SIOUX CITY, Iowa\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 – The University of Jamestown softball team ended its regular season Sunday afternoon, losing a pair of games to Morningside College 6-2 and 7-1.<\/p>\n
The Jimmies (27-17 overall, 11-11 Great Plains Athletic Conference) have qualified for the GPAC postseason tournament, which will consist of two four-team brackets hosted by Morningside and Midland (Neb.) Final pairings will be announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
Game 1: Mustangs 6, Jimmies 2<\/strong> With two out, Meghan Ramage<\/a> (SR\/Grand Forks, ND) reached on a fielding error and moved to second on Sydney Prussia<\/a> (SO\/Detroit Lakes, MN)’s single. Morgan Geiszler<\/a> (SO\/Horace, ND) followed with a double to right center field, driving in Ramage and Prussia, but was thrown out trying to take third base.<\/p>\n The scored stayed 2-0 until the bottom of the fourth, when Morningside broke through for five runs against Katie Merchant<\/a> (FR\/South Haven, Minn.). Three of the first four batters recorded hits, with Ashton Whited’s 2-run home run making it 3-2. Morgan Nixon connected on a solo home run off Samm Hamilton<\/a> (JR\/Boise, Idaho) in the bottom of the fifth to push the lead to 6-2.<\/p>\n Mikayla Frost<\/a> (JR\/Melba, ID) and Katie Reisdorfer<\/a> (SO\/Fresno, CA) accounted for the other two Jimmie hits. Merchant (12-8) lasted four innings, giving up five runs (three earned) on seven hits. She walked one and struck out six.<\/p>\n Game 2: Mustangs 7, Jimmies 1<\/strong> Jamestown broke the shutout bid on Meghan Ramage<\/a>‘s RBI double in the top of the seventh.<\/p>\n The Jimmies had a 10-8 edge in hits but left 10 runners on base. Mikayla Frost<\/a> was 3-for-4 while Allie McCain<\/a> (SR\/Duvall, WA) and Santina Zito<\/a> (FR\/Boise, Idaho) both were 2-for-3. Frost moved into sixth place on the Jimmies’ all-time hits list with her 194th career hit.<\/p>\n
\nUJ jumped on Morningside right away in game one, scoring twice in the first for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
\nMorningside struck for five runs in the bottom of the first, with Rebecca Riley’s grand slam chasing starter Samm Hamilton<\/a> with just one out. Carson Cameron hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to give Morningside a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n