Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
Thursday scoreboard: Saints pound Wildcats; Blazers, Rams, Cougars score soccer wins
College softball
Saint Martin’s 13, Central Washington 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
On March 4th, the Saint Martin’s softball team lost a game to Central Washington 7-3. However, the Saints protested a home run in the bottom of the first inning that was originally called foul and then changed to fair after the umpires discussed the call at the request of the Wildcats’ coaches. The protest was upheld, the loss was struck from the Saints’ record and today the game resumed from just before the home run happened over a month ago.
And this time, Sam Munger got the out and proceeded to pitch a two hit, five inning mercy rule shutout and the Saints won easily, 13-0. Saint Martin’s had 17 hits in the game including six combined hits for Munger and Morgan Klemm that accounted for five of the Saints’ runs. Lacey McGladrey went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI.
The Saints have won three straight games to move to 28-15-1 overall and 18-10 in the GNAC.
Boys Soccer
Timberline 5, Yelm 2
North Thurston 4, W.F. West 0
Capital 2, Wilson 1
Centralia 5, River Ridge 1
Aberdeen 6, Black Hills 0
Olympia 1, South Kitsap 1
Xavier Wurtele and Dan Ceban each scored two goals for Timberline in their 5:2 win over Yelm on Thursday night. Wurtele struck first for the Blazers with a goal in the 37th minute, the only goal for the two teams in the first 60 minutes. Including Casey French’s goal in the 61st minute that opened up the floodgates, the two teams combined for six goals in the final twenty minutes of play.
Joey Renaud scored his first hat trick for North Thurston in their 4:0 win over W.F. West in the first game of the South Sound Stadium doubleheader. Keeper Desean Freeman had two saves for the Rams to earn the shutout.
Matteo Nartempi had the game winning goal in the 76th minute in Capital’s 2:1 win over Wilson at Stadium Bowl in Tacoma. Bryce Joling scored early for the Cougars with a goal in the third minute but the Rams answered back quickly with a goal of their own in the third minute from Chris Peterson. The two teams then battled for 73 minutes before Nartempi’s game winner.
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints sweep; Bears’ Houser pitches no-hitter
College softball
Saint Martin’s 11, Northwest Nazarene 0
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school softball
Olympia 7, Central Kitsap 2
Tumwater 4, W.F. West 0
Centralia 7, Black Hills 4 – 8 innings
High school baseball
Olympia 11, Central Kitsap 0 – Trevor Houser pitches no-hitter.
Centralia 3, Tumwater 2
W.F. West 3, Black Hills 2
Aberdeen 7, River Ridge 5 – Completeion of suspended game – 11 innings
Aberdeen 15, River Ridge 8
Today (4/18): Can the Saints’ bats heat back up?
If the weather can hold, today is a very good day for the Saint Martin’s softball team’s bats to heat back up. Since returning from their California road trip, the Saints have been shutout in five of their last ten games and have dropped to third place in the GNAC, six and a half games behind MSU Billings. But Northwest Nazarene comes into today at just 5-21 in the GNAC and 6-29 overall and were swept by the Saints 11-3 and 4-0 in a doubleheader on April 4th. First pitch for today’s doubleheader is scheduled for noon. UPDATE: Today’s games have been moved to the RAC.
There are also a handful of high school games scheduled for today…
High school baseball
Lincoln @ Capital – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Tumwater – 4:30 PM
High school softball
Capital @ Timberline – 4:00 PM
Centralia @ Black Hills – 4:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Dropkick Donnas Scandalized; Saints split again
Roller Derby
Port Scandalous 106, Dropick Donnas 103
The Oly Rollers’ Dropkick Donnas and the Port Scandalous Rollergirls were tied at 103 with just over a minute to play but Port Scandalous got the last three points of the bout to pull out a thrilling 106-103 win at Skateland on Sunday night. The Donnas were down by ten at halftime and eleven with 14 minutes to play before closing the gap to draw even.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 1, MSU Billings 0
MSU Billings 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Offense was scarce at Dehler Park in Billings on Sunday when the two teams combined for just two runs total over 16 innings, the lowest scoring doubleheader in GNAC history. In game one, the Saints’ Tommy Deboer gave up just four hits and struck out six Yellowjackets in eight scoreless innings of work. Travis Jones’ double in the top of the ninth inning drove in Mario Sanelli for the only run of the game and Zach Carter worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to preserve the win for the Saints.
In game two, Kaleb Wilson and Josh Moss combined to give up one run on four hits for the Saints but were out dueled by Matt Eames’ two hit, seven inning complete game shutout. With the weekend split, the Saints are now 11-25 overall and 7-11 in GNAC play.
