James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Friday, March 17
Conway, S.C.
6 p.m.
James Madison University
13-7, 0
2
at
3
Coastal Carolina
24-4, 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
James Madison
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
4
0
Coastal Carolina
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
7
0
Dukes Fall to Coastal Carolina in Sun Belt Opener
3/17/2023 8:29:00 PM | Softball
CONWAY, S.C. – James Madison softball started conference play with a 3-2 walk-off loss against Coastal Carolina Friday evening in Conway, S.C.
Â
The Dukes dropped to 13-7 on the season while the Chanticleers advanced to 24-4.
Â
Junior Alissa Humphrey recorded her 10th start of the season for James Madison, working all seven innings, and tossing three strikeouts.
Â
Graduate student Hannah Shifflett led the offense with two hits while sophomore Kylee Gleason added a hit and two RBI's. Freshman Kate Carrier also snagged a hit during tonight's contest.
Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
UP NEXT
James Madison will continue its three-game series against Coastal Carolina tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
Â
Â
The Dukes dropped to 13-7 on the season while the Chanticleers advanced to 24-4.
Â
Junior Alissa Humphrey recorded her 10th start of the season for James Madison, working all seven innings, and tossing three strikeouts.
Â
Graduate student Hannah Shifflett led the offense with two hits while sophomore Kylee Gleason added a hit and two RBI's. Freshman Kate Carrier also snagged a hit during tonight's contest.
Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The game was scoreless until the top of the fifth inning when Carrier ripped a single to left field. Shifflett then doubled to move Carrier to third base.
- Gleason hit a sacrifice fly to score both Carrier and Shifflett to put the Dukes up by two runs.
- Coastal Carolina hit a home run in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to one.
- In the seventh inning, Coastal Carolina loaded the bases and won the game from a walk-off double.
UP NEXT
James Madison will continue its three-game series against Coastal Carolina tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Picone, Nicolette (5-1)
L: Humphrey, Alissa (7-4)
Batting:
2B: Shifflett, Hannah 1
RBI: Gleason, Kylee 2
SH: Pinder, Avery 1
SF: Gleason, Kylee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shifflett, Hannah 1 ; Carrier, Kate 1
SB: Hall, Hallie 1
CS: Hall, Jasmine 1
Batting:
2B: Zana, Riley 1
HR: Keith, Delaney 1
RBI: Zana, Riley 2 ; Keith, Delaney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Keith, Delaney 1 ; Wrightsman, Jay 1 ; Hampton, Ava 1
HBP: Williams, Diamond 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
0
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballJMU Softball | Dukes Advance to 2025 Sun Belt Title Game
Saturday, May 10
JMU Softball | Recap vs. Texas State
Monday, June 03
JMU Softball | Weiler Orthodontics Invitational Recap
Monday, June 03
JMU Softball | Recap vs. Marshall
Monday, June 03
