Today (8/29): Saints face PLU in volleyball opener
The Saint Martin’s volleyball team gets their season underway tonight with a scrimmage against PLU at Marcus Pavilion.
The Saints were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC this season after finishing seventh last season with a 5-13 league record and a 7-18 overall record. The Saints are led by two seniors, middle blockers Katy Ferguson and Teilissa Tua and freshman-of-the-year outside hitter and Capital graduate Kristyn Ross.
This is an extremely young Saints squad with 13 of 17 roster spots taken up by freshmen or sophomores including Northwest Christian’s Kelsey Minton, Tumwater’s Nicole Grisham, North Thurston’s Julia Wabinga and River Ridge’s Halee Hernandez.
Game time tonight at Marcus Pavilion is at 6:00 PM.
Tuesday scoreboard: SPSCC soccer drops friendly
Men’s soccer
Olympic 3, SPSCC 1
Kyle Ballard scored on an assist from Taylor Weatherly but it wasn’t enough as South Puget Sound lost their season opener 3-1 to Olympic in the NWAACC friendlies at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila.
The Clippers play again at Starfire tomorrow at 12:30 PM against Columbia Basin.
High school volleyball schedules
Football season starts in just a few days and that makes it easy to forget that girls volleyball (and girls soccer) also starts in just one week. So here is the (nearly complete) schedule for local area high schools. You can also find all these games in the big Oly Sports calendar on the sidebar or available by clicking here.
September 4th
North Thurston @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
September 5th
North Thurston vs. W.F. West – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Shelton – Shelton – 7:00 PM
September 6th
Olympia vs. Central Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Northwest Christian @ Toutle Lake – Toutle – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Foss – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 7th
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 4:45 PM
September 8th
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 1:00 PM
September 11th
Olympia @ Gig Harbor – Gig Harbor – 4:45 PM
North Thurston @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Black Hills @ Centralia – Centralia – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ South Bend – South Bend – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. W.F. West – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 13th
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Capital @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
September 15th
Northwest Christian @ North Beach – Oyehut – TBA
September 18th
Timberline @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian @ Naselle – Naselle – 7:00 PM
September 19th
Olympia @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
September 20th
Olympia @ South Kitsap – Port Orchard – 6:00 PM
Black Hills @ W.F. West – Chehalis – 7:00 PM
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
September 22nd
Olympia @ Kent Classic – Kentridge HS – TBD
Northwest Christian @ Raymond – Raymond – TBD
September 24th
Olympia @ Yelm – Yelm – 6:30 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 25th
River Ridge @ Black Hills – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
September 26th
Olympia vs. Bellarmine – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
September 27th
Black Hills @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. Yelm – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
September 28th
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
October 2nd
Olympia @ Central Kitsap – Silverdale – 6:30 PM
North Thurston @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
Black Hills @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
Capital @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Foss – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
October 4th
Olympia vs. Gig Harbor – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Foss – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. Centralia – Black Hills – 7:00 PM
River Ridge @ Aberdeen – Aberdeen – 7:00 PM
October 8th
Olympia @ Stadium – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
Timberline vs. Lincoln – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 9th
Black Hills @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
River Ridge vs. W.F. West – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Aberdeen – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 10th
Timberline vs. Wilson – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
October 11th
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Raymond – Tumwater HS – 7:00 PM
October 16th
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Mt. Tahoma – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Black Hills vs. W.F. West – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Capital @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline @ Shelton – Shelton – 6:30 PM
October 18th
Olympia vs. Yelm – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Lincoln – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. W.F. West – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
October 20th
Olympia @ Capital City Classic – Olympia HS – TBD
Black Hills @ Capital City Classic – Capital HS – TBD
October 23rd
Olympia @ Bellarmine – Tacoma – 4:45 PM
North Thurston vs. Timberline – North Thurston HS – 6:30 PM
Tumwater @ Black Hills – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Aberdeen – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
October 25th
Tumwater @ Capital – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Today (8/27): Saints men’s soccer scrimmage
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Chemeketa Community College – SMU Soccer Field – 6:00 PM
Today (8/26): Oly Rollers wrap up home season
The Oly Rollers’ varsity Cosa Nostra Donnas will be in action again tonight when they play host to one of the original flat track derby teams, Austin’s Texas Rollergirls.
