Category Archives: Soccer
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds upset Cougars; Oly Rollers advance; Geoducks win fourth straight; All else fall
High school football
Tumwater 35, Capital 28 – 2OT
Roller derby
Oly Rollers 188, Rose City 121 – Recap from Derby News Network
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 2, Warner Pacific 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Northwest Nazarene 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Edmonds 3, SPSCC 0 – Box score
Women’s soccer
Westminster 3, Evergreen 2 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
College volleyball
Southern Oregon 3, Evergreen 0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-19) – Recap
Alaska Anchorage 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-15) – Recap
SUNDAY UPDATE
Men’s rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 52, Battleground Bulls 0 – Recap from Budd Bay
Today (9/22): Make a day of Oly Sports
Women’s soccer
Evergreen vs. Westminster – Evergreen Pitch – 11:00 AM
Men’s soccer
SPSCC vs. Edmonds CC – The RAC – 2:00 PM
Auto racing
Legends, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks and Baby Grands – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska Anchorage – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Southern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
High school football
Tumwater @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Bonus 4 year-old daughter pick:
Her pick: Capital Cougars
“Cougars eat birds.”
Wednesday scoreboard: Saints volleyball win GNAC opener; Saints soccer swept; High school girls keep winning
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Alaska Fairbanks 1 (26-24, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22) – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Carrie Starbuck led the way with 12 kills, Hallee Hernandez added 18 assists and Kristyn Ross had 16 digs and Saint Martin’s knocked off Alaska Fairbanks 3-1 in the Saints’ first GNAC and home contest of the season. The Saints have now won three straight games and are 1-0 in the GNAC. Fairbanks drops to 0-3 in league play. Hear from head coach Phil Ibarra here and Carrie Starbuck here on their big home opening victory.
Women’s soccer
MSU Billings 1, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from MSUBsports.com
Saint Martin’s Randi Mielki picked up a red card in the 75th minute on a handball in the box and Jennifer Larsen scored on the resulting penalty kick to give the undefeated Montana State Billings Yellowjackets the 1-0 win over the Saints in Billings on Wednesday afternoon. The Yellowjackets out shot the Saints 24-7 and had ten shots on goal compared to the Saints’ zero attempts.
Men’s soccer
MSU Billings 3, Saint Martin’s 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girl’s soccer
Capital 4, River Ridge 1
Timberline 3, Shelton 0
Black Hills 3, WF West 0
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0
Gig Harbor 2, Olympia 0
Foss 2, North Thurston 1
Stephanie Taylor scored in the eighth minute and Lena Moreno broke a 1-1 tie in the 37th minute to lead Capital past River Ridge 4-1. Logan Cox scored two more goals in 53rd and 67th minute to cement the Cougars victory. Timberline’s Krista Jones posted a shutout and had five saves in the Blazers’ 3-0 win over Shelton. Alyssa Gubser scored what proved to be the game winner in the 11th minute. Alli Thompson scored minutes before halftime to give Black Hills a 1-0 lead over WF West and CeCe Noyen posted a shutout in the Wolves’ 3-0 victory.
High school volleyball
North Thurston 3, Mount Tahoma 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-14)
Olympia 3, South Kitsap 2 (23-25, 25-13, 26-24, 26-28, 15-13)
Black Hills 3, WF West 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-10)
Tumwater 3, Centralia 0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-11)
Capital 3, River Ridge 0 (25-8, 25-10, 25-11)
Tumwater 3, Shelton 0 (25-22, 25-6, 26-24)
Northwest Christian 3, Ocosta 2 (25-14, 24-26, 25-11, 20-25, 15-8)
Tumwater Pioneers indoor soccer team to play in PASL Premier
Indoor soccer returns to Olympia: The Tumwater Pioneers will call Tumwater Indoor Sports home for their inaugural season.
UPDATE (9/21): I spoke with Matt Stalnik today and he informed me of a couple developments since I last spoke with him yesterday. First: the NAIA will allow players to compete in the PASL so Evergreen and community college players that are hoping to go to NAIA schools will be allowed to tryout and play for the Pioneers without penalty. Secondly: tryout times have been set for October 6th and 7th. The tryouts will run from 3-6 PM at Tumwater Indoor Sports. Also, the team has hired an assistant coach. More on this later.
