YVCC sweeps Linn-Benton

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley’s Matt Wargacki and Steven Schoonover combined to shut out Linn-Benton to set the tone in a 4-0, 9-8 doubleheader sweep on Sunday at Parker Field.

Wargacki allowed two hits and struck out six in six innings of work, while Schoonover worked three unblemished innings to record the save for the Yaks, who improved to 6-2 on the season.

In the second game, YVCC scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a two-out single by Dusty Kerns.

Tyler Berman was 4-for-7 combined Sunday along with three RBI and three runs scored.

Game 1

Linn-Benton       000    000    000    —    0    2    1
Yakima Valley    200    010    01x    —    4    10    0
Austria, Hoffman (3) and Miller. Wargacki, Schoonover (7) and Kerns.
YVCC highlights: Matt Wargacki 6 Ks, 2H; Jose Sermo 2-4, 2b; Tyler Berman 2-3, RBI.

Game 2

Linn-Benton        000    160    100    0    —    8    10    3
Yakima Valley    140    002    010    1    —    9    9    3
Phillips, Ragasa (2), Roth (7), Burke (9) and Stuth and Grill (7). Ketron, Hanson (5), Cast (7), Lybbert (10) and Jones and Kerns (9).
YVCC highlights: Berman 2-4, 2 RBI, 3b, 3R; Ben Swisher 2-4, RBI 2b, 3r; Gibby Briones 2-5, 2b.

Central sweeps Western again

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Central Washington used home runs from Samantha Petrich and Kelsey Haupert to beat Western Washington 5-4 and 7-1 in a GNAC doubleheader on Sunday at Viking Field.

The victories gave the Wildcats (10-4 overall, 10-2 GNAC) a four-game series sweep of the Vikings (5-7, 5-7).

Petrich opened the scoring in game one with her solo homer in the fourth inning. She also added a double in the seventh.

Christyne Alley added two RBI in the sixth inning, and CWU scored two unearned runs in the top of the 6th to complete the scoring.

In game two, Central was led by a 3-for-4, three-RBI effort from Danielle Monson and Haupert’s three-run homer in the fifth.

Game 1

C. Washington      000    102    2    —    5    9    1
W. Washington    000    000    4    —    4    5    2
Hadenfeld, Reime (7) and Carter. McEnroe and Rutherford.
CWU highlights: Samantha Petrich 2-4, 2b, HR; Taylor Trautman 2-3.

Game 2

C. Washington     030    031    0    —    7    10    0
W. Washington    001    000    0    —    1    10    1
Baxter and Carter. Quint, Hendron (6) and Rothenberger.
CWU highlights: Danielle Monson 3-4, 3 RBI; Kelsey Haupert HR.

YVCC splits with Green River

YAKIMA, Wash. — Shalene Scott and Julie Hall combined for five RBI in game one as Yakima Valley split a doubleheader with Green River on Sunday at Dunbar Field.

Yakima Valley won the first game 8-3 and dropped the second 12-6.

Scott was 4-for-4 in the first game, while Hall was 2-for-4. Kaley Sherwood was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.

In the second game, Green River scored 10 runs in the second inning to seize early control.

YVCC’s Brittany Dorn had a home run and two RBI, while Samantha Smith added three RBI for the Yaks (4-2).

Game 1

Green River    100    020    0    —    3    9    5
Yakima Valley    004    301    x    —    8    12    0
Derick and Schwartz. Smith and Ganuelas
YVCC highlights: Eva Beal 1-4, 2 R, SB; Kaley Sherwood 3-4, 2 R , RBI; Shalane Scott 4-4, R, 3 RBI; Julie Hall 2-4, 2 RBI; Kim Jonas 1-3, R, 3b.

Game 2

Green River        0(10)0    200    0    —    12    10    0
Yakima Valley    003    201    0    —    6    12    4
Duggin and Schwartz. Aimone, Smith (7) and Moehrle-Druffel
YVCC highlights: Eva Beal 2-4, Sherwood 1-4, R, 2b; Samatha Smith 2-4, 3 RBI; Julie Hall 2-4, RBI, 3b; Brittany Dorn 2-4, HR, R, 2 RBI; Hollie Lamb 1-2, 2 R.

