Category Archives: College
Saint Martin’s fall schedules
We are just a little over a month and a half away from the fall sports season and since Saint Martin’s is still without a Sports Information Director, the poor Saint Martin’s athletics website just sits there, relatively un-updated and begging for attention. Meanwhile, over at the GNAC, the fall sports schedules for the conference are up. I was curious about when the seasons for the men’s, women’s and volleyball teams started and had to dig around a bit to find them, hopefully you will find these Saints schedules easier than I originally did…
Women’s soccer
Aug. 30 – CSU Stanislaus – 2:00 PM
Sept. 7 – at UC-Colorado Springs – 7:30 PM
Sept. 9 – at Colorado Christian – 11:00 AM
Sept. 11 – Corban – 3:00 PM
Sept. 13 – +*Simon Fraser – 3:30 PM
Sept. 15 – +*Western Washington – 3:30 PM
Sept. 20 – +*at MSU Billings – 1:30 PM
Sept. 23 – *Western Oregon – 1:30 PM
Sept. 27 – *Central Washington – 3:00 PM
Sept. 29 – *at Seattle Pacific – 7:00 PM
Oct. 4 – *at Western Oregon – 3:30 PM
Oct. 6 – *at Northwest Nazarene – noon
Oct. 11 – *at Western Washington – 3:00 PM
Oct. 13 – *at Simon Fraser – 7:00 PM
Oct. 18 – *Seattle Pacific – 2:00 PM
Oct. 20 – *at Central Washington – noon
Oct. 25 – +*Northwest Nazarene – 12:45 PM
Oct. 27 – *MSU Billings – 2:00 PM
*GNAC game +Part of a doubleheader with the men
Men’s Soccer
Aug. 31 – at Sonoma State (at Phoenix) – 6:15 PM
Sept. 2 – at Colorado State – Pueblo (at Phoenix) – 6:15 PM
Sept. 6 – at Colorado Christian – TBA
Sept. 8 – at Metro State – 3:30 PM
Sept. 13 – +*Mary – 1:00 PM
Sept. 15 – +*Sioux Falls – 1:00 PM
Sept. 20 – at +*MSU Billings – 4:00 PM
Sept. 22 – at *Northwest Nazarene – 3:00 PM
Sept. 27 – at *Western Washington – 4:00 PM
Sept. 30 – at *Simon Fraser – 3:00 PM
Oct. 6 – *Seattle Pacific – 3:00 PM
Oct. 11 – *Northwest Nazarene – 3:00 PM
Oct. 13 – *MSU Billings – 1:00 PM
Oct. 18 – at *Sioux Falls – 7:00 PM
Oct. 20 – at *Mary – 7:00 PM
Oct. 25 – +*Simon Fraser – 12:45 PM
Oct. 28 – *Western Washington – 1:00 PM
Nov. 3 – at *Seattle Pacific – 7:00 PM
*GNAC game +Part of a doubleheader with the men
Volleyball
(all games at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted)
Aug. 31 – Sept. 1 – at Humboldt State Invitational
Sept. 6 – at BYU-Hawaii – TBA
Sept. 7 – at Chaminade – TBA
Sept. 8 – at Hawaii Pacific – TBA
Sept. 13 – at New Hope Christian
Sept. 15 – at Walla Walla
Sept. 20 – *Alaska Fairbanks
Sept. 22 – *Alaska Anchorage
Sept. 27 – *at Western Washington
Sept. 29 – *at Simon Fraser
Oct. 4 – *MSU Billings
Oct. 6 – *Seattle Pacific
Oct. 11 – *at Northwest Nazarene
Oct. 13 – *at Central Washington
Oct. 18 – *at Alaska Anchorage
Oct. 20 – *at Alaska Fairbanks
Oct. 23 – at Pacific Lutheran
Oct. 25 – *Simon Fraser
Oct. 27 – *Western Washington
Nov. 1 – *at Seattle Pacific
Nov. 3 – *at MSU Billings
Nov. 8 – *Central Washington
Nov. 10 – *Northwest Nazarene
Nov. 15 – *at Western Oregon
Nov. 17 – *Western Oregon
*GNAC game
Oly Sports road trip: Kitsap Pumas vs. North Sound Seawolves photo gallery
Took a drive up to Bremerton today to check out my favorite PDL soccer team, the Kitsap Pumas take on the North Sound Seawolves. To keep this somewhat Olympia sports-centric, former Saint Martin’s goalkeeper Zach Lubin made five saves for the Pumas in their 2-1 win. Lubin (gray jersey and orange socks in the pictures above) and the Pumas are on top of the PDL’s Northwest Division with 29 points, two points ahead of the Sounders U23s. The Pumas and Sounders face each other on Friday, July 6th at 7:30 PM if you would like to take in the sights and sounds of charming Bremerton Memorial Stadium for yourself.
