Today (5/14): Capital faces Tyee in state tourney first round
Boys soccer
Capital vs. Tyee – Highline Memorial Stadium, Burien – 7:30 PM
Capital, the last remaining boys soccer team from the Olympia area, opens state tournament play when they face Tyee at Highline Memorial Stadium in Burien tonight at 7:00 PM.
The Cougars finished second in the 2A EvCo at 8-4 but lost their first round game in the District IV tournament to Mark Morris. An upset of EvCo champion Aberdeen and a 2-0 win over Centralia in the consolation bracket led them to third place and a birth in the state tourney.
Tyee finished second in the 2A Seamount at 10-3-1 behind undefeated Hazen and won their only district game 3-1 over White River to advance as the #3 seed out of the West Central District. The Totems finished the season 12-4-1.
The computer rankings of ScoreCzar have predicted that Tyee will beat Capital 2-1.
Sunday scoreboard: Saints’ NCAA tournament run comes to an end
College softball
NCAA Division II West Regional
Humboldt State 5, Saint Martin’s 3
Saint Martin’s dream season came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a 5-3 loss to Humboldt State in the NCAA Division II West Regional in Arcata, California. The Saints finished at 41-16 overall and won the first NCAA tournament game in school history.
Humboldt State jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning off of a Courtney Hiatt two run double and an RBI single by Hannah Williams.
The Saints responded when Dani Wall hit a solo shot in the second inning to cut the Jacks lead to 3-1. One inning later, Megan Miller hit a sacrifice fly to score Madi Davis followed by a Sam Munger single that scored Lacey McGladrey. Unfortunately, that would do it offensively for the Saints.
Megan Wink scored on a Munger wild pitch in the bottom of the third inning for what would prove the game winning run and the Jacks added an insurance run in the fourth inning. Lizzie Perez shut down the Saints over the final 3 2/3 innings and Humboldt State advanced to the Super Regionals and ended the Saints season.
The Saints lose four important seniors – Joslyn Eugenio, Taylor Bakos, Madi Davis and Aubree Pocklington – from their most successful team.
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.
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears, Rams, T-Birds qualify for state, Cougars survive
High school baseball
4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
Olympia 7, Union 3 – Photo gallery and recap
3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament
North Thurston 10, Columbia River 4
Tyler Ridgeway struck out five over seven innings and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead North Thurston to the state tournament with a 10-4 win over Columbia River at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma. Ryan Mets and Matt Zeutenhorst each drove in three runs while Dylan Wharton and Hayden Maliska each scored three runs for the Rams.
The Rams qualify for the state tournament with the win and move into the district semifinals. They will play Peninsula on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Auburn Mountainview High School.
2A District IV tournament
Tumwater 12, Mark Morris 4
Capital 11, Ridgefield 3
Down 4-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Tumwater scored 12 runs to knock off Mark Morris 12-4 and earn a trip to the 2A state tournament. Luke Hare went 3-for-4 and Ian Sugrue went 2-for-3 for the T-Birds and Elijah Hill picked up the win on the mound.
Tumwater will play WF West for the district title on Friday night at Bearcat Stadium in Chehalis. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM.
Capital scored a season high 11 runs and Thomas Kerr struck out six over seven innings and Capital lived to play another day with an 11-3 win over Ridgefield. Capital moves on to play Mark Morris on Saturday at 11:00 AM at Wheeler Field in Centralia. They have to win two games on Saturday to advance to the state tournament.
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