and Holy Names 13-1. She pitched six innings and allowed
just two hits against the Penguins, then pitched a fiveinning complete-game against Holy Names.
Week of March 16-22: Player – Megan Miller, Saint
Martin’s (3B, 5-3, Jr., Everett, WA - Cascade) led the Saint
offense which produced 36 runs in two games against
Central Washington’s pitching staff, CWU came into the
weekend ranked No. 1 in the GNAC in ERA. Miller, who
drove in six runs and hit for the cycle in the second game,
had six hits in eight at bats, including two doubles, a triple
and a home run.
Her slugging average for the
doubleheader with a phenomenal 1.625 as she drove in
eight runs. Pitcher – Jessyka MacDonald, MSU Billings (5-8,
Sr., Billings, MT – West) allowed just four runs in 21 2/3
innings, surrendering 15 hits and striking out 15 in winning
three of four decisions including a two-hit 8-0 shutout of
Simon Fraser Sunday. MacDonald pitched all 10 innings of
MSUB’s two five-inning wins Sunday, allowing just five hits
and one run. She needed just 113 pitches combined in
throwing two complete games.
Week of Feb. 23-March 1: Player – Emily Osborn, MSU
Billings (1B, 5-8, Sr., Las Vegas, NV – Bonanza) had nine
hits in 21 at bats, including two doubles and three home
runs, as the Yellowjackets won four of six games in the
College of Idaho/Northwest Nazarene Classic. Osborn had
a total of five RBIs including three in a 5-3 win Saturday
against College of Idaho. Pitcher – Jessyka MacDonald,
MSU Billings (5-8, Sr., Billings, MT) recorded three victories
and also earned a save, allowing just 10 hits in 15 innings.
She walked eight and fanned 12 in posting a 2.80 ERA in
the tournament.
Week of March 2-8: Player – Amanda Evola, Western
Oregon (CF, 5-7, Sr., Beaverton, OR - Westview), had nine
hits in 19 at bats, including two doubles and two home
runs to lead the Wolves to a four-game sweep against
Northwest Nazarene during which it outscored the Wolves
31-8. Evola also drove in six runs in raising her career
batting average to .399. That ranks sixth in GNAC history.
Only four players in conference history have finished their
careers with a .400 average. She currently ranks sixth in
career hits with 234 and fourth in RBI with 152. Pitcher –
Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington (5-4, Fr., Everett,
WA - Cascade) posted a 4-0 record as the Vikings began
their conference season winning four of six contests.
Among the victories was a 5-0 shutout of Central
Washington Sunday. In 32 1/3 innings, she allowed just
eight runs, seven earned. She gave up 30 hits and walked
13, but only 18.6 percent of the runners who reached on a
hit or walk ended up scoring.
GNAC Miscellany
GNAC Championships: The GNAC will determine its
automatic berth for the NCAA National Championships
with a four-team double elimination tournament Apr. 30 –
May 2 at Yakima.
NCAA West Regional: Eight teams advance to the NCAA
Division II West Regional tournament that will be held at
two four-team sites May 7-10. The two sub-regional
winners will then play a best-of-three series May 15-16
with the winner advancing to the NCAA Elite 8 May 21-25
at Oklahoma City, Okla. The first regional poll, which will
determine the five at-large teams in the eight-team
tournament will be announced in mid-April.
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Week of March 9-15: Alexa Olague, Central Washington
(3B, 5-6, Jr., Tacoma, WA - Wilson) and Taviah Jenkins,
Saint Martin’s (OF, 5-8, Sr., Castle Rock, WA) … Olague led
the Wildcats to a four-game sweep of Northwest
Nazarene, banging out six hits, including two doubles and
the only triple in the GNAC last week. She also had six RBI.
In Saturday’s sweep, her two-out RBI single in the bottom
of the seventh gave CWU a 6-5 victory in the first game. In
the second contest, she led off the bottom of the sixth
with a single and the Wildcats went on to score six runs to
break a 2-2 tie in an 8-2 win … Jenkins had eight hits in 16
at bats, including a double and home run, and also drove
in eight runs as the Saints won five of six games including a
5-0, 2-1 sweep Saturday against Western Washington.
Pitcher – Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s (P-SS, 5-6, Sr.,
Everett, WA - Cascade) won three games and had a save
and didn’t allow a run in 20 innings pitching two shuto uts
against both Notre Dame de Namur (9-0, 2-0) and Western
Washington (5-0). She allowed just 13 hits and fanned 16.
She hasn’t allowed a run in 21 consecutive innings.
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GNAC Media Relations
Information Director – Bob Guptill
E-Mail – [email protected]
Assistant Information Director – Nathan Webber
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Office – 503-305-8756
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