{"id":291675,"date":"2025-03-13T15:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=291675"},"modified":"2025-03-13T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:54:52","slug":"softball-finishes-arizona-trip-with-two-more-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=291675","title":{"rendered":"UJ Softball Finishes Arizona Trip with Two More Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UJ-softball2025team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UJ-softball2025team.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UJ-softball2025team.jpg 600w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UJ-softball2025team-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UJ-softball2025team-313x175.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>TUCSON Ariz &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The Jimmie softball team won its final two matchups at the Tucson Invitational Games on Sunday, defeating William Penn (Iowa) University 8-7 and Park-Gilbert 6-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE BASICS<\/strong><br><strong>FINAL SCORES<\/strong>: Jamestown 8, William Penn 7; Jamestown 6, Park-Gilbert 4<br><strong>LOCATION<\/strong>: Lincoln Park \/ Tucson, Ariz.<br><strong>RECORDS<\/strong>: Jamestown 16-9, William Penn 10-6, Park-Gilbert 5-5<br><strong>JAMESTOWN VS. WILLIAM PENN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Four runs over the final two innings provided the difference for the Jimmies in Sunday&#8217;s first game against William Penn University.<\/li><li>After WPU scored once in the top half of the fifth to make it a 4-4 game,&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maddie-spaeth\/18609\">Maddie Spaeth<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kayla-quintanilla\/18605\">Kayla Quintanilla<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;drove in runs and Quintanilla scored on a steal of home to give Jamestown a three-run cushion.<\/li><li>A squeeze bunt by&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/trinity-gregg\/18601\">Trinity Gregg<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;one inning later added to the lead as&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlin-mccartney\/18604\">Kaitlin McCartney<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;came home to make it 8-4.<\/li><li>WPU made it a one-run game after Laila Smith&#8217;s three-run homer in the top of the seventh, but&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maddie-hairgrove\/18613\">Maddie Hairgrove<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(6-1) retired the next batter for the final out.<\/li><li>Gregg, Quintanilla, McCartney, and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/tori-olson\/18620\">Tori Olson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;had two hits.<\/li><li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sydney-grendler\/18602\">Sydney Grendler<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;drove in two runs with a single in the bottom of the fourth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JAMESTOWN VS. PARK-GILBERT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UJ built a 6-1 lead after three innings and went on to a 6-4 victory against the Buccaneers.<\/li><li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kayla-quintanilla\/18605\">Kayla Quintanilla&#8217;s<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;two-run single in the first started the scoring for Jamestown, then&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/trinity-gregg\/18601\">Trinity Gregg<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;doubled and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maddie-spaeth\/18609\">Maddie Spaeth<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;singled in the second to make it 4-0.<\/li><li>Park got on the board with one run in the bottom of the second, only to have the Jimmies come back with run-scoring hits by Kyie Yanzuk and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/trinity-gregg\/18601\">Trinity Gregg<\/a><\/dfn>.<\/li><li>The Buccaneers put together a three-run rally in the fourth to get within 6-4, but went scoreless over the final three innings.<\/li><li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlin-mccartney\/18604\">Kaitlin McCartney<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;was 3-for-3 and Gregg was 3-for-4 to lead the Jimmies, who also got two hits from Yanzuk.<\/li><li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmiepride.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/laura-ransome\/18618\">Laura Ransome<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;(2-0) pitched four scoreless innings in relief and got credit for the win.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jamestown opens North Star Athletic Association play on March 29 by hosting Mayville State (N.D.) in a doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUCSON Ariz &#8211;\u00a0The Jimmie softball team won its final two matchups at the Tucson Invitational Games on Sunday, defeating William Penn (Iowa) University 8-7 and Park-Gilbert 6-4. THE BASICSFINAL SCORES: Jamestown 8, William Penn 7; Jamestown 6, Park-Gilbert 4LOCATION: Lincoln Park \/ Tucson, Ariz.RECORDS: Jamestown 16-9, William Penn 10-6, Park-Gilbert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":290718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291675","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291680,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291675\/revisions\/291680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/290718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}