Category Archives: Saint Martin’s University
Today (3/26): Saints Host Concordia; Game On at The RAC; Bears Soccer Battles Yelm
With the weather like it is and a big band of rain still on the way, the ball and stick games will have a hard time today. Here are the games that will be played and likely will be played thanks to the timing (Saint Martin’s), the somewhat resilient turf fields at The RAC or the ability to play through any crummy weather (soccer). I will update with other games that seem to still be on later.
College softball (weather permitting – still on as of 10:45 AM)
Saint Martin’s vs. Concordia (DH) – SMU Softball Field – Noon
High school softball
Timberline @ Olympia – The RAC – 3:45 PM
High school baseball
Timberline vs. West Seattle – Timberline HS – 4:00 PM
(will be moved to The RAC at 7:00 PM if wet)
Boys soccer
Olympia vs. Yelm – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Wednesday Scores: McGladrey Puts a Bird On It Twice in Portland Split
College softball
| Game 1: Saint Martin’s 5, Concordia 0 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Portland, OR |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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| SMU (8-7) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| CU (6-9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| W: Sam Munger (6-4) L: McKenzie Marshall (4-2) SMU: Lacey McGladrey 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 runs, 1 RBI |
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| Game 2: Concordia 7, Saint Martin’s 6 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Portland, OR |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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| SMU (8-8) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | ||
| CU (7-9) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| W: Lucy Baldovino (1-1) L: Kaylee Lawson (2-4) SMU: Lacey McGladrey – 2-for-2, HR – Christina Demar – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs |
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Tuesday Scores: UBC Sweeps SMU in USA
College softball
| Game 1: U of British Columbia 2, Saint Martin’s 1 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Lacey, WA |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBC (7-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| SMU (7-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| W: Alana Westerhof (4-5) L: Sam Munger (5-4) SMU: Sam Munger – 2-for-2, 1 RBI |
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| Game 2: U of British Columbia 6, Saint Martin’s 4 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Lacey, WA |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBC (8-8) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 2 | |
| SMU (7-7) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |
| W: Alana Westerhof (5-5) L: Kaylee Lawson (2-3) SMU: Taviah Jenkins 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, Sam Munger 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, 1 run |
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Today (3/8): Saints Softball Doubleheader; Clippers Softball Hosts NWAACC Tourney; GNAC Title Games
More computer problems this morning so here is a quick look at what is happening today…
College softball
SPSCC vs. Skagit Valley – The RAC – 11:00 AM
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – SMU Soccer Field – Noon
SPSCC vs. Edmonds – The RAC – 3:00 PM
GNAC Basketball Championship Games
Men: #1 Seattle Pacific vs. #2 Western Washington
Women: #2 Western Washington vs. #4 Simon Fraser
Friday Scores: Saints Women Can’t Complete Comeback; Saints Softball Takes GNAC Openers
Angela Gelhar
Computer problems tonight. Despite photographing the whole Saint Martin’s/Western Washington game, I am having trouble editing and posting them and writing anything of any length about the game. Just know that it was a great one that saw the Saints make a big comeback only to run out of gas and see their season end.
