#9 JMU women's lax wins in OT

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The ninth-ranked James Madison women’s lacrosse team scored twice in overtime to pull out an 11-9 victory over number 17 William and Mary Sunday afternoon. With the victory the Dukes maintained first place in the Colonial Athletic Association with a 3-0 league record. JMU upped its overall record to 9-2 as the Dukes won their…

Ninth-inning rally lifts JMU

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Junior Evan Scott (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead home run and junior catcher Jake Lowery (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) drove in five with a pair of homers as James Madison scored six runs in the ninth to rally past Liberty 16-12 for the 600th coaching victory for Spanky McFarland in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday afternoon…

Tribe outlasts Richmond

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Freshman shortstop Mike Small had three hits and three RBI and senior RF Mike Mergenthaler launched his first career grand-slam home run, but a 10th inning homer from Jonathan Slattery was the difference as William & Mary beat Richmond, 9-8, Wednesday at Pitt Field. Slattery stroked his first home run of the season – a…

Donation to Ride With Pride

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Hillary Williams from Cold Stone Creamery in Harrisonburg presents a $1,000 check to Debbie Winters, director of Ride With Pride. Ride With Pride is Augusta County’s therapeutic horseback riding program for youth and adults with physical, mental, and emotional challenges. Stone Cold Creamery created a video with RWP to celebrate the new eight-layer cake. For…

Longwood drops series finale to UMBC

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Longwood University dropped a 6-1 baseball road decision at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County of the America East Conference Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. The visiting Lancers (21-11) allowed four runs in the first inning against the host Retrievers (4-16) and never recovered en route to a setback in the three-game weekend series finale. Freshman Matt…

Longwood takes two from UMBC

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Longwood University swept a baseball doubleheader on the road at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County of the America East Conference Saturday afternoon in Baltimore. The visiting Lancers (21-10) won game one against the host Retrievers (3-16) by a score of 11-0 before winning in game two by a score of 8-4. Senior captain Brant Jones|Richmond…

Liberty blasts VCU

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Senior Michael Cheatham went 3-for-4 and classmate John Lenherr and junior Paul Nice collected two hits apiece but Virginia Commonwealth University couldn’t overcome an early deficit and fell to Liberty University, 11-1, Tuesday evening at The Diamond. VCU slips to 9-14 overall, while Liberty improves to 15-11. Cheatham, Lenherr and Nice combined for seven of…

Bucknell takes two from Longwood

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Longwood University dropped both games of a baseball road doubleheader at Bucknell University of the Patriot League Saturday afternoon in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The visiting Lancers (17-9) lost game one to the host Bison (10-10) by a score of 3-2 before falling in game two by a score of 11-2. Senior captain Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) had…