Category Archives: Softball
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball wins GNAC tournament championship
College softball
Photo from SMUSaints.com
GNAC tournament championship
Simon Fraser 3, Saint Martin’s 2
Saint Martin’s 6, Simon Fraser 1 – Recap on SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s had two chances to win one game to claim the GNAC tournament championship on Saturday afternoon in Billings, Montana. Simon Fraser forced a final game with a 3-2 win in game one but Taylor Bakos shut down The Clan offense in game two and the Saints claimed their first GNAC title and an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.
Simon Fraser scored right off the bat in game one with Trisha Bourchard’s two run homer in the first inning. They then added a run in the third inning when Bourchard stole home. Kelsey Hawkins went 5 1/3 innings giving up just four hits and one earned run for The Clan. The Saints did get one run in the bottom of the seventh inning but were unable to get the tying run home from third and Simon Fraser escaped with a 3-2 win.
Game two was a completely different story. Joslyn Eugenio homered in the second inning and Lacey McGladrey and Sam Munger each drove in a run in the Saints’ three run third inning and the Saints would put two more on the board in the fifth. Simon Fraser advanced runners past second base just twice in the game, one would score in the fifth but another was stranded at third when The Clan hit into an inning ending double play. Munger went 3-for-4 for the Saints extending her hitting streak to 22 games and took home the Tournament MVP.
The 22nd ranked Saints advance to the NCAA Division II Regionals. They will find out where they will go on Monday morning.
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In other softball action….
Grays Harbor 11, SPSCC 2
Grays Harbor 8, SPSCC 0
College baseball
Northwest Nazarene 7, Saint Martin’s 5
Saint Martin’s 3, Northwest Nazarene 2
Saint Martin’s wrapped up their season at 9-39 overall. Senior Bobby Twedt finished the season hitting .333 with 23 RBIs, Sophomore Travis Shaw hit .331 with 25 RBIs and Sophomore Chandler Tracy led the Saints with 12 home runs, 29 RBI and hit .301.
Boys soccer
2A District IV tournament
Mark Morris 1, Capital 0 (Monarchs win shootout 4-2)
Ridgefield 2, River Ridge 0
With losses to GSHL teams in the first round, #2 seed Capital will host #5 seed River Ridge on Tuesday night in a loser out game.
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers 182, Port City 19
Today (5/4): Saints softball in GNAC title game; Saints baseball; Oly Rollers; Cougars soccer; Racing
College softball
GNAC tournament championship game
Saint Martin’s vs. Simon Fraser – Billings, Montana – 11:00 AM
Saint Martin’s has two chances to win one game against Simon Fraser on Saturday in the GNAC tournament championship game in Billings, Montana. The winner of the tournament gets an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II tournament.
The Saints knocked off The Clan on Friday morning, 7-3, in eight innings to advance to the championship game. Simon Fraser dropped into the consolation bracket and shutout Central Washington, 2-0, to avoid elimination. The Saints and Clan have played five times this season with the Saints taking four wins.
Live stats and video can be found here. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 AM.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – 12:00 PM
Can Saint Martin’s get to double digit wins this season? With another sweep of Northwest Nazarene on Saturday, it could happen. The Saints will honor five seniors on Senior Day, Cory Bassi, Brendan Jeffers, Anthony Klonitsko, Mario Sanelli and Bobby Twedt.
Roller Derby
Oly Rollers USARS vs. Port City – Skateland! – 6:00 PM
The Oly Rollers host Stockton’s Port City Roller Girls on Saturday night at Skateland! in a USARS bout. It’s the first game of a weekend doubleheader for both teams. Port City will take on Underground Derby on Sunday morning while Oly will be back at it on Sunday night against One World. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Boys soccer
Capital vs. Mark Morris – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Districts get underway for boys soccer when Capital takes on Mark Morris at Ingersoll Stadium. The Cougars earned the #2 seed out of the 2A EvCo by finishing 8-4 in league play while the Monarchs come in as the #3 seed out of the GSHL. The winner moves on to take on either Ridgefield or River Ridge.
Auto Racing
Super Late Models, Street Stocks, Legends & Super 4’s – South Sound Speedway – 6:30 PM
Late Friday scoreboard: Rams, Wolves upset top seeds in Narrows finals; Saints sweep Crusaders
High school baseball
3A Narrows League championship game
North Thurston 5, Timberline 3
Trailing 2-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning, North Thurston scored five runs including Noah Murski’s bases loaded three run base hit that put the Rams up for good in their 5-3 win over Timberline. Ryan Mets struck out eight Blazers over six innings and the Rams will head into districts as the #1 seed out of the 3A Narrows, earning themselves a bye in the first round.
