Dukes Falter in Finale with No. 16 Coastal

Sunday, March 22

Conway, S.C.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

11-11, 3-3

Coastal Carolina

16-7, 6-0

James Madison

Coastal Carolina

3/22/2026 5:16:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. – James Madison got out to a 4-0 lead, but a six-run third inning led No. 16 Coastal Carolina to take down the Dukes, 16-6, in seven innings on Sunday afternoon at Spring Brooks Stadium in Sun Belt Conference baseball.

The Dukes fell to 11-11 (3-3 Sun Belt), while the Chanticleers improved to 16-7 (6-0 Sun Belt).

Leading JMU at the plate was redshirt sophomore Clay Thompson, going 2-for-4 with a run scored

How It Happened
Second Inning
Back-to-back singles, each with a runner in scoring position, from senior Wyatt Campbell and sophomore Jack Anderson put JMU ahead 2-0.

Third Inning
The Dukes loaded the bases to bring up senior Jack Cannizzaro, who lined a double into the left field corner to bring two runs in and make it 4-0 in favor of JMU.

Coastal responded by bringing 11 batters to the plate, pushing seven runs across to take a 7-4 lead.

Fourth Inning
Sophomore Reece Moody brought the Dukes within a run of the Chants, hitting a two-run double after juniors Kyle Langley and Ike Schmidly each hit base hits of their own to begin the inning.

A two-run homer from Rex Watson pushed the lead back to three for the Chants, at 9-6.

Fifth Inning
CCU took a 14-6 lead after batting around and scratching across five runs.

Sixth Inning
The Chants took a 10-run lead with a pair of runs.

Game Notes

All nine batters in the starting lineup recorded a hit for the Dukes.
JMU batted .571 (8-for-14) with runners on and .545 (6-for-11) with runners in scoring position.

Up Next
The Dukes return home to host Radford on Tuesday, March 24 with a 4 p.m. first pitch, before going back on the road to face Arkansas State over the weekend.

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Mar 24 (Tue)

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Doran, Scott (4-2)

L: Lutz, Tyler (0-2)

James Madison

Batting:

2B: Cannizzaro, Jack 1 ; Guerrero, Jack 1 ; Schmidly, Ike 1 ; Moody, Reece 1

RBI: Anderson, Jack 1 ; Cannizzaro, Jack 2 ; Moody, Reece 2 ; Campbell, Wyatt 1

SH: Cannizzaro, Jack 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Cannizzaro, Jack 1 ; Guerrero, Jack 1 ; Schmidly, Ike 1 ; Langley, Kyle 1 ; Gocio, Ryan 1 ; Thompson, Clay 1

SB: Thompson, Clay 1

Coastal Carolina

Batting:

2B: Barthol, Blake 1 ; Mihos, Dean 2 ; Barrango, Ty 1

HR: Watson, Rex 2

RBI: Mitchell, Walker 1 ; Barthol, Blake 2 ; Mihos, Dean 2 ; Barrango, Ty 1 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1 ; Watson, Rex 7 ; Pado, Blagen 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Mitchell, Walker 2 ; Mazon, Trace 1 ; Barthol, Blake 3 ; Mihos, Dean 3 ; Barrango, Ty 2 ; Thorndyke, Colby 1 ; Watson, Rex 2 ; Tozzi, Domenico 1 ; Chamberlain, Cole 1