Category Archives: volleyball
Monday scoreboard: Bears, Blazers roll, Rams hold off Rams
High school volleyball
Olympia 3, Stadium 0 (25-9, 25-22, 25-16)
North Thurston 3, Wilson 2 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 16-25, 15-8)
Timberline 3, Lincoln 0 (25-9, 25-6, 25-10)
Today (10/8): First place Blazers host Abes
High school volleyball
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Today (10/4): Saints hope to blackout Billings
Photo credit: Saint Martin’s athletics
The Saint Martin’svolleyball team returns to action tonight at Marcus Pavilion to take on Montana-State Billings at 7:00 PM. The Saints are currently in sixth place in the GNAC at 2-2, a half game behind the 3-2 Yellowjackets.
Saint Martin’s is coming off a split on the road last weekend. Nationally ranked Western Washington dispatched the Saints in straight sets on Thursday night and it looked bleak on Saturday down two sets to Simon Fraser, but the Saints rallied and pulled off a comeback victory in Burnaby, British Columbia to run their overall record to 4-5. Tonight’s game is just the third home game of the season for the Saints.
MSU-Billings has won six of the last eight matches but saw their three game winning steak come to an end in a thrilling three set match that went to extra points in each, 24-26, 29-31, 28-30. The Yellowjackets are 6-7 overall.
In high school volleyball action…
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. South Bend – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
And in girl’s soccer action…
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – South Sound Stadium – 5:00 PM
Olympia vs. Shelton – Ingersoll Stadium – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Wilson – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Bears surprise Lions, Wolves and Cougs keep pace; T-Birds dominate
Girl’s soccer
Olympia 3, Bellarmine 0
Timberline 6, Mount Tahoma 1
Black Hills 2, Aberdeen 2 – Wolves win shootout 4-3
Capital 2, Tumwater 0
North Thurston @ Lincoln – No report
River Ridge vs. Centralia – No report
Olympia moved into second place in the 4A Narrows with their 3-0 win over Bellarmine in Tacoma. Sarah Snodgrass opened the scoring in the 19th minute and Faith Cebula and Brooklynn Hooper scored insurance goals for the Bears. Bellarmine, the state-runners up last season and five time Narrows league champs, drop to third place.
Timberline’s Julia Swortz scored twice in the 22nd minute and Krista Jones added two goals in the Blazers’ 6-1 drubbing of Mount Tahoma.
Black Hills took a two goal lead but Aberdeen came back to finish regulation at 2-2 and force a shootout. The Wolves got the win 4-3 in the shootout to stay tied with Capital on top of the 2A EvCo.
Rachel Waffore scored in the 13th minute and Logan Cox knocked in the insurance goal in the 40th minute in Capital’s 2-0 win over Tumwater. The win kept the Cougars tied for first place with Black Hills in the 2A EvCo. Andrea McIntyre posted the shutout.
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, Foss 0 (25-14, 25-8, 25-6)
Olympia 3, Central Kitsap 0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-17)
North Thurston 3, Shelton 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-16)
Black Hills 3, Aberdeen 0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-14)
Tumwater 3, Capital 0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-17)
River Ridge @ Centralia – No report
Today (10/2): #3 Tumwater volleyball hosts #6 Capital
Tumwater and Capital battle on the court and the pitch tonight
Meanwhile, across town at Ingersoll Stadium, the first place Capital girl’s soccer team hosts Tumwater. The Cougars are 5-1 in the 2A EvCo while the T-Birds are two games off the pace at 3-3. This is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. Tumwater jumped out to a two goal lead on the Cougars on September 6th but Capital scored four unanswered goals to knock off the T-Birds.
In other girl’s soccer action, Black Hills, who is tied with Capital for first place in the EvCo, welcomes Aberdeen to Tumwater Stadium at 7:00 PM. And Centralia comes to South Sound Stadium to take on River Ridge, also at 7:00 PM.
Saturday scoreboard: Rams roll; Geoducks cruise; Saints split
High school football
North Thurston 34, Wilson 0
North Thurston posted their second shutout of the year, knocking off Wilson 34-0 at South Sound Stadium. The Rams have now allowed just 42 points through five games this season. Mo Manning rushed for three touchdowns and Ryan Mets passed for one touchdown finding Joshua Cahill in the endzone for the Rams’ second score of the game. A Hayden Maliska rushing touchdown with under a minute left to play in the first half rounded out the scoring for the game.
