Dukes Fall to South Alabama in Sun Belt Quarterfinals

Thursday, May 11

Lafayette, La.

11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT)

James Madison University

28-19

South Alabama

39-13

James Madison

South Alabama

5/11/2023 1:36:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

LAFAYETTE, La. – James Madison softball could not come back from a three-run deficit and fell short of the Sun Belt Conference Championship semifinals in a 4-1 loss to No. 3 South Alabama on Thursday morning.

JMU completed the season with a record of 28-19 (13-11 Sun Belt), the 14^th time the program has finished with 28 wins or more. South Alabama will advance to the semifinals and play the winner of No. 2 Marshall and No. 7 Coastal Carolina.

Freshman Kylah Berry worked six innings in the circle for the Dukes. Berry tallied three strikeouts, one walk and yielded five hits.

Sophomore Abbie Campbell led the way at the plate with one hit and one RBI.

Graduate student Hannah Shifflett, junior Kylee Gleason and freshman Bella Henzler each noted a hit.

How It Happened:

South Alabama scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning from a JMU fielding error and an RBI single.

In the bottom of the third inning, South Alabama hit a sac fly and an RBI single that brought in two more runs making the score 4-0.
Abbie Campbell drove in Hallie Hall from a single in the top of the fifth inning to change the score to 4-1.