Women…
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (uj.edu) Three goals in a span of 11 minutes in the first half gave the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team all the offense they would need in a 3-0 victory over Dordt (Iowa) University Thursday afternoon.
The win improves the Jimmies’ overall record to 9-6 and 7-2 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Dordt is now 10-5-1 overall and 7-2-1 in the GPAC. UJ is currently in third place in the league standings and in line to host one of four postseason quarterfinal matchups.
Kamryn Fiscus (FR/Yakima, Wash.) opened the scoring in the third minute with her fourth goal of the season.
Nicole Morrison (SR/Idaho Falls, Idaho)’s career-high tying third goal of the season made it 2-0 in favor of Jamestown in the 11th minute. Haley Dyer (FR/Honolulu, Hawaii) was credited with the assist.
In the 14th minute, Ryley Bedard (SO/Long Beach, Calif.) was fouled inside the box and the Jimmies were awarded a penalty kick. Bedard took the shot and put the ball past the Dordt goalkeeper’s right side for a 3-0 lead. It was the first collegiate goal for Bedard.
Shots were 5-2 in favor of Jamestown in the first half, with the Jimmies also holding a 5-1 edge in shots on goal.
The second half saw Dordt with twice as many shooting opportunities, as the Defenders registered four shots in all, two on target. Jamestown was kept off the scoreboard in the final 45 minutes despite seven shots, five on target.
UJ is in Seward, Neb., on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match against Concordia (Neb.) University.
Men…
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (uj.edu)– Alex Hamer (SO/Birmingham, England) made four saves in helping the University of Jamestown men’s soccer team draw 0-0 with Dordt University Thursday afternoon.
Jamestown (6-7-1 overall, 3-4-1 Great Plains Athletic Conference) is on the road in Seward, Neb., Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. match.
The Jimmies had an 8-7 advantage in shots during the first half as well as a 4-3 edge in corner kicks. Both teams registered a pair of shots on target.
Dordt goalkeeper Seth Lewison saved shots by Karl Gatiramu (FR/Nairobi, Kenya) in the eighth and 13th minutes. Hamer’s first-half saves came in the sixth and 41st minutes.
Once again UJ had the shot advantage in the second half, 10-7. The Jimmies put four shots on target to Dordt’s three.
Aaron Pike (SO/Milton Keynes, England) had a pair of shots denied by Lewison in the 86th and 87th minutes.
Neither team put a shot on target in the first overtime, but Jamestown was down to ten players after Eric Fairtlough (JR/Varese, Italy) was shown a red card in the 92nd minute.
Gatiramu, Pike, and Diego Valle (SO/Yucaipa, Calif.) all had shots on goal in the second overtime. Hamer made his final save in the 119th minute. Lewison finished with nine saves for Dordt.
