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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Sunday, February 14
Orlando, Fla.
Noon
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Ford Breaks Home Run Record in 8-3 Win Over Rutgers
2/14/2016 3:16:00 PM | Softball
ORLANDO, Fla. – James Madison closed out the UCF Knights Invitational with a 8-3 win over Rutgers Sunday afternoon. The Dukes tallied a 4-1 record across the opening weekend, taking home the Invitational title, while Rutgers fell to 0-5.
Sophomore pitcher Megan Good (2-1) picked up the win across 5.1 innings, giving up to two hits and one walk.
Senior Jailyn Ford led the Dukes with four RBI's, with three coming on a home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the first inning that gave her sole possession of the all-time career home run record at JMU.
In the fourth inning, sophomore Morgan Tolle opened the three-run frame with a sacrifice fly to right, scoring senior left fielder Hannah Hayes from third. Junior Madyson Moran then scored on an error and Field scored on a single to right field from Ford.
Junior Niki Prince ripped a double to left-center to push junior Taylor Newton across in the sixth.
JMU recorded 11 hits on the day and committed no errors in the field.
QUOTING HEAD COACH MICKEY DEAN
"After trailing early in the first inning, I really like how we responded with scoring four runs and taking control of the game from that point on. I thought that our bats showed up today which was really important as we weren't as sharp in the circle as we had been."
RECORD BREAKING
Senior first baseman Jailyn Ford became JMU's all-time career home run record holder with a shot over the left field fence, giving JMU a 4-1 lead in the first inning. Ford currently sits at 36 career home runs, passing Ashley Burnham (2009-12) with 35.
FRESHMEN FIRST
Designated hitter Jenny Behan recorded her first hit as a Duke with a single through the left side in the bottom of the third.
Redshirt freshman pitcher Jessica McCabe made her first appearance in the circle for JMU at the top of the fifth.
TWEET OF THE DAY
TOURNAMENT RECAP
Day 1
JMU 1 Fordham 0
Rutgers 0 JMU 5
Day 2
Alabama 2 JMU 1
UCF 0 JMU 1
Day 3
JMU 8 Rutgers 3
Sophomore pitcher Megan Good (2-1) picked up the win across 5.1 innings, giving up to two hits and one walk.
Senior Jailyn Ford led the Dukes with four RBI's, with three coming on a home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the first inning that gave her sole possession of the all-time career home run record at JMU.
In the fourth inning, sophomore Morgan Tolle opened the three-run frame with a sacrifice fly to right, scoring senior left fielder Hannah Hayes from third. Junior Madyson Moran then scored on an error and Field scored on a single to right field from Ford.
Junior Niki Prince ripped a double to left-center to push junior Taylor Newton across in the sixth.
JMU recorded 11 hits on the day and committed no errors in the field.
QUOTING HEAD COACH MICKEY DEAN
"After trailing early in the first inning, I really like how we responded with scoring four runs and taking control of the game from that point on. I thought that our bats showed up today which was really important as we weren't as sharp in the circle as we had been."
RECORD BREAKING
Senior first baseman Jailyn Ford became JMU's all-time career home run record holder with a shot over the left field fence, giving JMU a 4-1 lead in the first inning. Ford currently sits at 36 career home runs, passing Ashley Burnham (2009-12) with 35.
FRESHMEN FIRST
Designated hitter Jenny Behan recorded her first hit as a Duke with a single through the left side in the bottom of the third.
Redshirt freshman pitcher Jessica McCabe made her first appearance in the circle for JMU at the top of the fifth.
TWEET OF THE DAY
Introducing your new JMU all-time career home run record holder @jaylander12 #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/vfiimrqxgk
— JMU Softball (@JMU_Softball) February 14, 2016
TOURNAMENT RECAP
Day 1
JMU 1 Fordham 0
Rutgers 0 JMU 5
Day 2
Alabama 2 JMU 1
UCF 0 JMU 1
Day 3
JMU 8 Rutgers 3
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Good, Megan (2-1)
L: Maddox, Dresden (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Hall, Rebecca 1 ; Slowinski, Melanie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Huang, Stephanie 2 ; Whitley, Jordan 1
CS: Huang, Stephanie 1
HBP: Adams, Elizabeth 1
Batting:
2B: Prince, Niki 1
HR: Ford, Jailyn 1
RBI: Tolle, Morgan 1 ; Ford, Jailyn 4 ; Prince, Niki 1
SF: Tolle, Morgan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Field, Erica 2 ; Tolle, Morgan 1 ; Tremain, Jackie 1 ; Ford, Jailyn 1 ; Newton, Taylor 1 ; Hayes, Hannah 1 ; Moran, Madyson 1
Game Leaders
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