{"id":6731,"date":"2014-05-16T07:25:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2014-05-16T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T11:25:09","slug":"softball-heads-to-big-dance-and-the-last-desperate-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6731","title":{"rendered":"Softball heads to Big Dance and The Last Desperate Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

JMU Softball, fresh off their CAA title last week and fully clear of the vengeful clutches of Tom Yeager, opens play in the NCAA tourney today against DePaul in Lexington, Kentucky at 5 p.m. For the record, this subregional looks very winnable as the Dukes have already beaten DePaul this year and with Ohio as the minnow in the group and Kentucky as a favorite-but-not-a-beast, a trip to LA for the Regional looks like a real possibility. \u00a0Here’s a great preview<\/a> from ESPN with a lot of love and respect for the Dukes. Nice to see someone finally took the time to actually look at the Dukes body of work.<\/p>\n

For JMU Baseball, the last spring sport that hasn’t been finished their season or CAA play, it’s come down to one game. After [unsurprisingly] getting drubbed by Delaware in a doubleheader yesterday, the Diamond Dukes need to beat Delaware in the series finale Saturday to even clinch a spot in the CAA tournament that starts next Wednesday. At 16-34, this has been a way-less-than-mediocre year for the squad and it certainly looks like the program is in dire need of a major overhaul, but honestly, we don’t really have any knowledge about what the hell’s going on there. Lose tomorrow, and in the EXTREMELY UNLIKELY event a conference invite is out there, the Dukes are free to immediately accept without fear of retaliation from Yeager and his band of no-name schools. Win tomorrow, and I guess we’ll have to wait another two weeks. In any case, chances are about the same as:<\/p>\n

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When JMU will be moving up!<\/p><\/div>\n