From Jimmie Athletics

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (jimmiepride.com)– The Jimmie softball team finished its season with a pair of losses Wednesday at the GPAC postseason tournament in Sioux City, Iowa.

Jamestown lost 5-0 to Midland (Neb.) in the opening game, then fell 5-0 to Morningside (Iowa) in an elimination game. UJ finishes the season with an overall record of 24-22.

Midland 5, UJ 0
The Jimmies were held to just three hits against the Warriors, two of them coming by Samarah Martinez. Midland’s Aliyah Rincon struck out 16 batters and after a single by Martinez with two out in the third, did not allow another base hit until Ally Battistoni singled to lead off the seventh.

Midland led 1-0 after one, then tacked on a pair of runs in the second and added another in the third to go in front 4-0. The Warriors finished out the scoring with a single run in the fifth.

Sunny Halsey started in the circle and gave up four runs (two earned) on three hits in two innings before Hailey Schaefer came on in relief for the final four innings.

Morningside 5, UJ 0
Three unearned runs by the Mustangs in the bottom of the fourth put the Jimmies in a 4-0 hole, and Morningside finished with a 5-0 win.

Jamestown threatened in the top of the fifth as Gentrey Turin led off with a double and Gracie Fisher walked to put runners on first and second. However, the Jimmies were only able to get a runner as far as third base before the final out of the inning.

In the top of the sixth, Maddie Spaeth singled to start the inning and moved to third on Mackenzie Lefebvre‘s double. After back-to-back Jimmies struck out, Gentrey Turin walked to load the bases, but Mustang reliever Bralen Biddlecome got Fisher to hit into a force play for the final out.

Spaeth and Turin both finished 2-for-2 at the plate. Hailey Schaefer took the loss, giving up one earned run on four hits in three innings.