Saturday
Jamestown W-5- College of St. Mary -0
10-5-2 7-2-2
Penelope Hoppe (FR/Temecula, Calif.) had two goals and an assist while Holly Swan (JR/Hampshire, England) added a goal and an assist as the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team shut out College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 5-0 Saturday afternoon.
Dianne Miranda (SR/Tustin, Calif.) opened the scoring with a 10th minute goal, her second of the season.
In the 36th minute, Hoppe scored her first goal as a Jimmie, with an assist by Gabriella Diarte (JR/North Ogden, Utah).
Swan made it 3-0 in the 61st minute with her first of the year, assisted by Hoppe.
Sydney Hollingsworth (JR/San Leandro, Calif.) pushed the lead to 4-0 with a 73rd minute goal, the first of her career, on an assist by Swan.
Hoppe completed the double and rounded out the scoring with an unassisted tally in the 75th minute.
Lauren Sayler (SR/Bismarck, ND) and Sophie Ledger (SR/Ashford, England) combined for the clean sheet. The Jimmie defense did not allow a shot the entire match and conceded just two corner kicks. UJ finished with 15 shots total, eight on goal.
Jamestown (10-5-2) reaches the 10-win mark for the third consecutive year and will close out the regular season Sunday against Presentation (S.D.) College at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday
Jamestown 5 Presentation 2 (uj.edu)
Juliet Ramirez (SR/Fairfield, Calif.) scored twice to help the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team finish the regular season with a 5-2 victory over Presentation (S.D.) College Sunday.
Jamestown finishes the regular season 11-5-2 and placed fourth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings with a record of 8-2-2. UJ will host fifth-seed Briar Cliff (Iowa) University Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the GPAC Postseason Tournament.
Ramirez scored on a pass from Yanet Miranda (SR/Tustin, Calif.) to give UJ a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute. Ana Balmaceda (SR/Glendora, Calif.) made it 2-0 in the 24th minute with a goal assisted by Amanda George (SR/Huntington Beach, Calif.). Nicole Morrison (JR/Idaho Falls, Idaho) tallied an unassisted goal in the 30th minute to push the Jimmies’ lead to 3-0.
In the second half, Ramirez netted her second in the 48th minute and Jamestown had a four-goal advantage.
Presentation got the game’s next two goals to cut the lead in half. Jamie Haecker (75th minute) and Mikayla Semenov (80th) each scored on assists from Bethany Weaver.
Dianne Miranda (SR/Tustin, Calif.) gave UJ some breathing room in the 86th minute with an unassisted goal.
Lauren Sayler (SR/Bismarck, ND) played in the first 45 minutes in goal and had one save. Sophie Ledger (SR/Ashford, England) had four saves over the final 45 minutes.
Shots were 16-8 in favor of Jamestown, as were shots on goal (9-7).
