Troy Wins Series Clinching Game Three Over James Madison

Sunday, March 24

Troy, Ala.

11 a.m.

Troy University

24-11, 4-2

James Madison

18-12, 2-4

James Madison

Troy

Troy Wins Series Clinching Game Three Over James Madison

3/24/2024 4:37:00 PM | Softball

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By: Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala- Troy softball won decisively against James Madison with a 6-2 victory at the Troy Softball Complex Sunday morning.

D'Aun Riggs headlined the Troy (24-11, 4-2 SBC) offense, going 3-for-4 from the dish and set a new career high of three RBIs to lead Troy to a series victory over the Dukes (18-12, 2-4 SBC) to open Sun Belt Conference play.

James Madison got on the board first in the second frame with a bases-loaded walk in the second frame, 1-0.

Troy answered back by plating three runs in the home portion of the second inning. Anslee Finch singled through the left side and Jade Sinness drew her first walk of day, sending Riggs to the plate. Riggs mashed a double to right field to score Finch, tying the game, 1-1. One wild pitch later from James Madison's Peyton List sent Sinness home giving Troy a 2-1 lead. With Riggs held up at third, the Trojans drew three walks to give Riggs a free trip home for a 3-1 lead.

Troy picked up where it left off in the bottom of the third frame on a two-out rally when Natalie Turner got a base hit added with a stolen base to land her on second. Sinness ripped a double to the gap in left center to score Turner, 4-1. Then, Riggs picked up her second hit and RBI of the day on a 1-1 single to center field, scoring Sinness and extending Troy's lead to four, 5-1.

After a quiet fourth inning, the Dukes used back-to-back doubles in the fifth from Bella Henzler and Reed Butler to trim the margin to three, 5-2, before a fielder's choice and a Troy double play ended the Dukes' rally.

Kayden Dunn started the home half inning by drawing a walk. Two ground outs later, Riggs stepped back to the plate. Riggs sent one to second base which the punctuation mark, 6-2, via Dunn.

From the circle, the Trojans saw a trio of Libby Baker, Alyssa Faircloth and Haley Pittman. Faircloth continued to build her resume in 3.2 innings of work and picked up her seventh win of the season behind one strikeout and one earned run.

Thoughts from Coach Newell

"I'm super happy about how things turned out this weekend. We can look back on Friday and wish we had the sweep but to come out here today, I did not think that we were sharp defensively early. But our kids competed, these young ladies are playing with a lot of heart. To get this win today against a good JMU team, to win the series, I am very proud of the team right now."

Noteables

D'Aun Riggs set a new career high of three RBIs in today's match up. Her previous high was two set last year against Texas State.
Alyssa Faircloth extended her streak of recording at least one strikeout to four games. She recorded one strikeout tonight to have 40 strikeouts on the season.
Haley Pittman picks up another impressive outing recording three strikeouts on 2 innings of work and giving up no walks.
With the series win the Trojans tie the all-time series at 3-3 against James Madison.
Troy outhit James Madison 24-22 through the weekend