The Rams are now 5-0 on the season and 3-0 in 3A Narrows League play. The last time North Thurston sat at 5-0 was 1992 when Rocky Patchin was in his first season and future NFL pro-bowler Mike Sellers played running back and linebacker for the Rams.
Men’s soccer
Evergreen 4, Northwest Christian 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Jack Fortune scored 27 seconds into the game and Evergreen added three more goals in the second half to drop Northwest University 4-0 in Kirkland. Mirzic Memic scored two goals for the Geoducks, the first on a penalty kick in the 50th minute and another on a header in the 75th minute. Goalkeeper Mauricio Sanchez made five saves in the shutout.
Women’s soccer
Seattle Pacific 2, Saint Martin’s 1 (2OT) – Recap from SPUFalcons.com
Oregon Tech 5, Evergreen 0 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Shayla Page scored off of a corner kick with just ten seconds left in double overtime to give Seattle Pacific a dramatic 2-1 win over Saint Martin’s at Interbay Stadium in Seattle. After the Falcons’ Ali Martin opened the scoring in the 18th minute, Ashley Richardson scored the equalizer collecting the rebound off of a Nicole Nedervelt shot that hit the crossbar.
Ashely Engel made 11 saves but the Saints only forced SPU keeper Alexa Hughes to make two saves. The Saints fall to 3-3 in the GNAC.
College volleyball
Saint Martin’s 3, Simon Fraser 2 (22-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-17, 15-11) – Recap
Concordia 3, Evergreen 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-22) – Recap from the Geoducks
Saint Martin’s rallied back from two sets down in Burnaby, BC to knock off Simon Fraser 3-2. Kristyn Ross led the Saints with 17 kills and 24 digs while Carrie Starbuck added 12 kills and 20 digs.
College softball fall ball
SPSCC 11, Skagit Valley 1 – five innings
Everett 7, SPSCC 0
Lower Columbia 7, SPSCC 2
Puget Sound Collegiate League fall ball
Timberline 3, Yelm 0 – Winning pitcher: Matt Mercer (Perfect game)
Olympia 2, Black Hills 1 – Winning pitcher: Elliott Loague
Olympia 4, Black Hills 0 – Winning pitcher: Eric Mullins
Friday scoreboard: Blazers, T-Birds pull off big wins; Cougs girls win; Geoducks struggle
High school football
Timberline 28, Lincoln 13
Tumwater 21, WF West 20
Capital 48, Centralia 3
Olympia 15, South Kitsap 14
Central Kitsap 35, Yelm 17
Shelton 43, Foss 8
Tenino 62, Rainier 6
Elma 33, Rochester 13
High school volleyball
Capital 3, Aberdeen 0 (25-6, 25-14, 25-13)
College volleyball
Warner Pacific 3, Evergreen 0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-20) – Recap from Evergreen
Women’s soccer
Southern Oregon 1, Evergreen 0 – Recap from Geoducks athletics
Today (9/28): Blazers host Abes, T-Birds battle Bearcats; Friday night volleyball
The T-Birds schedule shapes up favorably if they can get past WF West tonight
Week five is upon us and there are a couple of huge league games tonight in town. Can Lincoln regroup against Timberlineafter getting blown out by North Thurston last week? And what a stretch it is for Lincoln, by the way. North Thurston last week, Timberline this week, Shelton next. They need a win.
And after knocking off #1 Capital last week, Tumwater gets another EvCo power in WF West. If Tumwater can get past WF West, their schedule is very favorable for them to run the table the rest of the way out. Capital needs the Bearcats to knock off Tumwater tonight to get them back in the race.
Lots of action tonight, here’s a look at the entire schedule…
In town…
Timberline vs. Lincoln – South Sound Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen here
Tumwater vs. WF West – Tumwater Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen here
Shelton vs. Foss – Highclimber Stadium – 7:00 PM – Listen here
Rainier vs. Tenino – Rainier HS Stadium – 7:00 PM
Rochester vs. Elma – Rochester High School – 7:00 PM
Out of town…
Capital @ Centralia – Tiger Stadium, Centralia – 7:00 PM – Listen here
Olympia @ South Kitsap – SK Stadium, Port Orchard – 7:00 PM
Yelm @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale Stadium – 7:00 PM
And in the only other action tonight, a rare Friday night volleyball game is on tap when Capital hosts Aberdeen in an important 2A EvCo matchup at 7:00 PM. The Cougars come into the match at 4-0 in league and 6-1 overall while Aberdeen is right on their heals at 3-1 in league and 5-1 overall. Aberdeen’s only loss of the season came to league leading Tumwater on September 13th.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints win late again; Hawks top Wolves; Blazers romp; T-Birds, Wolves split rivalry games
Women’s soccer
Saint Martin’s 3, Central Washington 2 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Molly Campbell scored in the 85th minute to lift Saint Martin’s to another late game victory with a 3-2 win over Central Washington at the SMU Soccer Field.
