Category Archives: Softball
Today (5/12): Do or die for Saints softball in NCAA tourney
College softball
NCAA Division II West Regional
Saint Martin’s vs. Humboldt State – Arcata, CA – 12:00 PM
Saint Martin’s and Humboldt State have split their season series and both games were close one run affairs that came down the wire. But the Saints have to win two straight games today on the Jacks home field to advance in the NCAA tournament to the Super Regionals.
First pitch in game one is set for noon and if the Saints win, they will play immediately after in a winner take all game.
Live video and stats can be found here.
Saturday scoreboard: Saints softball survives; Bears, Rams baseball split seeding games; Cougs soccer to state
College softball
NCAA Tournament West Regional
Humboldt State 6, Saint Martin’s 5
Saint Martin’s 8, Grand Canyon 5 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
In game one of the NCAA Division II West Regional in Arcata, California today, Saint Martin’s out homered heavy home run hitting Humboldt State on their home field but it wasn’t enough and the Saints fell to the Lumberjacks, 6-5. The loss was the first for the Saints in the double-elimination tournament and sent them to an elimination game later in the day.
Humboldt State opened the scoring right away putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. But the Saints answered back, first with a two run home run from Dani Wall in the top of the second and briefly took a 3-2 lead when Joslyn Eugenio drove in Lacey McGladrey in the third.
The ‘Jacks answered with three straight runs in the third and fourth innings including Dani Randall’s homer in the third and what proved to be the game winning run on a Courtney Hiatt single in the fourth.
Taviah Jenkins hit a two run shot in the sixth inning to cut the score to one run and Taylor Bakos singled and advanced to second on an error with no outs. Aubree Pocklington fouled out and Madi Davis struck out for the first two outs of the inning. Bakos was then thrown out on the plate trying to score from second on a single to left by McGladrey. The Saints stranded a runner at second in the seventh inning and Humboldt State held on to win 6-5.
In game two, Grand Canyon got a rematch with the Saints after eliminating UC-San Diego in the first game of the consolation bracket in the morning.
Facing elimination, Saint Martin’s got it going quickly scoring twice in the first inning on a Sam Munger single and a Wall ground out. In the second, Pocklington doubled to drive in Bakos and the Saints took a 3-0 lead.
The ‘Lopes would answer back in a big way with four runs in an error filled top of the third inning. But Jenkins hit her second home run of the day in the bottom half of the inning, a two run shot that put the Saints back on top, 5-3. McGladrey’s single in the fourth drove in Pocklington to put the Saints up 6-4.
Grand Canyon got a run back in the fifth but again Jenkins went deep in the bottom of the fifth, her third of the day, to give the Saints an 8-5 lead and they would hold on to end the ‘Lopes season and advance to play Humboldt State on Sunday at noon. The Saints will have to win two straight games against the ‘Jacks to advance to the Super Regionals.
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 8, Kentridge 1
Emerald Ridge 7, Olympia 4
With their win over Kentridge and their loss to Emerald Ridge, Olympia took sixth place in the district tournament and advanced to the state tournament regionals. They will take on Lake Stevens at Everett Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Peninsula 10, North Thurston 4
North Thurston 5, Bonney Lake 0
North Thurston dropped their district semifinal game to Peninsula but came back to beat Bonney Lake at take third place. They will face Mt. Si at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue on Saturday, May 18th at 1:00 PM in the state tournament regionals.
2A District IV tournament
Mark Morris 8, Capital 7
Down 7-0 and with just three outs left in their season, Mark Morris rallied for eight runs in the seventh inning and Capital saw their season end with a heartbreaking 8-7 loss.
Boys soccer
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Mountain View 4, North Thurston 0
North Thurston’s season came to an end at Highline Memorial Stadium with a 4-0 loss to Mountain View.
2A District IV tournament
Capital 2, Centralia 0
Capital got second half goals from Ethan Meyers and Kellen O’Neill and kept their season alive with a 2-0 win over Centralia at Ingersoll Stadium. They will play in the state tournament beginning on Wednesday, May 15th.
