The University of Jamestown softball team faced Morningside University on Saturday, April 27 at the Mustangs’ Jensen Softball Complex. The Jimmies started the game strong, with Abby Blair scoring the first run by singling home Trinity Gregg in the first inning. They added another run to take a 2-0 lead before Morningside scored in the third to make it 2-1. The Jimmies secured the win with a run-scoring single by Gracie Fisher in the fifth, ending the game with a score of 3-1.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Jimmies took a commanding lead in the second inning, scoring three runs on five hits. Morningside fought back with three runs of their own in the third, tying the game at 3-3. Both teams scored in the fourth inning, with the Jimmies briefly taking a 4-3 lead before Morningside came back to score three more runs. Despite the Jimmies’ efforts to close the gap, Morningside secured a 10-6 victory in the end.

The Jimmies’ Gentry Turin and Morningside’s Kennedee Jones had standout performances in the second game. Turin contributed with two RBIs, while Jones finished the game going 3-for-4 with two runs and five RBIs, including a two-run homer that helped secure Morningside’s win. Camryn Schwab also scored for the Jimmies in the seventh inning, but it was not enough to overcome Morningside’s lead.

The Jimmies will now await the start of the GPAC Conference Tournament on Wednesday, May 1. Max O’Neill, a Sports Reporter at The Jamestown Sun and a native New Yorker, provided coverage of the games between University of Jamestown and Morningside University.