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Sunday UJ Softball

WICHITA, Kan. (UJ)– The University of Jamestown softball team split its two games on Sunday at the Friends Invitational, defeating Oklahoma Panhandle State 8-0 in six innings and losing 11-8 to Friends University.

Jamestown, now 10-4 this season, will play a doubleheader Monday at Tabor (Kan.) College beginning at 2 p.m.

UJ 8, Oklahoma Panhandle State 0 (6 innings)
Jenna Remenar (FR/Vancouver, Wash.) went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and two RBI to lead the Jimmies’ 14-hit attack in game one.

Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) was 2-for-3 and Morgan Geiszler (JR/Horace, N.D.) and Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) both were 2-for-4.

Jamestown put up five runs in their first at-bat and never looked back.

Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.)’s two-run double in the bottom of the fourth extended UJ’s lead to 7-0, and the eighth run of the game came via an error by OPSU.

Kat Miska (JR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) (4-1) pitched a three-hitter for her third shutout of the season. She struck out 10 and walked just one.

Friends 11, UJ 8
Morgan Geiszler led off the game with a home run, and Santina Zito and Megan Neiles (FR/Winnipeg, MB) had run-scoring singles to stake the Jimmies to a 3-0 lead over Friends in Sunday’s second game before the Falcons rallied for eight unanswered runs over the next three innings.

Katie Reisdorfer‘s single in the fifth scored Gentrey Turin (FR/Sandy, Ore.) and Santina Zito to make it 8-5. UJ tied the game in the sixth, getting four hits and a fielder’s obstruction to help account for three runs.

Friends retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run home run, then added an insurance run with a single to left.

Reisdorfer was 3-for-4 with three RBI while Geiszler, Zito, Neiles, and Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.) all had two hits.

Lucy Sinkkonen (FR/Cloquet, Minn.) (1-2) came on in relief of Katie Merchant in the third inning and pitched the final four innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out two.

— The University of Jamestown softball team split its two games on Sunday at the Friends Invitational, defeating Oklahoma Panhandle State 8-0 in six innings and losing 11-8 to Friends University.

Jamestown, now 10-4 this season, will play a doubleheader Monday at Tabor (Kan.) College beginning at 2 p.m.

UJ Baseball

CANTON, Mo. (UJ)— The University of Jamestown baseball team lost a pair of games to Culver-Stockton College Sunday, 9-4 and 10-9 to conclude their series with the Wildcats.

Jamestown (8-7) will have an off-day Monday, then face Hannibal-LaGrange University on Tuesday in a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m.

Culver-Stockton 9, Jamestown 4
The Wildcats scored five runs in their final two at-bats to hand the Jimmies a loss in Sunday’s opener.

UJ led 3-2 going into the bottom of the third, but Culver-Stockton scored twice in the inning to retake a 4-3 lead.

Michael Asahara (SO/Spanaway, Wash.)’s double to center field in the top of the fifth scored pinch-runner Nolan Turin (SO/Sandy, OR), tying the game at 4. Asahara moved to third on a ground out but was unable to score the go-ahead run.

Culver-Stockton’s go-ahead runs came on a sacrifice fly and two-run double in the bottom of the fifth, then a Jimmie throwing error in the bottom of the sixth allowed two more runs to cross the plate.

Lincoln Trujillo (SR/Cheyenne, WY) went 3-for-4 to lead the offense. Asahara finished 2-for-3. Luke Shekeryk (JR/Seattle, WA) and Matt Meraz (SR/Aurora, CO) joined Trujillo and Asahara with RBIs.

Cameron Jenkins (JR/West Richland, WA) (1-2) took the loss in relief, allowing three runs on two hits and one walk in one inning.

Culver-Stockton 10, Jamestown 9
UJ fell behind 7-1 after two innings but put together a six-run rally with two outs in the top of the fifth to get back in the game.

After the first two Jimmie batters of the inning were retired, Brian Rice (JR/Vancouver, WA) was hit by a pitch and Grant Okawa (SR/Mississauga, ON) reached on an error. Luke Shekeryk drew a walk to load the bases. Dylan Dudley (JR/Cottage Grove, OR) and Michael Asahara also walked, bringing in Rice and Okawa. Tanner Shepard (JR/Grand Rapids, MN) followed with a pinch-hit, 2-RBI single to score Shekeryk and Dudley. Matt Meraz re-entered for Dudley and stole second. Tayler Cullen (JR/Santa Rosa, Calif.) singled in Meraz and Asahara to tie the game at 7.

Jamestown loaded the bases again in the top of the sixth. Asahara was hit by a pitch and Dudley walked for the two Jimmie runs and a 9-7 lead.

Culver-Stockton pieced together three hits and used a wild pitch to get the tying runs in the bottom of the sixth.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh and a runner at second, the Wildcats came through with the game-winning single to cap off a wild finish.

Aaron Pugh (SR/Boissevain, MB, Canada) (0-2) was the losing pitcher for Jamestown. Okawa and Cullen each had two of Jamestown’s four hits. Meraz and Cullen both stole a base.