Auto racing
South Sound Speedway winners:
Mini Stock – Grant Charneski
Vintage Modifieds – Paul Field
Hobby Stocks – David Knittle
Baby Grand – Jim Guinn
Stinger 8’s – Steve Pierson
Today (5/11): Such a busy day
College softball
NCAA Tournament Regional
Saint Martins vs. Humboldt State – Arcata, CA – 11:00 AM
Boys soccer
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tourney
North Thurston vs. Mountain View – Highline Stadium, Burien – 1:00 PM
2A District IV consolation final
Capital vs. Centralia – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District consolation
Olympia vs. Kentridge – Heritage Park, Puyallup – 1:00 PM
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District semifinals
North Thurston vs. Peninsula – Auburn Mountainview HS – 10:00 AM
2A District IV consolation
Capital vs. Mark Morris – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 11:00 AM
College baseball
Centralia College vs. Green River – The RAC – 1:00 PM
Today (5/10): Saints open NCAA tourney; T-Birds baseball, Rams softball play for titles
College softball
NCAA Tournament Regional
Saint Martin’s vs. Grand Canyon – Arcata, CA – 1:30 PM
Saint Martin’s opens up NCAA Tournament play in Arcata, California. For more, see my preview. Live video and stats can be found here.
NWAACC regular season
SPSCC vs. Green River – The RAC – 1:00 PM
High school baseball
2A District IV championship game
Tumwater @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 6:00 PM
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament consolation game
Timberline vs. Shelton – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament championship game
North Thurston vs. Wilson – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Rams get revenge on Shelton; Capital survives again
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament
Bellarmine 3, Olympia 2
With the loss, Olympia plays Gig Harbor for third place on Friday at 3:00 PM at the South End Recreational Area in Tacoma. Both teams will advance to districts.
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston 12, Shelton 0
Wilson 3, Timberline 1
North Thurston moves on to play Wilson in the Narrows championship game on Friday at SERA in Tacoma at 3:00 PM.
At the same time at SERA, Timberline will face Shelton in the third place game. Both teams have advanced to districts.
2A Evergreen Conference regular season
Tumwater 11, Black Hills 0
Boys soccer
2A District IV tournament
Capital 2, Aberdeen 0
Nick Boatright scored in the 32nd minute to keep Capital alive with their 2-0 win over Aberdeen at Stewart Field in Aberdeen. The Cougars will host Centralia in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest on Saturday.
PREVIEW: Saint Martin’s opens NCAA tournament in Arcata on Friday
The #17 ranked Saint Martin’s softball team travels to Arcata, California to take on Grand Canyon in the first game of the NCAA Division II tournament on Friday. The Saints are the #5 seed in the Western Regional and will face the #4 seed ‘Lopes at 1:30 PM. Joining them in the double-elimination sub-regional are the #8 seed UC San Diego and the #1 seed and host Humboldt State.
Video and live stats for the games are available from the Humboldt State athletics website by clicking here.
Here is a quick look at the three teams the Saints will/could face in their sub-regional bracket…
Grand Canyon – The ‘Lopes come into their final Division II softball tournament (they will be transitioning to Division I after this season) at 39-17 overall, finishing fourth in the PacWest. They were ranked #17 in the nation before dropping out in the last poll after losing three of the last four games to Dixie State.
The ‘Lopes have a potent one-two punch in the circle with juniors Stephanie Pesquiera and Kiki Sepulveda. Pesquiera went 20-10 with a 1.74 ERA and 121 strikeouts this season as their #1 starter while Sepulveda went 13-4 with a 1.69 ERA. Junior outfielder Claire Zampini and sophomore shortstop Kelsey Barak led them offensively. Zampini hit .441 with 32 RBIs and Barak led the team with six home runs and 15 doubles and finished second with 41 RBIs. Kayla Henry is a speedy outfielder who stole 29 bases with nine triples and a .426 batting average.
Grand Canyon and the Saints participated in the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California but did not meet. The ‘Lopes played two GNAC teams during the regular season beating Simon Fraser 7-1 on February 9th in Las Vegas and took a 5-0 win over Northwest Nazarene at the Touranment of Champions.
Humboldt State – The Lumberjacks are the #5 ranked team in the nation at 47-12 overall this season and were winners of the CCAA regular season and tourament.
Humboldt State is led by junior first baseman Chrissy Stalf, who hit .411 this season and leads the nation with 26 homeruns. The Lumberjacks as a team hit 103 homeruns this season. Sophomore Hannah Williams hit 16 bombs and drove in a team high 56 runs and senior Courtney Hiatt hit 14 homers with 47 RBIs. Freshman Katie Obbema went 26-3 with a 2.10 ERA as their #1 pitcher.
