Never got a chance to post this on Tuesday, but The Olympian’s Meg Wochnick had a very nice profile of Saint Martin’s 24 year-0ld senior Brok Pendleton that detailed his “long road to Lacey”. Pendleton went from Auburn High School to Brigham Young to Green River Community College to a mission in France back to Green River and finally to Saint Martin’s where he is is averaging 14.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game for the Saints and has posted 24 and 26 points over hist last two games. For more, read the whole article in The Olympian…
Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
Sunday recap: Saints lose a close one
College baseball
Cal Poly Pomona 6, Saint Martin’s 5 – Game recap from Cal Poly athletics
After being outscored 51-5 in the first three games of the season at Cal Poly Pomona, the Saints took a 5-0 lead into the sixth inning. But Tommy DeBoer allowed four runs in the sixth and Kaleb Wilson surrendered two runs in the bottom of the ninth including the game winning single by Joseph Eusebio that gave the Broncos the series sweep.
Sophomore Alex Bielaski went 2-for-4 with two runs scored for the Saints in the loss and went 3-for-10 in the series. Junior Bobby Twedt also had three hits in the series and freshman Chandler Tracey hit the only home run for the Saints.
The Saints travel to Chico State next weekend for another four game series.
Poole scores another double-double in Germany
Photo credit: Pieper (link)
Saint Martin’s alum Blake Poole had 14 points and 14 rebounds for BG Dorsten on Saturday in their 94-90 loss to Rheinland Versicherungen Hertener Löwen. Poole is averaging over 15 points and 13 rebounds for Dorsten of the Pro-B basketball league, the third tier of professional basketball in Germany. It was his 17th double-double in 20 games this season, which should come as no surprise if you ever watched him play for the Saints.
Saints/Vikings in tweets
OlySports.com went to the Saint Martin’s men’s basketball game on Saturday night and got a little wild with the Twitter updates. SMUSaints.com has the recap, but here are the 20+ tweets that I sent from the game, one that got a little wild at times, so much so that I used the !!! at one point…
http://twitter.com/OlySportsBlog/status/165996388889538561
Saturday recap: Geoducks women, Saints softball, Rams and Navigators all win
Men’s basketball
Western Washington 70, Saint Martin’s 67 – Game recap from SMUSaints.com
Concordia 67, Evergreen 58 – More from the Geoducks
Women’s basketball
Western Washington 83, Saint Martin’s 50 – More from WWUVikings.com
Evergreen 74, Concordia 51 –More from Geoducks athletics
College Softball
Saint Martin’s 5, University of British Columbia 2 – Doubleheader recap from the Saints
Saint Martin’s 6, University of British Columbia 6 – Game called due to darkness
College Baseball
Cal Poly Pomona 19, Saint Martin’s 3
Cal Poly Pomona 12, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from Cal Poly Pomona athletics
Indoor Soccer
Kitsap Pumas 8, South Sound FC 6
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian 69, South Bend 53
North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 39
Girl’s basketball
North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 46
Bowling
Timberline finishes 5th and Black Hills finishes 6th in the 3A/2A State Tournament
Tonight (2/4): Geoducks, Saints and Shock
Two games on the Saint Martin’s campus today, starting first with an opening day softball doubleheader against the University of British Columbia at 1:00 PM. Rick Noren’s Saints were 9-30 last season but have a lot of new faces and are expected to be better than they were last year in hist first season as head coach. The Thunderbirds are a member of the NAIA and were 23-20 last season.
The Saints men’s basketball team then hosts Western Washington at Marcus Pavilion. The Vikings are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in the GNAC and are ranked #16 in the NCAA Division II. The Vikings average 84 points per game and are led by Rory Blanche who is scoring 16.9 ppg. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM. SMUSaints.com has a full preview.
The Evergreen State Geoducks men and women host Concordia on Saturday night. The Lady Cavaliers come into the game at 7-16 overall and 3-10 in the Cascade Conference, just one game ahead of the Geoducks. On January 6th the Geoducks came up just a little bit short losing 60-59 behind 22 points from Danielle Swain. Tip-off is at 5:00 5:30 PM at the CRC Gymnasium.
The Evergreen men are still looking for their first conference win and only their second win overall and will have a tough time against Concordia, who last week knocked off the #1 team in the nation, Oregon Tech. The Cavaliers are coming off an 82-74 loss at Northwest University on Friday night and are just 5-8 in the CCC but knocked off the Geoducks by 23 points in their first meeting this season.