Yaks Repeat as National Champs

HAMPTON, Va. — Yakima Valley used six individual champions to wrap up its second consecutive women’s National Collegiate Wrestling Association championship Saturday at the Convocation Center Arena at Hampton University.

In addition to the six champions, the Yaks had four second-place finishers and one fourth-place finisher.

Ashley Phy, the No. 1 ranked individual at 130 pounds, won her second national championship after winning all seven of her matches by pinfall.

Phy also won the award for most pins in the shortest amount of time for the second year in a row.

Tamika Jones (105) and Monique Dilliner (159) both successfully defended their national titles for Yakima Valley.

Cady Chambers improved on her second-place finish last year by winning the title in the 112-pound division. Chambers defeated teammate Shantel Allstot for the national championship.

YVCC freshman Drrue Partridge won the title in the 148-pound division, and Lizzie Salcedo defeated teammate Nelly Aramburo for the national championship in the 176-pound division.

Anna Sauceda (121) and Stephanie Geltmacher (139) both took second-place in their respective divisions, and Rachael Segura finished fourth in the 139-pound division.

Mercer University finished second, Douglas Community College was third, Winona State University took fourth, and San Jose State finished fifth.

Coaches Mike Schmitt and Tito Pimentel won the National Outstanding Coach of the Year award for the second straight year for Yakima Valley.

Hartz, Welton Lead YVCC to Sweep

YAKIMA, Wash. — Behind complete-game shutouts from Connor Hartz and Derek Welton, Yakima Valley posted a 10-0, 8-0 sweep of Linn-Benton on Saturday at Parker Field.

In the opener, Hartz allowed one hit and struck out three. He was backed by a nine-hit attack that featured two hits each by Gibby Briones, Tyler Berman and Roeman Fields.

Briones had a two-run double, and Berman, Fields and Pedro Acevado had one RBI each.

Welton allowed four hits in the second game, striking out nine. Dylan Collison had three RBI, and Brian Mourer and Konrad Mueller two RBI each for the Yaks.

YVCC (4-2) and Linn-Benton meet in another doubleheader today, starting at 11 a.m.

Game 1

Linn-Benton    000    000    0    —    0    1    4
Yakima Valley    005    000    5    —    10    9    1
Unruh and Miller; Hartz and Kerns.
Highlights: Gibby Briones (YVCC) 2-3, 2-run 2b; Tyler Berman (YVCC) 2-4, RBI; Pedro Acevedo (YVCC) RBI 3b; Roeman Fields (YVCC) 2-3, RBI, 2 sb; Connor Hartz 3 Ks.

Game 2

Linn-Benton    000    000    0    —    0    4    1
Yakima Valley    010    410    2    —    8    8    1
Dixon and Stuth; Welton and Jones.
Highlights: Derek Welton (YVCC) 9 Ks; Konrad Mueller (YVCC) 2-run 3b; Dylan Collison (YVCC) 2-run 2b, 3 RBI; Brian Mourer (YVCC) 2-3, 2 RBI.

NW Nazarene sweeps Central

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Sean McDonald went 7-for-8 for the day with four RBI in the opener in leading Northwest Nazarene to a 13-5, 8-6 sweep of Central Washington in a GNAC baseball doubleheader Saturday at Tomlinson Field.

Tyler Nicholson went 5-for-5 with two RBI in the opener, and Jon Keller was 4-for-4 with four RBI, including a three-run home run, in the second game for Northwest Nazarene (4-4 GNAC, 10-11).

Anthony Sanelli had three RBI in the opener, and added two hits and two RBI in the second game for Central (1-3, 3-13).

Game 1

NW Nazarene    002    014    042    —    13    18    3
Central                 030    000    011    —    5    11    1
Keller, Hruza (7), Brown (8), Morse (9) and Rankin; Millbauer, Reed (6), Wakefield (8) and Hammons.
Highlights: Sean McDonald (NNU) 4-4, 2 2b, 4 RBI; Tyler Nicholson (NNU) 5-5, 2 2b, 2 RBI; Kramer Uvila (NNU) 2-4, 2 RBI; Ryan VanBeek (NNU) 2-4, 2b; Kevin Walkenhauer (CWU) 3-5; Anthony Sanelli (CWU) 3 RBI; Danny Myers (CWU) 2-2; Kevin Schneider (CWU) 2-4.

