{"id":225066,"date":"2021-05-06T19:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=225066"},"modified":"2021-05-06T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:53:49","slug":"jimmies-softball-season-ends-drops-2-to-midland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=225066","title":{"rendered":"Jimmies Softball Season Ends, Drops 2 to Midland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FREMONT, Neb.\u00a0 (UJ<\/a>)\u00a0 —\u00a0<\/strong>The Midland University Warriors defeated the University of Jamestown softball team 7-5 and 1-0 Thursday afternoon to win the Midland bracket of the GPAC postseason tournament.<\/p>\n

Jamestown, which won its two opening games on Wednesday, finishes with a record of 34-14.<\/p>\n

The Warriors took an early 1-0 lead on a double by Kaitlin Anders, but the Jimmies tied the game on Kassi Ward<\/a> (JR\/Olympia, Wash.)’s third-inning double.<\/p>\n

Roni Foote hit a two-run home run off Kat Miska<\/a> (JR\/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) in the bottom of the fourth to put Midland ahead 3-1, then four straight hits off Miska in the bottom of the fifth led to three runs and a 6-1 lead. The Warriors added another run later in the inning off reliever Lucy Sinkkonen<\/a> (FR\/Cloquet, Minn.) to take 7-1 lead into the sixth.<\/p>\n

Katie Merchant<\/a> (SO\/South Haven, Minn.) singled with two outs in the sixth to score Julia Byrne<\/a> (SO\/Andover, Minn.) and Megan Neiles<\/a> (FR\/Winnipeg, MB) to cut the lead to 7-3. Sinkkonen retired the Warriors in order in the next half inning, and UJ began the seventh with a leadoff single by Mariah Wick<\/a> (JR\/Jamestown, N.D.). Wick moved to second on a passed ball, then took third on Kassi Ward<\/a>‘s single. Jenna Remenar<\/a> (FR\/Vancouver, Wash.) grounded out, scoring Wick to make it 7-4 and Ward took second. Ward then moved up on a ground out by Santina Zito<\/a> (SO\/Boise, Idaho) and came home on Sydney Prussia<\/a> (JR\/Detroit Lakes, Minn.)’s single. Gracie Fisher<\/a> (FR\/Bemidji, Minn.) singled to put runners at first and second, but Aliyah Rincon retired Neiles\u00a0to end the threat.<\/p>\n

Miska (17-3) lasted four-plus innings, allowing six runs on nine hits, striking out four.<\/p>\n

Ward was 3-for-4 while Zito, Neiles and Wick all had two hits.<\/p>\n

With the Jimmies losing for just the first time in the tournament, the Warriors forced a winner-take-all championship game.<\/p>\n

A third-inning run proved to be the only run Midland needed as Hailee Fliam held the Jimmies to two hits and the Warriors advanced to the GPAC championship series with a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n

Emily Prai, Andrea Cespedes, and Kaitlin Anders all singled to start the third, and Bobbi Singleton’s sacrifice fly scored Prai for the game’s first, and only run.<\/p>\n

Megan Neiles<\/a> had Jamestown’s first hit, which came with two outs in the fourth, and the Jimmies went hitless until Katie Reisdorfer<\/a> (JR\/Fresno, Calif.) singled with two outs in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Katie Merchant<\/a> (13-8) worked out of a first-and-third jam with two outs in the first, and outside of the third inning, surrendered\u00a0 only four hits. She went all six innings, giving up one run on eight hits.<\/p>\n

Anders was 3-for-3 to lead Midland while Prai was 2-for-3.<\/p>\n

Midland (36-8) will host Concordia (Neb.) in the GPAC Championship Series, beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday in a best two-out-of-three format.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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