GNAC Women’s Basketball Championships Semifinals
| Western Washington 81, Saint Martin’s 71 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin’s (18-11 overall) | 44 | 37 | 81 |
| Western Washington (18-9 overall) | 29 | 42 | 71 |
| SMU: Megan Wiedeman – 17 points, 15 rebs, Chelsea Haskey – 17 points | |||
College baseball
| Game 1: Dixie State 6, Saint Martin’s 3 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| St. George, UT |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMU (2-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| DSU (8-9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| W: Kody Christoffersen (1-1) L: Josh Moss (3-4) SMU: Alex Bielaski – 2-for-4, 2B, Lucas Besel – 1-for-3, Run, RBI |
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| Game 2: Saint Martin’s 14, Dixie State 3 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| St. George UT |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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| SMU (3-11) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 1 | ||
| DSU (8-10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| W: Josh Sontag (1-1) L: Bronson Anderson (0-2) SMU: Alex Bielaski – 4-for-5, 5 RBIs, Lucas Besel – Grand Slam HR Spencer Dodd – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, Travis Shaw – 3-for-4, 2 runs |
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College softball
| Game 1: Saint Martin’s 10, Northwest Nazarene 2 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Lacey, WA |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | ||||
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| NNU (0-1 GNAC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| SMU (1-0 GNAC) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| W: Sam Munger (4-3) L: Ashley Pesek (3-3) SMU: Taviah Jenkins – 3-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs |
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| Game 2: Saint Martin’s 1, Northwest Nazarene 0 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| Lacey, WA |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | ||
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| NNU (0-2 GNAC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| SMU (2-0 GNAC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| W: Kaylee Lawson (2-2) L: Noelle Wright (1-9) SMU: Megan Miller – 1-for-2, RBI Lawson – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 hits, 0 walks |
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Today (3/7): Saints Softball Opens Conference Play, Women’s Hoops Battles Vikings in GNAC Semis
College softball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – SMU Softball Field – 1:00 PM
Weather permitting, the Saint Martin’s softball teams opens GNAC play in search of a second straight conference title. The Saints are 4-5 overall this season while Northwest Nazarene comes into Lacey at 5-11 overall.
GNAC Women’s Basketball Semifinals at Marcus Pavilion
#6 Saint Martin’s vs. #2 Western Washington – 5:15 PM
#4 Simon Fraser vs. #1 Montana State-Billings – 7:30 PM
The Saint Martin’s women attempt to defend their home court once again when they face the #2 seed Western Washington in the first game of the GNAC Championships semifinals tipping off at 5:15 PM.
The Saints (18-10) pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament on either side so far when they knocked off the #3 seed Alaska Anchorage on Wednesday night. However, the Saints really frustrated the Seawolves this season defeating them twice in the regular season. There is just something about UAA that they figured out. Western Washington (17-9) is a tougher match-up for the Saints and took both regular season meetings, 79-73 in Lacey and 69-52 in Bellingham.
In the second game, the #1 seed Montana State-Billings (23-6) faces #4 Simon Fraser (18-8). The Clan pulled off the quarterfinals win over Seattle Pacific despite off nights from their two leading scorers, Erin Chambers and Katie Lowen. The Yellowjackets are the top team in the West region and feature Bobbi Knudsen, the GNAC Player of the Year but will be without the services of the GNAC’s top rebounder, Janiel Olson.
Saints Baseball Slips in St. George
College baseball
| Dixie State 9, Saint Martin’s 6 – Box score | ||||||||||||
| St. George, UT |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| SMU (2-10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| DSU (7-9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| W: John Conquay (1-1) L: Zach Carter (2-1) SV: Bubba Blau (1) SMU: Alex Bielaski – 4-for-4, 3 RBIs, Travis Shaw – 3-for-5, 2 runs, RBI |
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Saints Sink Seawolves’ Season
The Angela Gelhar Fan Club
| Saint Martin’s 58, Alaska Anchorage 48 – Recap | |||
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
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| Saint Martin’s (18-10 overall) | 33 | 25 | 58 |
| Alaska Anchorage (19-8 overall) | 23 | 25 | 48 |
| SMU: Angela Gelhar – 21 points, Megan Wiedeman – 17 rebounds | |||
Angela Gelhar hit back-to-back three pointers at the 1:57 and 1:16 marks of the second half and Saint Martin’s held Alaska Anchorage scoreless over the last 2 1/2 minutes and pulled the GNAC Championships first round upset, 58-48, in front of a rowdy home court crowd at Marcus Pavilion. Gelhar continued to feast on Seawolves this season posting 21 points tonight after scoring 36 and 12 in their two regular season meetings.
The #3 seed Alaska Anchorage jumped out to a 16-9 lead in the first half but the #6 seed Saints held the Seawolves scoreless for the next eight minutes. A pair of Brooke Paulson free throws capped off a 15 point run to give the Saints a 24-16 lead with 3:41 left to play and took a ten point lead into the half, 33-23.
