Feb. 26, 2015
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Montana State Billings Goes On Road for 14 Games in 9 Days
GNAC Standings
Simon Fraser
Western Washington
Central Washington
Saint Martin’s
Montana State Billings
Western Oregon
Northwest Nazarene
W
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
W
7
7
6
9
3
3
1
L
5
5
5
8
6
11
6
H
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
A
4-2
3-3
2-4
2-4
0-3
0-0
0-2
N
3-3
4-2
4-1
6-3
3-3
3-11
1-4
All that is just a prelude to the beginning of the conference
season as the Yellowjackets play four-game series next
week at Western Washington (March 3-4) and Saint
Martin’s (March 6-7).
Northwest Nazarene plays four games in this weekend’s
tournament taking on Concordia, Carroll, Eastern Oregon
and British Columbia.
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – MSU Billings 0 at Dixie State 6.
Wednesday – MSU Billings 2-0 at Dixie State 3-9. Friday Concordia Northwest Cup at Clackamas (Western Oregon 5,
Oregon Tech 1; Concordia 9, Western Oregon 2). Saturday Central Washington 6-0 at Dominican 0-3; Saint Martin’s 9-7 at
Pacific Lutheran 0-2. Sunday – Central Washington 13-5 at Holy
Names 1-6; Concordia Northwest Cup (Saint Martin’s 6, College
of Idaho 4; Saint Martin’s 12, Oregon Tech 5; Saint Martin’s 10,
Northwest Christian 3).
Saint Martin’s is the only other GNAC team in action this
weekend. The Saints host Northwest Saturday.
SMU has won six straight games, including five last week in
which it outscored its opponents 44-14.
Sam Munger led the way batting .476 and posting two
victories. She had 10 hits in 21 at bats and drove in 10
runs. She also allowed just four runs in 13 innings in the
circle recording her 64th and 65th career victories.
THIS WEEK: Monday – Central Washington 2-7 at Academy of
Art 5-8. Tuesday – British Columbia vs. Simon Fraser, postponed
until March 3. Friday – C of I / NNU Classic (At Caldwell:
Concordia vs. MSU Billings, 10 a.m.; British Columbia vs. MSU
Billings, noon. At Nampa: Concordia vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2
p.m.; Carroll vs. Northwest Nazarene, 4 p.m.). Saturday – C of I /
NNU Classic (At Nampa: Eastern Oregon vs. Northwest Nazarene,
10 a.m.; British Columbia vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2 p.m. At
Caldwell: College of Idaho vs. MSU Billings, 10 a.m.; Eastern
Oregon vs. MSU Billings, 4 p.m.); Northwest at Saint Martin’s,
noon. Sunday - C of I / NNU Classic (At Nampa: Eastern Oregon
vs. MSU Billings, 10 a.m.; Concordia vs. MSU Billings, noon).
Tuesday (March 3) – MSU Billings at Western Washington, 1 p.m.;
Saint Martin’s at Concordia, 2 p.m.; British Columbia vs. Simon
Fraser, 5 p.m. Wednesday (March 4) – MSU Billings at Western
Washington, 1 p.m.
Team Notes
Central Washington: The Wildcats went 2-4 on a six-game
road trip in the Bay Area splitting games at Dominican and
Holy Names Saturday and Sunday before being swept by
Academy of Art on Monday. Kailyn Campbell, who has hit
in eight consecutive games, batted .476 (10-of-21) and
Sammy Morris hit .409 (9-of-22) on the six-game journey.
Morris also had a team-best five RBI. In Saturday and
Sunday’s games, Kiana Wood allowed just one run in 11
innings to earn GNAC Pitcher of the Week honors. She
finished the trip with a 2-1 record and a 1.31 ERA, allowing
13 hits and six runs (three earned) in 16 innings.
HITTING STREAKS: 11 – Amanda Evola, WOU. 8 – *Kaitlyn
Campbell, CWU. Taylor Gillis, SFU; Megan Miller, SMU; Taviah
Jenkins, SMU. 7 – *Ashley Pesek, NNU; *Taviah Jenkins, SMU;
Sarah Morrow, WWU. *Current
Montana State Billings: After its long road journey, the
Yellowjackets will spend most of the rest of the season at
home playing only a four-game series at Northwest
Nazarene April 10-11 and in the Cal State Stanislaus
Tournament of Champions March 27-29 at Turlock, Calif.
Last week, MSUB dropped a three-game series at Dixie
State. Aubrey Conceicao and Cori Gammon led MSUB with
three hits in eight at bats, respectively.
MSU Billings Begins 14-Game Road Trip Friday
PORTLAND, Ore. – Montana State Billings begins a 14game, 9-day road trip Friday at Caldwell, Idaho, competing
in the College of Idaho/Northwest Nazarene Classic.
The Yellowjackets play six tournament games over three
days against Concordia, British Columbia, College of Idaho,
and Eastern Oregon. They face Eastern Oregon and
Concordia twice.
Northwest Nazarene: NNU’s Ashley Pesek takes a sevengame hitting streak into the Crusaders’ four games of the
College of Idaho/Northwest Nazarene Classic. All four of
its game will be played at Nampa. NNU then opens its
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