Wednesday
UJ Men’s Basketball
Jamestown 85 Morningside 73
The University of Jamestown men’s basketball team put six players in double figures Wednesday night, defeating Morningside (Iowa) College 85-73 at Harold Newman Arena in the Great Plains Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) led the way for UJ (4-0, 1-0 GPAC) with 22 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists.
Morningside led 12-10 after a pair of Collin Hill free throws with 13:36 in the first half. The Jimmies then took a four-point lead of their own after a Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) basket, only to have the Mustangs battle back and go ahead 22-18 at the 9:02 mark.
After five lead changes in the next 2:22, Jamestown built up a six-point advantage following a Devon Schultz (JR/Arlington, MN) dunk with 1:44 in the half. Cordes converted a three-point play with 48 ticks before halftime giving UJ its biggest lead of the half at 41-33.
Allante’ Pickens (SR/Chicago, IL) and Jack Talley (SR/Sioux Falls, SD) opened the second half combining for eight points as UJ led 49-36 just 1:47 into the second.
Walters capped off a 14-4 run giving Jamestown its largest lead of the night at 58-40.
Talley sank a pair of free throws with 11:58 remaining to extend the edge to 20. Jamestown comfortably led between 15 and 20 points for the rest of the night until a 5-0 Mustang run to close the game cut the final lead to 12 points.
Cordes had 16 points off the bench while Brock Schrom (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) added 15 points and six rebounds. Pickens, Talley, and Schultz all finished with 10. Devan Praska (JR/Thompson, ND) joined Walters with five assists.
UJ outshot Morningside 57.9 percent to 48.1 percent and outrebounded the Mustangs 36-24.
The Jimmies look to stay unbeaten when they travel to Valley City State (N.D.) on Saturday in a non-conference matchup.
Wednesday
UJ Women’s Basketball
Morningside 68 Jamestown 61
Morningside (Iowa) College outscored the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team 39-23 in the second and third quarters Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena, on the way to a 68-61 win in the Great Plains Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Jamestown lost for the first time in three games this season while Morningside improves to 2-1.
UJ led 16-8 after one quarter of play, holding the Mustangs to just 1-of-9 shooting from the field in the opening 10 minutes.
Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN)’s three-pointer put the Jimmies ahead by double digits at 19-8, but Morningside outscored UJ 12-3 over the next 5:34 to make it a one-possession game.
After a Tayte Hansen three-point shot tied the game for the Mustangs with 2:36 before the half, the Jimmies went back on front on an Audrey Rodakowski (FR/Dickinson, ND) bucket and a Kia Tower basket.
Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) opened the second half by scoring UJ’s first seven points, and the Jimmies would build a six-point lead after Tower made one of two free throws at the 5:06 mark.
Morningside finished the quarter on a 16-2 run and led 47-39 entering the fourth quarter.
With 6:17 left to play, the Jimmies trailed by 11 (59-48). A pair of DeMars baskets bookended an 8-0 Jamestown run, and the lead was just three with 3:14 remaining.
Sophia Peppers made back-to-back baskets to make it an eight-point game and UJ got no closer than three points down the stretch.
DeMars finished with 22 points and nine rebounds for the Jimmies. Also scoring in double figures were Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) with 16, Rodakowski with 11, and Tower with 10. Josephson added seven rebounds and seven steals, and Emma Stoehr (SR/Woodbury, MN) dished out four assists.
The Jimmies are back in action next Wednesday when they host Northwestern (Iowa) College at 6 p.m.
Wednesday
UJ Women’s Soccer
Jimmie Turf Field
Jamestown 7 Presentation College 1
The University of Jamestown women’s soccer team scored five times in the first half on the way to a 7-1 victory over Presentation (S.D.) College Wednesday night at the Jimmie Turf Field.
Jamestown improves to 9-5 overall and 7-5 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, while the Saints fall to 0-12-2 overall and 0-11-2 in the GPAC.
Penelope Hoppe (JR/Temecula, Calif.) got things started for the Jimmies with a 10th minute goal that featured a couple of one-touch passes from Madison Hagglund (FR/Marysville, Wash.) and Kamryn Fiscus (SO/Yakima, Wash.) to create some space.
Haley Dyer (SO/Honolulu, Hawaii) made it 2-0 UJ in the 17th minute on an assist by Natalie Kromm (SR/Stockton, Calif.).
