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.
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 shutouts 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.
Week of Feb. 16-22: Player – Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s
(P-SS, Sr., Everett, WA) led the Saints to a 5-0 record both
at the plate and in the circle. She had 10 hits – increasing
her career total to 219 which is the seventh highest in
GNAC history – in 21 at bats. Among her hits were four
doubles and two home runs. She drove in 10 runs
including six in a 10-3 win over Northwest Christian. She
also recorded her 64th and 65th career wins – No. 3 all-time
in the conference – allowing just four runs (two earned) in
13 innings. Pitcher – Kiana Wood, Central Washington (56, So., Aloha, OR) won two games defeating Dominican 6-0
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.
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. He r 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
Week of March 9-15: Player - 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
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