Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
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
Monday scoreboard: Saints snakebitten again; Rams, Blazers baseball and softball dominate
College baseball
Pacific Lutheran 5, Saint Martin’s 4
Pacific Lutheran 12, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Former Puget Sound Collegiate Leaguer Collin Nilson drove in the winning run in the 12th inning of game one and hit a solo home run in game two as PLU swept Saint Martin’s in a non-conference doubleheader in Parkland. With the 5-4 and 12-1 losses, the Saints drop to 3-29 overall this season.
Chandler Tracy hit home runs in each game and now leads the Saints with 11 homers this season, the only Saint to even touch double digits in the long ball category, and leads the team with 20 RBI. Bobby Twedt went 3-for-6 in game one and tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI single in the eighth and temporarily gave the Saints the 4-2 lead in the tenth inning.
High school baseball
North Thurston 11, Foss 0
Timberline 11, Mount Tahoma 0
Olympia 8, Bellarmine 6
Ryan Mets struck out 14 and gave up just two hits over six innings and North Thurston continued their dominance of Tacoma schools with an 11-0 win. The Rams have outscored Lincoln and Foss over their last four Narrows League games 53-1 and have given up just four hits in four games.
High school softball
North Thurston 13, Stadium 1
Timberline 23, Foss 0
South Kitsap 9, Olympia 3
Oregon City 10, Black Hills 0
Dominique Greeno hit another home run for North Thurston, her sixth of the season, to lead the Rams to a 13-1 win over Stadium in Tacoma. Sierra Davis went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs in the win.
Megan Porche hit three homers as Timberline hung 10 runs in the first inning and 13 runs in the second on Foss in their 23-0 win in Lacey.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball splits; Rams, Olympia beat non-conference foes
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, Corban 2
Corban 11, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
North Thurston 3, Sumner 1
Olympia 5, Stadium 0
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 8, Saint Martin’s 6
Northwest Nazarene 9, Saint Martin’s 8 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roller derby
San Diego Starlettes 137, Undefground Derby 94
Today (3/30): Saints softball hosts NAIA #10 squad; Rams hope to continue amazing week; Budd Bay Rugby
Despite the beautiful weather, it is a light day of sports here in the Olympia area. Just a handful of games on the docket including the streaking Saint Martin’s softball team, North Thurston baseball and Budd Bay Rugby.
The Saint Martin’s softball team looks for their 20th win of the season today when they face the NAIA’s Corban University in doubleheader action at 12:00 PM at the campus softball field. The Saints are 19-9 this season and are coming off a non-conference sweep of the NAIA’s #24 ranked Concordia yesterday. Today they face a #10 ranked Corban squad that is riding a 17 game win streak.
Also at 1:00 PM, the North Thurston baseball squad takes on Sumner in non-conference action. The Rams have had quite the week against the Tacoma schools knocking off Lincoln and Foss by a combined 42-1 allowing just two hits in three games.
And finally, at Rainier Vista Park, a day of rugby kicks off at 10:00 AM with Budd Bay Barbarians and Steelheads youth squad games leading up to the Budd Bay Buffaloes men’s squad game against the Battleground Bulls at 1:45 PM.
Friday scoreboard: Saints softball sweeps Concordia; Lacey schools beat up on Tacoma foes
College Softball
Saint Martin’s 6, Concordia 4
Saint Martin’s 5, Concordia 4 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Highline 5, SPSCC 3
Highline 12, SPSCC 3
Christina Demar’s three run home run in the fifth inning blew game one open giving Saint Martin’s a 6-2 lead and the Saints held on to knock off Concordia 6-4 in a non-conference contest. Sam Munger picked up her ninth win of the season giving up just two earned runs over seven innings.
Aubree Pocklington homered in a four run second inning and scored the eventual game winning run on a Lacey McGladrey sacrifice fly to give the Saints the 5-4 game two win and sweep of the NAIA #24 ranked Cavaliers. Taylor Bakos had an off day in the circle giving up four earned runs in two innings but Kaylee Lawson pitched five scoreless innings in relief to pick up her first win of the season.
High school softball
Timberline 25, Lincoln 2
Wilson 8, North Thurston 6
Tumwater @ Black Hills – No report
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – No report
River Ridge @ Capital – No report
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 8, Saint Martin’s 7
Northwest Nazarene 8, Saint Martin’s 7 – Recap on SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s pounded out 18 hits in game one and took a 7-1 lead in game two but couldn’t come away with a win in either game dropping two 8-7 decisions to Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho. The Crusaders scored a combined 12 runs in the seventh inning of the two games. They posted five runs in the nine inning first game to erase a 6-2 deficit they wouldn’t relinquish. And in the seven inning game two, the Saints surrendered seven runs in the seventh including a two run walk off homer by Tate Glasgow.
