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Saturday
GPAC Cross Country Championships @ Parkhurst
Women’s Soccer
At Jamestown
Jamestown 4 Midland University 3
(UJ) The University of Jamestown women’s soccer team held off a comeback attempt by Midland (Neb.) Saturday afternoon at the Jimmie Turf Field, defeating the Warriors 4-3 to advance to the championship game of the GPAC postseason tournament.
The Jimmies will host Hastings (Neb.) Thursday at 6 p.m. for the postseason championship. A UJ victory would give Briar Cliff (Iowa) the GPAC’s second automatic national bid, while the Broncos would need to win in Jamestown to clinch the auto-bid.
Goals by Kassandra Noguera (FR/Anaheim, Calif.) (17th minute), Gaby Sarkis (SO/Campbelltown, Sydney, Australia) (35th minute), and Cassandra Diaz (SR/Montebello, Calif.) (37th minute) staked the Jimmies to a 3-0 halftime lead, and it appeared UJ had the game well in hand.
Midland began their comeback when Bailey Locano scored on a pass from Arianna Flores in the 61st minute, then fifty seconds later, Flores cut the lead to 3-2 with an unassisted goal of her own. The Warriors then tied the match on a goal by Brittany Llanes in the 73rd minute, and both teams looked to find the go-ahead goal inside of the final 17 minutes.
That goal came in the 75th minute as Diaz completed the brace, putting home a rebound on Kayla Combs (JR/Las Vegas, Nev.)’ crossbar-deflected shot.
Anna Cole (FR/Laurel, Mont.) had five saves for the Jimmies, and Hannah Tillison had two for the Warriors before leaving in the 52nd minute as a result of a collision with Sarkis. Outfield player Anastasia Bitzes put on the gloves for the final 38 minutes and recorded one save.
Shots were 13-12 in favor of Midland, as were shots on goal (8-7).
Women’s Volleyball
At Jamestown
GPAC Quarter Finals
Jamestown Def Dordt University 25-21,25-19,25-20
The Jimmies, now 29-2 overall, host #9 Dakota Wesleyan in the GPAC semifinals on Wednesday night.
(UJ) The second-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the GPAC postseason tournament with a sweep of No. 22 Dordt (Iowa) University Saturday evening at Harold Newman Arena.
Jamestown (29-2) will host No. 9 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) while Concordia (Neb.) plays at Midland (Neb.) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Despite losing their seventh straight match, Dordt (13-12) gave the Jimmies all they could handle. The Defenders held leads in both of the first two sets and trimmed an eight-point third set deficit down to three before UJ pulled away.
Jamestown used a 4-0 run midway through the first set, breaking a 15-15 tie and riding the momentum to a 25-21 win. UJ scored five of the final seven points after Dordt got within 20-19, finishing with a .368 hitting percentage and 18 kills in the first frame.
The Defenders led 10-5 in the second before the Jimmies reeled off four straight to cut the lead to one. Five straight points by Dordt opened up an 18-13 advantage, and after a block by Ellie Voss and Allison Timmermans, the lead was 19-17. A kill by Anna Holen (SR/LaMoure, N.D.) ignited an eight-point UJ rally, enough to take a 25-19 win.
The Jimmies appeared to be on their way to an easy sweep, racing out to a 12-3 third set lead. Dordt hung around, scoring 11 of the next 16 points to make it a 17-14 deficit, but could not get any closer than three points the rest of the way. Jamestown ended the match with three of the last four points in a 25-20 set win.
Holen had 10 kills and 16 digs while Aleah Zieske (SO/Spicer, Minn.) and Logan Sherman (JR/Marshall, Minn.) both finished with eight. Kalli Hegerle (SR/West Fargo, N.D.) passed out 17 assists and had 14 digs, and Paige Oswald (JR/Frazee, Minn.) ended with 16 assists and seven digs.
Ellie Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) had a match-high 26 digs. Sherman and Lexi Olson (SO/Langdon, N.D.) each had five total blocks.
UJ outhit Dordt .221 to .023 for the match and had 42 kills to the Defenders’ 26.