Game 2

NW Nazarene    500    201    0    —    8    13    3
Central                 120    003    0    —    6    9    1
Brodrick, Hruza (6), Brown (7) and Udy; Rovegno, Walkenhauer (6) and Hammons.
Highlights: Jon Keller (NNU) 4-4, HR, 4 RBI; McDonald (NNU) 3-4, 2b; Uvila (NNU) 2 RBI; Sanelli (CWU) 2-2, 2 RBI; Jake Hammons (CWU) 2-3, RBI; Chance Plutt (CWU) 2-5; Ricky McKinney (CWU) 2 RBI.

CWU sweeps aside WWU

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Kelsey Haupert homered twice and drove in seven runs to help Central Washington sweep Western Washington 8-7 and 8-3 on Saturday at Viking Field.

In the opener, Haupert hit a grand slam during a five-run third inning.

In the second game, Central (8-4, 8-2) used another five-run third inning, keyed by Haupert’s two-run blast, to cruise to the victory.

Danielle Monson and Samantha Petrich had three hits each in game two.

The two teams will play another doubleheader starting today at noon in Bellingham.

Game 1

C. Washington    005    120    0    —    8    12    2
W. Washington    101    050    0    —    7    8    0
Hadenfeld, Reime (5) and Kopczynski. Quint, McEnroe (5) and Rutherford.
CWU highlights: Kelsey Haupert 2-3, 4 RBI, HR; Ashley Fix 2-3, Danielle Monson 2-4, 3b, Taylor Trautmann 3b.

Game 2

C. Washington    015    002    0    —    8    15    2
W. Washington    010    002    0    —    3    7    1
Baxter and Kopczynski. Hendron, McEnroe (3) and Rutherford.
CWU highlights: Haupert 1-4, HR, 3 RBI; Samantha Petrich 3-5, Monson 3-5, 2b; Jennifer Schwartz 2-4, 2b, Meghan Kopczynski 2-4.

3/13/10 CWU Track and Field Results

Late Saturday

PLU INVITATIONAL

Saturday at Parkland

WOMEN

(Central athletes in top 8)

100: 2, Sarah Takayoshi, 13.01; 7, Stephanie Jones, 13.80. 200: 3, Takayoshi, 26.61. 800: 3, Kelsey Kreft, 2:28.32. 100 Hurdles: 1, Katharine Lotze, 15.50; 2, Raquel Gonzalez, 15.99; 3, S. Jones, 16.56; 5, Amanda Rose, 16.93. 400 Hurdles: 1, Gonzalez, 1:10.61; 2, Liz Hampton, 1:11.72; 5, Siri Berg, 1:14.94; 8, Mary Seidler, 1:22.88. 3000 Steeplechase: 2, Ashley Rice, 13:30.34. 400 Relay: 2, Central (S. Jones, Rose, Lotze, Takayoshi), 51.05. 1600 Relay: 5, Central (Hampton, Rose, Gonzalez, Lotze), 4:30.49. High Jump: 1, Gonzalez, 4-113/4; 2, Shelby Napiontek, 4-73/4; 4, Berg, 4-6. Pole Vault: 2, Jamie Larsen, 9-5; 3, (tie) Hannah Swigart, 8-11; Belen Lopez, 8-11. Triple Jump: 1, Lotze, 35-61/2; 2, Jones, 34-31/2; 3, Rose, 34-1/4. Shot Put: 1, Raisa Yates, 38-11; 2, Jordan Stueckle, 38-61/4; 3, Torrie Self, 38-31/4; 4, Kaylee Baumstark 35-33/4; 5, Becky Mulkey, 34-11/2; 8, Sarah Spees, 31-103/4. Discus: 1, Yates, 128-4; 2, Self, 128-2; 3, Baumstark, 121-5; 5, Stueckle, 105-8; 7, Mulkey, 94-5; 8, Spees, 91-7. Hammer: 1, Self, 157-3; 2, Stueckle, 152-1; 4, Baumstark, 127-10; 7, Yates, 106-11. Javelin: 4, Spees, 111-6.

