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UJ Women’s Soccer
Jamestown 2 Midland 1
Two second-half goals proved to be the margin of victory for the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team Thursday night as the Jimmies defeated Midland (Neb.) University 2-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Jamestown improved to 3-0-0 this season while the Warriors were playing their first match of 2020.
The visitors claimed the first goal on the scoreboard with a 26th-minute strike by Bailey Locano.
UJ trailed until the 61st minute when Kamryn Fiscus (SO/Yakima, Wash.) notched her first goal of the season off of a pass from Claire Struble (JR/Murrieta, Calif.).
The Jimmies were only able to put two shots on goal over the next 20 minutes, but had two other chances sail just wide of the net.
Struble provided the heroics for the home team in the 80th minute with her second score of the year to make it 2-1. Both of Struble’s goals have been game-winners.
Not satisfied with a one-goal lead, UJ kept up the offensive pressure and managed four shots (two on target) over the final ten minutes.
Midland’s last scoring chance came with just over a minute left in the match, but Jimmie keeper Alex Nowka (SO/Anchorage, Alaska) turned the shot aside.
Nowka finished with seven saves while the Warriors’ Rachel Thigpen made eight stops.
Shots were 16-12 in favor of Jamestown, as were shots on goal (10-8).
Jamestown hosts Morningside (Iowa) Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Midland 3 Jamestown 2
Despite trailing by a pair of goals with just over 12 minutes remaining, the University of Jamestown men’s soccer team showed some resiliency in a 3-2 season-opening loss to Midland (Neb.) University Thursday night at the Jimmie Turf Field.
Midland took a 1-0 lead on Mario Bueso’s 21st minute goal. It was the Warriors’ fourth shot and third on target against Jimmie goalkeeper Alex Hamer (JR/Solihull, England).
Just under 30 seconds later, the Jimmies had their first scoring chance of the match, but Aaron Pike (JR/Milton Keynes, England)’s shot was saved by Matthew Ricci.
Bueso assisted on Liam Brandso’s goal in the 55th minute that extended Midland’s lead to 2-0.
A pair of Ruben Zepeda (SR/Puebla, Mexico) shots went wide while an attempt by Pike sailed high in the next eight minutes.
Zepeda got the Jimmies within 2-1 in the 63rd minute, set up by Eric Fairtlough (SR/Varese, Italy), and the home team appeared to have new life.
Tomasso Visconti put the Warriors ahead by two with his 73rd minute tally.
With just under six minutes from time, Max Gross (SO/Boeblingen, Germany) found a cutting Pike near the front of the goal, and Pike put the ball in the back of the net to cut the lead to 3-2.
Neither team had a shot in the final 5:55 and the score ended 3-2.
UJ had a 10-8 edge in shots while Midland had a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal.
Thirty-five total fouls were called and eight yellow cards issued in a physical match. Twenty of the fouls came in the final forty-five minutes.
Jamestown is back in action Saturday hosting Morningside (Iowa) at 3:30 p.m.
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