Saint Martin’s made a statement at the Tournament of Champions with a 5-4 win over the Lumberjacks. Errors killed Humbolt State in that game with three of the five Saint Martin’s runs coming after errors including the game winning run in the seventh inning. Sam Munger and Dani wall each had two hits for the Saints and Wall drove in three runs while Stalf and Williams homered for the ‘Jacks.
UC San Diego – The Tritons finished second in the CCAA to Humboldt State at 24-12 in conference play and 33-23 overall. Five of those losses came to their first round opponent, Humboldt State, including a loss in the CCAA tournament championship game.
Nothing much jumps out at you about the Tritons as a team. Senior Nicole Spangler and junior Caitlin Brown lead their offense. Spangler hit .347 with 13 doubles and 26 RBIs while Brown hit led the team with nine home runs and 40 RBIs. Four different pitchers made 20+ appearances for the Tritons. Junior Jennifer Manuel went 11-3 with a 2.37 ERA.
The Tritons also took part in the Tournament of Champions but didn’t face the Saints. UCSD faced one GNAC team this season taking three games of four against Western Oregon early in the season at home.
Today (5/9): Capital faces loser-out game in Aberdeen; Narrows League tourney starts in Tacoma
Boys soccer
Capital @ Aberdeen – Stewart Field – 7:00 PM
Capital fought off elimination on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over River Ridge but now faces the winner of the 2A EvCo in another loser-out game in Aberdeen. The two teams met twice in the regular season. The Courgars handed the Bobcats their first loss of the season with a 3-2 overtime win on April 6th but Aberdeen avenged that loss with a convincing 5-1 win on the regular season’s last day. The winner moves on to face either Centralia or Mark Morris in a winner-to-state, loser-out game on Saturday.
High school softball
4A Narrows League tournament
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap/Bellarmine – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
3A Narrows League tournament
North Thurston vs. Shelton/Foss – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma/Lincoln/Wilson – SERA, Tacoma – 3:00 PM
The South End Recreation Area in Tacoma hosts the Narrows League tournament today and the three Olympia area teams come in as the #2 seed in 4A and the #1 and #2 seeds in the 3A tournament. All three teams have already qualified for districts and are competing for seeding. The championship and consolation games will be played on Friday afternoon at SERA.
Tuesday scoreboard: T-Birds baseball advances, Blazers, Navs seasons end; Cougars soccer ends Hawks season
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Puyallup 7, Olympia 1
Olympia fell into the consolation bracket with their 7-1 loss to Puyallup in Kent on Tuesday night. Leif Hansen went 2-for-3 and Joey Knight had a pair of hits and the lone RBI for the Bears. They will face Union on Wednesday at Heritage Park in Puyallup in a loser-out game.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Bonney Lake 4, Timberline 3 (9 innings)
Timberline’s season came to an end on Tuesday night at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma with a 4-3 extra innings loss to Bonney Lake. The Blazers were 17-5 this season but lost three straight games after winning the Narrows League regular season title.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater 4, Hockinson 1
WF West 1, Capital 0
Garrett Terrell struck out eight and Anthony Correia went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored to lead Tumwater to a 4-1 win over Hockinson in the opening round of the 2A District IV tournament. The T-Birds move on to play Mark Morris tomorrow in a winner-to-state game at WF West High School in Chehalis at 6:00 PM.
Tom Kerr went six innings giving up just one run while striking out seven, but that one run was enough for WF West to knock Capital into the consolation bracket with a 1-0 win. The Cougars face a loser-out game tomorrow in Centralia.
2B District IV tournament
Mossyrock 10, Northwest Christian 5
Northwest Christian’s season came to an end with a 10-5 loss to Mossyrock in Adna.
Boys soccer
2A District IV tournament (loser-out)
Capital 1, River Ridge 0
Capital barely kept their season alive tonight with a 1-0 win over River Ridge at Ingersoll Stadium. The Cougars will travel to Aberdeen on Thursday for another loser-out game.
