{"id":222405,"date":"2021-03-30T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=222405"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T20:49:54","slug":"jimmies-players-earn-gpac-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=222405","title":{"rendered":"Jimmies Players Earn GPAC Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

SIOUX CITY, Iowa\u00a0 (3-30-21)\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>)\u00a0 —\u00a0<\/strong>Derek Owens<\/a> (FR\/Andover, Minn.) of the University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team has been named GPAC Attacker of the Week.<\/p>\n

Owens hit .441 with 22 kills in 34 attempts as the fourth-ranked Jimmies won a pair of matches last week. He averaged 3.67 kills per set and is now 7th in the NAIA with his .511 hitting percentage.<\/p>\n

Jamestown, now 18-2 this season, hosts the GPAC postseason tournament April 9-10 at Harold Newman Arena. UJ will play Morningside at 7 p.m. on April 9.<\/p>\n

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa–\u00a0<\/strong>For the second time this season, Kat Miska<\/a> (JR\/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) of the University of Jamestown has been selected as GPAC Pitcher of the Week.<\/p>\n

Miska recorded a pair of double-digit strikeout performances in going 2-0 for the Jimmies last week. She struck out 11 over seven innings in a 4-1 win at NCAA Division II MSU-Moorhead, then followed up with a 15 strikeout performance in six innings as the Jimmies defeated Saint Mary (Neb.) 10-2 in six innings. Miska averaged two strikeouts per inning and walked just two batters in 13 innings pitched, improving\u00a0overall record to 10-1 with a 0.97 ERA and a .169 batting average against.<\/p>\n

UJ is scheduled to host Dordt (Iowa) University on April 7 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

SIOUX CITY, Iowa–\u00a0<\/strong>For the second time this season, University of Jamestown pitcher Dru Fitz<\/a> (SR\/Gresham, OR) has been selected as GPAC Pitcher of the Week.<\/p>\n

Fitz pitched his second shutout in his last three starts, holding Midland (Neb.) to one hit in seven innings while striking out nine in Jamestown (N.D.)’s 6-0 win last Friday. He improved his overall record to 4-0, lowering\u00a0his earned run average to 2.31. Fitz now has a 43:6 K\/BB ratio in 39 innings pitched this season.<\/p>\n

The Jimmies (18-10) host Briar Cliff (Iowa) Thursday at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SIOUX CITY, Iowa\u00a0 (3-30-21)\u00a0 (UJ)\u00a0 —\u00a0Derek Owens (FR\/Andover, Minn.) of the University of Jamestown men’s volleyball team has been named GPAC Attacker of the Week. Owens hit .441 with 22 kills in 34 attempts as the fourth-ranked Jimmies won a pair of matches last week. He averaged 3.67 kills per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":206587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222406,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222405\/revisions\/222406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/206587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}