{"id":9348,"date":"2017-04-03T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2017-04-03T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:19:49","slug":"softball-rolling-good-ties-ford-uva-up-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9348","title":{"rendered":"Softball Rolling, Good Ties Ford, UVa Up Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We realize there are lots of spring sports doing lots of great things. And we realize the Spring Football Game is coming up this Saturday, but it&#8217;s just impossible not to keep talking softball. <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2017\/4\/2\/softball-roadcaps-walk-off-single-lifts-no-11-jmu-to-3-2-win-over-charleston.aspx\">Over the weekend<\/a>, not only did they win the series of Charleston with a <a href=\"http:\/\/jmusports.com\/news\/2017\/4\/2\/softball-roadcaps-walk-off-single-lifts-no-11-jmu-to-3-2-win-over-charleston.aspx\">walk-off comeback<\/a>, but Megan Good tied her predecessor Jailyn Ford for the program record of 82 wins. Her career record stands at 82-7. Read that last sentence again and tell me how we can talk about anything else right now? And go back and watch the highlights in those links and tell me you wouldn&#8217;t love to go catch a game? (Hoping to be in Chapel Hill on the 26th for the last P5 matchups of the regular season). If you&#8217;re in or near the &#8216;Burg, the Dukes host that school from over Afton Mountain that is basically an institutional representation of a boat shoe in a doubleheader in tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>The team stands at 30-5 on the season and is on the fringe of the top ten nationally. We should note they&#8217;ve dropped a game in each CAA series so far and it&#8217;s really hard to see them moving into the top eight like last year which would set up another home super-regional. The Dukes also need the offense to kick in with some run support when Good isn&#8217;t on the mound to take some pressure off of Freshman #2 Odicci Alexander and the rest of the staff.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Duke Club debuted a beautiful piece of nerd-dom at softball over the weekend \u00a0with this shirt which we love. Orienteers, geocachers, and old guys unite!<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9349\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?fit=180%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,320\" 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=\"img_2356\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;We&#8217;ve Got a New JMUSB Tee on the way, and this one is a hint.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?fit=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?fit=180%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9349\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?resize=363%2C645\" alt=\"Latitude Longitude Coordinates for JMU &quot;Home of Champions&quot;\" width=\"363\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2356.png?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9348&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>We realize there are lots of spring sports doing lots of great things. And we realize the Spring Football Game is coming up this Saturday, but it&#8217;s just impossible not to keep talking softball. Over the weekend, not only did they win the series of Charleston with a walk-off comeback, but Megan Good tied her [&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":7632,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7632","url_meta":{"origin":9348,"position":0},"title":"Softball on Historic Pace","date":"March 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, Rob's finally been forced to leave me at the controls this week. So get ready for Sun Belt bitching, Strategic Plan slashing, and spring game updates\u00a0\u00a0a Softball post! You're damn right I'm kicking off the week with an entire post about the blazing hot JMU Softball squad. The numbers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9261,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9261","url_meta":{"origin":9348,"position":1},"title":"Megan Good is One of the Top 10 Softball Players in the Country","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We all knew Megan Good was, well, good (sorry). That's obvious to anyone who's every seen her play. But it's not just JMU fans who are so impressed with her abilities. ESPN named Good the sixth best softball player in the country in its annual NCAA softball preview. 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Junior preseason All America second\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8490,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8490","url_meta":{"origin":9348,"position":3},"title":"Megan Good Pitches Second Perfect Game in JMU Softball History","date":"April 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was a good day for JMU softball. In fact it, you could say it was a Megan Good day. (ed. note: please pretend you didn't read that sentence and we'll pretend we never wrote it.) The team won, because that's what it does. 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