Hockey
At Jamestown
Men;s D-1
Jamestown 8 Northern Illinois 0
Jake Huculak (JR/Jasper, Alberta) had a hat trick and the fifth-ranked University of Jamestown hockey team put 81 shots on goal in an 8-0 win over Northern Illinois Saturday evening at Wilson Arena.
Huculak scored twice in the first period while Jordan Baranesky (FR/Red Lake, Ontario) and Keaton Cline (JR/Killarney, Manitoba) also had goals to give UJ a 4-0 lead after one.
In the second period, Huculak completed his hat trick for the only scoring. Justin Dumont (JR/Atlanta, Ga.), Reid Wilson (JR/Castlegar, British Columbia), and Logan Berggren (JR/Cypress, Calif.) each scored in the third period as Jamestown set a season-high for goals scored in a conference game.
UJ fired 25 shots on Huskies goaltender Ben Vucti, then recorded 28 shots in both the second and third periods. Brandon Weare (FR/Calgary, Alberta) stopped all seven shots he faced for his second straight shutout, lowering his season goals-against average to 2.02.
Wilson and Brad Fortin (FR/Langley, British Columbia) both had a pair of assists as 12 different players recorded at least one point.
The Jimmies return to action with a weekend series against Midland (Neb.) University beginning 7 p.m. Friday at Wilson Arena.
M1 Northern Illinois University 0 at M1 University of Jamestown 8 – Status: Final
Saturday, November 5, 2022 – Wilson Arena
M1 Northern Illinois University 0 0 0 – 0
M1 University of Jamestown 4 1 3 – 8
1st Period-1, M1 University of Jamestown, Huculak 2 (Berggren), 11:24. 2, M1 University of Jamestown, Baranesky 8 (Venne), 15:13. 3, M1 University of Jamestown, Cline 4 (Popoff, Wilson), 16:32. 4, M1 University of Jamestown, Huculak 3 (Poole, Wilson), 19:40 (PP). Penalties-Evans NIU (tripping), 2:48; Gieseke NIU (interference), 18:40.
2nd Period-5, M1 University of Jamestown, Huculak 4 (Fortin), 11:10 (SH). Penalties-Weitzel NIU (holding), 7:26; Berggren UJ (cross checking), 9:16; Berggren UJ (elbowing), 17:41.
3rd Period-6, M1 University of Jamestown, Dumont 2 (Fortin), 0:19. 7, M1 University of Jamestown, Wilson 1 (Susinski, Dumont), 8:09. 8, M1 University of Jamestown, Berggren 5 (Vulcano, Huculak), 10:18. Penalties-Weitzel NIU (tripping), 3:21.
Shots on Goal-M1 Northern Illinois University 3-3-1-7. M1 University of Jamestown 25-28-28-81.
Power Play Opportunities-M1 Northern Illinois University 0 / 2; M1 University of Jamestown 1 / 4.
Goalies-M1 Northern Illinois University, Vutci 0-8-0-0 (81 shots-73 saves). M1 University of Jamestown, Weare 4-2-0-0 (7 shots-7 saves).
Men’s D-2 Hockey
https://www.achahockey.org/stats/game-center/9693
Women’s Hockey
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UJ) — Another milestone was reached by the University of Jamestown women’s hockey team Saturday, as the Jimmies won back-to-back games for the first time in program history, defeating Colorado State University 3-2.
Gaby Schroder (FR/Brandon, S.D.) scored with 8:33 remaining to break a 2-2 tie and Jamestown kept the Rams off the scoreboard the rest of the way.
CSU led 1-0 before Jayden Baker (FR/Regina, SK) leveled the game at 19:34 of the second period with an assist by Rylee Gee (SO/Luverne, Minn.).
The Rams retook the lead at 6:44 of the third, but UJ responded 35 seconds later as Crystal Wale (JR/Moose Jaw, SK) made it 2-2, assisted by Bethany Wielgosh (FR/Beausejour, MB).
Baker and Margaux Kautzmann (FR/Mandan, N.D.) helped set up Schroder’s go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal.
Shots were 42-20 in favor of the Jimmies. Mackenzie Gibson had 18 saves for UJ.
Complete stats were not available early Sunday morning.
The two teams finish the weekend series Sunday at 10:15 a.m. Central.
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