March
6,
2015
Contact:
Nathan
Webber
(503)305-‐8756/[email protected]
WOU
Takes
First
Series
of
GNAC
Play,
NNU
First
to
10
Wins
PORTLAND,
Ore.
–
Western
Oregon
took
three
of
four
from
Saint
Martin’s
in
the
first
series
win
of
conference
play
to
take
an
early
lead
in
the
GNAC
standings.
The
Wolves,
who
have
won
five
of
their
last
seven
after
starting
the
year
2-‐11,
allowed
the
Saints
to
score
only
six
runs
in
four
games.
Four
WOU
pitchers
threw
at
least
three
frames
and
three
strikeouts
being
led
by
Darren
Moran
and
Jesse
Pratt.
Moran
pitched
eight
innings
of
one-‐hit
ball
while
Pratt
went
six
with
six
strikeouts.
Each
recorded
a
win
as
well.
The
Monmouth
natives
hit
five
doubles
and
three
home
runs
in
the
series
while
scoring
14
runs.
The
Wolves
offense
has
outscored
their
opponents
29-‐18
the
past
seven
games.
While
WOU
took
three
of
four
from
the
Saint
Martin’s,
the
Saints
got
the
last
laugh
with
a
1-‐0
shutout.
Starter
Riley
Moore,
pitched
seven
innings
of
four-‐hit
ball
in
his
complete
game
shutout
of
the
Wolves.
His
performance
earned
him
Picher
of
the
Week
honors.
The
Player
of
the
Week
went
to
Central
Washington’s
Darren
Honeysett
who
hit
three
home
runs
and
drove
in
eight
runs
in
the
Wildcats
four-‐game
split
with
Montana
State
Billings.
Honeysett
now
leads
the
conference
in
slugging
percentage
at
.763
and
moved
into
third
in
home
runs
with
four.
By
no
surprise,
the
conference’s
two
best
offenses
had
three
slugfests
in
their
series.
Central
won
a
game
13-‐4
while
two
of
MSUB’s
wins
ended
in
14-‐6
and
11-‐9
scores.
Three
GNAC
teams
have
seven
wins
at
this
still
early
portion
of
the
2015
season,
but
Northwest
Nazarene
was
able
to
reach
the
10-‐win
mark
after
taking
three
of
four
from
Concordia.
The
Crusaders,
who
have
yet
to
play
a
conference
game,
needed
12
innings
to
finish
off
the
Cavaliers
in
their
first
two
games
last
Friday.
Pitcher
Jake
Reppert,
who
is
tied
for
20th
nationally
in
victories,
pitched
another
gem
by
going
eight
innings
while
allowing
only
four
hits
and
striking
out
six.
Reppert
now
leads
the
conference
with
three
games
pitching
at
least
seven
innings
while
striking
out
at
least
five.
Standings
and
Schedule
GNAC
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
S
Western
Oregon
3
1
7
13
W1
Central
Washington
2
2
8
6
L1
MSU
Billings
2
2
5
13
L3
Saint
Martin’s
1
3
7
11
W1
Northwest
Nazarene
0
0
10
7
L1
UPCOMING
GAMES
THURSDAY,
March
5
Montana
State
Billings
at
Cal
Baptist,
6
p.m.
FRIDAY,
March
6
Saint
Martin’s
at
Northwest
Nazarene
(DH),
3
p.m./6
p.m.
Montana
State
Billings
at
Cal
Baptist,
6
p.m.
SATURDAY,
March
7
Montana
State
Billings
at
Cal
Baptist,
11
a.m.
Central
Washington
at
Western
Oregon
(DH),
12
p.m./3
p.m.
Saint
Martin’s
at
Northwest
Nazarene
(DH),
1
p.m./4
p.m.
SUNDAY,
March
8
Central
Washington
at
Western
Oregon
(DH)
12
p.m./3
p.m.
Around
the
GNAC
• Central
Washington’s
Brandon
Williams
had
another
great
outing
on
the
year,
pitching
seven
innings
while
allowing
four
runs,
zero
earned,
in
13-‐4
win
over
MSUB.
Williams
struck
out
13
Wildcats
on
the
day,
making
it
the
second
time
this
season
the
senior
has
fanned
at
least
10
batters.
• After
the
first
quarter
of
the
season, 4