Top-seeded Bellevue rallied to beat Jamestown College late Tueday night in the NAIA national baseball tournament opening round bracket in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Bruins scored one run in the seventh and added two in the bottom of the eighth to escape with a 5-3 victory over fourth-seeded JC.

Jerrod White hit a solo homer in the eighth to snap a 3-3 tie. White had two of Bellevue’s 11 hits.

Chris Williamson (7-2) pitched three hitless, shutout innings in relief of starter Luis Castillo to pick up the win.

Tyler Rice (3-2), who came on for starter Ryan Lucero in the eighth inning, took the loss for the Jimmies.

Jeremy Newman had a solo homer in the third inning and an RBI double in the fourth for JC.

The Jimmies (26-10) take on the winner of Wednesday morning’s elimination game between Nebraska Wesleyan (28-12) and No. 2 seed Fresno Pacific, Calif. (33-19), at 4 p.m.

If there has ever been an unmistakable definition of a sweet win, the Blue Jays girls’ soccer team certainly fulfilled that description at Rotary Field on Tuesday night.
The Blue Jays were carrying an undefeated record at home into their final home game, it was Senior Night, and they were going up against the undefeated and No. 1-ranked team in the West Region — a team the Blue Jays fell to (4-1) in their first game of the season.
But the Jays were more than ready for the Bismarck Century Patriots this time around.
Jamestown’s Brooke Lukach scored her first goal of the season, while Jenae Dabill posted goal No. 6 on the year and Kaitlin Walsh added her third goal — just for good measure — as the Blue Jays blew past the Patriots 3-1.
“This was a big win,” JHS assistant coach Maria Lammi said. “After beating St. Mary’s and now Century, it’s a really big momentum builder here at the end of the year. Now we’re looking ahead for the future.”

The Blue Jays’ one and only non-region doubleheader of the season ended in a split Tuesday night against the top team from the East.
A nine-run fifth inning turned a 1-0 deficit into an eventual 11-4 JHS win. The Deacons took Game 2 9-2. The Jays were a little sloppy with three errors after a relatively clean opener.
“We weren’t really sharp mentally and I’m not sure why that was the case. You have to come ready to play 14 innings every night,” coach Cory Anderson said. “We need to tighten things up.”
Anderson was pleased with the offensive output on the night, including eight hits in the second game.
“I thought we swung the bats pretty well. We hit the ball hard for the most part and had some tough luck too with balls hit right at guys,” he said.