{"id":2492,"date":"2011-06-05T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T03:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2011-06-05T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T03:01:07","slug":"diamond-dukes-fall-in-regional-final-77-days-till-unc-goes-down-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Dukes fall in Regional Final, 77 days till UNC goes down though!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=2493\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UNC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2493\" title=\"UNC\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/UNC.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JMU Baseball closed the 2010-2011 athletics year in the &#8216;Burg with a strong showing at the Chapel Hill Regional of the NCAA baseball tourney this weekend.\u00a0 Although the Dukes took out Florida International and Maine, they were unable to overcome the powerful UNC Tarheels in two matchups.\u00a0 After getting shelled on Friday by UNC, the Dukes played tough in the second of two games Sunday (they beat Maine in the early game) and even had the game tied in the 5th after the last of Catcher Jake Lowery&#8217;s record-setting homeruns.\u00a0 But they ultimately failed to push across any more runs and the tired pitching staff finally caught up with them late as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14400&amp;ATCLID=205157436\">Tarheels pulled away<\/a>.\u00a0 But a huge congratulations to Coach McFarland and the squad on\u00a0a fabulous season that included the second-straight CAA title!<\/p>\n<p>And the silver lining?\u00a0 The Dukes get another shot in Chapel Hill in just 77 days!\u00a0 Well, different sport, but\u00a0that&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re under three months away and the countdown is ON till football season opens.\u00a0 (Also means we&#8217;re only 84 days from Bridgeforth&#8217;s grand unveiling &#8211; have I mentioned that before?).\u00a0 Just guessing, but I&#8217;ll bet the normally reserved Tarheel fans will be slightly more nervous when the Dukes roll in for that one than they were this weekend!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14400&amp;ATCLID=205157276\">Reseating <\/a>appointments are underway for ticket holders and the momentum is only building.\u00a0 Whoever takes over for TJ Yates down at Carolina better start looking for DJ Bryant right now.<\/p>\n<p>On the blog front, be sure and stop in Wednesday when we launch the Late 90&#8217;s JMU Music Scene Bracket of the Bands!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2492&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU Baseball closed the 2010-2011 athletics year in the &#8216;Burg with a strong showing at the Chapel Hill Regional of the NCAA baseball tourney this weekend.\u00a0 Although the Dukes took out Florida International and Maine, they were unable to overcome the powerful UNC Tarheels in two matchups.\u00a0 After getting shelled on Friday by UNC, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8557,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8557","url_meta":{"origin":2492,"position":0},"title":"JMU Softball In Regional Final Today!","date":"May 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU Softball will play in the regional final for the first time in program history today at 2 p.m. in Harrisonburg against none other than an in-state Cinderella in the Longwood Lancers. Coverage available on MadiZoneHD.\u00a0More than half of the NCAA field of 64 will have been eliminated when the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Your turn, Ms. Good!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/44692044001_4245221149001_0505-JMU-MT-76905.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8842,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8842","url_meta":{"origin":2492,"position":1},"title":"Predictions Contest: JMU vs. UNC","date":"September 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Things are about to get a whole lot tougher for JMU football.\u00a0After being heavy favorites the first two weeks of the season, the Dukes will be decided underdogs this Saturday when they venture down to Chapel Hill to play the UNC Tarheels. But there's always a chance. 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