ABERDEEN, S.D.  (uj.edu)  — The 25th-ranked University of Jamestown softball team began their first season in the Great Plains Athletic Conference with a pair of wins Tuesday, defeating Mount Marty (S.D.) College 10-2 in six innings and 6-5 in eight innings.

The doubleheader, technically home games for the Jimmies, were moved to the Presentation College Dome due to weather conditions affecting Trapper Field in Jamestown.

UJ took game one 10-2 as the game ended in the sixth inning to the eight-run rule. Jamestown led 6-2 going into the bottom of the frame and used an RBI double by Miriah Yoder (SR/Devils Lake, ND), a two-run double from Morgan Geiszler (SO/Horace, ND), and a fielder’s choice by Mariah Martinez (FR/Visalia, Calif.) for the game-clinching runs.

Sydney Prussia (SO/Detroit Lakes, MN) was 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI while Geiszler, Yoder, Allie McCain (SR/Duvall, WA), and Meghan Ramage (SR/Grand Forks, ND) also had two hits. Geiszler scored three runs and Mariah Wick (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) crossed the plate twice.

Kat Miska (SO/Pequot Lakes, MN) (7-2) went six innings and struck out 10 for the win. She allowed two runs on three hits and walked just one.

In game two, UJ rallied from a 5-1 deficit heading into the bottom of the sixth to win 6-5 in eight innings.

Wick led off the Jimmies’ eighth with a walk, then moved to second on a McCain single. Yoder beat out a sacrifice bunt attempt to load the bases with no one out. Geiszler, who had been hitless in four at-bats in the game, singled home Wick with the winning run.

Mount Marty put up a four-run first to take an early lead. Jamestown got one run back in the second to trail 4-1.

Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the sixth, UJ took advantage of a Mount Marty fielding error to plate one run, then Caitlyn Courtney (JR/Caldwell, TX) scored on a delayed first-and-third steal to make it 5-3.

With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Katie Reisdorfer (SO/Fresno, CA) homered to left-center on a 3-2 pitch to cut the deficit to 5-4. Mariah Martinez followed with a single and advanced to second with two outs. Pinch-hitter Santina Zito (FR/Boise, Idaho) reached on an error, allowing Martinez to come across with the tying run.

Seven different Jimmies recorded a hit. Yoder, Prussia, Courtney, Wick, and Meghan Ramage all reached via walk twice.

Miska (8-2) got the final out in the eighth inning and was the winning pitcher. Samm Hamilton (JR/Boise, Idaho) worked five innings in relief, giving up one unearned run on four hits, striking out two.

Jamestown improves to 18-6 overall and 2-0 in the GPAC. The Jimmies have now won seven straight and 11 of their last 12. Next up is a pair of road conference doubleheaders, March 22 at Dordt (Iowa), and March 23 at Briar Cliff (Iowa).