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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. split a pair of twin bills with Western Washington and Saint Martin’s. Week of April 6-12: Player – Alexie Levin, Western Washington (OF-DH, 5-7, Jr., Everett, WA) and Destiny Kuehl, Western Oregon (3B, 5-8, So., Portland, OR – David Douglas) … Levin hit three home runs and drove in 11 runs as the Vikings won five of six games, including a sweep of first-place Saint Martin’s Sunday to move within one game of the Saints in the conference standings. Levin had eight hits, including a pair of doubles, in 17 at bats. She also drew four walks … Western Washington’s lone loss during the week came against Western Oregon as the Wolves earned a split of a doubleheader with an 8-5 victory Saturday. WOU’s key hit in that win was a two-run home run by Kuehl extending a 6-5 lead to 8-5. In four games including a sweep of Simon Fraser Sunday, Kuehl had eight hits in 10 at bats, scored seven runs and drove in four. Pitcher – Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington (5-4, Fr., Everett, WA - Cascade) posted four victories to improve her season record to 19-7. She allowed 21 hits in 29 innings, walking nine and fanning 12. Sellevold, who leads the GNAC in victories, finished the week with a 4-0 record and a 2.41 earned run average. 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. Her 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 finished the week with a 1.72 ERA allowing just five runs in 20 1/3 innings. Week of April 13-19: Player – Amanda Evola, Western Oregon (OF, 5-7, Sr., Portland, OR – Westview) had eight hits in 15 at bats, including 5-of-8 in a 2-1, 4-3 doubleheader sweep of Central Washington Sunday reducing the Wolves’ magic number for clinching a postseason playoff berth to one. She scored the winning run in the 2-1 victory and drove in the winning run in the 4-3 victory with her fourth hit of the game. Pitcher – Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s (P-SS, 5-6, Sr., Everett, WA – Cascade) earned three victories – her 78th, 79th and 80th of her career - as the Saints reduced their magic number for clinching at least a tie for the GNAC regular-season title to one. Munger, who now ranks second in GNAC history in career wins, had a 2.28 ERA allowing five earned runs in 15 1/3 innings. She also led the Saints offensively with nine hits increasing her career total to 281 to break the GNAC record of 279 set by Brandi Harrison of Humboldt State between 2002 and 2006. Munger also had three doubles and five RBI. Week of March 30-Apr. 5: Player – Bella Rovens, MSU Billings (OF, 5-7, So., Sparks, NV) and Kailyn Campbell, Central Washington (1B, 6-0, So., Duvall, WA - Cedarcrest) led their respective offenses as the Yellowjackets outscored the Wildcats 42-36 in a four-game series at Billings. Rovens had eight hits in 17 at bats, including a game-winning home run in the eighth inning of a 12-10 victory Friday, as the Yellowjackets rallied from a 9-1 deficit in the fifth. It was the first home run of the season for Rovens, who ranks second in the conference in walks with 20. Campbell drove in 15 runs in the four-game series, slamming four home runs and batting .556 (10-of18). She also had a double and finished the trip with a 1.278 slugging average. On the season she has 46 RBI, 10 more than anyone else in the conference. Pitcher – Jourdan Williams, Western Oregon (5-8, Sr., McMinnville, OR)…. In a week that was dominated by hitters – 178 runs were scored in 12 games (14.8 per game) – Williams had one of the few standout pitching performances limiting league-leading Saint Martin’s to a single-run and seven hits in a 6-1 complete-game victory. Williams also led the Wolves in batting with a .462 average (6-of-13) as WOU Week of April 20-2 6: Player – Autumn Isaacson, Western Washington (OF, 5-5, Sr., Lake Stevens, WA – Bellevue CC) and Bella Rovens, MSU Billings (OF, 5-7, So., Sparks, NV – Spanish Springs) … Isaacson stole six bases to increase her season total to 30, one shy of her own GNAC record she set last season. She had five hits in 11 at bats in doubleheader sweeps of Central Washington and Simon Fraser and also scored seven runs. Rovens, MSUB’s leadoff hitter, had six hits in seven at bats as the Yellowjackets split two games to earn the No. 3 seed in the conference playoffs. Among her six hits were a pair of doubles. On the season, Rovens leads the GNAC in on-base percentage (.488) and ranks fourth in batting (.393), runs scored (44) 5