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JMU SOFTBALL || 18TH SEASON || FIVE CAA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES || EIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES WEEK 2 • GAME 4 No. 21 James Madison Dukes Overall Record: (2-1) CAA Record: (0-0) 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS AT Chapel Hill, N.C. Overall: 2-1 | CAA: 0-0 JMUStats.com Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 2-1 Streak: -- RV North Carolina Tar Heels Overall Record: (5-5) DATE OPPONENT TIME ACC Record: (0-0) Clearwater Elite Invitational Clearwater, Fla. Feb. 14 vs. #18/18 Texas Tech W, 6-0 Feb. 15 vs. Kansas L, 12-2 vs. Missouri W, 8-7 Feb. 16 vs. #19/25 South Carolina N/A QUICK HITS Feb. 19 at RV UNC 4 p.m. THE SERIES Georgia Classic Athens, Ga. No. 20/20 James Madison leads No. 25/25 North Carolina in the series, 8-6. Last Feb. 21 vs. Austin Peay 1 p.m. time the teams faced the Dukes won 9-0 over the TarHeels. The teams will face off vs. #19/18 Georgia 6 p.m. at the Anderson Softball Complex on Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. The 2020 JMU softball season Feb. 22 vs. Austin Peay 10:30 a.m. is presented by United Bank. vs. #19/18 Georgia 1 p.m. Feb. 23 vs. Central Michigan 10:30 a.m. NC State Invitational Raliegh, N.C. WRAPPING UP THE SPC ELITE INVITATIONAL Feb. 29 vs. Lehigh 12:30 p.m. No. 20/20 James Madison softball opened the 2020 season at the St. Pete/ vs. NC State 5:30 p.m. Clearwater Elite Invitational on Feb. 14-16 in Clearwater, Fla. JMU finished the Mar. 1 vs. Lehigh 10 a.m. weekend 2-1. JMU Softball shut out the undefeated No. 17/19 Texas Texas, 6-0. The vs. North Carolina A&T 12:30 p.m. next day the Dukes ended another winning streak when JMU won in extra innings Mar. 3 at Virgina 4 p.m. over No. 18/19 Missouri, 8-7. JMU Invitational Veterans Memorial Park Mar. 6 vs. UCONN 3 p.m. vs. Cal 5 p.m. DUKES IN THE TOP 25 Mar. 7 vs. Sienna 12:30 p.m. JMU softball (2-1) checked in at No. 21 in the USA Today/ NFCA and ESPN.com / Jacksonville Invitational Jacksonville, Fla. USA Softball Polls. The Dukes tabbed No. 24 in the Softball America Poll. Mar. 13 vs. Eastern Kentucky 1 p.m. vs. Jacksonville 6 p.m. JMU SOFTBALL FAVORITED TO WIN CAA Mar. 14 vs. Marist 10:30 a.m. The Dukes were unanimouly picked to win the Colonial Athletic Association title after vs. Eastern Kentucky 1 p.m. receiving all seven first place votes. This is the sixth consecutive year that JMU was Mar. 15 vs. Marist 9 a.m. favorited to win the CAA Softball Championships. Elon was picked second and was Mar. 18 HOWARD (DH) 3 p.m. / 5 p.m. the only CAA team to defeat the Dukes in the 2019 season, winning 5-3 over JMU. Mar. 21 at Drexel (DH) * 2 p.m. / 4 p.m. Mar. 22 at Drexel * 11 a.m. The Dukes will host the 2020 CAA Championships at Memorial Park on May 6-8. Mar. 25 LONGWOOD (DH) 3 p.m. / 5 p.m. Mar. 28 at UNCW (DH) * NOON / 2:30 p.m. Batter’s Box Mar. 29 at UNCW * NOON Junior Sara Jubas enters week two with an impressive average of .700 and 1.500 Apr. 1 RV/21 VIRGINIA TECH (DH) 4 p.m. / 6 p.m. SLG. At the SPC Elite Invitational she led all teams in batting average, slugging Apr. 4 TOWSON (DH) * 1 p.m. / 3 p.m. percentage, on base percentage and total bases. She recorded two home runs Apr. 5 TOWSON * 1 p.m. and five RBIs. Last season she was a key player at the plate for the Dukes and had Apr. 8 at Liberty 4 p.m. a strong showing in the opening weekend. Jubas was named CAA Player of the Apr. 11 at College of Charleston (DH)* NOON / 2 p.m. Week after her dominate performance. Junior Hannah File and Logan Newton Apr. 12 at College of Charleston * NOON are two playesr that are strong in the batter box. Newton finished the weekend Apr. 18 HOSFTRA (DH) * NOON / 2 p.m. at .556 average with two doubles. Newton sent a Sacfrice Fly into right field in Apr. 19 HOSFTRA * 11 a.m. the bottom of the eighth against Missouri to bring home a runner and win the Apr. 25 DELAWARE (DH)* 1 p.m. / 3 p.m. game. Newton recorded four RBIs. File is batting .444 with four hits and one RBI. Apr. 26 DELAWARE * 1 p.m. Apr. 28 at Radford 4 p.m. IN THE CIRCLE May 1 at Elon * 5 p.m. May 2 at Elon (DH) * 1 p.m. / 3 p.m. Senior Odicci Alexander had a dominate openning weekend throwing 22 strikeouts and pitching 15 innings. She finished the weekend 2-0 inlcuding a shut out win