4A Narrows League championship game
South Kitsap 2, Olympia 1
South Kitsap opened up the scoring quickly with two runs in the first inning and that was all they would need in their 2-1 win over Olympia. Cameron Frost scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning but that was all the Bears could muster offensively. Michael Fairchild settled down after a rough first inning and pitched a complete game for the Bears but suffered the loss. Olympia heads into districts as the #2 seed from the Narrows.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s 8, Northwest Nazarene 4
Saint Martin’s 5, Northwest Nazarene 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
College softball
Pierce 17, SPSCC 0
Pierce 12, SPSCC 2
Pierce 4, SPSCC 0
Early Friday scoreboard: Saints move to GNAC title game with 7-3 extra innings win
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 7, Simon Fraser 3
Lacey McGladrey drew a bases loaded walk and Megan Miller followed her with a bases clearing double as Saint Martin’s finally broke through with four runs in the top of the 8th inning to knock off Simon Fraser 7-3 and move into the GNAC championship game on Saturday in Billings, Montana. Miller went 2-for-5 in the game and drove in four runs and Sam Munger went 4-for-5 with an RBI.
Saint Martin’s got on the board right away when Munger scored all the way from first on an error by the Simon Fraser left fielder off of the bat of Joslyn Eugenio. But The Clan answered right back in the second inning with a lead off center field blast from Trisha Bouchard and an inning later added two runs when Munger hit Bouchard with the bases loaded and Nicole Ratel grounded out to drive in one more giving Simon Fraser a 3-1 lead.
In the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Miller and Munger drove in two runs to put the Saints back on level ground. Neither team could break through in the rest of the way and the game would head to extra innings.
Taviah Jenkins led off the top of the eighth inning with her third walk of the game followed by a Aubree Pocklington single and a Madi Davis walk to load the bases. McGladrey then took the base on balls to bring Jenkins in for what would turn out to be the game winning run. Miller then found a gap in left center and all three Saints scored to give them a 7-3 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th.
Munger, who switched back and forth throughout the game with Taylor Bakos on the mound, sent The Clan down 1-2-3 in the eighth to secure the win for the Saints. Munger pitched six innings in total striking out four batters while Bakos pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
The Saints move on to the championship game tomorrow and will face the winner of the consolation bracket game between Simon Fraser and either Western Oregon or Central Washington. The Saints will have two chances to get one win in the double elimination tournament. First pitch is set for 11:00 AM. The winner of the GNAC gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II tournament.
Today (5/3): Narrows League baseball championship games; Saints baseball opens final series
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Timberline – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament championship game
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – The RAC – 6:30 PM
The Narrows League tournament at The RAC comes to a close today with a pair of championship games featuring three Olympia area teams. The action kicks off at 4:00 PM when North Thurston and Timberline meet for the third time this season and continues with Olympia and South Kitsap at 6:30 PM.
North Thurston and Timberline both swept through Narrows League play undefeated until the two teams met on April 19th. The Blazers swept the two game series, winning 5-2 at Timberline and 2-0 at North Thurston to claim the regular season title. The two teams are unquestionably the class of the league. The Rams outscored their league mates 129-10 through 13 games while the Blazers outscored their opponents 113-9 in 12 games. The winner today claims the Narrows League title and the #1 seed to districts while the winner claims the #2 spot.
Olympia suffered just one loss in the 4A Narrows League regular season and that came to South Kitsap in Port Orchard, a 10-0 loss on April 16th. The Bears won the first meeting between the two teams in March, 10-4. The Bears finished 11-1 in league while South Kitsap was second place at 8-4. The Wolves knocked off Bellarmine 5-0 on Wednesday to get to the title game. Again, the winner gets the #1 seed to districts while the loser gets the #2 seed.
College baseball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene (DH) – Saints Baseball Field – 1:00 PM
The last weekend of a highly disappointing Saint Martin’s baseball season starts today when the Saints take on Northwest Nazarene in doubleheader action starting at 1:00 PM. The Crusaders took both games in Nampa earlier this season coming from far behind in the final inning of each of their four games.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints advance in GNAC tourney; Heo’s hat trick leads Rams
College softball
GNAC tournament
Saint Martin’s 8, Central Washington 0 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
GNAC Pitcher of the Year Sam Munger gave up just three hits over six innings and GNAC Player of the Year Lacey McGladrey homered and drove in four runs in Saint Martin’s 8-0 win over Central Washington on the first day of the GNAC tournament in Billings, Montana. Aubree Pocklington went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Saints.
