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Jimmies split pair of one-run games Tuesday

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TUCSON, Ariz.-- The University of Jamestown softball team split a pair of one-run games Tuesday at the Tucson Invitational Games. The Jimmies held off Mayville State (N.D.) 5-4, then had their 11-game winning streak snapped in a 1-0 loss to St. Francis (Ill.)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Samarah Martinez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth, breaking a 3-3 tie.
• The Jimmies took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a double by Mackenzie Lefebvre that scored Martinez and Kayla Quintanilla.
• The Comets tied the game with a pair of runs in the third, but UJ retook the lead on Amanda Burch's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third.
• MSU got one run back in the sixth to cut the Jamestown lead to 5-4.
• Martinez and Lefebvre each went 2-for-4 at the plate. The Jimmies finished with eight hits in the game.
Sunny Halsey started in the circle for UJ and pitched two scoreless innings. Bristol Foytik got the win, working 3 1/3 innings, with only one earned run allowed. Hope Ransome got the final five outs for the save.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• After Samarah Martinez singled with one out in the top of the first, the Jimmies were held without a hit until Hope Ransome's one-out single in the fifth.
• St. Francis scored their lone run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.
• With one out in the top of the seventh, Ransome doubled to right center, then pinch runner Sonya Rodgers took third on a ground out.
• The Jimmies had a runner at third in two of the last three innings but couldn't get them to score.
• Ransome pitched all six innings, giving up three hits, walking two and striking out three.

UP NEXT
• Jamestown plays two more games in Tucson on Wednesday, taking on Madonna (Mich.) at 10:00 a.m. and Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) at 12 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Amanda Burch

#55 Amanda Burch

IF
Freshman
Bristol Foytik

#22 Bristol Foytik

P
Sophomore
Sunny Halsey

#21 Sunny Halsey

P/3B
Junior
Mackenzie Lefebvre

#27 Mackenzie Lefebvre

C/IF
Senior
Samarah Martinez

#3 Samarah Martinez

IF
Senior
Kayla Quintanilla

#29 Kayla Quintanilla

C/IF
Junior
Hope Ransome

#44 Hope Ransome

P
Freshman
Sonya Rodgers

#1 Sonya Rodgers

IF/OF
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Amanda Burch

#55 Amanda Burch

Freshman
IF
Bristol Foytik

#22 Bristol Foytik

Sophomore
P
Sunny Halsey

#21 Sunny Halsey

Junior
P/3B
Mackenzie Lefebvre

#27 Mackenzie Lefebvre

Senior
C/IF
Samarah Martinez

#3 Samarah Martinez

Senior
IF
Kayla Quintanilla

#29 Kayla Quintanilla

Junior
C/IF
Hope Ransome

#44 Hope Ransome

Freshman
P
Sonya Rodgers

#1 Sonya Rodgers

Sophomore
IF/OF
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