Marshall Softball Continues Road Trip at JMU

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall softball travels to Harrisonburg, Virginia for its second leg of back-to-back road series in Sun Belt Conference play.

The series opener between the Herd and James Madison Dukes is at 4 p.m. eastern Friday. For the weekend's program, view HERE.

Series Information
Date: Apr. 12-14, 2024
Opponent: JMU
Place: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Stadium: Bank of the James Field at Veterans Memorial Park
Game 1 Time: 4 p.m. ET
Watch Game 1: ESPN+
Stats: StatBroadcast
Twitter: @HerdSB

PREGAME NOTES

The Herd's Bella Gerlach was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday. She leads the league with 13 home runs.
As a team, Marshall is leading the SBC with a .320 batting average. The Herd exploded for 35 runs in a three-game series sweep at Georgia State last weekend. In the series opener, MU hit six home runs, a new single-game program record.
Marshall pitched consecutive shutouts for the first time this season in the first two games of the GSU series. Junior Bub Feringa leads the Herd with nine wins and a 3.06 ERA.

ABOUT THE DUKES

JMU is 21-16, and 5-7 in Sun Belt Conference play. The Dukes have started SBC against some of the conference powers, dropping series to Texas State, Troy, and Louisiana while sweeping Georgia State.
A trio of batters are hitting above .350 for JMU, including outfielder Butler Reed, who is sporting a .388 average.
The Herd and Dukes have only met once prior in Harrisonburg. JMU won that game 8-5 in 2019. Marshall does lead the all-time series, 5-2, taking the three-game series when the teams met last year in Huntington for the first time as conference foes.

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Players Mentioned

Bub Feringa

Bella Gerlach

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