Around the Horn With JMU Spring Sports

The school year is winding down and most Spring sports have hit their stretch run. Here’s a couple quick links to catch you up before you blink and it’s all over.

The softball team can’t be stopped. Well, except by the Rocky Mount Fire that is. Mickey Dean and the ladies just keep on rolling though. They’ve moved all the way up to 6th in the national polls and are sitting at 39-3 after taking 2 over Delaware. Also, vote for Jailyn.

The JMU women have played a tough out of conference schedule, managing only 4 wins against 7 losses. Thankfully, the Dukes have taken care of business in CAA play going 5-1. They knocked off Towson today, to capture the regular season crown and the secure the #1 seed for the conference tournament.

Brandon Withers took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning against College of Charleston and the Dukes held on to win 3-1 and in the three game series finale. JMU is 17-23 on the season thus far, but they’ve shown some promise. Considering the state of the program when head coach Marlin Ikenberry took over, there’s reason to believe he’s the man to turn it around.

College of Charleston men’s golf team ran away from the field to win the CAA Championship and earn a bid to the NCAA Tourney. The Cougars nearest competitor was 22 strokes behind. Of course JMU was that second place finisher. There was no catching the Cougars, but overall JMU had a heck of a tourney. Congrats to junior Ryan Cole for finishing tied for second after shooting -3.

Finally, we’re probably going to queue up a specific post to hype this, but a group of JMU basketball alums have created a team and are trying to gain entry to The Tournament. ICYMI, The Tournament is a 64 team basketball tournament open to anyone. 64 teams will gain entry based on the number of votes they receive. Once in, the teams will compete for a $1 million prize. Ron Curry, AJ Davis, Rayshawn Goins, and Julius Wells are the Founding Fathers and they need your vote. Go here to vote now.