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BACK TO WORK JMU baseball looks to improve on 25-win season SPORTS | 9 OPINION ANIMAL EMPATHY ARTS A RANKING OF ROM-COMS 5 Wildlife is capable of feeling 8 10 films to watch more than we think this Valentine’s Day Vol. 95, No. 20 Thursday, February 9, 2017 breezejmu.org ANYTHING BUT SHEEPISH Local coffee shop to host speed dating event on Valentine’s Day NEWS | 3 ALYSSA ANTONIO / THE BREEZE Drumming up love Couple shares passion for music By JOANNA McNEILLY the flute when he was a kid and came to JMU as The Breeze a flute major but realized he had more interest in playing guitar. The indie sounds of the bands Lilac Sun and During their freshman year, Lashley and Wilson missangelbird intermingle in a special way. Singer- met each other through the music industry program songwriter Erica Lashley plays the drums for Lilac and worked together at WXJM. Shortly after, they Sun, her boyfriend Ethan Wilson’s band, while started the band Slow Clover and spent a lot of time Wilson is the drummer for her band, missangelbird. playing music together. Once they became a couple “Empathetic and destined for rockstardom they came up with the idea to drum for each other’s powerhouse couple,” Brendan Callan, a junior bands. music industry major, said. “That is what comes to “Drums just seemed like the most logical mind when I think of Ethan and Erica. They amplify instrument for a duo,” Lashley said. “I really love each other’s kindness and musical skills without a the way he plays and like he’s really intuitive, so I doubt.” just asked him to play drums for me.” Callan, Lashley’s roommate and best friend, calls Lashley became eager to learn how to play the their house Wilson’s second home. drums. Wilson and Callan gave her the push she LIZ STRAUSS / THE BREEZE Lashley, a junior economics major, began her needed by telling her how to play a simple beat. She Ethan Wilson and Erica Lashley met in the music industry program. They’ve played in three different bands together. music career singing in church, but didn’t pick up picked up the skill quickly and then became Lilac an instrument until sixth grade. Sun’s drummer. “I wanted to have my own project that I wrote “I just like to have one of my instruments with me “I started playing guitar in jazz band in high “We just jumped into it, I never really told her the songs for and it was just going to be me solo,” either like the guitar or piano and be alone and able school,” Lashley said. “Then I went on this study what to play, she has a really good ear,” Wilson said. Lashley said. “But I guess everyone in Slow Clover to turn my brain off and not think about anything abroad in Montreal the summer after my freshman “She’s also really intuitive as a musician so she can found out about it and they were like, ‘We’ll be glad else,” Wilson said. year and it just like, got me into jazz hardcore again, just come up with things that fit, it’s good chemistry.” to play with you if you want,’ so I asked him to play When they aren’t writing lyrics, they’re practicing and so I decided to start trying to pursue it here at Lashley created missangelbird in the beginning drums with me, and it just kept happening.” with their bands in each other’s basements. JMU and I’ve had a really fun time with it.” of September, consisting of only Wilson’s drumming Along with sharing each other’s bands, they both Wilson, a junior music industry major, picked up and Lashley singing. have the same approach to brainstorming ideas. see BANDS, page 7 Setting the standard Softball looks to return to NCAA tournament after strong run last season By HARRY HOLTZCLAW pitch yet. We want to embrace the attention, also graduated, leaving big shoes to fill for The Breeze but make sure we are playing our best ball at those replacing their roles. the end of the season.” However, just because these Dukes lost Only nine months after wrapping up its After Dean led the team to a 50-6 record in some firepower doesn’t mean they didn’t best season in program history, JMU softball 2016, which included a nearly perfect 18-1 mark retain plenty of talent. Junior infielder Morgan is ready to attack the 2017 campaign with many in CAA play (the one loss coming in the 15th Tolle, senior infielder Madyson Moran, senior of the familiar faces that made last year’s Dukes inning against Elon University), and JMU’s first Taylor Newton and junior Megan Good lead so dominant. JMU comes into the season at No. Super Regional berth, the expectations are high a highly talented group of returners. Tolle led 14 in the USA Today coaches poll and No. 16 in for the Dukes. the team in doubles and hits, Moran had the the ESPN poll, and will immediately kick off its Despite the lofty expectations, JMU will team’s second highest fielding percentage, challenging schedule with No. 17/19 University need some new faces to step up as the Dukes Newton was second in the CAA in RBIs and of Missouri in the Wingate by Wyndham lost three seniors who were vital to the team’s Good has cemented herself as one of the top Invitational. The Dukes were also picked success. Jailyn Ford, who was the CAA player pitchers in the nation. Good was recently to repeat as Colonial Athletic Association of the year and the Eastern College Athletic ranked as the sixth best player in the country Champions by the conference’s head coaches. Conference player of the year, will be on the by espnW and will certainly be the focal point “The preseason pick doesn’t mean anything,” coaching staff this year, but is a huge loss for of the Dukes both offensively and in the circle. CONNOR WOISARD / THE BREEZE head coach Mickey Dean said. “We haven’t the Dukes offensively and in the circle. Former Junior catcher Alyssa Buddle and the Dukes finished last season at 50-6. played a game yet, and we haven’t thrown a catcher Erica Field and infielder Hannah Hayes see SOFTBALL, page 10 DID YOU KNOW? You can bank 24/7 with the CommonWealth One Mobile App. Easy banking on campus! Visit cofcu.org We are located in Madison Union, next to the Post Office. 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