JMU women knock off UVa., head to WNIT semis
James Madison outscored Virginia 41-26 in the second half en route to a 68-59 win in National Women’s Invitation Tournament quarterfinal-round basketball action Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU, 28-7, advances to a 7 p.m. home March 28 semifinal game against Syracuse, a 74-73 overtime winner over Toledo on Saturday. Virginia completed its season with a 25-11 record. Read more
JMU baseball loses … again
Designated hitter Joey Wood’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth scored Brandon Williams with the game-winning run as Georgia State topped James Madison 9-8 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday night at the GSU Baseball Complex.
GSU improved to 10-13 overall and 3-1 in the CAA. JMU dropped its 11th contest in a row to fall to 5-16-1 overall, 0-7 in the CAA and 0-6 on the road. Read more
JMU women dominate South Florida
James Madison held South Florida to 12 first-half points and went on to beat the Bulls 72-45 in National Women’s Invitation Tournament round of 16 basketball action Friday night at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU now hosts Virginia Sunday, March 25, in a quarterfinal-round game at 2 p.m. at the JMU Convocation Center.
The JMU Athletics Ticket Office will be open from 1 -5 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. The ticket office can be reached by phone at 540-JMU-Duke (568-3853) or by visiting JMUSports.com and clicking on TICKETS. Read more
Girls Golf
The local chapter of the LPGA Foundation’s Girls Golf will be hosting a Movin’ and Groovin’ event at James Madison University on Saturday to spread love of the game to young girls.
Girls Golf is designed to enhance young ladies’ enjoyment and knowledge towards the game of golf in a socially and physically safe and fun environment. The program is led locally by Judi Flohr from the JMU Morrison Bruce Center and Wendy Kern, an LPGA Class A Teaching Professional at Mulligan’s Golf Center in Harrisonburg. Read more
#12 UVa. women’s lax tops JMU
Senior attacker Josie Owen (Gibson Island, Md.) set a career high with six goals, freshman attacker Sloan Warren (Philadelphia, Pa.) added five goals and the 12th-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team defeated James Madison 13-9 Wednesday (March 21) at Klöckner Stadium.
The win improved Virginia’s record to 5-4 overall and 4-1 at home this season. With the loss, James Madison’s record went to 4-4 on the season. The Cavalier win snapped a two-game JMU win streak in the series. Read more
JMU women top Wake Forest in OT in WNIT
James Madison outscored Wake Forest 14-6 in overtime to post an 84-76 come-from-behind win in National Women’s Invitation Tournament second-round basketball action Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU advances to a round of 16 game against South Florida, to be played Friday, March 23, at JMU (7 p.m.)
The Dukes improved to 26-7 while Wake Forest finished its season with a 20-14 record.
Wake led by as many as 17 points in the opening half, and it took a 3-pointer by JMU junior forward Nikki Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) with 6.6 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 70 and force overtime.
Freshman forward Toia Giggetts (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) scored six of JMU’s 14 overtime points when she personally outscored Wake 6-2 in a span of 1:01. Her 16-foot jumper with 1:38 to play put the Dukes up 78-76, and following a Wake Forest turnover she drove for a layup at 1:09 for an 80-76 JMU lead. Wake missed three field-goal tries in the final 32 seconds, while junior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) and sophomore guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) each converted two foul shots to ice the game.
Burkholder scored a career-high 26 points and was 10-for-10 at the foul line. She hit four 3-pointers and twice was foul on 3-point attempts and converted all six of those free throws. Redshirt senior forward Lauren Whitehurst (Chesapeake, Va./Indian River) added 17 points, and Hislop scored 13. Giggetts hit 3-of-4 from the field and 5-of-8 from the foul line for 11 points.
Newman led JMU in rebounds with nine and Whitehurst had eight.
Wake junior center Sandra Garcia (Miami, Fla./Plantation American Heritage) came off the bench to lead the Demon Deacons with 19 points, and senior forward Secily Ray (Thomasville, N.C./Thomasville) added 17 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Junior guard Lakevia Boykin (Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh) scored 10 points.
Tribe completes sweep of JMU
Shortstop Ryan Williams broke a 2-2 tie with a leadoff home run as part of a three-run sixth inning as William and Mary defeated James Madison 5-2 to complete a three-game Colonial Athletic Association baseball sweep on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
W&M improved to 15-7 overall and 4-2 in the CAA. The Tribe entered the series having lost six in a row to the Dukes. JMU lost its ninth game in a row to fall to 5-14-1 overall and 0-6 in the CAA. Read more