The Saints kept UAA at arms length and never allowed them to get within five points until an Alli Madison layup with four minutes left cut the lead to three. On the next Saints possession, Chelsea Haskey missed a layup and then fouled out with 2:38 left. Kiki Robertson hit one of her two free throws on the Haskey foul and the Seawolves found themselves down by just two, 50-48. But it was the last point that the Seawolves would score and Gelhar drained her two threes on the next two Saints possessions and Megan Wiedeman sank two free throws to seal the deal.
Wiedeman scored eight points and pulled down a whopping 17 rebounds in the win while Jordyn Richardson chipped in 10 points including a three pointer that gave the Saints an 11 point lead at the 10:18 mark of the second half. Haskey pulled in eleven boards and racked up a pair of blocks and eight points before she was disqualified.
With their third win over Alaska Anchorage this season, the Saints moved to 18-10 overall and secured a date with #2 seed Western Washington on Friday night at 5:15 PM.
Other GNAC Championship Scores
Women’s basketball
#4 Simon Fraser 87, #5 Seattle Pacific 79 – More
Men’s basketball
#3 Alaska 69, #6 Montana State-Billings 59 – More
#5 Western Oregon 94, #4 Alaska Anchorage 88 – More
Today (3/5): Saints Battle Seawolves in GNAC Tourney at Marcus Pavilion
GNAC Women’s Basketball Championships at Marcus Pavilion
#3 Alaska Anchorage vs. #6 Saint Martin’s – 5:15 PM
#4 Simon Fraser vs. #5 Seattle Pacific – 7:30 PM
For the GNAC tourney preview, click here. You can watch live on GNAC TV with me, Brandon Sparks, on color commentary for the Simon Fraser/Seattle Pacific game. Oly Sports will have a full photo gallery of the Saint Martin’s/Alaska Anchorage game on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
GNAC Men’s Basketball Championships at Marcus Pavilion
#3 Alaska vs. #6 Montana State-Billings – 12:00 PM
#4 Alaska Anchorage vs. #5 Western Oregon – 2:15 PM
For the GNAC tourney preview, click here. I will also be on the call for the men’s tournament as well.
Heuer, Clark Honored by CCC; Haskey Named to GNAC Second Team
Monica Heuer with Brittany Gray
Outgoing Evergreen women’s basketball head coach Monica Heuer was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year and Geoducks senior guard Sammi Clark was named to the all-conference team today.
Heuer led the Geoducks to the second most wins in program history with their 14-12 record and finished fifth in the CCC at 10-8. They fell to Southern Oregon on the road in the first round of the conference tournament. The Geoducks were picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the preseason poll. In 13 seasons at the helm of the Evergreen program, Heuer went 111-257 and went to the playoffs seven times but never won a postseason game.
Senior Sammi Clark scored 15 points per game, good enough for third in the conference, and dished out 4.4 assists per game as the floor general for the Geoducks. She rarely came off of the court this season playing over 37 minutes per game, first in the CCC. She finished her three year career at Evergreen as the all time assists leader with 290 and finished with 969 points after transferring from Edmonds Community College as a sophomore.
Evergreen senior Jessica Denmon and junior Brittany Gray were also given honorable mention by the CCC.
Also garnering all-CCC honors: Rainier grad and Southern Oregon sophomore Kristen Schoenherr. She scored 14.8 points per game in her sophomore year for the Raiders.
The full CCC all-conference teams can be found here.
Evan Coulter
The Saint Martin’s basketball teams each had one player named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Conference teams. Chelsea Haskey was named to the second team today and Evan Coulter was given honorable mention yesterday.
Haskey scored 13 points per game and hauled in 6.8 rebounds per game in her senior season for the Saints leading them to a 17-10 overall record, a sixth place finish and a conference tournament playoff spot at 11-7. She also racked up 40 steals and 32 blocks on defense. Haskey scored her 1,000 career point earlier this season and has a chance to add to her totals when the Saints take on Alaska Anchorage on Wednesday at 5:15 in the first round of the GNAC Tournament.
The full GNAC all-conference teams can be found here.
Oly Sports 