Apr. 13—VALLEY CITY, N.D. — The University of Jamestown softball team started quickly and it helped them get an 8-0 win over Valley City State University on Sunday, April 13, at the Vikings' Softball Complex.
The Jimmies' Kayla Quintanilla hit a two-run triple in the first to push the Jimmies in front 2-0. The score stayed that way until the third when the Jimmies tacked one more and they scored one in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead. The Jimmies' Kate Gieszler kept the party going in the fifth with a RBI single and then she executed a double steal in the fifth where she swiped second and Quintanilla swiped home to push the lead out to 6-0.
The Jimmies put the game away in the sixth with homers from Lauren Weigel and Maddie Spaeth to get the eight run win.
UJ 8, VCSU 0
UJ: 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 — 8 11 0
VCSU: 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 0
WP: Hope Ransome (8-5), LP: Maddy Zander (9-9)
Jimmies win game two
The Jimmies held off a Vikings comeback attempt to get an 8-3 win in the second game of the doubleheader between the squads.
The Jimmies (27-12, 11-1) continued to score first, this time with a sacrifice groundout in the opening inning giving the visitors a 1-0 lead.The Jimmies doubled it up in the second when Amanda Burch stole home and then added another one in the third to go up 3-0.
The Jimmies appeared to be on their way to running away with it with another run in the fourth but the Vikings (17-18, 6-6) got off the snide with a solo homer to make it 4-1 and that kickstarted a comeback attempt. In the fifth, the Vikings' Kylee Banerd hit a two-run shot to bring it closer at 4-3. After that, the Jimmies' Abby Blair came in and retired three in a row to get out of trouble.
The Jimmies are back in at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 18, when they host Bellevue.
UJ 8, VCSU 3
UJ: 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 — 8 11 0
VCSU: 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 — 3 6 2
WP: Abby Blair (8-6), LP: Madison Hazelton (5-4)
