2017 James Madison Baseball 2017 Schedule Baseball Contact: Andy Lohman | [email protected] | O: 540-568-6155 | C: 571-316-6081 Feb. 17/Fri. vs. North Carolina A&T W, 5-1 Feb. 18/Sat. vs. St.John’s L, 13-1 JAMES MADISON DUKES | 16-6 (2-1 CAA) Feb. 19/Sun. at #11 Coastal Carolina W, 11-3 Feb. 21/Tue. at Longwood W, 4-3 Head Coach: Marlin Ikenberry (VMI ‘95) Feb. 24/Fri. at Wofford W, 5-1 Feb. 25/Sat. vs. UNC Asheville W, 25-9 Record at JMU: 40-37 (Second Season) Feb. 26/Sun. at USC Upstate W, 2-1 March 3/Fri. Buffalo L, 13-8 Career Record: 322-344-1 (13th Season) March 4/Sat. Buffalo W, 14-6 March 5/Sun. Buffalo W, 9-4 March 7/Tue. at Old Dominion L, 9-8 March 8/Wed. at Old Dominion W, 4-3 1983 CWS | 9 NCAA Regionals | 2008 & 2011 CAA Champions March 10/Sat. Coppin State (DH) W, 16-2/W, 12-1 March 17/Fri. NJIT W, 20-6 GAME 23 March 18/Sat. NJIT (DH) W, 9-8/L, 11-5 March 19/Sun. NJIT W, 14-2 VMI KEYDETS | 10-13 (1-2 Southern) March 21/Tue. at Liberty L, 5-1 Head Coach: Jonathan Hadra (VMI ‘04) March 24/Fri. Delaware* W, 12-8 March 25/Sat. Delaware* W, 6-5 Game Info: 3/28 @ 6 at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park - Harrisonburg, Va. March 26/Sun. Delaware* L, 10-2 March 28/Tue. VMI 6 p.m. Series History: JMU leads 48-13, dating back to 1972. March 31/Fri. at Elon* 6 p.m. Last meeting: JMU won 11-10 on April 12, 2016 in Harrisonburg, Va. April 1/Sat. at Elon* 4 p.m. April 2/Sun. at Elon* 1:30 p.m. CLASH OF KEYDET COACHES April 5/Wed. George Mason 6 p.m. Both JMU Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry and VMI Head Coach JMU STAT (Per Game) VMI April 7/Fri. College of Charleston* 6 p.m. Jonathan Hadra are graduates of VMI. Ikenberry was the head coach L1 Streak L1 April 8/Sat. College of Charleston* 4 p.m. Offense April 9/Sun. College of Charleston* 2 p.m. of the Keydets for 11 seasons (2004-14), racking up 282 wins, the .316 Batting Average .243 April 11/Tue. Liberty 6 p.m. most in program history. Before taking the head job, Ikenberry was .415 .344 April 12/Wed. Richmond 6 p.m. On-Base Percentage April 14/Fri. at UNCW* 6 p.m. the Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator from 2001-03 and a .549 Slugging Percentage .396 April 15/Sat. at UNCW* 2 p.m. catcher on the 1993 SoCon championship team. 193 (8.8) Runs 123 (5.3) April 16/Sun. at UNCW* 2 p.m. 237 (10.8) Hits 186 (8.1) April 19/Wed. at #18 Virginia 6 p.m. 44 (2.0) Doubles 40 (1.7) April 21/Fri. at William and Mary* 6 p.m. 39 (1.8) Home Runs 23 (1.0) April 22/Sat. at William and Mary* 4 p.m. DUKES WIN FIRST CAA SERIES 107 (4.9) Walks 96 (4.2) April 23/Sun. at William and Mary* 1 p.m. JMU won the first conference series of the year, taking two of three April 25/Tue. Maryland 6 p.m. 186 (8.5) Strikeouts 243 (10.6) April 26/Wed. Longwood 6 p.m. games from Delaware at home in a matchup of the league’s best 31-41 Steals-Attempts 14-24 May 5/Fri. Towson* 7 p.m. hitting teams. Pitching/Defense May 6/Sat. Towson* 5 p.m. 1.59 WHIP 1.55 May 7/Sun. Towson* 2 p.m. 4.88 ERA 4.95 May 9/Tue. at George Mason 3 p.m. 197 (9.0) 191(8.3) May 10/Wed. at Maryland 6 p.m. NATIONAL LEADERS Strikeouts May 12/Fri. Hofstra* 7 p.m. Junior outfielder Adam Sisk leads the NCAA with 1.59 runs per game, 105 (4.8) Walks 105 (4.6) May 13/Sat. Hofstra* 5 p.m. .265 Opp. Batting Avg. .264 May 14/Sun. Hofstra* 2 p.m. is second in total runs (35) and is 10th in stolen bases (13). Redshirt .370 Opp. On-Base Pct. .367 May 16/Tue. at VMI 7 p.m. senior first baseman Brett Johnson is third in the NCAA in home runs .382 Opp. Slugging Pct. .402 May 18/Thurs. at Northeastern* 2:30 p.m. 5 Saves 6 May 19/Fri. at Northeastern* 1 p.m. (9) and 11th in slugging percentage (.789). .969 .966 May 20/Sat. at Northeastern* 1 p.m. Fielding Percentage CAA Tournament (Wilmington, N.C.) May 24-27 SEMONES NAMED CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HOME GAMES IN BOLD | *CAA opponents Freshman second baseman Fox Semones earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors after a 7-for-13 weekend filling in for injured Josh Wyatt. He collected five runs scored, four RBIs, two doubles and two stolen bases. DUKES