Pitcher ‘Ci Ci’ Alexander gets JMU closer to softball pinnacle
Fred Jeter | 5/27/2021, 6 p.m.
A player from Southside Virginia has pitched and hit James Madison University to the doorstep of the College Softball World Series.
Senior Odicci “Ci Ci” Alexander has been brilliant all season for the 37-1 JMU Dukes, who will play at the University of Mis- souri starting Thursday in the Super Regional.
If successful in Columbia, Mo., in the best-of-three match, JMU will advance to the NCAA World Series
in Oklahoma City June 3 through 9.
Alexander hails from Boydton in Mecklenburg County and starred at Park View High School in South Hill before enrolling at JMU.
So far this season, she is 14-0 in the circle with six shutouts. She boasts a 1.04 earned run average and 168 strikeouts in 101 innings.
She also is hitting .350 with two homers.
Alexander set a school record with 19 strikeouts on May 21 in the Dukes’ 10-inning, 4-3 win over Liberty in the Knoxville Region.
Also in Knoxville, Alexander pitched in JMU’s 3-1 win over Tennessee and 8-5 victory over Liberty to win the Regional. She batted third in the lineup and contributed two hits and an RBI in the clincher against Liberty.
Seemingly tireless, Alexander hurled 22 innings (totaling 355 pitches) in three days to help JMU advance a step closer to the brightest stage in women’s softball.
