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Wednesday, April 18
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Dukes Blanked at Marshall
4/18/2018 6:11:00 PM | Softball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – James Madison softball fell to Marshall during midweek action on Wednesday afternoon, 7-0, at Dot Hicks Softball Field.
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The Dukes fell to 30-10 overall and remain at 10-2 in Colonial Athletic Association play. Marshall improved to 22-22-1 on the season.
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The second inning was deadly for the Dukes as the Herd scored all seven runs in the frame. Odicci Alexander was handed the loss, falling to 16-5 on the season throwing 1.2 innings, after allowing four to score. After Payton Buresch relieved Alexander, Buresch gave up a three-run homer before the inning ended.
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On the day, Buresch had four strikeouts over 4.2 innings pitch, only allowing two walks.Â
Sara Jubas, Logan Newton and Ashley Samuels registered the three JMU hits. In the top of the fifth inning, the Dukes only drew one walk as freshman Lynsey Meeks battled the count. Â
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Today's loss marks the first time the Dukes have been shut out in back-to-back games since 2013 when JMU lost to Hofstra during a doubleheader.
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QUOTING COACH LAPORTE
"Today was just not our day. Marshall is a really good team and they capitalized on our costly errors. Offensively, we were just not reading the ball well and getting down early didn't help our mentality. We will take the next day to practice and learn from our mistakes before we hit the road for a tough conference battle this weekend."
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UP NEXT
The Dukes return to CAA action as they travel to Elon on April 21. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
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The Dukes fell to 30-10 overall and remain at 10-2 in Colonial Athletic Association play. Marshall improved to 22-22-1 on the season.
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The second inning was deadly for the Dukes as the Herd scored all seven runs in the frame. Odicci Alexander was handed the loss, falling to 16-5 on the season throwing 1.2 innings, after allowing four to score. After Payton Buresch relieved Alexander, Buresch gave up a three-run homer before the inning ended.
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On the day, Buresch had four strikeouts over 4.2 innings pitch, only allowing two walks.Â
Sara Jubas, Logan Newton and Ashley Samuels registered the three JMU hits. In the top of the fifth inning, the Dukes only drew one walk as freshman Lynsey Meeks battled the count. Â
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Today's loss marks the first time the Dukes have been shut out in back-to-back games since 2013 when JMU lost to Hofstra during a doubleheader.
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QUOTING COACH LAPORTE
"Today was just not our day. Marshall is a really good team and they capitalized on our costly errors. Offensively, we were just not reading the ball well and getting down early didn't help our mentality. We will take the next day to practice and learn from our mistakes before we hit the road for a tough conference battle this weekend."
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UP NEXT
The Dukes return to CAA action as they travel to Elon on April 21. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: TOLBERT, A. (11-9)
L: Alexander, Odicci (16-5)
Base Running:
CS: Alexander, Odicci 1
Batting:
2B: RADCLIFFE, G 1
HR: HARRELL, A. 1
RBI: D'Orazio, E. 1 ; HARRELL, A. 3 ; BURCH, B. 1 ; RADCLIFFE, G 1
Base Running:
RUNS: D'Orazio, E. 1 ; COLLIFLOWER, 1 ; HARRELL, A. 1 ; MCCORD, T. 1 ; GLOVER, W. 1 ; BURCH, B. 1 ; RADCLIFFE, G 1
SB: D'Orazio, E. 1 ; BURCH, B. 1
CS: BURCH, B. 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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