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.
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.
Week of March 23-29: Player – Sam Munger, Saint
Martin’s (P-SS, Everett, WA – Cascade) was selected the
MVP in the Cal State Stanislaus Tournament of Champions
as she led the Saints to six straight wins and the second
best record (6-1) in the 24-team event. Whether from the
batter’s box or the circle, she was spectacular. At the
plate she had 14 hits in 24 at bats, including two home
runs. She drove home eight, twice plating the gamewinner. Her RBI single in the bottom of the eighth gave
SMU a 2-1 win Friday against Azusa Pacific. On Sunday in
the Silver Bracket championship game, her sixth inning
sacrifice fly snapped a 5-5 tie in a 6-5 win against
nationally fourth-ranked Cal State Monterey Bay. She
then went to the circle in the bottom of the inning and
retired the final five hitters to earn a save. She also had
three wins and a 0.83 ERA, allowing just four runs (three
earned) and 22 hits in 25 1/3 innings. Pitcher – Sammi
Cadwallader, Western Oregon (5-8, So, Toledo, OR) earned
a win as a starter against San Francisco State and as a
reliever with four scoreless innings in Sunday’s Consolation
championship game against Academy of Art. She also was
a tough-luck 2-1 loser Friday to Academy of Art and
finished the week with a 1.72 ERA allowing just five runs in
20 1/3 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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