ABERDEEN, S.D.\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 — The 25th-ranked University of Jamestown softball team began their first season in the Great Plains Athletic Conference with a pair of wins Tuesday, defeating Mount Marty (S.D.) College 10-2 in six innings and 6-5 in eight innings.<\/p>\n
The doubleheader, technically home games for the Jimmies, were moved to the Presentation College Dome due to weather conditions affecting Trapper Field in Jamestown.<\/p>\n
UJ took game one 10-2 as the game ended in the sixth inning to the eight-run rule. Jamestown led 6-2 going into the bottom of the frame and used an RBI double by Miriah Yoder<\/a> (SR\/Devils Lake, ND), a two-run double from Morgan Geiszler<\/a> (SO\/Horace, ND), and a fielder’s choice by Mariah Martinez<\/a> (FR\/Visalia, Calif.) for the game-clinching runs.<\/p>\n Sydney Prussia<\/a> (SO\/Detroit Lakes, MN) was 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI while Geiszler, Yoder, Allie McCain<\/a> (SR\/Duvall, WA), and Meghan Ramage<\/a> (SR\/Grand Forks, ND) also had two hits. Geiszler scored three runs and Mariah Wick<\/a> (SO\/Jamestown, N.D.) crossed the plate twice.<\/p>\n Kat Miska<\/a> (SO\/Pequot Lakes, MN) (7-2) went six innings and struck out 10 for the win. She allowed two runs on three hits and walked just one.<\/p>\n In game two, UJ rallied from a 5-1 deficit heading into the bottom of the sixth to win 6-5 in eight innings.<\/p>\n Wick led off the Jimmies’ eighth with a walk, then moved to second on a McCain single. Yoder beat out a sacrifice bunt attempt to load the bases with no one out.\u00a0Geiszler, who had been hitless in four at-bats in the game, singled home Wick with the winning run.<\/p>\n Mount Marty put up a four-run first to take an early lead. Jamestown got one run back in the second to trail 4-1.<\/p>\n Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the sixth, UJ took advantage of a Mount Marty fielding error to plate one run, then Caitlyn Courtney<\/a> (JR\/Caldwell, TX) scored on a delayed first-and-third steal to make it 5-3.<\/p>\n With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Katie Reisdorfer<\/a> (SO\/Fresno, CA) homered to left-center on a 3-2 pitch to cut the deficit to 5-4. Mariah Martinez<\/a> followed with a single and advanced to second with two outs. Pinch-hitter Santina Zito<\/a> (FR\/Boise, Idaho) reached on an error, allowing Martinez to come across with the tying run.<\/p>\n Seven different Jimmies recorded a hit. Yoder, Prussia, Courtney, Wick, and Meghan Ramage<\/a> all reached via walk twice.<\/p>\n