Olympia will be home to semi-professional indoor soccer for the second season in a row, this time with a new Olympia based team, the Tumwater Pioneers. The South Sound Shock played their four home games at Tumwater Indoor Sports but will be playing at the Pacific Sports Center in Tacoma this season. Both the Pioneers and the Shock compete in the PASL Premier, a regional league that includes the newly formed Arlington Aviators, Marysville Ruckus, Kitsap Pumas and Wenatchee Fire.
The new team is owned by Mike Rancipher, who recently purchased Tumwater Indoor Sports from Marian Bowers, the owner of the Tacoma Stars, and is in the process of opening a new facility in the old Harbor Freight warehouse across the street from the previous facility.
Matt Stalnik will lead the Pioneers as head coach and in goal (photo credit: GoalWA.net and Wenatchee Fire
The Pioneers have hired Evergreen graduate Matt Stalnik as head coach for their inaugural season. The Soldotna, Alaska native played two seasons at goalkeeper for the Geoducks in 2007-2008 and has played in the PASL for the Wenatchee Fire, Tacoma Stars and the Denver Dynamite and will likely be in goal as a player/coach for the Pioneers.
The team has scheduled open tryouts for October 6th and 7th at Tumwater Indoor Sports for players 16 years and older. Cost of the tryout is $25 and you can register by sending an email to the link in this Craigslist ad or at Tumwater Indoor Sports.
Stalnik says that the NAIA has a rule that players cannot play in the PASL without forfeiting their eligibility to play at an NAIA school for one year. “That knocks 60 players from Evergreen and the community college out of the guys we can pull from,” Stalnik said. (Note: See update above)
The PASL Premier is still finalizing the league roster and has yet to release a schedule but the Pioneers should play four or five home games starting in January. Ticket prices for Pioneers games will be $5 for adults and $3 for children and the full length glass boards that Tumwater Indoor Sports features will give fans an up close and personal view of the action.
Today (9/20): Saints volleyball opens home schedule; Girl’s soccer and volleyball galore
The Saints finally get to play a home game tonight at Marcus Pavilion (photo credit: SMUSaints.com)
Here it is, September 20th, nearly a full month into the fall college sports season and today marks the very first home game for the Saint Martin’s volleyball team, a league match against Alaska Fairbanks.
The Saints hit the road for their first five games and all of their non-conference schedule dropping three matches in Hawaii before finally getting their first wins of the season in visits to two National Christian College Athletics Association schools in New Hope Christian of Eugene, Oregon and Walla Walla University. The Saints easily knocked off New Hope, who are in their first year as a varsity athletic program, and won in straight sets at Walla Walla, a more established but still lower-rung team.
Game time is set for 7:00 PM at Marcus Pavilion.
In area high school action…
High school volleyball
River Ridge @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Ocosta – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s soccer
North Thurston vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
W.F. West @ Black Hills – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Geoducks win third straight; Clippers fall again; T-Birds top Bears
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 3, Corban 1 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Pierce 4, SPSCC 2 – Box score
Evergreen’s Willie Spurr scored in the 16th minute, Corban suffered an own goal in the 30th minute and Brady Espinoza cemented a 3-1 win over the Warriors with a goal in the 57th minute. Spurr’s goal was the fourth of the season for the CCC offensive player of the week and Collin Harlow, the reigning defensive players of the week, had eight saves in goal. The Geoducks are now 3-0 in CCC play and moved to .500 at 3-3 overall.
Taylor Weatherly’s two goals in the 15th and 28th minutes temporarily put winless South Puget Sound up 2-1 over the Pierce Raiders in Puyallup. But Joel Carrillo tied the score at the end of the first half and Jay Williams scored the eventual game winner in the first two minutes of the second half to give the Raiders a 4-2 win over the Clippers.
High school volleyball
Tumwater 3, Olympia 1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-21) – Box score
Today (9/19): Geoducks host Corban; T-Birds host Bears
Coming off a convincing weekend sweep of Cascade Collegiate Conference foes College of Idaho and OIT, the Evergreen men’s soccer team hosts Corban University today at Evergreen Pitch.
The Geoducks sit at 2-0 and sit at the top of the CCC table. Not only did they sweep the weekend games, they also swept the weekly player of the week awards. Junior goalkeeper Collin Harlow was named defensive player of the week after he allowed just one goal in 180 minutes and freshman forward Willie Spurr was named offensive player of the year with his three goals and two assists.
