Saturday<\/p>\n
Aberdeen UJ Softball at Presentation Dome Classic<\/p>\n
Game 1 results:\u00a0\u00a0Jamestown 13,\u00a0 Dickinson State 5\u00a0 (5 Innings)<\/p>\n
Game 2 results Jamestown 15\u00a0 Dakota State \u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5 Innings)<\/p>\n
ABERDEEN, S.D.\u00a0 (uj.edu<\/a>) —\u00a0<\/strong>The University of Jamestown softball team made it a clean weekend sweep with a pair of victories Saturday, defeating Dickinson State (N.D.) University 13-5 and Dakota State (S.D.) University 15-4. Both games were ended in the fifth inning due to the eight-run rule.<\/p>\n The Jimmies improve to 7-1 on the season and will be back in action March 8 in Tucson, Ariz.<\/p>\n A seven-run first inning gave UJ a large cushion against the Blue Hawks.<\/p>\n Kassi Ward<\/a> (JR\/Olympia, Wash.) (2 RBI), Mikayla Frost<\/a> (SR\/Melba, Idaho) (2 RBI), and Santina Zito<\/a> (SO\/Boise, Idaho) all had run scoring hits while a ball hit by Steph Cota<\/a> (SO\/Tucson, Ariz.) was misplayed by the DSU defense for two more runs.<\/p>\n Jamestown scored two more runs in each of the second, fourth and fifth innings.<\/p>\n Zito finished 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and a pair of runs scored. Morgan Geizler and Hailey Sandoval<\/a> (SR\/Lake Stevens, Wash.) each recorded two hits.<\/p>\n Katie Merchant<\/a> (SO\/South Haven, Minn.) (4-0) worked three scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out two.<\/p>\n Another seven-run inning proved to be the difference for the Jimmies against Dakota State in Saturday’s nightcap.<\/p>\n Leading 8-4 heading into the top of the fifth, the UJ offense plated seven runs in the frame, eventually taking a 15-4 win.<\/p>\n Zito, Frost, and Katie Reisdorfer<\/a> (JR\/Fresno, Calif.) had three hits each. Cota, Mariah Wick<\/a> (JR\/Jamestown, N.D.), and Morgan Neiles all had two hits.<\/p>\n