Softball splits at Morningside to end regular season; will face Dordt in GPAC postseason opener

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa-- The University of Jamestown softball team finished the regular season Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader split against Morningside University. The Jimmies won game one at Jensen Softball Complex 3-1, then the Mustangs answered with a 10-6 victory in game two.

THE BASICS
SCORES: Jamestown 3, Morningside 1; Morningside 10, Jamestown 6
LOCATION: Jensen Softball Complex / Sioux City, Iowa
RECORDS: Jamestown 29-14 (13-9 GPAC); Morningside 19-24 (13-9 GPAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Abby Blair and Mackenzie Lefebvre each drove in a run for the Jimmies in the top of the first. Blair's single brought in Trinity Gregg and Lefebvre singled home Kayla Quintanilla to make it 2-0.
• Morningside got on the board in the bottom of the third, cutting UJ's lead to 2-1, but the Jimmies got the run back in the top of the fifth.
• Quintanilla advanced to third on a single by Gracie Fisher, then came home as the throw to get Fisher at second base was late.
• Hope Ransome (13-4) went all seven innings in the circle, striking out three and allowing only one run on six hits.
• Gregg (4-for-4) and Fisher (2-for-3) had six of the Jimmies' nine hits in the game.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• A four-run fourth inning was the difference as Morningside came back from a 4-3 deficit to record a 10-6 win.
• Mackenzie Lefebvre, Maddie Spaeth, and Gentry Turin contributed three straight RBI singles to stake Jamestown to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second.
• After Morningside tied the game in the third, UJ retook the lead during their next at-bat.
• With runners on the corners, Turin notched her second run-scoring hit as Sidnie Aasen came home to make it 4-3.
• Ally Battistoni's groundout in the top of the fifth scored Samarah Martinez and the Jimmies cut Morningside's lead to 7-5.
• A pair of home runs added to the Mustang lead in the bottom of the sixth, putting Jamestown behind 10-5 going into the seventh.
• A two-out single by Camryn Schwab accounted for UJ's final run in the game and the score ended 10-6.
• Schwab, Battistoni, Lefebvre, and Turin each had two hits. Aasen had two stolen bases.
• Abby Blair (10-7) gave up five runs (three earned) on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings to take the loss.

UP NEXT

• The Jimmies will be the number six seed for the GPAC postseason tournament and will travel to Fremont, Neb., to join No. 2 seed Midland, No. 3 seed Dordt, and No. 7 seed Doane in the Midland pod.
• Jamestown will play Dordt on May 1 with game time TBA.