Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
Early Friday scoreboard: Saints move to GNAC title game with 7-3 extra innings win
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 7, Simon Fraser 3
Lacey McGladrey drew a bases loaded walk and Megan Miller followed her with a bases clearing double as Saint Martin’s finally broke through with four runs in the top of the 8th inning to knock off Simon Fraser 7-3 and move into the GNAC championship game on Saturday in Billings, Montana. Miller went 2-for-5 in the game and drove in four runs and Sam Munger went 4-for-5 with an RBI.
Saint Martin’s got on the board right away when Munger scored all the way from first on an error by the Simon Fraser left fielder off of the bat of Joslyn Eugenio. But The Clan answered right back in the second inning with a lead off center field blast from Trisha Bouchard and an inning later added two runs when Munger hit Bouchard with the bases loaded and Nicole Ratel grounded out to drive in one more giving Simon Fraser a 3-1 lead.
In the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Miller and Munger drove in two runs to put the Saints back on level ground. Neither team could break through in the rest of the way and the game would head to extra innings.
Taviah Jenkins led off the top of the eighth inning with her third walk of the game followed by a Aubree Pocklington single and a Madi Davis walk to load the bases. McGladrey then took the base on balls to bring Jenkins in for what would turn out to be the game winning run. Miller then found a gap in left center and all three Saints scored to give them a 7-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th.
Munger, who switched back and forth throughout the game with Taylor Bakos on the mound, sent The Clan down 1-2-3 in the eighth to secure the win for the Saints. Munger pitched six innings in total striking out four batters while Bakos pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
The Saints move on to the championship game tomorrow and will face the winner of the consolation bracket game between Simon Fraser and either Western Oregon or Central Washington. The Saints will have two chances to get one win in the double elimination tournament. First pitch is set for 11:00 AM. The winner of the GNAC gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II tournament.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints advance in GNAC tourney; Heo’s hat trick leads Rams
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
GNAC Pitcher of the Year Sam Munger gave up just three hits over six innings and GNAC Player of the Year Lacey McGladrey homered and drove in four runs in Saint Martin’s 8-0 win over Central Washington on the first day of the GNAC tournament in Billings, Montana. Aubree Pocklington went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Saints.
While McGladrey and Pocklington get the offensive headlines with seven RBIs between them, it was Madi Davis’ RBI single in the second inning that proved to be the game winner. The game ended in the bottom of the sixth when Pocklington drove in Taviah Jenkins to make the score 8-0 to trigger the mercy rule.
Munger won her 21st game of the season and #22 Saint Martin’s moved to 37-13 overall. They will face Simon Fraser on Friday morning at 9:00 AM. The winner moves on to the championship game on Saturday while the loser will face the winner of the Central Washington/Western Oregon game in an elimination game Friday afternoon.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0
Mount Tahoma 3, Timberline 1
Shelton 3, Olympia 0
Kenny Heo tallied a hat trick with goals in the 47th, 53rd and 70th minutes and second place North Thurston improved to 7-3-1 in the 3A Narrows League with their 3-0 win over Lincoln. Connor Hawthorne recorded five saves in the shutout.
High school softball
WF West 8, Capital 0
Centralia 19, River Ridge 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
Saints softball sweeps postseason awards, moves to #22 in the nation, are smart
Saint Martin’s Lacey McGladrey was named Player of the Year, Sam Munger picked up Pitchers of the Year honors and Rick Noren was selected Coach of the Year on Tuesday when the Great Northwest Athletic Conference released their post season awards on Tuesday.
Munger was also selected to the GNAC’s first team as a shortstop and Joslyn Eugenio was also named to the first team for the third time in her career. Madi Davis was named to the second team and Taylor Bakos, Taviah Jenkins, Megan Miller, Aubree Pocklington and Dani Wall were all earned honorable mention. For more on each Saint that was honored, read more at SMUSaints.com.
The Saints have also excelled in the classroom placing seven players on the GNAC All-Academic team, the most of any team in the conference. Davis had the highest GPA for the second straight season while Eugenio, McGladrey, Pocklington, Bakos, Jenkins and Wall were all honored for their academic accomplishments. Read more here.
As if that wasn’t enough, SMU moved up to #22 in the nation following their weekend sweep of Western Oregon and Central Washington. The Saints are now 36-13 overall this season and captured their first GNAC regular season title. They open up the conference tournament in Billings on Thursday at 1:30 PM against #4 seed Central Washington. For live stats and live video for Thursdays game, click here.
