Jimmies softball split on Tuesday.

TUCSON, Ariz.— Miriah Yoder (SR/Devils Lake, ND) was 3-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs scored to help power the 24th-ranked University of Jamestown softball team to a 17-0 five-inning win over Waldorf (Iowa) Tuesday.

Meghan Ramage (SR/Grand Forks, ND) had a pair of hits and drove in three runs, while Allie McCain (SR/Duvall, WA) and Mariah Wick (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) also recorded multiple-hit games.

Jamestown scored three times in the first and tacked on four runs in each of the second and third innings. The Jimmies added six more runs in the bottom of the fourth for good measure.

Katie Merchant (FR/South Haven, Minn.) pitched a two-hitter for her first career shutout and struck out six to earn the win.

Runs were harder to come by for UJ against Missouri Valley. Jamestown jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Meghan Ramage‘s first-inning single, but were kept off the scoreboard until the seventh.

Trailing 5-1, the Jimmies scored a pair of runs on a dropped fly ball and found themselves down just two with one out and a runner at second. Missouri Valley was able to retire the final two UJ hitters and come away with a 5-3 victory.

Katie Reisdorfer (SO/Fresno, CA) had two hits and six other Jimmies each had one. Kat Miska (SO/Pequot Lakes, MN) took the loss in the circle, giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits in six innings. She walked three and struck out six.

Jamestown (11-6) will play Presentation (S.D.) College at 2:30 p.m CST Wednesday, then will face Dakota State (S.D.) University at 4:30 p.m.