Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept; Tumwater, Black Hills split
College baseball
Western Oregon 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Western Oregon 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, River Ridge 3
Tumwater 8, Black Hills 1
Black Hills 6, Tumwater 1
Yelm 7, Capital 0
Ocosta 4, Northwest Christian 1
High school softball
Olympia 8, Stadium 1
Yelm 4, Capital 2
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball season (probably) ends
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 5
Northwest Nazarene 10, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
With their game one win and Montana State Billings’ loss to Simon Fraser, Saint Martin’s got to within one game of earning the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid, but the Saints’ best season likely came to an end in the first inning of game two when Northwest Nazarene pushed five runs across and cruised to a 10-2 victory.
The Saints finish third in the GNAC at 23-13 and 33-18-1 overall, a 24 win improvement in Rick Noren’s second season at the helm. They still have a very slim chance of being one of five teams to receive an at-large bid into the West Regional.
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 4, Saint Martin’s 2
Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from SMUSaints.com
Track & Field – Saint Martin’s Invitational
Saint Martin’s winners…
Joscelyn Minton – 800 meters – 2:13.39
Kyle Van Santen – 1500 meters – 3:53.2
Frank Krause – 800 meters – 1:56.32
Ashley Llapitan – 10,000 meters – 42:30.4
Edd Brown – 200 meters – 22.15
International Basketball League
Olympia Reign 138, Portland Chinooks 127
High school baseball
North Thurston 3, Aberdeen 0
Friday scoreboard: Saints baseball swept in Nampa
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 11, Saint Martin’s 4
Northwest Nazarene 5, Saint Martin’s 3 – More from NNUSports.com
In game one, Northwest Nazarene’s first four hitters went 11-for-17 with seven RBI and eight runs scored as the Crusaders opened up an 11-0 lead on the Saint Martin’s and cruised to the 11-4 victory. Chandler Tracy led the way for the Saints going 3-for-4.
In game two, the Saints had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning (the last inning of the game in game two of a doubleheader) but Crusaders’ reliever Sean McDonald struck out Tracy looking to get the save. The Saints opened the scoring with a run in the second inning but River Ridge alum Jon Matos erased the lead with a three run homer in the third. The Saints answered back with two runs in the fourth but the Crusaders scored two of their own in the fourth and held on for the 5-3 win.
The sweep flip flops the Saints and Crusaders in the GNAC standings. Coming into the game, Saint Martin’s was in second but the losses drop them to 10-14 and tied for third. Meanwhile, Northwest Nazarene jumps to second place at 12-14.
High school baseball
North Thurston 8, Centralia 7
Timberline 8, Yelm 2
W.F. West 4, River Ridge 2
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 1
High school softball
Capital 13, Lincoln 0
Gig Harbor 5, Olympia 4
Black Hills 12, River Ridge 2
Thursday scoreboard: Saints still alive; T-Birds stay undefeated
College softball
Saint Martin’s 5, Montana State Billings 3 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s 11, Montana State Billings 8 – 9 innings
Saint Martin’s came up huge with their sweep of GNAC leader Montana State Billings in Billings on Thursday afternoon. The Saints had to win to keep their GNAC title hopes alive and after winning game one 5-3, the Saints found themselves down 7-4 in the fourth inning of game two. Morgan Klemm hit a three run homerun to tie the game and then took an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh but couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the seventh and the Yellowjackets tied the game at 8-8. The Saints broke through with three runs in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
The sweep brings the Saints within two games of the Yellowjackets with just two conference games left to play for both teams. To get the GNAC’s NCAA bid, the Saints have to sweep Northwest Nazarene and hope that Simon Fraser can sweep in Billings on Saturday.
Boys soccer
Tumwater 5, Aberdeen 1
Capital 2, Foss 0
Centralia 1, North Thurston 0
Stadium 3, Olympia 0
W.F. West 2, River Ridge 1
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 12, North Beach 10
W.F. West 5, Tumwater 4
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4
High school softball
Wilson 9, Capital 1
Today (4/26): Capital, North Thurston soccer; Saints softball must win on road
The 3A Narrows League first place Capital Cougars soccer team welcomes Foss to Ingersoll Stadium tonight at 7:00 PM. Capital dominated in the first meeting between the two teams winning 4-1 on March 27th. Bryce Joling and Joey Geraci each scored two goals for the Cougars in that game.
North Thurston soccer hosts Centralia at South Sound Stadium at 7:00 PM. The two teams met on March 29th and behind two Guillermo Martinez goals, Centralia won 3-1. Without Nick Salazar’s services, Bin Hasan scored the Rams’ lone goal.