Sunday scoreboard: Eugenio shines on Senior Day as Saints clinch GNAC title outright
College softball
Saint Martin’s 7, Central Washington 5
Saint Martin’s 12, Central Washington 4 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
With a 7-5 win over Central Washington in game one of today’s doubleheader, the Saint Martin’s softball team clinched the GNAC regular season title outright and will head to the conference tournament in Billings, Montana as the #1 seed.
Senior Joselyn Eugenio went 2-for-4 with a two home run in the first inning and an RBI single in the Saints’ four run sixth inning. Sam Munger picked up her 20th win of the season giving up four earned runs in seven innings and went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored.
In game two, after falling behind 4-3 after the top of the fifth inning, the Saints exploded for nine runs capped off by a three run bomb by Eugenio that gave them an eight run lead and ended the game on the mercy rule. Eugenio, playing in her last game at home, went 3-for-4 with three runs driven in and another pair of runs scored to cap off an outstanding Senior Day.
Lacey McGladrey went 4-for-4 and scored three runs, Munger drove in another three runs and Taviah Jenkins homered to open up the scoring in the fifth. Taylor Bakos picked up her 14th win of the season and the Saints moved to 18-6 in GNAC play and 36-13 overall.
College baseball
Western Oregon 9, Saint Martin’s 2
Western Oregon 18, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
The Saint Martin’s baseball team fell to 4-23 in conference play and 6-38 overall with a 9-2 and an 18-0 loss to Western Oregon in Monmouth, Oregon.
Today (4/28): Saints look to clinch outright GNAC title and honor four seniors
The Saint Martin’s softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning yesterday capped off by a Sam Munger single that scored Megan Miller to claim at least a share of the GNAC regular season title in dramatic fashion.
Today, the Saints can claim the regular season title outright and head to the GNAC tournament in Billings as the #1 seed with at least one win in their doubleheader against Central Washington beginning at the Saint Martin’s softball field.
The Saints will honor four senior that have been a huge part of the Saint Martin’s astounding turnaround over the last two seasons, Joslyn Eugenio, Madi Davis, Aubree Pocklington and Taylor Bakos.
Eugenio has been one of the top hitters for the Saints in all four of her seasons in Lacey. She hit .392 her freshman year, .391 as a sophomore, cooled off to .351 last season and is hitting .403 with four home runs this season. She led the Saints in runs batted in all four seasons with the Saints racking up 139 and counting for her career.
Bakos is in her second season as a Saint after transferring from Columbia Basin CC and has teamed with Sam Munger to form a formidable 1-2 punch on the mound. Last season, Bakos went 9-5 with a 2.32 ERA and is 13-7 with a 2.59 ERA this season.
Madi Davis and Aubree Pocklington are each transfers that have spent two seasons with the Saints. Davis is having a breakout year hitting .313 this year and has started all 47 games. Pocklington has seen the majority of the action behind the plate and is hitting .278 with four home runs this season.
First pitch today is schedule for noon, weather permitting.
Monday scoreboard: Blazers take Narrows title; Rams move into first; Bears have no problems
College baseball
Central Washington 10, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Timberline 2, Timberline 0 – Photo gallery
Olympia 14, Stadium 4
WF West 6, Capital 2
Aberdeen 16, Black Hills 1
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – No report
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – Photo gallery
Timberline 14, Lincoln 2
Olympia 10, Gig Harbor 0
Tumwater 9, Aberdeen 6
Capital 9, Black Hills 3
Boys soccer
Timberline @ Foss – No report
Today (4/22): Narrows League leaders in baseball, softball face off at North Thurston
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington – Saints Baseball Field – 1:30 PM
Saint Martin’s and Central resume their postponed game from Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats led 5-3 in the top of the fifth inning when the rains came.
High school baseball
Timberline @ North Thurston – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Stadium – Crandall Field – 4:00 PM
North Thurston and Timberline face off once again in 3A Narrows League action with first place on the line. The Blazers currently sit atop the standings at 9-0 following a 5-2 win over the Rams on Friday afternoon. North Thurston is in second place at 8-1. The Rams will most likely start their ace, Ryan Mets, while Timberline used their top pitcher, Matt Mercer, on Friday.