Fiscus added to the lead in the 21st minute to make it 3-0, then Hagglund took a Claire Struble (JR/Murrieta, Calif.) pass in the 24th minute to make it 4-0.
The fifth Jimmie goal came off the boot of Fiscus in the 37th minute.
Presentation ended the UJ shutout hopes in the 38th minute as Amy Turner scored to make it 5-1.
Jamestown netted two more goals in the second half. Peyton Rudnick (SO/Jamestown, N.D.) used an Eleonor Flores (SO/Pico Rivera, Calif.) pass in the 83rd minute for UJ’s sixth score, then Autumn Opperud (JR/Huntington Beach, Calif.) scored as time expired to make it 7-1.
UJ outshot the Saints 20-7 and had a 14-6 edge in shots on goal. Alex Nowka (SO/Anchorage, Alaska) made five stops for the Jimmies.
UJ Men
Jamestown 11 Presentation 2
Ruben Zepeda (SR/Puebla, Mexico) set a University of Jamestown men’s soccer scoring record Wednesday night, netting five goals in the Jimmies’ 11-2 win over 10-man Presentation (S.D.) College at the Jimmie Turf Field.
Zepeda put the Jimmies ahead 2-0 with goals in the 15th and 18th minutes.
Diego Valle (JR/Yucaipa, Calif.) (19th minute) and Aaron Pike (JR/Milton Keynes, England) (25th minute) also found the scoring column for the Jimmies in the first half.
Injury forced Presentation to open the second half with just 10 healthy players, and Jamestown took advantage.
Valle bagged his second in the 49th minute to make it 5-0 Jamestown, then Zepeda completed the hat trick in the 57th minute on a pass from Valle.
Davis Lupindu ended the Jimmies’ shutout hopes with a 63rd minute tally to make it 6-1.
Arnold Ramirez (FR/Westminster, Calif.) scorched a free kick into the back of the net in the 73rd minute for lucky goal number seven on the night.
Zepeda kept his hot streak alive in the 74th minute to push the lead to 8-1.
Kotaro Okada added a goal for Presentation in the 77th minute, but Pike answered in the 83rd with his second of the match.
Zepeda’s fifth goal came in the 84th minute, then goalkeeper Alex Hamer (JR/Solihull, England), playing an outfield position for the first time in his UJ career, rounded out the scoring in the 88th minute.
David Frickel (JR/Monticello, Minn.), Valle, Zepeda, and Pike also had assists.
Shots ended 37-4 in favor of Jamestown, as did shots on goal (24-2).
The Jimmies, now 5-6 overall on the year and 5-5 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, finish the regular season a week from Saturday against Northwestern (Iowa) College
Wedenesday
MANDAN, N.D.– Tyler Chavez-Leech (SR/Red Deer, Alberta) scored twice and five other players lit the lamp as the University of Jamestown hockey team defeated the University of Mary Marauders 7-2 Wednesday night at Starion Sports Arena.
Chavez-Leech wasted little time in getting UJ on the board, scoring 1:20 into the contest on a pass from Marquez Ginger (FR/Augusta, Ga.).
His second made it 2-0 at the 13:44 mark of the first, with assists to Jordan Popoff (SO/Calgary, Alberta) and Andrew Clark (FR/Spokane, Wash.).
Carter Johnson (JR/Meeteetse, Wyo.) needed just 16 seconds into the second period to make it a three-goal lead for the Jimmies, with assists to Clark and Jordon Kromm (FR/Calgary, Alberta).
Reid Wilson (FR/Castlegar, British Columbia) scored at 9:11 from Manyl Boudjeltia (SO/Laval, Quebec) as Jamestown built a four-goal cushion.
The Marauders answered quickly, scoring twice in 31 seconds to cut the deficit to 4-2 with 8:32 left in the period.
Logan Berggren (FR/Cypress, Calif.) tallied an unassisted goal at 15:27 of the second making it 5-2 Jimmies.
Greg Susinski (FR/Calgary, Alberta) from Kromm on the power play made it a four-goal game once again with at 16:29 of the second.
Quin Garrison (SO/Prince George, British Columbia) scored shorthanded for the Jimmies at the 4:04 mark of the third period for UJ’s seventh and final goal. Carter Johnson got the assist.
Tyson Brouwer (SR/Lethbridge, Alberta) made 43 saves for UJ.
Jamestown is back in action Friday at Minot State. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.
