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A combined seven errors by the University of Jamestown softball team led to 14 unearned runs Wednesday afternoon as the Jimmies dropped a GPAC conference doubleheader to No. 11 Northwestern (Iowa) at the Nelson Family Bubble. The Red Raiders won 12-3 in five innings in the opener and finished the sweep with a 2-0 win in game two.

THE BASICS

• SCORES: #11 Northwestern 12, Jamestown 3 (5 innings); #9 Northwestern 2, Jamestown 0
• LOCATION: Nelson Family Bubble / Jamestown, N.D.
• RECORDS: Jamestown 18-9 (4-4 GPAC); #11 Northwestern 28-2 (6-0 GPAC)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• The Jimmies scored three runs, all with two outs, in the bottom of the first for a 3-0 lead.
• Ally Battistoni's double brought home Kayla Quintanilla for the first UJ run, then Hope Ransome came through with a single that drove in Battistoni and Sidnie Aasen.
• The score was 3-0 until the top of the third, when the Red Raiders broke through for eight runs on just three hits. Three of the first four NWC batters reached via error, and a bases loaded walk and a hit batter helped the visitors extend the inning.
• One inning later the Red Raiders extended their lead to 12-3, adding four more runs on a pair of hits, another Jimmie error, and a wild pitch.
• Jamestown had five hits in the game, but just two after the first inning.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• UJ's bats were held in check in a 2-0 loss, with Trinity Gregg, Mackenzie Lefebvre, and Ally Battistoni each singling to account for the three Jimmie hits.
• NWC's first run came in the top of the third as the inning was extended by a Jimmie error that put runners on the corners, setting the table for a two-out single and a 1-0 lead.
• The second Red Raider run came in the top of the fifth on an RBI single scoring a runner who had reached via error earlier in the inning.
• Jamestown had runners at first and second with only one out in the bottom of the fifth, but the next two batters were retired to end the threat.
• Abby Blair (7-5) allowed a pair of unearned runs on six hits in seven innings with six strikeouts, lowering her season ERA to 1.13.

UP NEXT

• Jamestown hosts College of Saint Mary (Neb.) in a doubleheader scheduled for Trapper Field on Saturday at 12 p.m.