While McGladrey and Pocklington get the offensive headlines with seven RBIs between them, it was Madi Davis’ RBI single in the second inning that proved to be the game winner. The game ended in the bottom of the sixth when Pocklington drove in Taviah Jenkins to make the score 8-0 to trigger the mercy rule.
Munger won her 21st game of the season and #22 Saint Martin’s moved to 37-13 overall. They will face Simon Fraser on Friday morning at 9:00 AM. The winner moves on to the championship game on Saturday while the loser will face the winner of the Central Washington/Western Oregon game in an elimination game Friday afternoon.
Boys soccer
North Thurston 3, Lincoln 0
Mount Tahoma 3, Timberline 1
Shelton 3, Olympia 0
Kenny Heo tallied a hat trick with goals in the 47th, 53rd and 70th minutes and second place North Thurston improved to 7-3-1 in the 3A Narrows League with their 3-0 win over Lincoln. Connor Hawthorne recorded five saves in the shutout.
High school softball
WF West 8, Capital 0
Centralia 19, River Ridge 0
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – No report
Today (5/2): Lacey soccer doubleheader; EvCo fastpitch; Narrows baseball tourney continues
Boys soccer
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school softball
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 4:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Centralia – River Ridge HS – 4:30 PM
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Wilson vs. Shelton – The RAC – 4:00 PM
4A Narrows League tournament
3/4 game – Gig Harbor vs. Bellarmine – The RAC – 6:30 PM
Saints softball sweeps postseason awards, moves to #22 in the nation, are smart
Saint Martin’s Lacey McGladrey was named Player of the Year, Sam Munger picked up Pitchers of the Year honors and Rick Noren was selected Coach of the Year on Tuesday when the Great Northwest Athletic Conference released their post season awards on Tuesday.
Munger was also selected to the GNAC’s first team as a shortstop and Joslyn Eugenio was also named to the first team for the third time in her career. Madi Davis was named to the second team and Taylor Bakos, Taviah Jenkins, Megan Miller, Aubree Pocklington and Dani Wall were all earned honorable mention. For more on each Saint that was honored, read more at SMUSaints.com.
The Saints have also excelled in the classroom placing seven players on the GNAC All-Academic team, the most of any team in the conference. Davis had the highest GPA for the second straight season while Eugenio, McGladrey, Pocklington, Bakos, Jenkins and Wall were all honored for their academic accomplishments. Read more here.
As if that wasn’t enough, SMU moved up to #22 in the nation following their weekend sweep of Western Oregon and Central Washington. The Saints are now 36-13 overall this season and captured their first GNAC regular season title. They open up the conference tournament in Billings on Thursday at 1:30 PM against #4 seed Central Washington. For live stats and live video for Thursdays game, click here.
Wednesday scoreboard: Rams softball claims regular seaon title; Rams baseball moves on in Narrows tourney
High school softball
Olympia 4, Yelm 0 – Photo gallery
Timberline 15, Shelton 0
North Thurston 16, Mount Tahoma 0
Ellie Jones pitched a five inning no-hitter and Timberline pounded out 15 runs on 21 hits to knock off Shelton in Lacey. Aundrea Temple and Rebecca Nelson each homered for the Blazers, Nelson went 4-for-4 with three RBI and Krista Jones, Maria Velez-Kraft and Rylee Payton each had three hits in the win. The win moved the Blazers to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League.
North Thurston also moved to 10-2 in the 3A Narrows League with their 16-0 win over Mount Tahoma in Tacoma. With the win, the Rams secured the regular season title by way of their season sweep of Timberline. Aayliah Kautz drove in four runs and scored three times and Dominique Greeno and Dejah Hickman each drove in two runs in the win.
High school baseball
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 2, Shelton 0
Tyler Ridgeway struck out 14 Highclimbers and North Thurston finally broke through for two late runs to knock off Shelton 2-0 in the 3A Narrows League tournament at The RAC. Shelton will play Wilson tomorrow for the #3 seed to districts while North Thurston moves on to the Narrows title game against Timberline on Friday at 4:00 PM at The RAC.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bears shutout Tornados on Senior Day
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Nikki Schroeder went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs and Erin Roloff’s two run double in the third inning led Olympia to a 4-0 win over Yelm on Senior Day at Stevens Field.
Maddy Stensby struck out nine Tornados over seven innings and worked out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the sixth inning and had two runners on in the seventh before getting the final out on a comebacker to the mound.
The Bears move to 10-2 in the 4A Narrows League, a half game ahead of South Kitsap for first place. The Wolves hold the tiebreaker between the two teams and would win the regular season title with a win against winless Stadium on Friday.
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