{"id":5651,"date":"2013-07-21T22:11:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T02:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2013-07-21T23:07:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T03:07:40","slug":"really-odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5651","title":{"rendered":"Really Odds and Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still nothing to report or bitch about on the &#8220;future of JMU Athletics&#8221; front so we&#8217;ll roundup a few random notes from Dukes current and past.<\/p>\n<p>Former Lacrosse standout Kelly Berger (&#8217;07) helped Team USA <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.baltimoresun.com\/2013-07-21\/sports\/bs-sp-digest-0721-20130721_1_new-york-lizards-washington-spirit-u-s-women\">win gold and its seventh FIL Women&#8217;s Lacrosse World Cup<\/a> today. \u00a0The team blew out Brooke McKenzie&#8217;s (&#8217;06) Canada squad in the final 19-5. \u00a0Current lax player Ali Curwin netted 15 goals playing for Israel on their way to an 8th place finish. \u00a0Congrats to all the Dukes in action at the tourney!<\/p>\n<p>On the golf course, JMU alum Jay Woodson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesdispatch.com\/news\/latest-news\/jay-woodson-wins-state-open-of-virginia\/article_af109696-f250-11e2-8e66-0019bb30f31a.html\">lapped the field in winning <\/a>the State Open of Virginia over the weekend. \u00a0Woodson&#8217;s also been a solid competitor on this season&#8217;s Big Break Mexico, the Golf Channel&#8217;s reality show. \u00a0The conclusion has yet to air. \u00a0Also a cool note that he beat the UR golf coach to win the event this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, former Volleyball player Danielle Erb won the fan voting to be the next<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/hawaiiantropic-tm\/\"> face of Hawaiian Tropic<\/a>, in no small part thanks to JMU Nation. \u00a0Now it&#8217;s on to &#8220;other criteria&#8221; which unfortunately smells as fishy as a Capital One mascot challenge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5614\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Erb.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5614\" data-attachment-id=\"5614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=5614\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Erb.jpg?fit=142%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"142,200\" 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=\"Erb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Good Luck Danielle!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Erb.jpg?fit=142%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Erb.jpg?fit=142%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5614\" alt=\"Good Luck Danielle!\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Erb.jpg?resize=142%2C200\" width=\"142\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good Luck Danielle!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If this roundup didn&#8217;t get you fired up, just remember that in less than a month we&#8217;ll have actual JMU sports up and running again!<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5651&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>Still nothing to report or bitch about on the &#8220;future of JMU Athletics&#8221; front so we&#8217;ll roundup a few random notes from Dukes current and past. Former Lacrosse standout Kelly Berger (&#8217;07) helped Team USA win gold and its seventh FIL Women&#8217;s Lacrosse World Cup today. \u00a0The team blew out Brooke McKenzie&#8217;s (&#8217;06) Canada squad [&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":[47],"tags":[392],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9392,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9392","url_meta":{"origin":5651,"position":0},"title":"JMU Lacrosse Wins CAA &#038; Earns NCAA Matchup With Louisville","date":"May 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The JMU Women's Lacrosse entered the CAA Tournament this past weekend as the number one seed. They proved they deserved it and steamrolled Elon today by the score of 15-7 to win the CAA Championship. It was the Dukes 10th CAA title in program history. After battling Delaware to a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":727,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=727","url_meta":{"origin":5651,"position":1},"title":"JMU Lax to Host Stanford in NCAA Tourney","date":"May 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU Woman's Lacrosse coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe led the Dukes to a CAA Championship this past Saturday at the JMU Lacrosse Complex. It capped a CAA season that saw Shelley capture her second CAA Coach of the Year Award. Ironically enough, the 10-6 victory came over Hofstra, the team which Klaes-Bawcombe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"JMU lacrosse\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/champs-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10253,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10253","url_meta":{"origin":5651,"position":2},"title":"JMU Women Went Next Level This Weekend","date":"April 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"ICYMI... it was a great finish to the regular season for the Dukes! #WeAreUnbreakable pic.twitter.com\/Nziljq1CSl\u2014 JMU Lacrosse (@JMULacrosse) April 28, 2018 JMU Lacrosse ended it's regular season with a huge clash at Towson on Saturday. 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