Sasha Dini scored two goals within the first four minutes of the second half to open the scoring. Savanna Morehouse got the Wildcats on the board in the 65th minute and Carson McKole scored the equalizer in the 72nd minute before Campbell scored on header off of a corner kick from Dini.
Ashley Engel made seven saves in goal and the Saints improved to 3-2 in the GNAC and 5-4 overall.
Men’s soccer
Western Washington 4, Saint Martin’s 1 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
High School football
River Ridge 20, Black Hills 13
River Ridge scored two touchdowns and held Black Hills scoreless in the second half to knock off the Wolves 20-13 at South Sound Stadium. The Hawks move to 4-1 on the season and 1-0 in 2A EvCo play while the Wolves fall to 3-2 and 0-1 in league.
The Wolves took a 13-7 lead into halftime thanks to two Conrad Nygren rushing touchdowns, the first a 37 yard run in the first quarter and then a 10 yard run in the second. Brad Wallace scored for the Hawks on a 69 yard run immediately following the first Black Hills touchdown.
Chris Leiba scored the eventual game winner for the Hawks with a 24 yard run in the third quarter and Colby Schultz found Wesley Coats for the insurance touchdown early in the fourth.
High school volleyball
Tumwater 3, Black Hills 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-14)
Raymond 3, Northwest Christian (22-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-19, 13-15)
Girl’s soccer
Timberline 8, Lincoln 0
Olympia 0, Stadium 0
Black Hills 2, Tumwater 1
North Thurston @ Yelm – No report
College volleyball
Western Washington 3, Saint Martin’s 0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-18) – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Wednesday scoreboard: Blazers win thriller; Lions roar back; SPSCC blitzed
High school volleyball
Timberline 3, North Thurston 2 (23-25, 24-26, 25-19, 26-24, 16-14)
Bellarmine 3, Olympia 1 (25-27, 25-13, 25-16, 25-11)
Yelm 3, River Ridge 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-16)
The big game between 3A Narrows League rivals did not disappoint in any aspect. In front of large and loud student sections from both schools, Timberline fell behind two sets early but rallied to win the final three sets to knock off North Thurston and take first place in league all to themselves
Four of the five sets were exciting, back and forth affairs. In the fourth set, after trading points to get to 6-6, the Rams scored six straight points to push their lead to 12-6. But the Blazers cut the lead to 13-12 and the two teams again traded points and were tied 20-20. The Rams scored the next three points and had a match point at 24-23, but the Blazers scored the final three points to win the set and force a fifth and deciding set. Watch the last point of the fourth set, a long rally, and the Timberline students celebration…
North Thurston jumped out to an early lead in the fifth set and led 8-6. But Timberline fought off a couple match points and finally finished off the fifth set 16-14 to take a 3-2 win and remain undefeated in the 3A Narrows League and set off this celebration (sadly, my phone died in the middle…)
Riley Podowicz led the Blazers with 23 kills, 10 digs, 8 aces and 7 blocks while Hunter Manke had 48 assists and Halie Snaza added 33 digs.
In the other big volleyball game in town tonight, Olympia battled with Bellarmine to win the first set 27-25. But after that, it was all Lions. Bellarmine easily won the next three sets to remain undefeated in the 4A Narrows League. Olympia dropped to 4-2 in league. Rachel Kelson had 10 kills and Kayla Thaller added 25 assists for the Bears in the loss.
Men’s soccer
Clark 5, SPSCC 1 – Box score
NWAACC scoring leader Borce Atanasov scored in the third minute, the fifth minute and the 22nd minute to lead the Clark Penguins to an easy victory over winless South Puget Sound. Atanasov now has 14 goals in nine games this season. Alicides Thomas scored his eighth goal of the season for the Penguins in the 15th minute and added an assist on Atanasov’s third goal.
Kyle Ballard got the Clippers on the board in the 61st minute. It was just the Clippers sixth goal of the season in their 0-9 start.
Puget Sound Collegiate League fall baseball
Shelton 4, Capital 2 – Winning pitcher: Mitch Johnson
Timberline 4, Yelm 2 – Winning pitcher: Ty Carlton
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