Wednesday UJ Softball at Tucson Invitational
University of Jamestown Jimmies drops game one in softball action Weds. Score was Aquinas 10, Jamestown 8.
Game 2: Jamestown 9, Mayville State 3
Game 3: Jamestown 7, Aquinas College 5
TUCSON, Ariz (uj.edu) — The University of Jamestown softball team went 2-1 on Wednesday at the Tucson Invitational Games, splitting a pair of games with Aquinas (Mich.) College and defeating Mayville State (N.D.)
Jamestown lost the opener against Aquinas 10-8, then came back to defeat Mayville State 9-3 and Aquinas 7-5.
The Jimmies (10-6) will play No. 14 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) and Indiana Tech on Thursday.
In Wednesday’s opener, UJ led 8-0 after their half of the third inning, then saw the Saints score 10 unanswered to get the win.
Four Jimmies–Mikayla Frost (SR/Melba, Idaho), Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.), Morgan Geiszler (JR/Horace, N.D.), and Megan Neiles (FR/Winnipeg, MB)–had two hits. Frost also hit her first home run of the year. Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) drove in a pair of runs while Steph Cota (SO/Tucson, Ariz.), Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.), Frost, Reisdorfer, and Geiszler also had an RBI.
Against the Comets, Jamestown fell behind 3-0 but rallied with four-run innings in both the fourth and fifth, then added a solo run for a 9-3 win.
Samm Hamilton (SR/Boise, Idaho) (3-0) went the distance in the circle for UJ, scattering seven hits and striking out three.
Jenna Remenar (FR/Vancouver, Wash.) and Neiles both finished 2-for-3 at the plate. Frost had two more hits and drove in four, while Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) went 2-for-4.
The Jimmies exacted some revenge against Aquinas in Wednesday’s final game, taking a 7-5 victory.
Leading 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, the Jimmies got a three-run homer by Frost to go ahead 7-3. UJ led 4-1 after one as Zito, Reisdorfer, and Geiszler all drove in runs.
Maggie Wallin (FR/Downey, Wis.) (2-1) went 5 2/3 innings for the win. She gave up three runs on seven hits, striking out three. Hamilton got the final two outs for her first save.
Frost was 3-for-4 with three RBI, Wick went 2-for-4, and Zito, Reisdorfer, Geiszler, Cota, Mariah Martinez (SO/Visalia, Calif.), and Hailey Sandoval (SR/Lake Stevens, Wash.) also had hits.
