FREMONT, NE – Jamestown Softball met a challenge Saturday, becoming the first team this season to defeat the GPAC leader.
After Midland took the first game of a doubleheader 15-2, the Jimmies won the second game in nine innings, 3-1 at Schilke Fields.
Game 1: Midland 15, Jamestown 2 (5)
Roni Foote led Midland (32-4, 11-0 GPAC) with three hits and four RBI. Aliyah Rincon pitched a three-hitter for her 19th win, fourth in NAIA softball.
Gentrey Turin drove in the runs for Jamestown (22-12, 6-7) with a second-inning double.
Game 2: Jamestown 3, Midland 1 (9)
Sam Martinez broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run double in the top of the ninth inning for Jamestown (23-12, 7-7).
Hope Ransome (9-4) pitched a complete game win for Jamestown, allowing just four hits, striking out eight and walking four. Kayla Quintanilla drove in the first Jimmie run in the third inning with a double.
Midland (32-5, 11-1) had not lost in conference, counting last year’s postseason, in 18 games, dating back to a 9-5 loss in Jamestown on April 26 of last year.
Jamestown will host Doane in a doubleheader Friday at Trapper Lawrence Field.