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Dukes Receive At-Large Bid to Raleigh Regional
5/27/2024 1:08:00 PM | Baseball
INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time since 2011, James Madison will be playing baseball in June as it received an at-large bid as the three-seed in the Raleigh Regional as part of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, the NCAA selection committee announced Monday afternoon.
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The Dukes will take on South Carolina, the two-seed, while host NC State faces Bryant, the four-seed. JMU will start open regional play on Friday, May 31 at 2 p.m. at Dail Park, with the regional running through Monday, June 3 if necessary.
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JMU is making its first appearance in the NCAA Championship since 2011 and 10th overall, with nine coming at the Division I level. It is the seventh time the Dukes have received an at-large bid and the first time since 2002.
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Featuring a run to the semifinals as the fourth seed in the Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Baseball Championship presented by Troy University, the Dukes sit at 34-23 overall after going 17-13 in conference play. It's their most wins, both overall and in league play, since 2011. JMU collected three ranked wins during the season, tying the program's highest ranked win with a victory against then-No. 3 Arkansas in the season-opening weekend. They then took down then-No. 16 Coastal Carolina in the first Sun Belt series of the year and knocked off then-No. 21 and Sun Belt regular season champion Louisiana in the Sun Belt tournament.
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The lineup of the Dukes is led by All-Sun Belt First Team selection Fenwick Trimble, as he leads the team in batting average (.371), on-base percentage (.455), RBI's (61), runs scored (68) and hits (85). He has hit 14 home runs, one of a record-setting five Dukes to log double-digit long balls. Classmate Jason Schiavone has the team lead in dingers, as the junior has smashed 18 of them.
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The pitching staff is led by graduate Donovan Burke and sophomore Max Kuhle. Burke leads the team in wins (six) and innings pitched (84.0), while Kuhle has a team-low 4.13 ERA and a team-high 67 strikeouts.
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The Dukes will take on South Carolina, the two-seed, while host NC State faces Bryant, the four-seed. JMU will start open regional play on Friday, May 31 at 2 p.m. at Dail Park, with the regional running through Monday, June 3 if necessary.
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JMU is making its first appearance in the NCAA Championship since 2011 and 10th overall, with nine coming at the Division I level. It is the seventh time the Dukes have received an at-large bid and the first time since 2002.
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Featuring a run to the semifinals as the fourth seed in the Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Baseball Championship presented by Troy University, the Dukes sit at 34-23 overall after going 17-13 in conference play. It's their most wins, both overall and in league play, since 2011. JMU collected three ranked wins during the season, tying the program's highest ranked win with a victory against then-No. 3 Arkansas in the season-opening weekend. They then took down then-No. 16 Coastal Carolina in the first Sun Belt series of the year and knocked off then-No. 21 and Sun Belt regular season champion Louisiana in the Sun Belt tournament.
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The lineup of the Dukes is led by All-Sun Belt First Team selection Fenwick Trimble, as he leads the team in batting average (.371), on-base percentage (.455), RBI's (61), runs scored (68) and hits (85). He has hit 14 home runs, one of a record-setting five Dukes to log double-digit long balls. Classmate Jason Schiavone has the team lead in dingers, as the junior has smashed 18 of them.
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The pitching staff is led by graduate Donovan Burke and sophomore Max Kuhle. Burke leads the team in wins (six) and innings pitched (84.0), while Kuhle has a team-low 4.13 ERA and a team-high 67 strikeouts.
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