Dukes Drop Regular-Season Finale to Georgia Southern

Saturday, May 3

Harrisonburg, Va.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

25-25, 11-13

Georgia Southern

29-24, 13-11

Georgia Southern

James Madison

5/3/2025 1:30:00 PM | Softball

Box Score Photo Gallery

HARRISONBURG, Va. - An early deficit could not be overcome by James Madison softball as it fell 3-1 to Georgia Southern in the regular-season finale of Sun Belt Conference play on Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

Georgia Southern (29-24, 13-11 SBC) took advantage of two on and nobody out as Faith Barth hit her second home run of the series in the third inning, a three-run shot to give the Eagles all they needed to take game three of the series.

JMU (25-25, 11-13 SBC) had opportunities to put runs across the board, as it left eight runners on bases, including the tying runs with two out in the bottom of the seventh.

Payton List and Kylee Gleason put together a three-hit campaign, including List's eighth double of the season. List and Gleason finish the regular season with 18 and 14 multi-hit games, respectively.

Jasmine Hall notched her second two-hit performance of the series, as she finished the three-game set going 5-for-8 with two walks.

The only run for the Dukes on the afternoon was an RBI groundout off the bat of Reed Butler, as the Georgia Southern pitching duo of Alana Barnard and Bailey Holland were able to limit the damage to just that.

Barnard went five innings, giving up just one run on six hits and Holland came in to shut the door, going the final two frames to earn her first save of the season.

Fleet limited the damage to just the third-inning home run, as she went three innings to allow three runs on five hits and fan two batters. Coming on in relief for Fleet, List pitched four scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, and striking out three.

How It Happened

Top of the Third Inning

Faith Barth took a 2-1 pitch over the right field wall for a three-run shot to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead

Bottom of the Third Inning

Reed Butler got the Dukes on the board with an RBI groundout to make it 3-1

Game Notes

James Madison drops to 5-4 all-time to Georgia Southern and 5-3 as Sun Belt members
With her three-hit performance on Saturday, List sits at 94 hits in her career, needing six hits to reach the 100 mark
In the circle, the redshirt sophomore is just three strikeouts away from 150 in her career and joining Fleet in that category
Gleason's three-hit game tied her career-high, something she did five times this season
Lily Romero caught her 13th runner stealing, which puts her tied for fourth all-time in a season in program history beside Ashley Samuels (2018), Erica Field (2016) and Ashlee Schenk (2002)
Romero also moved into a tie for ninth in career runners caught stealing with 16, joining Liz George (2002-05)
Sitting at 159 career hits, Hall joins Jenn Chavez (2005-08) for 17th in program history in all-time hits

Up Next
JMU will await its opponent and seeding as it travels to Troy, Ala., for the 2025 Sun Belt Softball Championship hosted by Troy University