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Diamond Dukes Down Delaware for CAA Bid

Posted: 05/18/2013 - Senior Johnny Bladel (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) worked a career-high 7 2/3 innings and James Madison pounded 14 hits to defeat Delaware 11-6 while also getting the help it needed to earn a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Championship on the final day of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at Bob Hannah Stadium.

Diamond Dukes Lose CAA Ground After Loss To Delaware

Posted: 05/17/2013 - Delaware built an 8-2 advantage through five innings, then staved off James Madison’s comeback attempt by stranding seven runners in the final three innings to record an 8-7 win in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Thursday afternoon at Bob Hannah Stadium.

JMU Baseball’s Comeback Bid Falls Short at Delaware

Posted: 05/16/2013 - Delaware built an 8-2 advantage through five innings, then staved off James Madison’s comeback attempt by stranding seven runners in the final three innings to record an 8-7 win in the opener of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Thursday afternoon at Bob Hannah Stadium.

Diamond Dukes Douse Flames

Posted: 05/14/2013 - Freshman starter J.T. Root tossed five scoreless innings while junior Tyler Gregory and senior Casey Goss each homered with a combined nine RBIs as James Madison topped Liberty 13-4 in its final regular season home game at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday.

Roberts Blasts Walk-Off Homer In JMU Win Over Towson

Posted: 05/12/2013 - Senior center fielder Colby Roberts (Benton, Ark./Benton) capped a four-RBI effort with a first-pitch, walk-off blast off the right field scoreboard to make James Madison an instant 8-7 winner over Towson to clinch a Colonial Athletic Association series win Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

Diamond Dukes Split Doubleheader with Towson

Posted: 05/11/2013 - James Madison rebounded from an 11-7 loss by pounding 17 hits and limiting Towson to six to win the nightcap of a doubleheader 16-3 in a pivotal Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Saturday at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

JMU Baseball Postponed Due To Rain

Posted: 05/10/2013 - Friday’s Colonial Athletic Association baseball series opener for James Madison hosting Towson was rained out. The game will be played as part of a doubleheader on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

Tar Heels Hand Diamond Dukes Second Straight Loss

Posted: 05/08/2013 - North Carolina broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the fourth inning and claimed a 6-1 victory over James Madison in a non-conference game that was reduced to six innings by inclement weather on Wednesday evening at Boshamer Stadium.

Diamond Dukes Erupt Late to Win Series Finale Over George Washington

Posted: 04/28/2013 - Senior right fielder Cole McInturff (Centreville, Va./Westfield) and junior second baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va/Godwin) combined for nine RBIs, including three apiece as part of an eight-run eighth inning, as James Madison pulled away from George Washington for a 14-5 non-conference baseball win on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

Diamond Dukes Rally to Win Series With Georgia State

Posted: 04/21/2013 - Sophomore Chad Carroll’s (Oakton, Va./Oakton) two-run double in the eighth was the game winner and senior Colby Roberts (Benton, Ark./Benton) added a two-run single for a four-run uprising as James Madison pushed past Georgia State 8-5 in the final game of a Colonial Athletic Association series on Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

Davis Snags Final CAA Player of Week

Posted: 03/04/2013 - Redshirt senior guard A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community School) claimed the final Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week honors of the 2012-13 season after pouring in 36 points in Saturday’s 69-67 comeback win at William and Mary.

Brady Signs New 4 Year Deal With Dukes

Updated: 04/24/2013 - James Madison Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne announced Thursday that head coach Matt Brady has signed a new contract as leader of the men’s basketball program. The deal extends Brady’s commitment to JMU through the 2016-17 season.

VaSID Names Brady State’s Top Coach, Moore Second Team All-State

Posted: 04/09/2013 - After leading James Madison to its third 21-win season in five years and first Colonial Athletic Association championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 19 years, head coach Matt Brady was announced Tuesday as the State Coach of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID).