Texas is the #1 ranked team out of the WFTDA’s South Central region and is currently ranked at #11 by the Derby News Network but have been ranked as high as #4 this season. They played Rat City in Seattle last night and lost 207-154 continuing their struggles after losing to Gotham, Bay Area and Windy City at home in July.
Doors at Skateland! open at 6:00 PM with the bout getting underway at 6:30. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Saturday scoreboard: Bellas fall to Rodeo City, Nostras knock off Minnesota; Geoducks volleyball drops two more
Roller derby
Rodeo City 178, Oly Rollers Bella Donnas 151
Oly Rollers Cosa Nostra Donnas 212, Minnesota 152
The Bella Donnas outscored Rodeo City 105-63 in the second half but it wasn’t enough after digging themselves a hole in the first to trail 115-46 at the break.
In the second bout, the Minnesota Rollergirls led by as many as 23 points in the first half before the Cosa Nostra Donnas stormed back to take a 16 point lead at the half. The Donnas then went on a 30-3 run to open up the second half and withstood a barrage that brought Minnesota to within 11 points with 16 minutes left to play and outscored MNRG 72-23 the rest of the way to take home a 212-152 victory.
College volleyball
Montana Tech 3, Evergreen 2 (23-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-22, 15-7)
Montana Northern 3, Evergreen 0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-18) – More from Geoducks athletics
The Evergeen volleyball team came so close to winning their first game under Greg Spector’s and their first game since 2010, but after forcing a fifth set with a 25-22 win in the fourth, the Geoducks ran out of steam and dropped the final set to Montana Tech, 15-7.
Then, in their final game at the Red Lion Frontier/Cascade Challenge in Spokane, the Geoducks were swept in straight sets by Montana Western to finish the weekend at 0-5.
Today (8/25): Oly Rollers doubleheader; Racing season continues
The New York Yankees Oly Rollers take to the rink tonight at Skateland! with a doubleheader featuring Oly’s rookie team the Bella Donnas against Ellensburg’s Rodeo City Rollergirls and the varsity Cosa Nostra Donnas against the Minnesota Rollergirls.
Oly comes into tonight’s bout ranked #5 by the Derby News Network and #3 by Derbytron while Minnesota is ranked #10 by DNN and #17 by Derbytron. Minnesota is in the middle of a three bouts in three days Cascadia road trip. They played the Rose City Rollers last night in Portland and were beaten 166-90 and will take on the Rat City all-stars tomorrow in a private bout in Seattle.
Tickets for tonight’s doubleheader are $15 at the door. Doors open at 6:00 PM with derby action getting underway at 6:30.
If you like motorized vehicles going around a much bigger track, head on out to South Sound Speedway’s 3/8th of a mile track and catch NSRA sprint cars, hobby stocks, compacts, mini stocks and bumblebees. The speedway website has a preview of the NSRA races tonight.
Tickets are $20 for adults and kids 15 and under get in for free. Qualifying starts at 5:30 PM with racing at 6:30.
Friday scoreboard: Geoducks volleyball drops two; Senators fall to Studs
College volleyball
Great Falls 3, Evergreen 0 (25-12, 25-6, 25-16)
Montana Western 3, Evergreen 0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-21) – More from Geoducks athletics
Baseball
Seattle Studs 11, Thurston County Senators 9
Tonight (8/24): Senators and Studs
Baseball
Thurston County Senators vs. Seattle Studs – The RAC – 7:45 PM
High school football
Olympia Blue & White game – Ingersoll Stadium – 6:00 PM
Shelton Red & Black game – Highclimber Stadium – 6:00 PM
Oly Sports 