Saturday
Aberdeen UJ Softball at Presentation Dome Classic
Game 1 results: Jamestown 13, Dickinson State 5 (5 Innings)
Game 2 results Jamestown 15 Dakota State 4 (5 Innings)
ABERDEEN, S.D. (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown softball team made it a clean weekend sweep with a pair of victories Saturday, defeating Dickinson State (N.D.) University 13-5 and Dakota State (S.D.) University 15-4. Both games were ended in the fifth inning due to the eight-run rule.
The Jimmies improve to 7-1 on the season and will be back in action March 8 in Tucson, Ariz.
A seven-run first inning gave UJ a large cushion against the Blue Hawks.
Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.) (2 RBI), Mikayla Frost (SR/Melba, Idaho) (2 RBI), and Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) all had run scoring hits while a ball hit by Steph Cota (SO/Tucson, Ariz.) was misplayed by the DSU defense for two more runs.
Jamestown scored two more runs in each of the second, fourth and fifth innings.
Zito finished 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and a pair of runs scored. Morgan Geizler and Hailey Sandoval (SR/Lake Stevens, Wash.) each recorded two hits.
Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) (4-0) worked three scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out two.
Another seven-run inning proved to be the difference for the Jimmies against Dakota State in Saturday’s nightcap.
Leading 8-4 heading into the top of the fifth, the UJ offense plated seven runs in the frame, eventually taking a 15-4 win.
Zito, Frost, and Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.) had three hits each. Cota, Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.), and Morgan Neiles all had two hits.
Maggie Wallin (FR/Downey, Wis.) (1-0) earned her first win as a Jimmie, pitching 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