MEN

(Central athletes in top 8)

100: 1, Kincaid Nichols, 10.97; 5, Bryan Mack, 11.21. 200: 1, Anthony Wright, 22.04; 4, Scott Morrison, 22.39. 400: 1, Morrison, 49.59; 5, Wright, 51.19.  800: 5, Zach Armstrong, 2:01.34.  5000: 6, Manuel Santos, 16:02.65; 8, Tom Johnson, 16:18.03. 10,000: 6, Santos, 33:22.32. 110 Hurdles: 1, Anthony Hogan, 15.53; 2, Gante Price, 15.78; 6, Brandon Roddewig, 16.73; 7, Michael Najera, 16.79. 400 Hurdles: 1, Price, 55.83; 2, Najera, 58.14; 7, Hogan, 1:01.93. 400 Relay: 1, Central (Mack, Hogan, Nichols, Wright), 42.47. 1600 Relay: 1, Central (Kyle Fremd, Ryan Lara, Price, Morrison), 3:24.46. High Jump: 2, Jonathan Hamilton, 6-1/2; 3, Roddewig, 5-101/2; 5, Jason Caryl, 5-81/2; 6, Joseph Nelson, 5-61/2. Pole Vault: 2, Scott Hunter, 13-9; 4, James Caryl, 13-3. Long Jump: 6, Caryl, 20-5. Shot Put: 1, Tyler Fischer, 49-91/4; 2, Jesse Potes, 43-9; 6, Daniel Ramirez, 41-3. Discus: 1, Fischer, 152-7; 4, Mike Jensen, 126-6; 8, Ramirez, 121-3. Hammer: 1, Fischer, 181-2; 2, Mychal Ostler, 160-0; 7, Tommy Sherrif, 135-9; 8, Ramirez, 135-8. Javelin: 3, Sherrif, 159-08.

CWU Rally Not Enough for Victory

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — After getting run over at the outset, Central Washington had one spectacular run in them in Friday’s NCAA Division II West Region game.

Too bad the Wildcats needed another one.

Erasing an early 20-point deficit against rival Western Washington on the Vikings’ home floor, the Wildcats clawed back to actually take the lead late in the second half.

But Western’s Morris Anderson halted that run with five straight points, sparking a 7-0 surge that put the top-seeded Vikings back in front to stay en route to an 84-70 victory in the quarterfinal game at Sam Carver Gymnasium.

“We battled back and I couldn’t be more happy for the guys,” Central coach Greg Sparling said. “But they (Western) found a gear. Morris Anderson did some great things down the stretch.”

Central, which finishes 16-11, used a 17-2 run over a 41/2-minute span in the second half to take a 59-57 lead with 7:48 remaining. Toussaint Tyler sparked the rally with seven of his 18 points, while Jon Clift added five of his 14, including two free throws that gave Central the brief lead.

Anderson, who led all scorers with 23 points, responded with a basket and a three-point play, and Dave Vanderjagt added two free throws for a 64-59 lead. Clift hit two free throws, getting the Wildcats back within three but that was as close as they’d get as Western scored the next four points and 12 of 14 to open a 74-63 advantage with 2:10 left.

Clift scored five points in a 7-2 surge to get Central within 76-70 with 1:26 left, but the Wildcats were forced to foul from there, and Western made 8 of its final 10 free throws to secure the victory.

Western charged out quickly, opening a 28-8 lead and held a 38-23 halftime lead. The Vikings shot 60 percent in the half, compared to Central’s 23 percent (8 of 35).

“We shot horribly,” said Sparling, adding that Central missed so many shots in the paint that “it was ridiculous. We missed a lot of open shots.”

JC Cook added 11 points and eight rebounds, and Riley Sivak 10 points for Central.

Derrick Webb scored 14 points, and Andrew Ready had 13 for the Vikings (26-5), who advances to tonight’s semifinal against Cal Poly Pomona, a 71-62 winner over Dixie State.

“It’s tough to play up here,” Sparling said. “The big thing is that when you do fall behind by 20 in this gym, teams roll over. We didn’t. We came back.

“We just didn’t have enough at the end.”

