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2021 James Madison Baseball - April 2-4, 2021 - Game 10-12- vs. Charleston JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY BASEBALL Baseball Contact: Christian Howe - [email protected] - O: 540-568-7190 - C: 301-875-6055 CHARLESTON COUGARS | 8-11, 4-2 CAA SCHEDULE & RESULTS - 3-6 (0-0 CAA) Head Coach: Chad Holbrook (North Carolina, ‘94) Record at Charleston: 80-51 (Third Season) FEBRUARY (0-3) F19 at North Carolina L, 1-8 Career Record: 280-157 (Eighth Season) F20 at North Carolina L, 4-7 F21 at North Carolina L, 2-3 JAMES MADISON DUKES | 3-6, 0-0 CAA MARCH (3-3) Head Coach: Marlin Ikenberry (VMI, ‘95) M5 BOWLING GREEN L, 6-10 Record at JMU: 118–122 (Sixth Season) M6 BOWLING GREEN W, 15-4 Career Record: 400–429-1 (17th Season) M7 BOWLING GREEN L, 4-10 M11 VMI W, 9-5 M13 at VMI L, 7-17 M14 at VMI W, 12-7 M19 at Elon * Cancelled SCOUTING THE COUGARS M20 at Elon * Cancelled - Charleston returns to the field after picking up a 6-3 win over Georgia Southern to extend their win streak to three. They had just M21 at Elon * Cancelled taken the last two games of a three-game series to UNCW. M26 ELON * Cancelled - At the plate, the Cougars are lead by Joseph Mershon who has a .364 batting average. Trotter Harlan leads a trio of Cougars with M27 ELON * Cancelled 23 or more hits, with Mershon and Harrison Hawkins joining him. Hawkins leads the team in home runs (four) and RBI’s (20). M28 ELON * Cancelled - Three different players have two wins for the Charleston pitching staff in Trey Pooser, Ty Good, and Connor Campbell. Pooser leads APRIL (0-0) the team in ERA with a 2.08, while Good has a team-high 28.2 innings pitched and 37 strikeouts. A2 CHARLESTON * 3:00 PM A3 CHARLESTON * 5:00 PM A4 CHARLESTON * 2:00 PM SCOUTING THE DUKES A9 UNCW * 6:00 PM A10 UNCW * 4:00 PM - JMU took down VMI in a three game series that concluded on March 14, winning the first and last games of the series. The 12-7 win A11 UNCW * 2:00 PM on Sunday was highlighted by Travis Reifsnider’s three home run game. A13 VMI Cancelled - Offensively, redshirt senior Fox Semones leads the team by hitting at a .353 clip. Reifsnider leads the team in home runs, and is A16 at Charleston * 6:00 PM behind redshirt junior Conor Hartigan for the team lead in RBI’s. Hartigan has driven in nine runs. A17 at Charleston * 2:00 PM A18 at Charleston * 1:00 PM - Four different Dukes lead the pitching staff with a 0.00 ERA. Liam McDonnell leads the team in innings pitched (11.2) and Donovan A24 at William & Mary (DH) * 1:00 PM Burke leads the team in strikeouts (19). Burke has only allowed three hits in 11 innings of work and leads the team with two wins. A24 at William & Mary (DH) * 4:00 PM A25 at William & Mary * 1:00 PM SERIES HISTORY MAY (0-0) - The two schools have faced off against each other a total of 25 times. The Cougars hold a 18-7 advantage over the Dukes. M7 at UNCW * 6:00 PM - The last time they faced off, was the weekend of April 5-7, 2019 when Charlestom swept JMU in Harrisonburg. M8 at UNCW * 4:00 PM - JMU is 1-8 as the home team, and have dropped the last eight contests overall against the Cougars. M9 at UNCW * 1:00 PM M15 WILLIAM & MARY (DH) * 1:00 PM M15 WILLIAM & MARY (DH) * 4:00 PM M16 WILLIAM & MARY * 1:00 PM M20 VCU 6:00 PM M21 VCU 6:00 PM HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS * CAA Game All times Eastern and subject to change Previous Game’s Starting Lineup No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% OB% 14 Bryce Safferwich SS Fr. R/R .346 7 9 3 1 2 6 .769 .471 28 Conor Hartigan RF R-Jr. R/R .222 3 6 3 0 0 2 .333 .290 5 Carson Bell 3B R-So. L/R .318 6 7 3 0 1 5 .591 .400 23 Michael Morgan 2B R-Jr. R/R .360 3 9 0 0 0 5 .360 .385 6 Travis Reifsnider 1B R-So. L/R .250 3 7 2 0 1 5 .429 .276 1 Jensen Lapoint C R-Jr. R/R .227 3 5 2 0 0 5 .318 .346 13 Dom Cepullio LF R-So. L/L .000 4 3 2 0 0 2 .455 .556 2 Dallas Jackson CF R-Jr. R/R .353 4 6 2 0 0 1 .471 .421 3 Josh Maguire DH R-So. L/R .107 3 3 0 0 0 3 .107 .194 Probable Pitchers Friday, 3 PM Saturday, 5 PM Sunday, 2 PM LHP Liam McDonnell RHP Nick Stewart RHP Justin Showalter 0-0, 6.94 ERA 1-2, 7.71 ERA -- vs. vs. vs. RHP Ty Good RHP Trey Pooser TBD 2-2, 2.20 ERA 2-0, 2.08 ERA -- Quick Facts Game Notes Around the Colonial Athletic Association JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY 2021 CAA STANDINGS (AS OF 3/31) Location ..............................................................Harrisonburg, Va. (51,000) CAN’T GET AWAY THAT EASILY North Division Founded .......................................................................................................1908 - Seniors Fox Semones and Brady Harju are using their fifth year of Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Enrollment ..............................................................................................21,836 eligibility in coordinance with the NCAA Eligibility Relief that was