Turnovers continue to plague Dukes
By Tim Chapman, sports editor

NEWARK, DEL. — Rarely in any level of football will a team rush for more than 400 yards and lose the game. JMU (6-3 overall and 4-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association) managed to accomplish this feat Saturday as senior Antoinne Bolton and redshirt freshman Griff Yancey led with 172 and 171 yards, respectively, in a 37-34 loss to Delaware. More...

JMU wins CAA championship again
From staff reports

James Madison junior forward Lauren Walls scored the game-winning goal in the third minute of overtime Sunday, as JMU edged ODU 1-0 to capture the 2007 Colonial Athletic Association field hockey title. For the second straight year, Madison defeated Old Dominion in the CAA championship game in Virginia Beach and the winning goal was kept in the family. More...

Post finishes 38th in Trials
From staff reports

JMU alumnus Eric Post (’02) finished 38th in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in New York City on Saturday. The finish was 50 spots ahead of his bib number with a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes and 25 seconds in the qualifier for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Ryan Hall, Dathan Ritzenhein and Brian Sell qualified for the 2008 Olympic Team as Hall set a U.S. Olympic Trials record with his time of 2:09:02 seconds for the marathon race. More...

Women play home Tuesday
From staff reports

James Madison will play against George Mason on Tuesday in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Soccer Championship tournament, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the JMU Soccer Complex. George Mason relied on its win over Georgia State earlier in the season to earn the No. 6 seed in a tiebreaker. Both teams finished 4-6-1 in CAA competition, and the Patriots’ victory Oct. 7 gave them the last qualifying spot. More...