{"id":270672,"date":"2023-03-25T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270672"},"modified":"2023-03-28T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:17:41","slug":"uj-softball-looses-a-double-header-to-northwestern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270672","title":{"rendered":"UJ Softball Looses a Double Header to Northwestern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa-(UJ)-\u00a0<\/strong>The Jimmie softball team opened the GPAC portion of its schedule on Saturday with a doubleheader against No. 15 Northwestern College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The games were moved from Orange City to the American State Bank Sports Complex, Dordt University’s indoor facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown was blanked 5-0 in the opener, and the Red Raiders rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the seventh for a 3-2 victory to complete the sweep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In game one, NWC took a 2-0 lead in the first, then scored two more in the third to extend the lead to 4-0. The Red Raiders added another run in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trinity Gregg<\/a> had a double for UJ while Mackenzie Lefebvre<\/a>, Megan Neiles<\/a>, and Gentrey Turin<\/a> also had hits. Sunny Halsey<\/a> (4-5) took the loss in the circle, pitching six innings for her sixth complete game of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Down 1-0 in game two, the Jimmies rallied to take the lead in the top of the fourth. Maddie Spaeth<\/a> led off the inning with a triple and came home on a single by Samarah Martinez<\/a>. Martinez moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Mackenzie Lefebvre<\/a>, then Ally Battistoni<\/a> put Jamestown in front with a single to score Martinez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Blair<\/a> (5-3) allowed a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh, then recorded a strikeout for the second out of the inning. Another single put runners on second and third, then Leah Schaefer came through with the game-winning hit to complete the NWC comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blair went the distance for her fifth complete game of the year. Six different Jimmies had a hit, including a double by Lefebvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UJ (12-10, 0-2 GPAC) will take on Briar Cliff (Iowa) University on Saturday at the PC Dome in Aberdeen, S.D., with the doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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