Big Comeback Earns Dukes #3 Seed

Posted: 03/02/2013 - Redshirt senior guard A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community School) poured in a career-high 36 points and James Madison overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to defeat William and Mary 69-67 in the final Colonial Athletic Association game of the regular season on Saturday evening at Kaplan Arena at William and Mary Hall.

Dukes Down Delaware By 14

Posted: 01/23/2013 - James Madison used a pair of 12-0 first-half runs and put four players in double figures to effort its way past Delaware 64-50 in a Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball game Wednesday night at the Convocation Center.

Dukes Top Towson, Now 7-1 At Home In CAA Play

Posted: 02/12/2013 - HARRISONBURG, Va. – Senior point guard Devon Moore (Columbus, Ohio/Northland) went 8-for-8 at the foul line in the final 45 seconds as part of a 13-point, 10-assist night to lead James Madison past Towson 75-70 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Tuesday night at the JMU Convocation Center.

Drexel Downs Dukes

Posted: 02/10/2013 - Drexel limited James Madison to 12 first-half points and maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half in a 60-48 decision Sunday night in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Davis Gets 24 In Second Half, Dukes Top Tribe

Posted: 02/06/2013 - A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community School) caught fire from the arc for seven second-half three-point field goals as part of a 27-point night to lead James Madison past William and Mary in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Wednesday night at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU Women Get Win Number 20

Posted: 03/03/2013 - Sophomore forward Toia Giggetts (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) scored a season-high 15 points to pace the James Madison women's basketball team to its 20th win, a 67-56 victory over visiting George Mason, in Colonial Athletic Association play Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.

Dukes Down Fordham, Move To WNIT Quarterfinals

Posted: 03/27/2013 - Junior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) scored 26 points to lead the James Madison women's basketball team to a 77-61 win over Fordham in the round of 16 of the Women's National Invitation Tournament Wednesday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU Ladies Lock Up #2 Seed With Win Over Drexel

Posted: 03/06/2013 - James Madison led for the game's final 30 minutes and secured the number two seed in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament with a 62-53 win at Drexel Wednesday evening at the Daskalakis Center.

JMU Women Win Again, Top Towson

Posted: 01/31/2013 - A hot-shooting James Madison women's basketball team won its sixth straight game as the Dukes beat Towson 75-61 n Colonial Athletic Association play Thursday night at the Towson Center.

JMU Ladies Down Old Dominion

Posted: 02/12/2013 - Senior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) scored 22 points, 18 of them in the second half, to lead James Madison (16-8, 10-2) to a 68-56 win at Old Dominion (16-8, 7-5) in Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball Tuesday evening at the Constant Convocation Center.

Delaware Downs Dukes, Snaps 8 Game JMU Win Streak

Posted: 02/10/2013 - The James Madison women's basketball team got closer to #20/23 Delaware than any other Colonial Athletic Association team this season, but the Dukes saw their winning streak end at eight games with a 71-64 loss to the Blue Hens Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU Women Wallop UNC-Wilmington

Posted: 02/07/2013 - James Madison posted its eighth straight women's basketball win as the Dukes topped visiting North Carolina Wilmington 74-43 in Colonial Athletic Association action Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU Women Win In Williamsburg

Posted: 02/03/2013 - The James Madison women's basketball team rallied from 15 points down to win 68-63 at William and Mary in Colonial Athletic Association action Sunday afternoon at William and Mary Hall.

Burkholder, Hall Honored By CAA

Posted: 01/28/2013 - James Madison women's basketball players Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) and Precious Hall (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) have been honored by the Colonial Athletic Association for the week ending Jan. 27.

Chambers Named JMU Football Assistant Coach

Posted: 04/15/2013 - James Madison University football has named Earl Chambers as its new assistant coach, Head Coach Mickey Matthews announced. Chambers will take over as the tight ends coach, replacing Latrell Scott who left to become the head coach at Virginia State.

