SOFTBALL DUKES SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER WITH FLORIDA A&M

Wednesday, March 10

Tallahassee, Fla.

1:00 p.m.

James Madison University

8-7

Florida A&M

7-9

James Madison

Florida A&M

3/11/2010 1:00:00 AM | Softball

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 10, 2010 - The James Madison softball team split a doubleheader with Florida A&M on Wednesday as the teams took turns mounting come-from-behind victories. The Dukes made up a four-run deficit in game one, winning 7-4 before the Rattlers scored four runs of their in the bottom of the sixth in game two to pick up a 5-3 win at the Lady Rattler Softball Complex in Tallahassee, Fla.

JMU snapped its three-game losing streak to run its record to 8-8, while FAMU dropped to 8-9.

In game two, the Dukes carried a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth before the Rattlers took advantage of a Madison error to score a pair of unearned runs.

Designated player Tara Vincent led off the inning with a walk ahead of a stolen base by pinch runner Courtney Harold. JMU junior right-hander Olivia McPherson (Liberty, N.C./Southern Alamance) got the first out of the inning with a strikeout of shortstop Erika Garcia before walking first baseman Aria Stewart. Freshman right-hander Heather Dindinger (Riner, Va./Auburn) relieved McPherson and gave up a single to FAMU pitcher Jenn Lindsey, scoring Harold, before freshman catcher Megan Shinaberry's (Davie, Fla./McCarthy) throwing error on the play allowed Stewart to score the tying run.

Dindinger got the second out of the inning, inducing a pop-up by second baseman Shayla Clark before left fielder Jasmine Donaldson delivered the decisive blow with a RBI double to center field. Center fielder Tenisha Dixson capped the inning with a double down the left-field line, scoring Donaldson.

Donaldson led the FAMU offense, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Madison scored an unearned run of its own in the top of the second inning, capitalizing on an error by third baseman Melissa Oliphant. With two outs and a runner on first, senior left fielder Brittney Dyson (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) hit a grounder to third that Oliphant couldn't handle. Sophomore second baseman Caitlen Manning (Prince George, Va./Prince George) moved to third on the play and scored one batter later on a wild pitch by Lindsey.

Lindsey picked up the win to improve to 3-4. She gave up 10 hits, three runs, two earned runs, walked one and struck out none in six innings pitched. Right-hander Amanda Reyes picked up the final three outs to record her first save of the season.

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