Chandler Tracy hit a home run in each game and went 3-for-8 with five RBI in the doubleheader but the Saints dropped to 3-25 and 1-13 in GNAC play.
River Ridge alum Jon Matos went 3-for-8 with three runs scored and three RBI in the pair of Crusaders wins.
High school baseball
North Thurston 13, Foss 0
Timberline 20, Mount Tahoma 1
Tumwater 3, Black Hills 0
River Ridge @ Capital – No report
Boys soccer
Timberline 0, Mount Tahoma 0
Sunday scoreboard: Saints softball sweeps GNAC leader; Oly Rollers romp
College softball
Saint Martin’s 9, Simon Fraser 0
Saint Martin’s 4, Simon Fraser 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger and Taylor Bakos combined to give up just six hits and one earned run in Saint Martin’s 9-0 and 4-1 doubleheader sweep of GNAC leader Simon Fraser. Munger also hit a home run in game two, a solo shot in the first, and drove in another run in the fifth. Joselyn Eugenio went 4-for-6 in the doubleheader and drove in three runs and Christina Demar hit a home run in the second inning of game one.
The wins move the Saints to 17-9 overall and 8-4 in conference, just a half game behind the Clan. Munger’s third shutout of the season moves her record to 8-5 and she lowered her ERA to 2.02. Bakos, meanwhile, is now 9-4 with a 2.17 ERA.
Video from Saints athletics YouTube channel.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 5, Western Oregon 3
Saint Martin’s 7, Western Oregon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 237, Northwest Derby Company 92
Today (3/24): Saints softball and baseball doubleheaders; Oly Rollers derby action
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – Noon 1:00 PM
College softball
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser (DH) – Saints Softball Field – Noon
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers vs. Northwest Derby Company – Skateland! – 6:00 PM
Today (3/23): Baseball, softball, soccer and fights
It looks like it will be a decent, sunny, somewhat chilly day in Olympia and it’s a good thing because there is a ton of baseball and softball to be played today. Not to mention a couple soccer games and the fights in Tumwater, not that they need beautiful weather.
Baseball kicks things off when Capital takes on Tumwater at Tumwater High School starting at 11:00 AM in a game originally scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Across I-5, Black Hills hosts Shelton in a non-league game with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 PM.
The Saint Martin’s baseball team looks to snap a seven game losing streak against second place Western Oregon in a doubleheader beginning at 4:00 PM at The RAC. The Saints are just 3-19 overall and 1-7 in the GNAC while Western Oregon was picked to win the GNAC but sit in second place at 6-2 in conference. Timberline grad Taylor Hetrick is in his first season with the Wolves after transferring from New Mexico State. The sophomore has made three appearances and has a 2.45 ERA.
At noon the Saint Martin’s softball team takes on Western Washington in doubleheader action. The Saints currently sit in third place in the GNAC at 5-3 in conference and 14-8 overall and the Vikings are one game behind them at 4-4 in conference. The Saints’ Sam Munger is the reigning GNAC player of the week, the second time she was honored this season, and is 7-4 with a 2.16 ERA so far this season. Lacey McGladrey is riding a 14-game hitting streak, the second longest streak in school history.
The days slate of boys soccer games kicks off at 1:00 PM with a non-league game between Capital and Seattle Academy at Ingersoll Stadium. Then at 2:00, Tumwater Stadium hosts a non-league doubleheader beginning with Tumwater and Shelton and continuing at 5:00 when Black Hills takes on Timberline. This game is actually scheduled for noon.
And finally, Northwest Fight Challenge XVI takes over South Sound Sports Center in Tumwater. The night is presented by the Academy of Brian Johnson in Lacey and features local MMA fighters. Doors open at 6:00 PM with fights getting underway at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available at the door for $25. Oly Sports will be at the fights and will have a photo gallery tomorrow night and you can follow along with the action on Twitter at @OlySportsBlog.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball splits; Budd Bay drops Portland
College softball
Saint Martin’s 2, Central Washington 1
Central Washington 7, Saint Martin’s 3 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Lower Columbia 15, SPSCC 2 – Box score
College baseball
Central Washington 8, Saint Martin’s 2
Central Washington 5, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 34, Portland 8
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