Dukes Fall to Virginia in Midweek Matchup

Tuesday, April 18

Charlottesville, Va.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

23-14

Virginia

29-15

JMU

Virginia

4/18/2023 8:53:00 PM | Softball

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CHARLOTESVILLE, Va.- James Madison softball met up with in-state opponent Virginia, on Tuesday evening where it fell short of a victory 10-2 in six innings of action.

The Dukes dropped to 23-14 (8-7 Sun Belt) while UVA improved to 29-15 (8-10 ACC).

Freshman Kylah Berry tossed four innings in the circle and tallied five strikeouts, yielding two walks, and allowing three hits.

Freshman KK Mathis had a stellar night at the plate noting two hits with a double, one scored run, and one RBI. Junior Kylee Gleason also recorded two hits and one RBI.

Graduate student Avery Pinder, sophomore Abbie Campbell, and freshman Bella Henzler each added a hit.

How It Happened

In the first inning, the Cavaliers plated its first of five runs from an RBI single to left field by Katie Goldberg, a three-run home run from Abby Weaver, and an RBI single by Lauren VanAsshce.
Tori Gilbert added to the 'Hoos scoring with a two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning.
Gleason doubled to right field and scored Mathis for the Dukes' first run in the top of the fifth inning.
Mathis reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the sixth to push sophomore Jasmine Hall across home plate for the Dukes' final run.
UVA pushed another run home from a single that resulted from a JMU fielding error.
The Cavaliers added their final run from a fielding error.

Up Next
JMU will hit the road to face Marshall for a three-game series starting on Friday, April 21 at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.