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Friday, March 21
Harrisonburg, Va.
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Late Surge From Marshall Downs Dukes in Sun Belt Home Opener
3/21/2025 7:59:00 PM | Softball
HARRISONBURG, Va.- Headed into the seventh inning with a 4-2 lead, James Madison softball surrendered three home runs in the final frame to fall to Marshall by a score of 6-4 in its Sun Belt home opener on Friday night at Veterans Memorial Park.
Payton List took a no-hit bid into the fifth inning, then proceeded to walk the bases loaded after letting up her first hit of the game.
A four-run third inning by JMU (11-14, 0-4 SBC) aided List's hot start in the circle, with RBI doubles by Kylee Gleason and Reed Butler. With her two hits on the day, Gleason has six multi-hit games during the 2025 campaign, which is second on the team behind List with 12.
Marshall (17-13, 3-1 SBC) crawled back, scoring at least a run in the last three frames, leading up to the keynote seventh inning encapsulated by three Marshall home runs.
Paige Maynard slammed the door for the Thundering Herd, earning the win by going three innings and allowing just two hits.
How It Happened
Third Inning
Game Notes
Payton List took a no-hit bid into the fifth inning, then proceeded to walk the bases loaded after letting up her first hit of the game.
A four-run third inning by JMU (11-14, 0-4 SBC) aided List's hot start in the circle, with RBI doubles by Kylee Gleason and Reed Butler. With her two hits on the day, Gleason has six multi-hit games during the 2025 campaign, which is second on the team behind List with 12.
Marshall (17-13, 3-1 SBC) crawled back, scoring at least a run in the last three frames, leading up to the keynote seventh inning encapsulated by three Marshall home runs.
Paige Maynard slammed the door for the Thundering Herd, earning the win by going three innings and allowing just two hits.
How It Happened
Third Inning
- Gleason took the first pitch she saw to left field for an RBI double to left field, scoring the runner from first for a 1-0 lead
- Butler followed suit with a two-run double, this time to right field for a 3-0 JMU advantage
- The Dukes scored their fourth run of the inning on Butler stealing home
- Marshall's Bub Feringa walked with the bases loaded to make it 4-1
- Lindsay Benson scored the Thundering Herd's second run of the game on a JMU fielding error
- Rielly Lucas homered to right field to cut the lead to one, 4-3
- Diamond Leslie put Marshall ahead, 5-4, on a two-run home run to left center field
- Chandler Hoskins added an insurance run on a solo shot to center field to make it 6-4
Game Notes
- JMU suffered its first loss at Veterans Memorial Park of the season, after starting the home slate winning six straight
- James Madison is 5-6 against Marshall all-time and 4-3 since becoming Sun Belt Conference members in 2023
- The Dukes' four runs in the third, marked their seventh big inning (four-plus runs) of the season
- With a run scored in Friday's game, Butler is now three runs shy of 100 career runs scored
- JMU is 0-11 when it does not hit a home run
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Paige Maynard (6-3)
L: Fleet, Kirsten (6-5)
Batting:
2B: Haleigh Adkins 1
HR: Rielly Lucas 1 ; Diamond Leslie 1 ; Chandler Hoskins 1
RBI: Rielly Lucas 1 ; Bub Feringa 1 ; Diamond Leslie 2 ; Chandler Hoskins 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brooklyn Ulrich 1 ; Rielly Lucas 1 ; Bub Feringa 1 ; Diamond Leslie 1 ; Chandler Hoskins 1 ; Haleigh Adkins 1
HBP: Kasia Parks 1
Batting:
2B: Gleason, Kylee 1 ; Butler, Reed 1
RBI: Gleason, Kylee 1 ; Butler, Reed 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Legzdin, Cali 1 ; Gleason, Kylee 1 ; List, Payton 1 ; Butler, Reed 1
SB: Butler, Reed 1 ; Edwards, Madison 1
Game Leaders
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