TAKE FOUR-GAME SET FROM NJIT JMU scored 48 runs across four games to tally three wins against NJIT over the weekend. Friday’s 20-6 run saw the Dukes bash five home runs, the second-highest total of the year. Adam Sisk’s walk-off double fueled a doubleheader split on Saturday, before a complete team performance gave JMU a 14-2 win on Sunday. Probable Starters - 2017 Stats No. Name Pos. El. B/T Ht. Wt. G-GS Avg. OB% Slg% R H 2B 3B HR RBI Notes 30 Zach Tondi C r-Jr. L/R 6-1 220 22-21 .284 .326 .556 14 23 4 0 6 24 Johnny Bench Award Watch List 27 Brett Johnson 1B r-Sr. R/R 6-5 235 20-20 .355 .437 .789 20 27 6 0 9 29 Leads conference with 9 home runs 3 Josh Wyatt 2B r-Jr. R/R 5-9 190 18-17 .368 .439 .684 15 21 4 1 4 13 2-3 with HR, 2 RBI vs. Delaware (3/25) 2 Kyle McPherson SS Jr. R/R 5-11 180 22-22 .338 .455 .500 22 27 4 0 3 13 3-5 with 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI vs. NJIT (3/17) 5 Bradley McKay 3B Jr. R/R 6-0 185 22-19 .282 .358 .521 12 20 7 2 2 18 2-4 with HR, 5 RBI, BB vs. Delaware (3/24) 6 Ky Parrott LF Sr. L/L 5-10 180 18-18 .234 .395 .281 10 15 1 1 0 8 Started year on 13-game on-base streak 24 Fox Semones CF Fr. R/R 5-11 155 12-6 .485 .500 .727 9 16 3 1 1 6 1st career HR was walk-off vs. Delaware (3/25) 20 Adam Sisk RF Jr. R/R 6-3 215 22-22 .390 .524 .585 35 32 4 0 4 21 Leads NCAA in runs per game (1.59) Others/PH candidates 10 Ryan Coale C/DH Jr. L/R 6-1 200 16-14 .298 .353 .511 11 14 4 0 2 5 3-4 with a HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R vs. Coppin State (3/10) 39 Jack Hamner LF Jr. R/R 5-11 190 13-9 .263 .367 .579 12 10 3 0 3 15 2 HRs and 5 RBI in series vs. Coppin State (3/10) 21 Mike Sciorra CF Jr. R/R 6-1 170 20-20 .316 .473 .561 17 18 3 1 3 10 Missed two games due to injury Starting Rotation Hand El. Ht. Wt. W-L ERA WHIP vsAvg. IP H R ER BB K CG Last Outing 15 Michael Bechtold RHP Fr. 6-3 180 1-2 3.31 1.84 .270 16.1 17 8 6 13 8 0 L, 4.0 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 4 K, 3 BB Quick Facts Game Notes Around the Colonial Athletic Association JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY HARLOW EARNS MULTIPLE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS Location ....................................................Harrisonburg, Va. (51,000) CAA STANDINGS (as of March 27) After striking out 15 batters in a complete-game win over Coppin State on Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Founded .............................................................................................1908 March 10, junior left-handed pitcher Colton Harlow was named a Collegiate Enrollment ....................................................................................21,227 James Madison 2-1 .667 16-6 .727 Baseball National Player of the Week and the CAA Co-Pitcher of the Week. UNCW 2-1 .667 11-11 .500 Affiliation .......................................................................NCAA Division I Harlow did not walk a batter in the 12-1 win, and the only Eagles run came Elon 2-1 .667 11-13 .458 Conference ...........................................Colonial Athletic Association with two outs in the ninth. Charleston 2-1 .667 10-14 .417 Nickname .........................................................................................Dukes Delaware 1-2 .333 12-9 .571 Colors ............................Purple (PMS 2685) and Gold (PMS 4515) William & Mary 1-2 .333 13-10 .565 President .................................... Jonathan Alger (Swarthmore, ‘86) JMU SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER OVER COPPIN STATE Northeastern 1-2 .333 8-13 .381 Director of Athletics ......................Jeff Bourne (Bridgewater, ‘81) The Dukes scored 28 runs on 28 hits across two games to take both legs of Hofstra 1-2 .333 6-16 .273 Facility .................Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park (1,200) the doubleheader against Coppin State on March 10. JMU hit six home runs Towson 0-0 .000 8-10 .444 Athletics Phone .........................................................(540) 568-6164 on the day, led by junior left fielder Jack Hamner, who homered in both games.