JMU Football Rolls to 55-7 Win Over St. Francis In Season Opener

Posted: 09/01/2012 - The James Madison football team scored on its first three drives of the game and never looked back as the Dukes went on to defeat the visiting Saint Francis Red Flash 55-7 in the 2012 season opener on Saturday, September 1. JMU converted on every visit to the red zone against Saint Francis and were only forced to punt the ball one time.

Edwards Expected To Transfer From JMU Football Program

Updated: 05/29/2012 - Backup quarterback Jace Edwards is expected to transfer from James Madison University after head coach Mickey Matthews granted the rising redshirt sophomore a release from the JMU football program.

JMU Falls At North Dakota

Updated: 12/04/2011 - D.J. McNorton rushed for 154 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, and North Dakota State beat James Madison 26-14 on Saturday in a second-round FCS playoff game.

JMU Softball Eliminated From NCAA Tournament

Posted: 05/19/2013 - Designated player Hanna Sommer hit a go-ahead solo home run in the fifth inning and right-hander Emily Weiman retired nine of the final 10 batter she faced to guide North Carolina State to a 6-4 win over the James Madison softball team at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday.

JMU Softball Earns First Ever NCAA Win; Game Two Suspended

Posted: 05/18/2013 - The James Madison softball team picked up the first NCAA Tournament win in school history, defeating Longwood 5-0 in the first elimination game of the Knoxville Regional at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday.

JMU Softball Loses NCAA Opener to NC State

Posted: 05/17/2013 - Left fielder Bethaney Wells hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to help lead North Carolina State to a 2-0 win over the James Madison softball team in the opening game of the Knoxville Regional in NCAA Tournament play on Friday.

JMU Softball Makes NCAA Tournament Field

Posted: 05/12/2013 - The James Madison softball team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as announced by the NCAA Division I Softball Selection Committee on ESPNU Sunday night. JMU travels to the University of Tennessee to participate in the Knoxville Regional from May 17-19 at Sherri Parker Stadium.

Dukes Fall 2-1 In CAA Championship Game

Posted: 05/10/2013 - Second baseman Tori Rocha hit a two-run double and Olivia Galati tossed a three-hitter to lead Hofstra to a 2-1 win over James Madison in the Colonial Athletic Association Softball Championship game in Hempstead, N.Y., Friday.

JMU Softball Advances To CAA Title Game

Posted: 05/09/2013 - Sophomore third baseman Sarah Mooney (Huntersville, N.C./North Mecklenburg) blasted two home runs and freshman pitcher Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) tossed her 20th complete game of the season to carry the James Madison softball team to an 8-1 win over Towson in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship on Thursday.

JMU Softball Routs Delaware In CAA First Round

Posted: 05/09/2013 - Second-seeded James Madison softball tied a school record with 18 hits on its way to scoring 10 runs as it knocked off third-seeded Delaware 10-2 in six innings in the opening round of the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Championship in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday.

Mooney and Ford Take Home CAA Conference Awards

Posted: 05/07/2013 - Sophomore utility player Sarah Mooney (Huntersville, N.C./North Mecklenburg) became the third player in school history to be named the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and freshman pitcher/first baseman Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) was tabbed as the conference’s Rookie of the Year to headline seven Dukes earning All-CAA honors as announced Tuesday evening at the league’s annual awards banquet on the eve of the 2013 CAA Softball Championship.

JMU Softball Closes Regular Season With Senior Day Win

Posted: 05/04/2013 - Freshman pitcher Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) tossed a one-hit shutout and set a school record for single-season strikeouts as she lead the James Madison softball team to an 8-0, five-inning win over Georgia State in the regular season finale at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday.

Lax Ladies Fall to Hofstra in CAA Semifinals

Posted: 05/03/2013 - Hofstra outscored James Madison 4-1 in the second half en route to a 6-4 win in the Colonial Athletic Association Women's Lacrosse Tournament semifinals on Friday afternoon.

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