CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team will head north to take on the James Madison Dukes in Harrisonburg, Va., for its final Sun Belt Conference series of the season on May 2-4.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Chants swept the Georgia State Panthers last weekend to pick up their fourth series win of the season.
• This is the first time CCU has won four series in a year since 2019.
• Delaney Keith hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats on Friday, becoming only player in the NCAA to achieve the feat twice this season.
• Raelee Brabham pitched two complete games, striking out 15 batters to pick up her 22nd and 23rd wins in the circle this year.
• Georgia Hood hit homers in consecutive games versus the Panthers last weekend.

 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

• James Madison has a 29-19 overall record and has gone 11-10 in league play.
• The Dukes suffered a series sweep defeat to Georgia Southern last weekend. The Chants downed the Eagles 2-1 at the end of May.
• JMU has picked up Sun Belt wins over App State, Marshall, and Georgia State this year.
• The Dukes are currently sixth in the Sun Belt standings.
• JMU has six players batting over .300 this season with Reed Bulter leading the team with a .411 batting average.
• KK Mathis tops the team with 38 RBIs while Bella Henzler leads with 11 home runs.
• Every starting pitcher on the JMU pitching staff has a positive record in the circle with Alissa Humphrey leading with a 10-5 record and 92 strikeouts.

 
HISTORY AGAINST

• CCU has a 2-6 all-time record versus JMU.
• Coastal has played one Sun Belt Conference series versus the Dukes and suffered a 2-1 defeat.
• The first matchup was in 2007 when CCU was downed 5-4.
• This will be their first contest at JMU's home stadium in Harrisonburg, Va.
• Five of their eight contests have been one-run games.
• Keith and Riley Zana hit a home run and a two-run double, respectively, in CCU's last win versus JMU.

 
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