LACEY, Wash. — The Saint Martin's Softball team concluded the regular season this weekend in a home series against Simon Fraser, clinching the 2026 GNAC regular season championship title.

The Saints swept the Red Leafs across the four-game series, concluding the year with a record of 33-17 overall and 18-6 in GNAC play, clinching the top seed in the conference tournament. The regular season title is the third in program history and first since 2015.

Game 1: Saint Martin's 8, Simon Fraser 7 (8 Innings)

• Game one started back-and-forth, as the Saints carried a 3-2 lead through the first four innings.
  • Jules Detriniaded scored Jennessy Lopez on an RBI single and Faith Prosch reached on an error that saw Jules Detrinidad and Taylor Oregeles score.
• In the top of the sixth, Simon Fraser added three runs, before two more runs in the top of the seventh gave the Red Leafs a commanding 7-3 lead heading into the final half inning.
• The Saints rallied in the bottom of the seventh, as Kaylee Walker singled to score Shelby Lawson and Haley Agena to cut the deficit to 7-5.
• Taylor Oregeles singled to score Kaylee Walker, cutting the SFU lead to 7-6. Orgeles later scored on a wild pitch, tying the game at 7-7 and forcing extra innings.
• After Amanda Peterson kept the Red Leafs scoreless in the top of the eighth, Elissa Dewees hit a leadoff single and Haley Agena doubled on the ensuing at-bat, which saw Dewees round the bases and score the game-winning run.

Top Performers

• Jennessy Lopez went 4-4 with one run
• Amanda Peterson earned her fourth win of the season, pitching 2.2 innings and striking out three batters.
• Kaylee Walker went 1-4 with two RBIs and one run.
• Taylor Orgeles scored two runs.

Game 2: Saint Martin's 6, Simon Fraser 1

• The Saints got the scoring starting in the first inning, as an RBI double by Jennessy Lopez gave Saint Martin's a 1-0 lead after the first inning.
• The Red Leafs tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third, but the Saints rallied five runs in the bottom of the inning to take a commanding 6-1 lead that held through the final out.
  • Layla Royle hit a single to center field that scored Oliviana Trinidad and Heather Ebner, before Elissa Dewees hit a two-RBI double that put the Saints ahead by five runs.
• Kayla Vaughan pitched a complete game, shutting out the Ref Leafs for the final four innings and securing the victory.

Top Performers

• Vaughan pitched 7.0 innings and struck out five batters, while allowing one run off five hits. She earned her 12th win of the season.
• Elissa Dewees went 3-3 with two RBIs and one run.
• Jennessy Lopez went 2-3 with one RBI.
• Layla Royle went 1-2 with two RBIs and one run scored.

Game 3 Saint Martin's 4, Simon Fraser 1

• Coming into the day with a one-game lead in the GNAC standings, a 4-1 victory for the Saints clinched the 2026 GNAC regular season title, as Western Oregon also defeated Western Washington in game three.
• Simon Fraser took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second in what was a low-scoring game, before that 1-0 deficit held through the first four innings.
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Saints rallied for three runs to go up 3-1. Heather Ebner doubled to score Shelby Lawson and Haley Agena, before Taylor Orgeles doubled to score Oliviana Trinidad.
• Bridget Johnon pitched a complete game and kept the Red Leafs scoreless in the final five innings, as the Saints added a run in the bottom of the sixth and carried out a 4-1 victory.

Top Performers

• Bridget Johnson picked up her 12th win of the season, pitching 7.0 innings and allowing one run off five hits.
• Heather Ebner went 2-3 with two RBIs.
• Shelby Lawson went 2-4 with one run.

Game 4: Saint Martin's 5, Simon Fraser 1

• The Saints concluded the series with a victory to secure the sweep. Saint Martin's scored one run in each of the first three innings, before stretching the lead to 5-0 with two more runs in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Heather Ebner hit an RBI single, Emilee Morris hit a sacrifice fly, Jennessy Lopez singled in a run, Oliviana Trinidad singled to score a run, and Jennesy Lopez hit an RBI single to left field.
• The Red Leafs added a run in the top of the fifth off a sacrifice fly, but Saint Martin's held off any further comeback efforts and carried out a 5-1 victory to conclude the regular season with a four-game sweep of Simon Fraser.

Top Performers

• Jennessy Lopez went 2-3 with two RBIs.
• Shelby Lawson went 2-2 with one one run.
• Kayla Vaughan picked up her 13th win, throwing four scoreless innings and striking out two batters.
• Keagan Norfleet and Amanda Peterson each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

Up Next
The Saints enter the GNAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed, and will face No. 4 Simon Fraser at 2:30 p.m. on May 7 in round one.