High school softball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 4:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Stevens Field – 4:00 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
First place is also on the line in the 3A Narrows League softball standings at North Thurston where the Rams host Wilson. The two teams sit tied at 6-1 in league play. The Rams have scored a league high 138 runs this season and are 9-4 overall while Wilson struggled in non-league play and are 6-5 overall having scored just 85 runs.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints split in Canada; Bielaski walk off homer tops Central; Oly Rollers gas Toxic 253
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Simon Fraser 4
Simon Fraser 2, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Despite giving up four runs in the first three innings of game one, Sam Munger picked up here 17th win of the season in #21 Saint Martin’s 8-4 victory over Simon Fraser in Burnaby, British Columbia. Down 4-2 through five innings, Taviah Jenkins tied the game with a two run double and then scored the eventual game winner on a passed ball in the sixth. The Saints tacked on three more in the seventh to secure their 32nd win of the year.
In game two, The Clan’s Kelsey Hawkins spun a gem allowing just three hits in a 2-0 shutout. Taylor Bakos went the distance for the Saints allowing just two runs in the third inning and fell to 13-7 this season.
Saint Martin’s is now 32-13 and remains in first place in the GNAC at 14-6, one game ahead of Central Washington. The Saints return home on Saturday with a pair of games against Northwest Nazarene and another pair on Sunday against Central.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 5, Central Washington 4 (10 innings) – Recap
Alex Bielaski hit a solo walk off home run in the tenth inning to lead Saint Martin’s to a 5-4 win over Central Washington in game one today’s doubleheader. Bielaski led the way with three hits as the Saints picked up just their fifth win of the season. Anthony Klonitsko picked up the win working 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief. Brad Banker got the start for the Saints and allowed two earned runs over 6 2/3 innings.
Game two of the doubleheader was suspended in the top of the fifth inning with Central Washington leading 5-3. The two teams will resume their game tomorrow at 1:30 PM.
Rugby
PNRFU Division III championship game
Corvallis Brewers 27, Budd Bay Buffaloes 24
With a 27-24 loss to Corvallis, Budd Bay took second place at the Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union championships in Bend, Oregon. The Buffaloes move on to the Pacific Coast Division II playoffs in San Francisco on May 4th and 5th.
Roller derby
Oly Rollers USARS 247, Toxic-253 20
Today (4/21): Saints baseball; Geoducks, Saints spring soccer
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Central Washington (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – 12:00 PM
Men’s spring soccer
Evergreen @ Saint Martin’s – SMU Soccer Field – 1:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: #21 Saints split in Bellingham; Cougars, T-Birds pick up EvCo wins
College softball
Saint Martin’s 3, Western Washington 1
Western Washington 5, Saint Martin’s 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Dani Wall went 3-for-3 and drove in all three Saint Martin’s runs and reigning national player of the week Sam Munger gave up just one earned run on three hits to lead the #21 Saints to a 3-1 game one win over Western Washington. Munger won her 16th game of the season and Madi Davis had a pair of hits in the win.
In game two, the Saints and Vikings were tied at two through five innings but a catcher’s inference and two errors led to three runs for Western in their 5-2 victory. Taylor Bakos went the distance and gave up two earned runs but picked off the loss due to five Saint Martin’s errors. Wall continued her perfect day going 2-for-2 with an RBI and Munger added three hits in the loss.
Saint Martin’s remains in first place in the GNAC at 13-5 and are now 31-12 overall. They head to Canada tomorrow and will take on Simon Fraser in doubleheader action beginning at 1:00 PM.
College baseball
Central Washington 7, Saint Martin’s 6
Central Washington 9, Saint Martin’s 2 – Photo gallery – Recap
High school baseball
Capital 4, Black Hills 3
Tumwater 2, Aberdeen 1
Capital’s Tom Kerr was touched up for three runs in the first inning but pitched five scoreless innings, striking out 14 Black Hills batters to lead Capital to a 4-3 win. The Cougars broke through with runs in the fourth and fifth innings before taking the lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Joe Conley relieved Kerr in the seventh to pick up the save.
Tumwater moved into third place in the 2A EvCo with a 2-1 win over second place Aberdeen. Garrett Terrell drove in a run in the first inning and Riley Owen drove in what proved to the game winner in the fourth for the T-Birds.
Boys soccer
Yelm 6, Black Hills 2
Rugby
Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union Championships
Budd Bay 54, Salem 28
Budd Bay moves into championship round on Sunday. They will place Corvallis at 1:00 PM in Bend, Oregon.
Spring college women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 3, Concordia 0
Saint Martin’s 0, Portland State 0
Oly Sports 