Kortney Darby each scored 20 points with eight rebounds. Returnees Jordan Dam and Frankie Johnson scored 15 and 11 points each. Evergreen went 12-for-31 from three point range and only turned the ball over six times.
The Saints travel to Seattle on Thursday night to take on the University of Washington while Evergreen will open their regular season on November 13th in a non-conference game against conference foe Northwest.
Evergreen used a 9-1 run to open up the second half and took a 37-35 lead with 17:43 left but the Saint Martin’s went on their own 15-3 run over the next nine minutes and never trailed again in a 62-53 exhibition game win at the CRC Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
Brooke Paulson scored 18 points and Krista Stabler kicked in 16 for the Saints. Swedish Freshman Elin Johanson started in place of Megan Wiedeman and pulled down 12 rebounds to go with her eight points. The Saints held Evergreen without a field goal from the 14:35 mark to just under the two minutes left to play.
The Geoducks were led by Uriah Thomas and Brittany Gray with 11 points apiece. Evergreen played just eight players and both Sadee Thomas and Gray fouled out.
Oh yeah, the college hoops season tips off when Saint Martin’s and Evergreen play their annual games. Tonight, the games are out at Evergreen beginning with the women at 5:00 PM and continuing at 7:30 with the men.
Both of Evergreen’s teams are coached by new head coaches. The women are led by former Geoducks assistant coach Jennifer Schooler and her challenge is to keep her eight players fresh throughout the game. Injuries and ineligible players has left them shorthanded but still talented with forward Brittany Gray leading their returnees.
Meanwhile, the men are now coached by Tim Malroy, an Olympia native and previously the head coach at Green River Community College. The Geoducks have a couple of solid returnees in Frankie Johnson and Jordan Dam but will rely on a bevy of transfers to round out the roster and hopefully improve on three straight awful years in the CCC.
Meanwhile, in Lacey, the Saints women look to make the playoffs once again and return a solid squad led by senior Angela Gelhar. All-GNAC forward Chelsea Haskey graduated but the emergence of Megan Wiedeman last season tempers that loss and a lot will be expected of the junior forward this season.
On the men’s side, Michael Ostlund enters his second season as head coach and not much is expected out of his squad, at least in the pre-season GNAC poll where they finished tied for 9th. The Saints will likely play various small lineups again with returning guards Riley Carel, Ryan Rogers, Tyler Copp, Isaac Bianchini and Will Bond playing together in various combinations.
Girls Soccer 2A District 4 Tournament
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater Stadium – 5:00 PM (loser-out)
Black Hills vs. Hockinson – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM (winner-to-state)
Willie Spurr’s goal in the 99th minute gave Evergreen their fourth straight shutout win as the Geoducks knocked off Corban 1-0. Angel Guerra recorded four saves in goal for the Geoducks and they moved into a tie with the Warriors for third place in the Cascade Conference at 8-4-1. Juan Oropeza recorded his fifth assists of the season on the Spurr goal.
SPSCC Goals: Fernando Aguilar (8th and 26th minutes)
Fernando Aguilar scored twice in the first half to knock off Southwestern Oregon 2-0 in the final game of the season for the Clippers. Alan Caro made six saves in the win.
Northwest Nazarene 4, Saint Martin’s 1 – Box Score
Nampa, ID
1st
2nd
Final
Saints (3-10-0 GNAC, 3-17-0 overall)
0
1
1
Crusaders (12-1-0 GNAC, 13-3-1 overall)
0
0
0
SMU Goal: Kyle Witzel (90th minute)
Women’s Soccer
Saint Martin’s 2, Western Oregon 0
SMU Soccer Field
1st
2nd
Final
Wolves (4-6-4 GNAC, 6-8-4 overall)
0
0
0
Saints (3-10-1 GNAC, 3-13-2 overall)
0
0
0
SMU Goals: Jessica Christian (58th minute), Kari Inch (76th)
On senior day at Saint Martin’s, the Saints got second half goals from two seniors, Jessica Christian and Kari Inch, and won their season finale 2-0 over Western Oregon. The Saints bid adieu to nine seniors who finished 3-13-2 overall this season.
Women’s Basketball
Evergreen 86, Walla Walla 44
CRC Gymnasium
1st
2nd
Final
Wolves
21
23
44
Geoducks
43
43
86
LaNiecia Weatherspoon, Sadee Jones and Brittany Gray each scored a double-double to lead Evergreen to an 86-44 win over Walla Walla in the Geoducks 2014-2015 season opener. Weatherspoon scored 20 points with 10 boards, Jones racked up 19 points and 10 rebounds and Gray also notched 19 points and led Evergreen with 14 rebounds. The Geouducks outrebounded Walla Walla 54-28.
High School Volleyball 4A Narrows League Tournament
Timberline vs. South Kitsap – Mount Tahoma HS – 2:45 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Mount Tahoma HS – 2:45 PM
Winners of above games – Mount Tahoma HS – 4:30 PM (both to districts)
Losers of above games – Mount Tahoma HS – 4:30 PM (loser out)
3A Narrows League Tournament – Championship Game (both to district)
Capital vs. North Thurston – Mount Tahoma HS – 12:45 PM
Girls Soccer 2A District 4 Playoffs (double elimination)
#2 Tumwater vs. #3 Mark Morris – Tumwater Stadium – 4:30 PM
#1 Black Hills vs. #4 Washougal – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Women’s Soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon – SMU Soccer Field – 2:00 PM
Men’s Soccer
SPSCC vs. Southwestern Oregon – The RAC – 2:15 PM
College Volleyball
Evergreen vs. Northwest Christian – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska Anchorage – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Evergreen went up two sets to none and looked like they might stay in the hunt for a CCC playoff spot, but Corban rallied to win three straight sets and knock off the Geoducks 3-2. The loss drops the Geoducks to 4-12 in Cascade Conference play and out of the playoff hunt.
Ethan Sumlin buried a header off of a free kick taken by Nate Boatright in the 52nd minute to give Evergreen a 1-0 win over Northwest Christian. Geoducks keeper Angel Guerra made five saves and hasn’t allowed a goal in the last three games.
With the win, the Geoducks moved to 7-4-1 in the Cascade Conference and clinched a spot in the playoffs with two games remaining starting with third place Corban on Saturday and first place Concordia on November 8th.
Delaney Smith and Amy Bromley found each other for goals and Rayna Rain added an unassisted goal to lead Evergreen to a 3-0 win over Northwest Christian on a rainy day at Geoducks Pitch. Smith started the scoring in the 7th minute scoring from 15 yards out on an assist from Bromley. Rain scored an insurance goal in the 40th minute and Bromley finished on a through ball from Smith to seal the deal in the 50th minute. Kyla Kitts made four saves for the Geoducks.
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Box score
Nick Salazar scored a hat trick to give head coach Nate Salveson and his South Puget Sound Clippers their first win, a 3-0 defeat of Southwestern Oregon in Coos Bay, Oregon. Salazar scored in the 7th minute, the 34th minute and the 54th minute. Ramon Bravo was credited with an assist on Salazar’s second goal.
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