South Sound FC wrap up their home schedule on Saturday night against the PASL-Premier Northwest Division leading Kitsap Pumas who come into the game undefeated at 4-0-2. But the Shock pulled off the upset last week of the division leader beating WSA Rapids 12-9. Game time is at 7:00 PM at Tumwater Indoor Sports. Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information on the Shock, visit their website.
February 3rd recap: two more Geoducks losses, Saints baseball pounded and River Ridge beats the Rams
Men’s basketball
Warner Pacific 91, Evergreen 60 – More from Geoducks athletics
Women’s basketball
Warner Pacific 57, Evergreen 45 – More from Geoducks athletics
Boy’s basketball
Capital 45, Lincoln 43
Wilson 57, Timberline 47
Olympia 69, Mount Tahoma 49
Willapa Valley 55, Northwest Christian 44
Black Hills 86, Tumwater 79
Girl’s basketball
Tumwater 61, Black Hills 44
Olympia 77, Mount Tahoma 67 – OT
Wilson 82, Timberline 56
Lincoln 55, Capital 29
Willapa Valley 49, Northwest Christian 28
River Ridge 53, North Thurston 39
College baseball
Cal-Poly Pomona 20, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com
Bowling
Timberline is third in the 3A/2A state tournament after the first day trailing Mark Morris and Wilson. Black Hills is sixth.
SMU baseball season preview
Coming off the best year in program history, head coach Ken Garland and the Saint Martin’s baseball team have made a lot of changes and are welcoming a lot of new faces to the program.
Two starting pitchers – seniors Tommy DeBoer and Nate O’Bryan – and their closer Kaleb Wilson return but the Saints will rely on a bunch of freshman to fill out the rest of the pitching staff. And in the field, five starters return but all of them will be playing new positions including second-team all-conference catcher Zach Leonard, who is moving to center field, and Bobby Twedt Jr., who was the second-team all-conference second baseman and will be moving to left field this season.
SMUSaints.com has the full preview. The Saints baseball team opens their season on Friday with a four game series at Cal-Poly Pomona.
February 2nd recap: heartbreak for the Saints, River Ridge pulls even
Men’s basketball
Simon Fraser 88, Saint Martin’s 85 – Game recap on SMUSaints.com
The Saints went on an 8-0 run that started with just 41 seconds left and they tied the game with four seconds left on a Ryan Votaw 3-pointer. But Justin Brown’s buzzer beating heave from half court went down and so did the Saints. Brown scored 35 points for the Clan who move to 2-9 in the GNAC while the Saints drop to 4-8 in conference. The Saints were led by Brok Pendleton’s 26 points and Jeremy Green added 25.
Women’s basketball
Simon Fraser 78, Saint Martin’s 48 – More from Simon Fraser Athletics
Boy’s basketball
River Ridge 67, North Thurston 63
River Ridge built a 17 point halftime lead and weathered North Thurston’s comeback attempt that included a 25-13 third quarter to pull even with the Rams at 8-3 in the 2A EvCo. Brad Wallace had 20 points for the Hawks, Micah Hardeman had 19 and Howie Harper added 14 in the win. The Rams two leaders, Landon Rushton and Ben Broeker scored 20 and 18 respectively.
Girl’s basketball
Raymond 51, Northwest Christian 43
Kami Bates had 19 points and Allison Sowers had 15 points on the Navigator’s senior night but it wasn’t enough to get past Raymond.
Tonight (2/2): EvCo on the line, Saints at home
Big big big game tonight in Lacey when River Ridge hosts North Thurston. The Rams are in first place at 8-2 in the 2A Evergreen Conference but the Hawks are nipping at their heels just one game behind at 7-3. North Thurston won the first game 68-51 on January 13th behind 18 points each by seniors Landon Rushton and Ben Broeker. River Ridge’s Brad Wallace scored 20 in the first meeting. All three have had big games recently. Wallace scored 37 points against Tumwater on Tuesday, Broeker scored 36 against Black Hills on Tuesday and Rushton had 38 against Tumwater on Friday. Tip-off is set for 7:30.
In men’s basketball action, Saint Martin’s (8-12 overall, 4-7 GNAC) returns home to take on Simon Fraser (6-12 overall, 1-9 GNAC). The Saints scorched the Clan 90-68 in their first meeting in Burnaby, British Columbia on January 7th. Jeremy Green had 26 points and Brok Pendelton had 21. Simon Fraser features Cal Poly transfer Justin Brown – the GNAC’s fifth leading scorer at 15.7 points per game – at guard. The Saints’ Green is third at 17.4 ppg. Tip-off at Marcus Pavilion is at 7:00 PM.
It’s also senior night for the Northwest Christian girls when they take on Raymond at 7:15 PM. Raymond beat the Navigators 42-40 in their first meeting.
Oly Sports 