Saint Martin’s Basketball 1907
I can’t help myself from posting this picture that @SMUNews posted today of the Saint Martin’s basketball team from 1907. It’s a beauty.
Oly area alumni list – summer (UPDATED 6/21)
One of the goals of Oly Sports is to keep track of local area alumni and their post Olympia area high school or college sports careers. So below is a list of athletes playing professional, semi-pro or in collegiate summer leagues this summer…
Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Jared Sandberg (Capital HS) – Manager, Hudson Valley Renegades
Adam Conley (Olympia HS) – Greensboro Grasshoppers Called up to Jupiter Hammerheads
Seth Harvey (River Ridge HS) – Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Promoted to Brevard County Manatees
Kramer Champlin (Olympia HS) – Lansing Lugnuts
Alex Phillips (Tenino HS) – Connecticut Tigers
Jacob Pettit (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Bowie Baysox
Cody Hebner (Olympia Athletics – PSCL) – Fort Wayne Tincaps
Chris Scholl (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Arkansas Travelers
Jake Shadle (Hawks Prairie Cardinals – PSCL) – Giants extended spring training
Independent Baseball
Joash Brodin (North Thurston HS) – London Rippers
Collegiate wood bat summer baseball
Jason Monda (Capital HS) – Brewster Whitecaps
Kellen Camus (Capital HS) – Waterloo Bucks
Jourdan Weiks (Capital HS) – Herndon Braves
Tanner Nielsen (North Thurston HS) – Klamath Falls Gems
Cabe Reiten (Olympia HS) – Wenatchee Applesox
Basketball
Semi-pro
Blake Poole (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam
Jeremy Green (Saint Martin’s) – Bellingham Slam Left team
Nate Menefee (Timberline HS, Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Giovanne Woods (Evergreen, River Ridge HS) – Olympia Reign
Mike Ward (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Wright (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Marcus Whitaker (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Nicholas Moore (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Julio Feliciano (Evergreen) – Olympia Reign
Football
National Football League
Jonathan Stewart (Timberline HS) – Carolina Panthers
Matt Johnson (Tumwater HS) – Dallas Cowboys
Rugby
Scott LaValla (North Thurston HS) – US National Team
Soccer
Zach Lubin (Saint Martin’s) – Kitsap Pumas
I’m sure this is not a complete list. If you know someone that I have left off, please let me know in the comments or drop me an email.
And I purposefully didn’t include anybody playing in the Puget Sound Collegiate League because there are so many of them. You can find them by going to the PSCL website.
Quick links: Smith named all-area POY; Much, much more
Kierstin Smith named player of the year of The Olympian’s all-area fastpitch team. Two other Tumwater and two Olympia stars named to the team.
The Olympian also has a ton of recruiting news including the news that Black Hills and SPSCC’s Anye Turner is moving on to the Western Washington basketball team for 2012-2013. – The Olympian
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about Ultimate Frisbee in Olympia. – Thurston Talk
Saint Martin’s catcher Chandler Tracy was named NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year. – SMUSaints.com
Two other Saints were named to an all-region team. Kyle Van Santen made it for the 5K and Sam Washington for the shot put. – SMUSaints.com
The 2013 NCAA Division II regional golf tournament is coming to The Home Course in DuPont and will be hosted by Saint Martin’s. – SMUSaints.com
The Evergreen State College reopened their challenge course this week. – Evergreen Athletics
Evergreen also inducted the first class into their Recreation and Athletics Hall of Fame. – Evergreen Athletics
Also tonight (5/11): Reign host Soldiers
The Olympia Reign return to the Skookum Creek Events Center at Little Creek Casino to face the Salem Soldiers. The Reign are 1-4 on the season while the Soldiers are 1-1.
