Jamie Fisher has accomplished a lot as a UNI Panther. She was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference team three times, she became UNI’s all-time leader in wins and she earned 2012’s MVC pitcher of the year and UNI’s all-time strikeout leader. On Friday morning she added a perfect game to her long list of accomplishments in Denton, Texas, during this weekend’s Lovelace Invitational.

A perfect game is when a pitcher in softball or baseball retires every batter and pitches an entire length of a game without giving up any runs or hits. The Conrad native struck out six Southern University Jaguar hitters en route to her third win so far in the 2014 season.

The game only went five innings due to the Panthers’ efficiency in the batter’s box, pounding out 15 runs and producing 13 RBIs. Four of those RBIs came off the bat of freshman Alyssa Buchanan in the first plate appearance of her UNI career, hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning.

After Fisher’s performance, backed by a hitting brigade in the first game, the Panthers set their sights on the weekend’s next four matches.

Friday afternoon, the Panthers came from behind in the sixth inning to steal a victory from Nicholls State University. After picking up two runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game and cause extra innings, the Panthers gained the lead in the top of the eighth inning when sophomore Jordyn Brunssen scored from third base due to a throwing error by NSU. Sophomore pitcher Chelsea Ross picked up her second win of the season, earning nine strikeouts over seven innings.

UNI lost the first match on Saturday 8-6 to the University of North Texas from a three-run walk-off home run by the Mean Green. The Panthers settled down in the afternoon in a rematch with NSU and won 8-0, setting up another matchup with UNT in Sunday’s Invitational Championship.

The Panthers jumped out to a 6-4 lead in the sixth inning but could not keep the Mean Green bats calm. UNT scored three runs in the bottom half of the inning, forcing the pressure on the Panthers. The Panthers could not answer the call in the seventh, losing by a final score of 7-6. The loss was credited to UNI’s Fisher, making her overall record four wins and two losses on the season. In the championship, the Panthers saw good offensive production from junior Julia Hunter, who went three for four, knocking in two RBIs for UNI.

The Panthers (6-3) will be back in action Friday when they travel to Tallahassee, Fla. for the Florida State Unconquered Invitational.