Corban is 1-1 in CCC play with a 1-0 win over Warner Pacific and a 2-1 loss to Concordia. First touch at Evergreen is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
In high school volleyball action, the #2 ranked T-Birds welcome Olympia to Tumwater this evening for a non-league contest. Game time is set for 7:00 PM.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds beat Hawks twice; Girls go 6-0 over out of town opponents
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Wilson 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-16)
Capital 3, Centralia 1 (28-26, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20)
Tumwater 3, River Ridge 0
Northwest Christian 3, Naselle 0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-20)
Nicole Pittelkau had 22 digs, Hunter Manke added 42 assists and Halie Snaza had 25 digs in Timberline’s straight sets victory over Wilson. The Blazers are now 4-1 overall this season and 3-0 in the 3A Narrows League. Tied 1-1, Capital took the final two sets from Centralia to win 3-1 in a 2A EvCo match. Rachel Erickson led the Cougars with 21 kills. The Washington State Volleyball Coaches Association poll’s #2 ranked team, Tumwater, knocked off River Ridge in straight sets. Karlee Sampson had 10 kills and Courtney Bowen added 19 assists in the T-Birds win.
Girl’s soccer
Tumwater 4, River Ridge 0
Timberline 2, Foss 0
Olympia 1, South Kitsap 0
Capital 4, Centralia 0
North Thurston @ Wilson – No report
Tumwater scored three times in the first half and knocked off River Ridge 4-0. Mackenzie Bergquist posted the shutout in goal for the T-Birds. Krista Jones and Julia Swortz each scored for Timberline in their 2-0 win over Foss at South Sound Stadium. Brooklyn Hooper scored the game winning goal for Olympia in the 45th minute in the Bears’ 1-0 win over South Kitsap. Capital moved to 4-1 this season with their 4-0 win over Centralia. Logan Cox scored twice for the Cougars.
Today (9/18): T-Birds and Hawks twice; Bears, Blazers soccer
High school volleyball
Tumwater @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s soccer
River Ridge @ Tumwater – Tumwater Stadium – 5:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: Hawks, Saints, Geoducks, Buffaloes claim victories
High school football
River Ridge 61, Ridgefield 40
Quarterback Colby Schultz threw for 375 yards and six touchdowns in River Ridge’s dismantling of the Ridgefield Spudders at South Sound Stadium. The Hawks led 47-8 through three quarters before the Spudders scored 32 points in the fourth to cut the lead to just two touchdowns. The Hawks put their starters back in and Brad Wallace caught a 52 yard pass from Shultz to seal the deal. Wallace scored five touchdowns total, three receiving and two rushing. Wesley Coats also caught three touchdowns in the Hawks’ victory. The Hawks are now 2-1 this season.
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 5, OIT 0 – More from Evergreen athletics
Saint Martin’s 3, Sioux Falls 2 – More from SMUSaints.com
Whatcom 3, SPSCC 0
Willie Spurr and Mirza Memic each scored two goals and Kevin Flavin added another in Evergreen’s 5-0 win over Oregon Tech at Evergreen Pitch. The Geoducks out shot the Owls 29-6. Collin Harlow recorded the shutout to secure a weekend sweep for the Evergreen who are now 2-0 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
A game-winning header goal by CJ Chu with just 38 seconds left to play lifted Saint Martin’s to their first GNAC win of the season, 3-2, over the University of Sioux Falls. Dylan Gaydosh scored twice in the game, first in the 17th minute and then again in the 76th. Each goals were equalizers as the Saints fell behind 1-0 and 2-1. The Saints move to 1-1 after the first weekend of GNAC play.
South Puget Sound and Whatcom battled to a scoreless tie in the first half in Bellingham but the Orcas scored three goals in the second half to take home a 3-0 win and drop the Clippers to 0-6 this season.
Women’s soccer
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 1 – More from SMUSaints.com
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Walla Walla 0 (25-8, 25-14, 25-16) – More from SMUSaints.com
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team hit the road and picked up their second win of the season with a straight sets victory over National Christian College Athletic Association member Walla Walla. Katy Ferguson recorded eight kills while Kristyn Ross had 17 digs and Halee Hernandez added 19 assists. The Saints picked up their first win of the season on Thursday when they knocked off brand new NCCAA member New Hope Christian in straight sets in Eugene.
Girl’s soccer
Hazen 3, Black Hills 0
Men’s Rugby
Budd Bay Buffaloes 100, ORSU 11
Junior college football
Everett Red Raiders 62, South Sound Spartans 0
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