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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
JMU HEADS TO 2008 CAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AS #2 SEED
5/19/2008 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
James Madison University headed into the 2008 season with a young team consisting of 60% freshmen and sophomores while coming off of a ninth-place finish in the Colonial Athletic Association and picked seventh of 11 in the preseason poll. Undaunted, the Dukes posted a second-place finish at 20-9 and, to date, have compiled the second-best winning percentage of Spanky McFarland's 11-year tenure as head coach at JMU with a 34-17 record.
With a 3-1 road trip to close the season, including a series win at Northeastern in the final CAA series, JMU secured the #2 seed in the upcoming conference tournament and will face #5 Old Dominion in the opening game of the four-day event on Wednesday, May 21. Third-seeded George Mason faces #4 William & Mary at 3:30 p.m. in game two while host and top-seeded UNC Wilmington squares off with #6 Towson at 7 p.m.
JMU reached the 20-win plateau in the CAA for just the second time in program history, becoming just the sixth team overall in conference history to post 20 wins. JMU was 22-8 in 2006 when the Dukes were the top seed.
The Dukes have been led offensively by the potent pair of redshirt junior Brett Sellers and redshirt sophomore Steven Caseres. Sellers closed the season hitting .600 in the final four games to take over the CAA lead in batting average (.427), slugging percentage (.781), and a tie for first with a .487 on-base percentage. He has 17 doubles and 15 home runs to rank in the top 10 in the CAA in both. He also sits among league leaders in hits (82), triples (3), total bases (150), and sacrifice flies (5).
Caseres has wielded a powerful bat, socking 19 home runs to tie for third all-time in season homers at JMU. He is hitting .345 with a .740 slugging percentage, sitting just behind Sellers among CAA leaders in both slugging and total bases. With 39 extra-base hits this season, Caseres needs four to match Kellen Kulbacki's JMU season record. He also needs two doubles and one home run to become the first player with 20 doubles and 20 home runs in JMU history.
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