MANDAN – In the first competition for the Jamestown Jimmies’ newest sport, sisters provided great individual performances, but they weren’t enough for a win.

Gustavus Adolphus College defeated UJ Saturday 5-2 at the Mandan Tennis Center in the Jimmies’ first women’s tennis match.

Sisters Julie and Bodil van Zeijl provided Jamestown with the individual match wins, teaming to win in the number one doubles match and winning the two top flights in singles.

However, Gustavus Adolphus won the other two doubles matches to take the doubles point and won flights three through six in singles.

Jamestown will have its first NSIC match Friday against Augustana in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

UJ players listed first

Gustavus Adolphus 5, Jamestown 2
#1 Doubles: Julie van Zeijl/Bodil van Zeijl def. Ella De Young/Allison Szalay, 6-3
#2 Doubles: Laia Vallespi/Sydney Friesen lost to Pavla Yakimova/Jemima Vitou, 6-2
#3 Doubles: Anna Sharandachenko/Mariia Sharandachenko lost to Madison Packer/Ashley Stroebel, 6-4
(1-0 GAC)
#1 Singles: J. van Zeijl def. De Young, 6-4, 6-0 (1-1)
#2 Singles: B. van Zeijl defl Szalay, 6-3, 6-3 (2-1 UJ)
#3 Singles: A. Sharandachenko lost to Yakimova, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 (2-2)
#4 Singles: M. Sharandachenko lost to Packer, 6-3, 6-4 (3-2 GAC)
#5 Singles: Vallespi lost to Vitou, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 (4-2 GAC)
#6 Singles: Friesen lost to Stroebel, 6-1, 6-0 (5-2 GAC)

photo credit: University of Jamestown Athletics