Narrows League regular season
Mount Tahoma 2, North Thurston 1
Gig Harbor 6, Timberline 0
Bellarmine 5, Olympia 0
North Thurston’s Kenny Heo scored a late goal but Mount Tahoma held on for a 2-1 win at South Sound Stadium. The Rams’ loss, combined with Shelton’s 3-3 tie with Wilson, means that the top four teams in the 3A Narrows League finished with seven wins. Wilson finishes at 7-3-2 while Mount Tahoma, Shelton and North Thurston are all 7-4-1. Mount Tahoma swept North Thurston, while the Rams split with Shelton, and Shelton and Mount Tahoma split. More than likely, this means that the seeds break down like this for districts: #1 Wilson, #2 Mount Tahoma, #3 Shelton, #4 North Thurston. If that is the case, the Rams would play Bonney Lake in Auburn on Saturday night.
High school softball
Tumwater 15, River Ridge 0
Centralia 17, Capital 1
For the second straight day, Tumwater knocked off River Ridge 15-0. And for the second straight day, Kayleen Glasgo picked up the win in the circle and went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.
Today (5/7): Cougars soccer hosts Hawks in loser-out game; Busy day of baseball districts
Boys soccer
2A District IV consolation (loser-out)
River Ridge @ Capital – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
River Ridge and Capital meet for the third time this season in a loser-out game in the 2A District IV tournament. The Cougars trumped the Hawks on 2-0 on March 28th at Ingersoll Stadium and the Hawks scored a 3-2 win thanks to an Agustin Arriaga goal in overtime on April 23rd at South Sound Stadium. Both teams were shutout in their opening round games against Ridgefield and Mark Morris.
3A Narrows League regular season
North Thurston vs. Mount Tahoma – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia vs. Puyallup – Art Wright Field, Kent – 7:00 PM
Olympia’s loss in the Narrows League championship game on Friday proved costly as it dropped them into a game against 19-2 and #1 ranked Puyallup at Art Wright Field in Kent. The Bears traveled to Puyallup early in the season and fell to the Vikings 7-0. The winner qualifies for state and will play in the district championship game on Saturday while the loser falls into the consolation bracket and faces a loser-out game on Wednesday at 7:00 PM in Puyallup.
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Timberline vs. Bonney Lake – Heidelberg Park, Tacoma – 7:00 PM
Timberline comes into the district tournament on a two game losing streak. Their 14-2 non-conference loss to South Kitsap snapped a 14 game winning streak and was followed by a 5-3 loss to North Thurston in the Narrows League championship game. That loss dropped them into a loser-out game against Bonney Lake at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma at 7:00 PM. The Blazers and Panthers met once this season already with Timberline taking a 7-6 win in Lacey on March 15th.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater vs. Hockinson – Tumwater HS – 4:30 PM
Capital @ WF West – Bearcat Stadium, Chehalis – 4:30 PM
Tumwater finished tied for second in the 2A EvCo at 12-6 and won the tiebreaker with Aberdeen to earn a home game in the first round of districts. They draw Hockinson, who finished 6-6 in the GSHL and just 7-11 overall. The winner moves on to play either Centralia or Mark Morris on Wednesday in Chehalis while the loser drops into a loser-out game in Centralia.
With their fifth place finish at 6-12, Capital draws #1 seed and 16-2 WF West at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. The two teams met three times during the regular season with the Bearcats taking all three meetings by a combined score of 31-5. The winner plays either Aberdeen or Ridgefield on Wednesday in Chehlais while the loser plays a loser-out game in Centralia.
2B District IV tournament
Northwest Christian vs. Mossyrock – Adna HS – 3:30 PM
With their 15-3 loss to Adna yesterday, Northwest Christian faces a loser-out game today against Mossyrock in Adna. The Vikings fell to Napavine yesterday 13-10.
College softball
SPSCC vs. Highline (DH) – The RAC – 1:00 PM
Monday scoreboard: Navigators baseball falls in districts; T-Birds softball thumps Hawks
High school baseball
2B District IV tournament
Adna 15, Northwest Christian 3
With the loss, Northwest Christian will play Mossyrock in a loser-out game in Adna on Tuesday at 3:30 PM.
High school softball
Tumwater 15, River Ridge 0
Centralia 8, Capital 2
Kaylene Glasgo went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and allowed just one hit in the circle to lead Tumwater to a three inning, 15-0, win over River Ridge. Alyssa Ubrun also went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and Alexa McDaniel hit a home run for the T-Birds.
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