Men’s soccer
Sounders U23s 3, Gonzaga University 2
Capital High School’s Josh Phillips, a sophomore defender for Gonzaga, is pictured above clearing the ball for the Zags.
Though not officially an Olympia team, the Sounders U23s will play the Portland Timbers U23s in Tumwater on June 2nd and I am covering the team this season for GoalWa.net. You can read my quick and easy recap here and see more photos from the game on the Oly Sports Facebook page.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints split; Navigators, Rams win
College softball
Saint Martin’s 8, Western Washington 0
Western Washington 8, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, MSU Billings 5
MSU Billings 12, Saint Martin’s 5 – More from SMUSaints.com
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 1, Concordia 1 – Exhibition game – More from SMUSaints.com
High school baseball
Northwest Christian 6, Charles Wright 5
North Thurston 15, Black Hills 0
Aberdeen 4, River Ridge 0
Today (4/14): Racing season starts; Saints host Vikes; Navigators to play?
Racing season at South Sound Speedway opens tonight with mini stocks, hobby stocks, bumblebees, bump to pass (my personal favorite) and baby grands. Kids 15 year and under are free tonight and adults cost $12. Gates open at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
Saint Martin’s softball hosts a doubleheader with Western Washington today. The Saints are currently third in the GNAC at 14-9 and are 24-14-1 overall while the Vikings are 7-15 in conference play and 11-28 overall. The two teams split a pair of doubleheaders two weeks ago in Bellingham. Western’s Stephanie Fox blanked the Saints in both games extending her scoreless innings streak to 27 innings, a school record. She extended that record to 29 innings on Thursday against MSU-Billings before giving up seven runs over the next three innings. First pitch is at noon.
The Northwest Christian baseball team may finally play a baseball game today when they are set to host the Charles Wright Academy at Bucknell Park at 4:00 PM. Between Spring Break, the rain and Taholah canceling it’s season, the Navigators haven’t played a game since a loss to Lake Quinault on March 28th. Head coach Damon Ford’s squad is 4-4 overall and 2-2 in league.
Also on tap today, a 2A EvCo baseball matchup between Black Hills and North Thurston. First pitch in this makeup game is scheduled for 1:00 PM at NTHS.
There are also probably numerous other makeup games being played around town. Follow me on Twitter for the latest updates.
Quick Links: Saints, Saints and more Saints (and some other stuff too)
Capital baseball coach Eric Stark to resign after the season. – The Olympian
Good read about Saints softball sensation (aliteration!) Morgan Klemm. – The Olympian
Another really good read about the set of sisters playing for Saint Martin’s softball. – SMUSaints.com
And another Saint Martin’s athlete, thrower Sam Washington, is featured on SMUSaints.com
Tumwater’s Carly McIsaac has signed to play hoops for Oregon Tech. – Cascade Collegiate Conference
Two Central Kitsap athletes are heading to Saint Martin’s. Krista Stabler was the 4A Narrows League MVP in basketball and Josh Sontag will play baseball. – Kitsap Sun Prep Beat Blog
You can vote for Saint Martin’s Blake Poole to be the ProB League player of the year by just clicking like on his photo on the league’s Facebook page. – ProB League Facebook
Monday scoreboard: Saints swept; Tumwater, North Thurston score rivalry wins
College softball
Simon Fraser 2, Saint Martin’s 0
Simon Fraser 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
High school fastpitch
Capital 13, Shelton 6
Timberline 2, Olympia 1 – 8 innings
Tumwater 12, Black Hills 4
North Thurston 13, River Ridge 3 – 5 innings
Boys soccer
Tumwater 4, Black Hills 0
North Thurston 2, River Ridge 1
High school baseball
Timberline 21, Lincoln 0
Olympia 8, Bellarmine Prep 3
Yelm 4, Capital 1
Slideshow: Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser
It was a beautiful day for softball on the campus of Saint Martin’s University. Sadly, the Saints lost a pair of games to Simon Fraser and dropped from second place in the GNAC to third behind The Clan.
If you would like full size copies of these photos, I’d be happy to provide them. Please email me at OlySportsBlog@gmail.com
Also today (4/9): Saints softball hosts Simon Fraser
The Saint Martin’s softball team looks to get back on track after running into a buzzsaw of a pitcher over the weekend in their split with Western Washington when they host Simon Fraser for a doubleheader starting at noon.
At 14-7, the Saints are second in the GNAC, 4 1/2 games behind MSU Billings. The Clan are 15-9 in the GNAC and are just half a game behind the Saints.
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