JMU Earns Shutout Wins Over Maine and Jacksonville State

Saturday, February 14

Jacksonville, Fla.

12:15 p.m.

James Madison University

1-2

Maine

1-3

James Madison

Maine

JMU Earns Shutout Wins Over Maine and Jacksonville State

2/14/2015 6:00:00 PM | Softball

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – James Madison's pitchers gave up a combined five hits in its two games to pick up a pair of shutout victories at the Osprey Invitational on Saturday at the UNF Softball Complex. The Dukes (2-2) first beat Maine 2-0 behind a one-hit performance by freshman pitcher Megan Good, and later took a 1-0 triumph by way of a sixth-inning run against Jacksonville State.

Game 1: James Madison 2, Maine 0
Freshman pitcher Megan Good threw a complete game and James Madison used a pair of runs in the fifth to down Maine 2-0 in the first of two games on the day.

Good (1-0), making her first collegiate start in the circle, gave up just one hit and two walks and struck out 14 batters, two off JMU's single-game record, to lead the Dukes (1-2) to their first victory of the season.

Junior first baseman Jailyn Ford went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored while freshmen infielders Jessica Mrozek and Morgan Tolle both drove in one run apiece in the win.

JMU's bats heated up in the fifth inning, where it would break the tie. Ford and Good led off the top half of the frame with singles to right center to put a runner in scoring position. Two batters later, Mrozek singled to left and Ford scored from second to give the Dukes a 1-0 lead. Tolle doubled the advantage to 2-0 on the ensuing at-bat, with a single of her own that brought home Good from third.

The Black Bears (1-3) never mustered a threat offensively as they only put a runner on second base on two separate occasions early in the game. After walking her second and final batter in the bottom of the third, Good sat down 15 consecutive Maine players to earn her first win.

Game 2: James Madison 1, Jacksonville State 0
Junior pitcher tossed a four-hit shutout and James Madison took advantage of an error in the sixth inning to earn a 1-0 win against Jacksonville State on Saturday evening to complete the day with a pair of victories.

Ford (1-1) went the distance for the Dukes (2-2), giving up just four hits and striking out 10 batters, including all three batters in the seventh, while allowing no walks. Junior catcher Erica Field led the offense by going 2-for-3 from the plate, including a sixth-inning double to set up the game-winning score.

With one away in the bottom half of that frame, Field doubled to left center and sophomore utility Caitlin Viafora came in as a pinch runner. On the ensuing at-bat, Ford reached first on an error by second baseman Sarah Borders, and Viafora came home for the lone tally of the game.

For the Gamecocks (4-4), Taylor West took the loss in the circle after allowing one unearned run and giving up four hits and two walks. JSU had four separate players record hits but only one runner reached second base during the entirety of the game.

JMU closes out its opening weekend Sunday morning at 10 a.m. when it takes on Maine.