Feb. 26, 2015
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Weekend Games Moved; 4 to Friday, 2 Others To April 2
GNAC Standings
W
Western Oregon
4
Saint Martin’s
3
Western Washington
4
Central Washington
2
Montana State Billings 3
Simon Fraser
0
Northwest Nazarene
0
L W
L
0 9 11
1 17 12
2 11 7
2 8 7
5 10 13
2 9 9
4 2 13
H
6-0
9-3
4-2
0-0
0-0
2-4
1-3
A
0-0
2-6
3-3
4-6
4-8
4-2
0-6
N
3-11
6-3
4-2
4-1
6-5
3-3
1-4
The Wolves (9-11, 4-0) host Simon Fraser (9-9, 0-2) in a
doubleheader that was originally scheduled for Saturday
but has been moved up a day because of anticipated rain
on Saturday. The first pitch will be at 1.
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – MSU Billings 3-11 at Western
Washington 4-6; Saint Martin’s 2-2 at Concordia 10-3;
British Columbia 9-3 at Simon Fraser 4-6. Wednesday –
MSU Billings 4-11 at Western Washington 5-3. Friday –
MSU Billings 1-4 at Saint Martin’s 13-2; Northwest
Nazarene 2-3 at Western Oregon 6-8. Saturday – Central
Washington 3-7 at Simon Fraser 1-0; MSU Billings 3-0 at
Saint Martin’s 9-5; Northwest Nazarene 1-2 at Western
Oregon 3-14. Sunday – Central Washington 1-0 at Western
Washington 7-5; Concordia 4-9 at Simon Fraser 8-2.
WOU’s Sunday doubleheader with Western Washington
has also been rescheduled and will now be played on April
2 beginning at 2 p.m.
Likewise, a scheduled doubleheader Saturday in Lacey
between Western Washington (11-7, 4-2) and Saint
Martin’s (17-12, 3-1) will also start 24 hours earlier.
WOU swept a four-game conference series last weekend
with Northwest Nazarene (2-13, 0-4). Meanwhile, Simon
Fraser was swept by Central Washington (8-7, 2-2) in its
conference openers.
Saint Martin’s opened its conference season last week
winning 3-of-4 games with Montana State Billings (10-13,
3-5) which is idle this week.
THIS WEEK: Monday – Notre Dame de Namur 0-7 at Saint
Martin’s 9-4. Tuesday – Notre Dame de Namur 0-3 at Saint
Martin’s 2-5. Wednesday – Northwest Christian 0-4 at
Western Oregon 2-10. Friday – Northwest Nazarene at
Central Washington, 1 p.m.; Western Washington at Saint
Martin’s, 1 p.m.; Simon Fraser at Western Oregon, 1 p.m.
Saturday – Northwest Nazarene at Central Washington,
noon. Sunday – Simon Fraser at Saint Martin’s, noon;
Western Washington at Western Oregon, rescheduled for
April 2, 2:30 p.m.
Western Washington trails Western Oregon by one game
after winning four of six conference games in the opening
week.
The Vikings split a four-game series with MSUB, before
sweeping a home doubleheader with Central Washington.
CWU ended the week with a 2-2 record. The Wildcats are
at home this weekend for a four-game series with
Northwest Nazarene, which will be looking for its first
conference victories.
HITTING STREAKS (8 or more): 11 – Amanda Evola, WOU.
10 – Lindsay Miller, SMU; Sam Munger, SMU; Kaitlyn
Campbell, CWU. 9 – Taviah Jenkins, SMU. 8 – *Amanda
Evola, WOU; *Sammy Morris, CWU; Ashley Pesek, NNU;
Taylor Gillis, SFU; Taylor Lundrigan, SFU; Alicia Fine, WWU.
*Current
Following are some of the highlights for the opening week
of conference play:
Team Notes
WOU-SFU, WWU-SMU DHs Now on Friday
Central Washington: Pitching dominated all four games
of CWU’s twinbill against Simon Fraser and Western
Washington with the losing team scoring one run twice
and twice being shutout. CWU swept the Clan 3-1 and 7-0
before getting swept 7-1 and 5-0 by the Vikings. Sammy
Morris led Central offensively with six hits in 14 at bats. In
the circle Lindsey Kamphuis and Kiana Wood allowed five
runs in 13 and 11 innings, respectively, each posting 1-1
PORTLAND, Ore. – Defending GNAC champion Western
Oregon, riding a six-game winning streak, is at home Friday
as it tries to protect a one game lead in the early portion
of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference softball
pennant race.
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