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She walked eight and fanned 12 in posting a 2.80 ERA in the tournament. 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. 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. 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. Twitter Hashtags GNAC Central Washington Montana State Billings Northwest Nazarene Saint Martin’s Simon Fraser Western Oregon Western Washington #GNACsb #CWUWildcats #GoMSUBJackets #GoNNUCrusaders #SaintsAlive #NCAAeh #GoWolves #UnleashTheHorns GNAC Media Relations Information Director – Bob Guptill E-Mail – [email protected] Assistant Information Director – Nathan Webber E-Mail – [email protected] Office – 503-305-8756 3