The Saint Martin’s softball team is in a must win situation when they take on GNAC first place Montana State Billings in a doubleheader this afternoon. The Saints must sweep the Yellowjackets today and sweep Northwest Nazarene tomorrow and hope Billings drops their final two games to win the GNAC regular season championship. The two teams met in early March with the Yellowjackets taking three of four games. Live stats are available here.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints alive; DeBoer goes the distance; Budd Bay champs
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Central Washington 3
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 4 – More from SMUSaints.com
With the split, Saint Martin’s must now win their last four games and have Montana State Billings lose their last four for the Saints to win the GNAC title.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 1
Central Washington 13, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
Tommy DeBoer gave up just one run in the first inning in a complete game 3-1 Saint Martin’s win in game one.
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay def. Modesto
The Budd Bay Buffaloes beat Modesto on Sunday afternoon in Portland to win the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union championship. The Buffaloes now move on to the USAR west regional as the #3 seed.
Today (4/22): Saints baseball, softball hosts Wildcats
Big day on the Saint Martin’s campus with two important doubleheaders against Central Washington on tap.
Saints baseball starts it off at noon in a pair of games that could either keep them in second place or land them in last. Western Oregon leads the GNAC standings by eight games at 16-2. The other four teams are separated by just one game far behind. Saint Martin’s is 9-11 in conference while Central is 7-11. Montana State Billings and Northwest Nazarene are 10-14.
Central Washington softball comes into town as giant killers having swept first place Montana State Billings yesterday. The sweep kept the Saints’ conference champion hopes alive and taking two from the Wildcats today could move them to three behind the Yellowjackets with a trip to Billings still ahead next week. A win today would also give the Saints their first 30 win season in program history.
The Saints will honor four seniors – Morgan Klemm, Megan Antonovich, Kelsie McGladrey and Tiffany Griffiths – in their last home games of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball splits, baseball sweeps; Budd Bay Rugby advances
College softball
Saint Martin’s 6, Western Oregon 5
Western Oregon 5, Saint Martin’s 1 – More from SMUSaints.com
Sam Munger hit a three run home run and pitched a complete game to pick up her 15th win of the season in Saint Martin’s 6-5 win in game one. Lacey McGladrey went 2-for-2 with two RBI and Megan Antonovich went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
In game two, Taylor Bakos gave up five unearned runs in the first three innings and the Saints were baffled by Western Oregon’s Myranda Sawyer and lost to the Wolves 5-1. Lacey McGladrey had two of the Saints’ four hits.
With the split and thanks to Central Washington’s sweep of first place Montana State Billings, the Saints move to four games back of the Yellowjackets. However, Billings’ magic number to clinch the GNAC’s automatic NCAA tournament bid is now just two.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 7 – 10 innings
Saint Martin’s 12, Central Washington 10 – More from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s didn’t do anything easy on Saturday but still managed to sweep Central Washington. After being down 5-1 after the top of the third inning, game one was eventually won on a two out infield chopper by Bobby Twedt that scored Casey Thorpe from third.
In game two, the Saints fell behind seven runs in the first three innings but scored the next 12 runs, including a six run inning in the third and a five run inning in the fifth, and held on for a 12-10 win.
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes def. Bay Area
Budd Bay earned a trip to USA Rugby’s Western Regional with their win in the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union D3 semifinals on Saturday in Portland. The Buffaloes take on Modesto in the championship game and with a win will earn a #3 seed. With a loss, they will get the #8 seed.
High school baseball
Timberline 14, Wilson 1
W.F. West 8, North Thurston 0
Boys soccer
Capital 1, Tumwater 1
Today (4/21): Saints baseball faces Wildcats
The Saint Martin’s baseball team finally returns back to campus when they take on Central Washington in a GNAC doubleheader this afternoon. The Saints haven’t played a home game in nearly a month, not since they split a four game series with Northwest Nazarene on March 23rd and 24th.
The Saints come into today’s game in at 7-11 in GNAC play and 11-25 overall. The Wildcats are a game ahead of the Saints for third place at 7-9 in conference and are 15-19 overall. The two teams have met six times this season already with Central coming out on top five times. The Saints only win came on February 19th when they beat the Wildcats 7-6 in the last day of the Lewis & Clark State tournament.
Olympia’s Nate O’Bryan gets the start in game one of today’s doubleheader for Saint Martin’s. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM.
Today (4/20): Reign open against Slam
The 2012 International Basketball League season kicks off tonight when the Olympia Reign hosts the Bellingham Slam in their new home at the Skookum Creek Events Center at the Little Creek Casino.
The game features a slew of former Saint Martin’s and Evergreen basketball players including the Geoducks’ Nate Menefee, Mike Ward, Marcus Whitaker and Nicholas Moore for the Reign and former Saints Blake Poole and Jeremy Green for the Slam.
Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 Players Club members and children 12 under are free. And the Skookum Creek Events Center will feature something that the Reign have never been able to offer before at their home games, a beer garden open for fans 21 and over.
Read more about the Reign’s opener in The Olympian’s preview. The Olympian also had a feature about Blake Poole yesterday that is worth a read.
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