Saturday…

UJ Softball…

ABERDEEN, S.D.–  (uj.edu)  The University of Jamestown softball team won a pair of games Saturday at the PC Dome, defeating Dickinson State (N.D.) University 8-2 and Dakota State (S.D.) University 6-3.

The wins improve Jamestown’s record to 3-1 and the Jimmies will be back in Aberdeen next weekend for four more games indoors.

Four runs in each of the first and second innings were all the offense UJ needed against Dickinson State in Saturday’s opener.

Morgan Geiszler (JR/Horace, N.D.) and Sydney Prussia (JR/Detroit Lakes, Minn.) had run-scoring hits in the first, while Geiszler, Mikayla Frost (SR/Melba, Idaho), Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.), and Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.) brought home runs in the second inning.

Every Jimmie starter recorded a base hit with Frost, Reisdorfer, Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho), and Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) all finishing with a pair of hits. Frost, Ward, and Reisdorfer all doubled. Wick and Steph Cota (SO/Tucson, Ariz.) each swiped a base for UJ.

Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) (2-0) tossed four hitless innings, allowing just one unearned run while walking one and striking out four. Becca Thompson (FR/Valley City, N.D.) worked the final three innings and struck out three.

UJ scored four of its six runs in the final three innings against Dakota State in Saturday’s nightcap.

The Jimmie bats produced 17 hits in the game, with six of the them going for extra bases. Cota and Megan Neiles (FR/Winnipeg, MB) each doubled twice.

Cota, Neiles, and Wick all had three hits, with Geiszler and Caitlyn Courtney (SR/Caldwell, TX) adding two hits each.

Ann-Marie Crandlemire (SO/Sicamous, BC) (1-0) was the winning pitcher. She worked four innings and gave up one run on three hits, striking out four and walking one. Samm Hamilton (SR/Boise, Idaho) worked a scoreless fifth inning before Maggie Wallin (FR/Downey, Wis.) tossed the final two innings.

Jamestown plays No. 10 Valley City State (N.D.) and Mayville State (N.D.) on Friday, then will face Dickinson State and Dakota State on Saturday.