{"id":8383,"date":"2016-02-24T07:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2016-02-24T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:49:25","slug":"dont-look-now-but-softball-is-a-top-10-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8383","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Look Now, But Softball Is a Top 10 Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"8384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=8384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8384\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?resize=588%2C331\" alt=\"Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU\" width=\"588\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Cb6ftuwXIAMeWuU.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damn, there are only 10 teams in that graphic. We guess that means, wow, Mickey Dean and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/rankings\/softball\/d1\/usa-todaynfca-coaches?cid=ncaasoftballsocial_tw_sf21394651\">Dukes are a Top 10 team<\/a>! For good measure, senior Jailyn Ford was also named <a href=\"https:\/\/nfca.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6758:washington-s-aguilar-jmu-s-ford-named-louisville-slugger-nfca-division-i-national-player-and-pitcher-of-the-week&amp;catid=109&amp;Itemid=149\">National Pitcher of the Week<\/a>. The senior went 2-0 last week with 18 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. She also held her opponents to a .104 batting average. Pretty good. Pretty, pretty good.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8383&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>Damn, there are only 10 teams in that graphic. We guess that means, wow, Mickey Dean and the Dukes are a Top 10 team! For good measure, senior Jailyn Ford was also named National Pitcher of the Week. The senior went 2-0 last week with 18 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. She also held her opponents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3089,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3089","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":0},"title":"Dukes Picked to Finish 5th in CAA Hoops","date":"October 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual CAA Basketball Media Day took place today at Champps in Arlington, VA. That's about 5 minutes from my house, but I was unable to make it due to the entire real job thing. The commish announced a new television deal for the league. 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