FINAL | NC State 5, JMU 3

The Dukes season comes to a close in the Raleigh Regional Final. The 2024 campaign may have ended, but it was a season 13-years in the making. JMU, a team picked to finish 10th in the Sun Belt, made it all the way to June.

FINAL | JMU 2, South Carolina 0

Donovan Burke lays it all on the line to get the Dukes to the Sunday night game in the Raleigh Regional. The graduate student was aided by Mike Mancini who connected on a pair of solo shots. Burke threw 155 pitches.

Almost exactly four years ago everyone watched The Last Dance and discussed it at length. Now nobody remembers The Jordan Rules?

“He’s been like that for the last two months where he’s just been putting up zeros, and, you know, he’s an electric pitcher.”

Entsminger Deals Career-Long Outing To Lead #JMU To Sunday
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FINAL | James Madison 8, Bryant 1

The Dukes survive and advance. Hunter Entsminger starts after little preparation and goes a career-long 5.2 innings. Coleman Calabrese connects with the bases loaded to help JMU build a lead going into the ninth.

JMU is back at noon tomorrow.

NC State knocked off Bryant in the night game, 9-2.

JMU will meet Bryant tomorrow at 12. Ikenberry said postgame that the pitching decision was TBD for the Dukes.

FINAL | South Carolina 8, JMU 7

Gamecocks connect on a walk-off sac fly to take the first game of the Raleigh Regional. With the loss, the Dukes play tomorrow at noon.

Great catching up with JMU legend Ty Young as we competed tonight in Chicago.

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BREAKING NEWS: James Madison, a school named after a former president, announced with conviction kickoff times and broadcast info for three football games. New times trump any previous announcements. #searchengineoptimization
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⚾️ Current “Get In” price for all sessions (ACC/local interest):

Charlottesville Regional = $57
Tallahassee Regional = $63
Clemson Regional = $82
Chapel Hill Regional = $246
Greenville Regional = $267
Raleigh Regional = $541

JMU's football season opener Aug. 31 at Charlotte will be an 8pm kickoff on ESPNU. The home opener the next week vs Gardner-Webb is a 6pm kick on ESPN+.

Boise State and Appalachian State will play a home-and-home series in 2025/27.

2025 in Boise
2027 in Boone

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The NCAA rules committee meets next week to discuss permitting schools to display corporate logos on fields and, perhaps, patches to jerseys.

A year out from implementation of a revenue-sharing model, the commercialization of college athletics is here.

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If EA paid for Gogol Bordello it might become the new 21-16.

Arkansas State Athletics and Vice Chancelor for Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton have officially announced a change in leadership for #AState baseball.

Coach Tommy Raffo was at the helm for 16 seasons.

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Could an Ohio Valley Conference All-Star team win the Sun Belt? JMU might find out, kinda, but the Dukes' former OVC standouts are joining talent from all over in Harrisonburg.
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New Purple & Bold Podcast. How JMU got to the NCAA baseball regional and what to expect from the Dukes this weekend in Raleigh.
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VHSL Region 5D softball semis: Lightridge beats Harrisonburg 4-1.