MSUB shortstop Taylor Hoke was the lone GNAC player
selected to the all-tournament team at Las Vegas.
Kelsie Gardner batted .400 (8-of-20) and had a team-high
five RBI.
In six games, Hoke batted .474 with nine hits in 14 at bats.
Among her nine hits were one double and three home
runs. She also led the Yellowjackets in RBI with seven.
Western Washington: In 10 games last week, Alexie Levin
batted .519 (14-of-27) and drove in 10 runs. She had two
doubles and two home runs and also walked seven times
and has now reached base in 11 consecutive games. Emily
Benson batted .414 (12-of-29) and Alicia Fine batted .4 00
(14-of-35) and drove in 15 runs in earning GNAC Player of
the Week honors. Makinlee Sellevold won 3-of-4 decisions
in the circle. For the week, the Vikings averaged 6.8 runs
per game and slugged 10 home runs.
Team Notes
Central Washington: Taylor Ferleman batted .500 (10-of20) as the Wildcats outscored their opponents 34-23 at Las
Vegas batting .325 in winning four-of-five games, including
a 10-3 win over 19th-ranked Humboldt State. CWU’s lone
loss was to No. 3 ranked Dixie State. Sammy Morris also
had 10 hits (in 22 at bats) in the tournament. Austin
Wilkerson led the team with two home runs and eight RBI.
Lindsey Kamphuis won two games in earning GNAC Pitcher
of the Week honors.
GNAC Players of the Week
Player
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Pitcher
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Montana State Billings: The Yellowjackets hit eight home
runs, including three by Hoke and two by Emily Osborn
who drove in six runs. Kelsey Devlin batted .444 (8-of-18).
MSUB averaged nearly six runs a game, scoring five or
more in every contest except a 3-1 loss to Cal State
Dominguez.
Amanda Evola, Western Oregon
Alicia Fine, Western Washington
Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington
Lindsey Kamphuis, Central Washington
Week of Feb. 2-8l: Player – Amanda Evola, Western
Oregon (OF, 5-7, Sr., Beaverton, OR) had 10 hits in 23 at
bats as the Wolves won two of six games in the NFCA
Division II Leadoff Classic at Tucson, Ariz. Evola also scored
six runs and stole a pair of bases. Two of WOU’s losses
were in extra innings.
Pitcher - Makinlee Sellevold,
Western Washington (Fr., Everett, WA - Cascade), making
her collegiate debut, allowed just one hit – a one-out
infield single in the first inning – in a 3-0 shutout of
Chaminade. Sellevold walked one batter, hit one and
fanned four.
Northwest Nazarene: Ashley Pesek has a seven-game
hitting streak to start her season. She batted .360 last
week including two games in California against William
Jessup prior to the Stinger, banging out nine hits in 25 at
bats. Whitney Carlton had a pair of home runs. Ali
Schauer, who batted .333 (6-of-18), drew five walks
reaching base in all seven games.
Saint Martin’s: Taviah Jenkins had 13 hits in 28 at bats in
eight games, including a home doubleheader with
Concordia. Jenkins slugged at a .786 pace, doubling three
times and banging out two home runs. Dani Wall batted
.440 (11-of-25) and drove in six runs, while Jackie
Schmaeling and Megan Miller each hit .435, going 10-of23. Sam Munger won three of four decisions posting a
2.52 ERA.
Week of Feb. 9-15: Player - Alicia Fine, Western
Washington (SS, 5-6, Sr., Mount Vernon, WA – Portland
State), batted .500 (10-of-20) and drove in 14 runs as the
Vikings won four of six games in Las Vegas. Among her 10
hits, were four doubles and three home runs as she posted
a 1.150 slugging percentage. She walked three times and
didn’t strikeout out. For the week, she batted .400 (14-of35) and drove in 15 runs in 10 games. Pitcher – Lindsey
Kamphuis, Central Washington (5-10, Fr., Kennewick, WA Kamiakin) won two games allowing just 15 hits in 18
innings as the Wildcats won four of five games to open its
season. Her first win was a 10-3 complete-game conquest
of No. 19 ranked Humboldt State.
Simon Fraser: Stefanie Sheard batted .371 (13-of-35), in
10 games during the week, including four in Hawaii. She
had five doubles and one home run and drove in 14. SFU
averaged 7.4 runs per game hitting at a .328 clip. Taylor
Gillis, who put together an eight-game hitting streak, led
SFU with 12 runs scored and stolen bases with five. She
walked six times.
GNAC Miscellany
Western Oregon: Amanda Evola put together an 11-game
hitting streak to start the season before going 0-for-2
Sunday in an 8-0 loss to Regis. At Las Vegas, Evola had
seven hits in 20 at bats, increasing her career hit total to
221, which ranks sixth in GNAC history. Destiny Kuhl led
WOU in the tournament with a .412 average (7-of-17).
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.
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