Women’s College Soccer Wednesday, Jamestown (UJ) The University of Jamestown women’s soccer team won its fourth straight match Wednesday night, defeating Mount Marty (S.D.) University 3-0 on Senior Night at the Jimmie Turf Field.
Jamestown has not allowed a goal in its last four matches while posting its sixth clean sheet of the season. The Jimmies, now 8-3 overall and 6-3 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, travel to Briar Cliff (Iowa) on Saturday.
Briana Perry (JR/Las Vegas, Nev.) put UJ on the board with a 38th minute goal, her second of the season.
The Jimmies took a 1-0 lead into the halftime break and just needed under eight minutes to double their lead. Peyton Rudnick (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) tallied her first of the season in the 53rd minute to make it 2-0.
Natalie Kromm (SR/Stockton, Calif.) rounded out the scoring in the 68th minute with her first of the season, for a 3-0 lead. Kalese Sunamoto (FR/Reedley, Calif.) assisted on the goal.
While UJ controlled the ball in their offensive zone for nearly the entire match, Mount Marty managed just one shot on target, which didn’t come until the 74th minute. Jamestown finished with 18 shots, 15 on goal.
Alex Nowka (SO/Anchorage, Alaska) was credited with the clean sheet, her fourth straight and sixth of the season.
Wednesday’s win was the 11th straight for Jamestown over Mount Marty dating back to 2008.
Men
(UJ) The University of Jamestown men’s soccer team won its third straight match, defeating Mount Marty (S.D.) University 1-0 Wednesday night at the Jimmie Turf Field.
UJ, now 4-4 overall and 4-3 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, travel to Briar Cliff (Iowa) Saturday.
Ruben Zepeda (SR/Puebla, Mexico) converted a penalty kick in the 78th minute for the only goal of the match. It was his sixth goal of the season, just one away from tying his career high of seven. Zepeda is a perfect 4-for-4 on penalty kicks as a Jimmie.
Jamestown had two shots on goal in the opening half, with two more going high over the net and another that went wide.
The Lancers put two shots on target with just under 20 minutes remaining, their best scoring chances of the night. Alex Hamer (JR/Solihull, England) made the save in both instances.
UJ’s defense held true inside the final three minutes as Kevin Ndeti (SR/Nairobi, Kenya) and Max Gross (SO/Boeblingen, Germany) both were credited with blocking shot attempts.
Final shots ended 12-9 in favor of Jamestown, as did shots on goal (8-2).
Hamer notched his first clean sheet of the season and second of his career.
