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.
GNAC Players of the Week
Player
Feb. 2-8
Feb. 9-15
Feb. 16-22
Feb. 23- M. 1
March 2-8
March 9-15
Amanda Evola, Western Oregon
Alicia Fine, Western Washington
Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s
Emily Osborn, MSU Billings
Amanda Evola, Western Oregon
Alexa Olague, Central Washington
Tavia Jenkins, Saint Martin’s
March 16-22 Megan Miller, Saint Martin’s
March 23-29 Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s
March 30-A. 5 Bella Rovens, Western Oregon
Kailyn Campbell, Central Washington
Apr. 6-12
Alexie Levin, Western Washington
Destiny Kuehl, Western Oregon
Apr. 13-19
Amanda Evola, Western Oregon
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.
Pitcher
Feb. 2-8
Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington
Feb. 9-15
Lindsey Kamphuis, Central Washington
Feb. 16-22
Kiana Wood, Central Washington
Feb. 23- M. 1 Jessyka MacDonald, MSU Billings
March 2-8
Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington
March 9-15 Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s
March 16-22 Jessyka MacDonald, MSU Billings
March 23-29 Sammi Cadwallader, Western Oregon
March 30-A. 5 Jourdan Williams, Western Oregon
April 6-12
Makinlee Sellevold, Western Washington
Apr. 13-19
Sam Munger, Saint Martin’s
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 Feb. 2-8: 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.
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.
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
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
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