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SB
5 p.m.
James Madison
vs North Carolina
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Sunday, March 14
Tampa, Fla.
9:00 a.m.
James Madison University
9-10
3
vs
10
Central Michigan
7-6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
James Madison
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
9
1
Central Michigan
3
0
2
0
2
3
X
10
12
1
SOFTBALL CLOSES ROAD TRIP WITH 10-3 LOSS
3/14/2010 7:00:00 PM | Softball
CLEARWATER, Fla., March 14, 2010 - Central Michigan jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back to defeat the James Madison softball team 10-3 in the finale of the South Florida Under Armour Showcase at Eddie C. Moore Field in Clearwater, Fla. on Sunday.
JMU finished its 10-day road trip with a 4-6 mark and is now 9-10 this season. Central Michigan improved to 7-6.
Dukes' starter Heather Widner (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Ready) did not make it out of the first inning, giving up three runs on three hits and a hit batter in 2/3 of an inning pitched.
Center fielder Christine Novak led off the game with double to left field, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by shortstop Molly Coldren. Right fielder Katie Greenman walked following the sacrifice bunt and moved to third on the Coldre single. Catcher Jill Schulz ended Widner's day with a single to left field, scoring Greenman and Coldren.
Coldren finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Novak added two doubles and a run scored. Schulz had a team-high three runs batted in.
Junior right-hander Olivia McPherson (Liberty, N.C./Southern Alamance) relived Widner and induced a groundout to prevent any further damage.
CMU added two more runs in the bottom of the third. Third baseman Amanda Patrick led off the inning with a walk and pinch runner Amber Olejniczak stole second. Second baseman Brittany Merchant made it 3-0 with a single to center field, scoring Olejniczak before scoring a run of her own on a wild pitch.
Merchant led the Chippewas' with three hits, including a double, three runs scored and two RBI.
Two more CMU runs in the fifth made it 7-0, before the Dukes got on the board with three runs in the sixth. Freshman pinch hitter Haley Johnson (Ashburn, Va./Broad Run) started the one-out rally with a walk ahead of a single by sophomore pinch hitter Casey Mansfield (Suffolk, Va./Isle of Wight). Sophomore pinch runner Michelle Clohan (Ashburn, Va./Broad Run) was hit by the ball on the play, to give JMU two outs. Back-to-back wild pitches moved senior pinch runner Brittney Dyson (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) to third allowing sophomore third baseman
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SEDDON (4-3)
L: Widner, Heather (1-1)
S: DORNBOS (1)
Batting:
2B: Spitzer, Katie 1
3B: Moxey, Shannon 1
RBI: Moxey, Shannon 1 ; Manning, Caitlen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dyson, Brittney 1 ; Manning, Caitlen 1 ; Simons, Courtney 1
SB: Burnham, Ashley 1
Batting:
2B: NOVAK 2 ; COLDREN 1 ; MERCHANT, B 1
RBI: COLDREN 2 ; MERCHANT, B 2 ; SCHULZ 3 ; DARWIN 1 ; GILSON 1
SH: KNOOP 1 ; GREENMAN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: NOVAK 1 ; KNOOP 1 ; GREENMAN 1 ; COLDREN 2 ; OLEJNICZAK 1 ; MERCHANT, B 3 ; DARWIN 1
SB: GREENMAN 1 ; COLDREN 1 ; OLEJNICZAK 1
HBP: MERCHANT, B 1 ; DARWIN 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Softball
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/ Softball
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/ SoftballUT
/ Softball
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/ Softball
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