The Soldiers’ Chehales Tapscott leads the International Basketball League in scoring with 30 points per game and Cory Largent is fourth with 22.5 ppg. The Reign are led by River Ridge grad Giovanne Woods and former Evergreen guard Mike Ward who are each scoring 18.4 points per game.
Tip-off is at 7:00 PM.
Quick links: Klemm, Brown, Weyand, Fairchild, Bean and O’Connell
Morgan Klemm named All-West region second team – SMUSaints.com
Meet Olympia’s Tyler Brown, 15 years-old and playing hockey in Canada – ThurstonTalk.com
Really interesting profile of Tumwater’s German soccer sensation, Kevin Weyand – The Olympian
Oly’s Michael Fairchild honors Crandall Field namesake – The Olympian
Tumwater’s Ryan Bean signs to play baseball for the independent Florence Freedom – Florence Freedom
Emmett O’Connell has an interesting look at Olympia’s minor league baseball stadium in the early 1900’s – Olympia Time
Sunday scoreboard: Saints senior day; Bella Donnas roll
College baseball
Western Oregon 14, Saint Martin’s 3
Western Oregon 6, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from SMUSaints.com
It was the final game eight Saint Martin’s seniors – Nate O’Bryan, Tommy DeBoer, Kaleb Wilson, Sean Goforth, Zach Leonard, Josh Grenier, Adam Hudspeth and Travis Jones. The day didn’t go quite as planned with a pair of losses to Western Oregon and the Saints finished the season at 11-21 in the GNAC and 15-35 overall.
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 211, Rainier Rollergirls 81
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds roll; Rams upset Hockinson; Saints snap WOU winning streak
Boys soccer – 2A District IV playoffs
Tumwater 9, W.F. West 0
North Thurston 3, Hockinson 0
College baseball
Western Oregon 19, Saint Martin’s 0
Saint Martin’s 4, Western Oregon 3 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Capital 7, North Thurston 5
Today (5/5): District IV soccer playoffs; Saints doubleheader; Rams & Cougars at Cheney
The 2A District IV boys soccer playoffs start today when the EvCo #1 seed and undefeated Tumwater T-Birds host W.F. West. Tumwater got the better of the Bearcats in the regular season winning 2-0 on March 20th and 6-1 on April 17th. First kick at Tumwater Stadium is at 2:30 PM.
In other playoff action, the North Thurston boys soccer team travels to Battle Ground to take on Hockinson, the #1 seed from the Greater St. Helen’s League who are 12-1-2 overall this season. First kick at Battle Ground Stadium is at 6:00 PM.
The Saint Martin’s baseball team returns to action on campus with a doubleheader against GNAC runaway leader Western Oregon. The Wolves are 22-2 in the GNAC and are ten games up on second place Northwest Nazarene and 14 up on the Saints who are 10-18 in conference play. The Saints will honor Ben DeMond, a former Saint Martin’s baseball player that was killed by a drunk driver earlier this spring in Norwich, Connecticut. The memorial will begin at 12:30 PM with first pitch coming at 1:00 PM.
The North Thurston and Capital baseball teams square off in a non-league game at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. This is the second season the two teams have played at the Triple-A ballpark of the Tacoma Rainiers. Tickets are $15 and includes a ticket to an upcoming Rainiers game, a hot dog and a drink. Game time is at 1:00 PM.
And it wouldn’t surprise me if there are a ton of makeup softball and baseball games around town. Check your local ball yard.
Finally, South Sound Speedway continues their season with a whole host of races tonight including my favorite, bump-to-pass. Qualifying begins at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
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