From Jamestown Athletics
ABERDEEN, S.D. (jimmiepride.com)– The University of Jamestown softball team wrapped up its first weekend of action with three wins Saturday at the Presentation College Dome Tournament.
The Jimmies defeated Minnesota-Crookston 7-1, Dickinson State (N.D.) University 5-4, and Presentation (S.D.) College 14-1 in five innings.
UJ 7, Minnesota-Crookston 1
After falling behind 1-0 to the Golden Eagles, Jamestown scored twice in the second and added four runs in the third for a 6-1 lead.
Steph Cota (JR/Tucson, Ariz.)’s two-run double in the bottom of the second would be all the runs Sunny Halsey (FR/Honolulu, Hawaii) would need in the circle. Halsey (1-0), making her first start, worked four innings and struck out nine while allowing one run on five hits. Maddy Zander pitched the final three innings, striking out four and earning the save.
Katie Reisdorfer (SR/Fresno, Calif.) had a two-run single and Molly Haley (SO/Atwater, Calif.) a two-run double as part of the Jimmies’ four-run third. Megan Neiles (SO/Winnipeg, MB) drove in the final UJ run in the bottom of the fifth with a single to score Katie Merchant (JR/South Haven, Minn.).
Jamestown finshed with 12 hits in the game. Reisdorfer, La La Romero, Gentrey Turin (SO/Sandy, Ore.), and Santina Zito (JR/Boise, Idaho) all had two hits.
UJ 5, Dickinson State 4
An RBI triple by Katie Reisdorfer and a run-scoring single by Megan Neiles gave Jamestown the early 2-0 lead in the second inning against Dickinson State University.
Santina Zito smashed a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to make it 4-0, then Sunny Halsey singled home Ally Battistoni (FR/Elizabeth, Colo.) an inning later for a five-run lead.
The Blue Hawks put together five hits and took advantage of a Jimmie error for four runs in the top of the fifth. Kat Miska (SR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) (1-1) was able to escape the jam and held DSU off the scoreboard in the final two frames to get the win. She struck out seven and walked just one in her first complete game of the year.
Neiles and Halsey had a pair of hits, while La La Romero, Gentrey Turin, and Katie Merchant all singled.
UJ 14, Presentation 1 (5 innings)
The hits came early and often for Jamestown in the final game of the day. The Jimmies scored four times in the first and third innnings, and opened the floodgates for six runs in the second, tallying all 14 runs in their first three times at bat.
La La Romero and Sunny Halsey both had three hits and scored a pair of runs, while Steph Cota went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles. Katie Merchant scored three times, reaching base in all three of her plate appearances, including a triple.
Halsey was a home run short of the cycle and Maddy Zander also doubled. Merchant, Halsey, and Zander each drove in a pair of runs.
Merchant, the first of three Jimmie pitchers, got the win. She worked three innings, giving up one run on five hits. Hailey Schaefer (FR/Valley City, N.D.) worked the fourth inning and Zander got the final three outs.
Jamestown improves to 4-1 on the season and will return to Aberdeen next Friday and Saturday for a pair of games each day.