granted Northeastern 0-0 .000 10-5 .667 Affiliation .................................................................................NCAA Division I Hofstra 0-0 .000 7-5 .583 due to the CoVID-19 pandemic that shortened last season. Delaware 0-0 .000 3-5 .375 Conference .....................................................Colonial Athletic Association Towson 0-0 .000 7-16 .304 Nickname ...................................................................................................Dukes Colors ......................................Purple (PMS 2685) and Gold (PMS 4515) South Division President .............................................. Jonathan Alger (Swarthmore, ‘86) EYES ON THE BACKSTOP Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Director of Athletics ................................Jeff Bourne (Bridgewater, ‘81) Charleston 4-2 .667 8-11 .421 Facility ...........................Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park (1,200) - Redshirt junior Michael Morgan was named to the Buster Posey William & Mary 3-3 .500 4-12 .250 Athletics Phone ...................................................................(540) 568-6164 National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List. UNCW 2-4 .333 13-8 .619 Ticket Office Phone ............................................................(540) 568-3853 - He is one of 69 catchers named to the list and joins three other Elon 0-0 .000 6-11 .353 Website ..........................................................................www.JMUSports.com student-athletes from the Colonial Athletic Association. James Madison 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 - The award has only been presented to a James Madison baseball player TEAM HISTORY First Season................................................................... 1970 (52nd season) once, when Jake Lowery won it in 2011. CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK First Division I Season .................................................1977 (45th season) Feb. 23 - Jared Dupere, OF, Northeastern All-Time Record ..................................................... 1,447-1,040-10 (.582) March 2 - Anthony Galason, OF, Elon All-Time Division I Record .......................................1,330-976-10 (.576) March 9 - Mitchell Balint, C, Delaware All-Time CAA Record ...................................................... 368-349-1 (.513) March 16 - Harrison Hawkins, OF, Charleston DIVISIONAL FORMAT March 23 - Jack Cone, OF/P. William & Mary CAA Tournament Titles...............................................................2 (‘08, ‘11) - For the first time since 2003, the CAA will feature a divisional format CAA Regular Season Titles ................7 (‘86,‘88,‘95,‘02,‘06,‘10,‘11) March 30 - Ben Malgeri, OF, Northeastern NCAA Appearances ............................................................................................ for the regular season. .................................9 (‘76 DII, ‘80, ‘81, ‘83, ‘87, ‘95, ‘02, ‘08, ‘11) - The North Division will comprise of Northeastern, Delaware, Hofstra, CAA PITCHER OF THE WEEK College World Series Appearances..................................................1 (‘83) and Towson. Feb. 23 - Luke Gesell, RHP, UNCW Winning Seasons............................................................................................39 - The South Division will include UNCW, Charleston, Elon, JMU, and March 2 - Jack Jett, RHP, Hofstra 30-win seasons ..............................................................................................25 William & Mary. March 9 - Wade Strain, RHP, William & Mary 40-win seasons .................................................................................................7 March 16 - Sebastian Keane, RHP, Northeastern - The top two seeds in each division will get automatic bids into the CAA Best Season Win Pct. ..............................................43-11-2 (.786), 1988 March 23 - Josh Seils, RHP, Towson Tournament, with two additional at-large bids given out to round out the March 30 - Brian Edginton, RHP, Elon & Landen Roupp, COACHING STAFF six-team field. RHP, UNCW Head Coach ......................................................Marlin Ikenberry (VMI, ‘95) JMU Record ............................................................118-122 (Sixth Season) CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Career Record ................................................... 400-429-1 (17th Season) Feb. 23 - Jac Croom, INF, UNCW Baseball Administrative Assistant ......................................Elizabeth Dove THE BIG 400 March 2 - Hunter Hodges, RHP, UNCW Phone .....................................................................................(540) 568-5510 - Head coach Marlin Ikenberry won his 400th career game on March March 9 - Danny Becerra, SS, Towson Fax ..........................................................................................(540)