In Friday’s other games, Brigham Young-Hawaii upset Seattle Pacific 76-73, and Cal State San Bernardino beat Humboldt State 75-66.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Toussaint Tyler 7-17 2-6 18, Jon Clift 3-7 7-7 14, JC Cook 3-14 5-6 11, Riley Sivak 2-6 6-6 10, Sprinker 3-9 0-0 6, Shelton 1-3 2-2 5, Snowden 1-8 2-2 4, Clyde 1-5 0-2 2, Gibler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-70 24-31 70.

WESTERN WASHINGTON — Morris Anderson 7-13 7-9 23, Derrick Webb 4-10 5-7 14, Andrew Ready 2-5 8-8 13, Rory Blanche 4-4 2-4 10, Dave Vanderjagt 2-5 3-4 7, Zach Bruce 3-5 1-10 7, Severson 2-2 2-2 6, McAllister 1-2 2-4 4, Woodworth 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-46 30-48 84.

Halftime—WWU 38, CWU 23. 3-point goals—CWU 4-16 (Tyler 2-5, Clift 1-4, Shelton 1-2, Snowden 0-2, Cook 0-3), WWU 4-6 (Anderson 2-2, Ready 1-2, Webb 1-2). Fouled out—CWU-Sivak. WWU-None. Rebounds—CWU 39 (Cook,JC 8), WWU 42 (Webb,Derrick 13). Assists—CWU 6 (Clift,Jon 4), WWU 10 (Webb,Derrick 3, Vanderjagt,Dave 3). Total fouls—CWU 30, WWU 23. Technical fouls—CWU-None, WWU-Vanderjagt, McAllister. Att—2,312.

YVCC Women Wrestlers Off to Defend National Title

YAKIMA, Wash. — Last year they shocked the college wrestling world.

Yakima Valley’s first women’s wrestling team even shocked one of its co-coaches, Mike Schmitt.

And if the Yaks win another National Collegiate Wrestling Association championship at Hampton, Va., Schmitt will no doubt experience pride, reward, exhilaration and other emotions that accompany being part of a team that’s best in the entire nation.

But he won’t be shocked.

“I think we’re going to do pretty well,” Schmitt said Wednesday night while he, co-coach Tito Pimentel and their 12-wrestler contingent were headed to the airport. “I’m confident we’ll finish in the top three.

“But I wouldn’t be shocked if we won it again. Last year I was.”

The tournament runs today through Tuesday at Hampton, University.

Among the reasons for his optimism are that he, Pimentel and their wrestlers — five of whom earned All-American status by finishing in the top three in their weight classes — will be more familiar with the national stage. Another is that the Yaks compare favorably with top national competition according to a coaching staff that has seen much of it.

“Simon Fraser has a lot of money, and they travel all over the country and wrestle top teams,” Schmitt said. “Tito and I are good friends with their coaching staff, and they’ve told us we stack up against the top teams they’ve gone against.”

An NCWA coaches poll released Monday had YVCC fifth behind Simon Fraser, Pacific University, Texas-Arlington and San Jose State. The Yaks were No. 2 in the previous poll.

However, they also had the first six individuals and eight of the top 10, although one of them didn’t qualify for nationals.

Ranked No. 1 is Ashlee Phy, a 121-pounder from Deming who was voted the outstanding wrestler at last year’s national tournament after winning her weight class.

Second is Stephanie Geltmacher, (139) a freshman from Kalaheo, Hawaii. Nelly Aramburo, (176) a freshman from Spanaway, is third, and another freshman, Anna Sauceda (130) from Puyallup, is fourth.

Defending 105 national champion Tamika Jones from Columbia, S.C., is fifth, national runner-up Cady Chambers (112), a sophomore from Roy is eighth, and Monique Dilliner, a defending titlist at 159, is ranked ninth.

Unranked is Rachael Segura (130), a sophomore from Yakima, but Segura was an All-American last year after finishing third in her weight class.

Completing YVCC’s national contingent are freshman Shantel Allstot (112) from Buckley; Samantha Mount (121), a freshman from Deming; Drrue Partridge (148), a freshman from Graham; and Lizzie Salcedo (159), a freshman from Santa Maria, Calif.

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