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SOFTBALL SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER FROM GEORGE MASON
4/26/2008 4:00:00 AM | Softball
HARRISONBURG, Va., April 26, 2x008 ? The James Madison softball team swept both ends of a Saturday doubleheader against George Mason winning game one 2-0 and scoring three runs in the top of the seventh for a come-from-behind 6-5 win in game two. Madison ran its winning streak to a season-high seven games and picked up its third seventh-inning win in the last seven games.
The Dukes improved to 26-20 overall and 10-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association while the Patriots dropped to 19-28, overall and 6-10 in conference.
A wild seventh inning led to a three-run comeback for Madison. With Mason holding a 5-3 edge the Dukes went to work in the seventh. Freshman catcher Katie Spitzer (Broadway, Va./Broadway) led off with a pinch hit single to left and was pinch run for by freshman shortstop Melissa Hill (Santee, Calif./Santee). Sophomore left fielder Brittney Dyson (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) than grounded into a fielder's choice but an error by GMU third baseman Kat Winter allowed Hill to score and Dyson to reach second. Sophomore right fielder Shannon Moxey (Church Road, Va./Mills Godwin) then laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Dyson up to third. The throw was low and led to a collision between Moxey and second baseman Jenna Lipscomb. Dyson took advantage of the play and raced home, sliding just under the tag by catcher Ciera Jones.
It only got wilder with one out, as sophomore center fielder Courtney Simons (Richmond, Va./Deep Run) kept the rally going with a single to left. Junior third baseman Amber Kirk (Hamilton, Va./Loudoun County) followed that with a single to left center, but center fielder Dee Murray threw Simons out trying to go first to third. Winter, thinking there were three outs, spiked the ball and Kirk took advantage moving up to third. GMU first baseman Ashli Breau tried to through Kirk out at third but threw the ball away, allowing the eventual winning run to score.
Junior right-hander Meredith Felts (Greenville, N.C./J.H. Rose) came in to close out the game, picking up her second save of the season. She allowe