May 6-8 CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TDB over Texas Tech. In her first game of the 2020 season she tied her career high Home games in BOLD CAPS strikeouts with 12, last time she did this was in 2018 against Campbell. Alexander Rankings are NFCA/USA polls * CAA Game kept the opposing teams to .143. Alexander was named CAA Pitcher of the Week. MACKENZIE COLLYER: SOFTBALL SID || (540)-568-6155 || [email protected] RETURNING TO THE FIELD LAST GAME’S JMU STARTERS Though the Dukes lost a key player last season, they return 13 letterwinners from the 2019 season to their 2020 roster, along with two returners. The roster will contain five seniors, six juniors and five sophomores. This past weekend three upperclassman protected the OF - Kate Gordon (Sr.) outfield for the Dukes; Kate Gordon, Michelle Sullivan, Logan Newton. The infield saw familar names from the 2019 season as well; Hannah Shifflet, OF - Logan Newton (Jr.) Madison Naujokas, Hannah File, Sara Jubas. Senior Naujokas has started every JMU softball game since her freshman year. DP - Odicci Alexander (Sr.) NEW NUMBERS IN THE GAME SS - Sara Jubas (Jr.) Five newcomers saw action on the field this weekend, including freshman Emily Phillips who started at catcher for all three games. Phillips recorded 20 putouts and finished with a finished with a fielding percentage of 1.000 3B - Hannah File (Jr.) this past weekend. Freshman Liana Antonelli took her place in the batter’s box against Missouri. Freshman Jessica Ford came in as a pinch runner in C - Emily Phillips (Fr.) the Texas Tech and Missouri games to make her debut as a Duke. OF - Michelle Sullivan (Jr.) PITCHING STAFF 1B - Hannah Shifflet (So.) Alexis Bermudez pitched 2.1 innings in the game against Kansas. Sophomore Kayla Boseman started in the game against Kansas and 2B - Madison Naujokas (Sr.) pitched 1.1 for JMU. Isabella Kelly made her first appearance in the circle for the Dukes as well. She pitched .1 innings agaisnt Kansas. In the game P - Isabel Kelly (So.) against South Carolina that did not count due to drop times she threw her first unofficial career strike out and pitched 3.1 innings for the Dukes before the game was called. Odicci Alexander has dominated in the circle for the Dukes, throwing 22 strike outs in two games. TALE OF TAPE THIS WEEK’S FORECAST JMU JMU is facing two teams that are recognized by national ranks. The Dukes Batting Average .305 will have a mid-week game against RV North Carolina on Wednesday Hits 25 Feb. 19, the Tar Heels were No. 25 before dropping out of the polls. This Scoring 16 weekend James Madison softball will be traveling to the Georgia Classic Extra-Base Hits 7 Tournament. JMU is go head to head will Austin Peay and Georgia. The RBI 15 Dukes will play No. 15 Georgia twice this upcoming weekend to close out Slugging Percentage .463 the strong openning week of the 2020 schedule. On-Base Percentage .398 Stolen Bases 0 ERA 6.63 2020 Slate Shutouts 1 This season, the Dukes will face six opponents who made it to the 2019 Walks 14 NCAA Tournament, with four of the teams in the first five games. The Strikeouts 23 team will start off at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational and then Batting Average Against .244 travel to the Georgia Classic the following weekend. JMU will appear in five Fielding Percentage .958 tournaments before hitting the ground running in CAA conference play. UNC Batting Average .285 THE LAST INNING Hits 77 JMU had a historic 2019 season beating No.1 5 Michigan in the NCAA Scoring 59 Regional to adavance to the NCAA L.A. Super Regional. This was the Extra-Base Hits 23 second time in program history that JMU softball reached the Super RBI 49 Finals. The Dukes fell short losing to the No. 2 UCLA. THe Bruins went on Slugging Percentage .426 to win the Softball College World Series. The team finished with a record On-Base Percentage .361 of 51-10, 20-1 in CAA games and tabbed the programs fifth CAA Title. The Stolen Bases 25-33 Dukes finsihed 13th in the final 2019 USA Today/NFCA Poll. ERA 3.26 Shutouts 2 Walks 27 Strikeouts 60 Batting Average Against .240 Fielding Percentage .9657 2020 JMU SOFTBALL GAME NOTES JMU VS. UNC JMU QUICK FACTS James Madison softball is 4-4 on the road against the Tar Heels. The last time the Dukes lost to North Carolina was in 2013 at Chapel Hill, 5-3.