Wednesday…Softball Game…
Game One…
Jamestown 9 Bemidji State 1
Game Two
Jamestown 3 University of Minnesota Crookston 0
Recaps
ST. PAUL, Minn. (UJ) — Kat Miska (JR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) set a new single-game mark for strikeouts as the University of Jamestown softball team opened its season Wendesday with a pair of wins.
The Jimmies defeated Bemidji State University 9-6 then blanked Minnesota-Crookston 3-0 behind Miska’s one-hitter.
UJ will be in Aberdeen, S.D., on Friday and Saturday for a pair of games each day at the Fairfield Inn and Suites PC Dome Classic.
Jamestown 9, Bemidji State 6
A four-run sixth inning ended up being the difference for the Jimmies in a 9-6 win Wednesday.
UJ took a 5-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first and three more on Morgan Geiszler (JR/Horace, N.D.)’s first home run of the year. The Beavers chipped away with three of their own in the third and two more in the fourth to tie the game at five.
Steph Cota (SO/Tucson, Ariz.)’s bases-clearing double and a run-scoring double by Jenna Remenar (FR/Vancouver, Wash.) accounted for the offense in the fourth. Jamestown also took advantage of two Bemidji State errors in the inning to take a four-run lead.
Bemidji State scored once in the sixth to cut the deficit to three, but would get no closer.
Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) (1-0) worked the first four innings for the Jimmies, striking out five and walking five. Lucy Sinkkonen (FR/Cloquet, Minn.) pitched the final three innings, allowing one run on two hits while striking out four.
Remenar was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate while Cota and Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) each had a pair of hits. Sydney Prussia (JR/Detroit Lakes, Minn.) doubled and Merchant also had an RBI single. Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) drove in another run with a sacrifice fly.
Jamestown 3, Minnesota-Crookston 0
A first-inning single was the only blemish on Kat Miska‘s pitching line in Wednesday’s second game. Miska retired the final 19 batters in order, finishing with a new Jimmie record of 15 strikeouts in a 3-0 win over Minnesota-Crookston.
Santina Zito hit a two-run home run and Jenna Remenar singled home another run as part of a three-run fourth inning, providing all the offense Miska (1-0) would need.
Mariah Wick doubled and Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.), Katie Merchant, and Sydney Prussia also had hits for Jamestown.
UJ Basketball…
Women…
ORANGE CITY, Iowa (UJ) –– Northwestern College used a 10-2 run to close out the third quarter on the way to an 83-67 win over the University of Jamestown women’s basketball team Wednesday night.
Jamestown falls to 14-10 overall and 11-10 in the conference, while Northwestern wins its 10th straight game to improve to 15-8 overall and 15-5 in the GPAC.
After trailing by nine at the end of the first quarter, the Jimmies outscored the Raiders 18-11 in the second to trail by only two, 36-34, at the half.
Northwestern went ahead by six following Devyn Kemble’s three-pointer at 7:15 of the third. Jamestown countered with a three by Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN) to cut the lead in half. Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) made one of two free throws, and Correy Hickman (SR/Morris, MN)’s bucket at the 4:40 mark tied the game at 47.
Emilee Danner converted a three-point play, starting a 10-0 run that gave the home team a double-digit lead. Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN)’s layup just before the buzzer ended the run and made it an eight-point lead heading to the final period.
Jamestown trailed by 11 early in the third but were only able to get within seven after a Josephson three-point play. A 9-0 Raider run made it a 16-point game with 4:18 remaining.
Josephson scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double. She also recorded four steals and four assists. Savela was also in double figures with 17 points, including five three-pointers.
Molly Schany led Northwestern with 21 points, followed by Kemble with 18 and Sammy Blum with 15.
The Jimmies close out the regular season on February 20 at Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Men…
ORANGE CITY, Iowa (UJ) — A 26-5 second-half run by the Northwestern College Red Raiders proved to be the difference as the 21st-ranked University of Jamestown men’s basketball team lost 88-79 Wednesday night.
The loss snapped UJ’s six-game winning streak as their record fell to 18-6 overall and 14-5 in the GPAC. Northwestern won its ninth straight and improves to 19-5 overall and 14-5 in the conference.
Jamestown led 43-40 at the half and went ahead 58-50 after Brock Schrom (SR/Grand Rapids, MN) scored at the 14:17 mark of the second. On the Raiders’ next possession, Trent Hilbrands converted a four-point play, cutting the lead in half and igniting the home team’s comeback.
After Isaac Heyer sank a free throw to finish off a three-point play, NWC had scored 11 straight and went ahead by three with 10:15 to play.
Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) scored to end the run, but Heyer drained a three on the next trip down the floor to make it a four-point game again.
Schrom’s three-point play brought the Jimmies within a point with 9:54 remaining. Hilbrands made a jump shot to kick off a 12-0 run, and UJ was behind an unlucky 13 points with just under five minutes in the game.
The Raiders shot 60 percent in the second half compared to the Jimmies’ 45 percent. NWC was 10-for-11 at the foul line while UJ was just 1-of-3.
Marc Kjos (SO/Lake City, MN) led the way for Jamestown with 20 points, making six three-pointers. He also dished out seven assists. Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) added 17 while Walters (16 points, 10 rebounds) and Schrom (13 points, 10 rebounds) recorded double-doubles.
Alex Van Kalsbeek led all players with 27 points and 14 rebounds. Hilbrands and Heyer both finished with 23.
The Jimmies finish the regular season at Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on February 20.j
