2016 Liberty Softball Game Notes - Games 12-15 Schedule Louisiana Tech Classic Feb
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Liberty 2016 Softball 2016 Liberty Softball Game Notes - Games 12-15 Schedule Louisiana Tech Classic Feb. 11 at No. 17/17 UCF! L, 2-7 Friday, Feb. 26 Feb. 12 vs. Chattanooga@ L, 1-3 Feb. 12 vs. Beth.-Cookman@ L, 0-8 (5) vs. Grambling State LADY TIGERS (1-5) - 11 a.m. Feb. 13 vs. Morgan State@ W, 11-1 at Louisiana Tech LADY TECHSTERS (8-2) - 3:30 p.m. Feb. 13 vs. Stetson@ W, 8-0 (5) Feb. 14 vs. No. 5/5 Alabama! L, 2-10 (6) Feb. 19 vs. North Texas# W, 1-0 Liberty LADY FLAMES Feb. 19 at No. 21/21 Baylor# L, 0-5 Saturday, Feb. 27 Feb. 20 vs. Northwestern St.# L, 3-4 (9) (3-8) vs. Lamar CARDINALS (8-2) - 1:15 p.m. Feb. 20 vs. North Texas# L, 0-1 Feb. 21 vs. Northwestern St.# L, 8-10 vs. Jacksonville State GAMECOCKS (5-5) - 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Grambling State$ 11 a.m. Feb. 26 at Louisiana Tech$ 3:30 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Lamar$ 1:15 p.m. Lady Techster Softball Complex Feb. 27 vs. Jacksonville St.$ 3:30 p.m. Mar 4 vs. Louisiana Tech& 1 p.m. Ruston, La. Mar 4 vs. Tennessee Tech& 3:30 p.m. Mar 5 vs. Memphis& 10:30 a.m. The Liberty softball team begins an 11-day, eight-game trip to Louisiana this week, Mar 5 at LSU& 6 p.m. competing in the Louisiana Tech Classic, Friday and Saturday. The Lady Flames (3-8) will Mar 10 NOFOLK STATE^ 5:30 p.m. Mar 11 LA SALLE^ 5 p.m. look to get back on the winning track, having sustained four straight setbacks. Mar 11 RHODE ISLAND^ 7 p.m. Liberty opened the Getterman Classic on Friday with a 1-0 shutout win over North Mar 12 SACRED HEART^ 5 p.m. Mar 12 LA SALLE^ 7 p.m. Texas, as Chase Cassady (6.2 IP) and Chandler Ball (0.1 IP) combined to limit the Mean Mar 18 WINTHROP* 5 p.m. Green to three hits. The Lady Flames have posted two shutouts so far this season, with Mar 19 WINTHROP* 2 p.m. Mar 19 WINTHROP* 4 p.m. the first being a five-inning no-hitter by Julia DiMartino against Stetson, Feb. 13. Mar 25 at Coastal Carolina* 4 p.m. At the plate, Tori Zavodny leads the team with a .324 average, eight Mar 25 at Coastal Carolina* 6 p.m. runs scored, two triples and five stolen bases. Freshman Jaclyn Amader Mar 26 at Coastal Carolina* 2 p.m. Mar 30 at Virginia Tech 5 p.m. (.286) has recorded a team-high four doubles, while classmates Sarah Robertson (.286) Mar 30 at Virginia Tech 7 p.m. and Deidra See (.280) are tied for the team lead with six RBI apiece. Mar 31 HAMPTON 3 p.m. Mar 31 HAMPTON 5 p.m. Apr 5 at Longwood* 3 p.m. The Games Apr 5 at Longwood* 5 p.m. Apr 6 at Longwood* 3 p.m. While in Ruston, Liberty will face Grambling State (1-5), Louisiana Tech (8-2), Lamar Apr 9 at Presbyterian* 1 p.m. (8-2) and Jacksonville State (5-5). Lamar earned a 10-6 win over the Lady Flames Feb. 7, Apr 9 at Presbyterian* 3 p.m. 2015, and the Cardinals are currently on a seven-game winning streak. Jacksonville State Apr 10 at Presbyterian* 1 p.m. Apr 12 MARSHALL 4 p.m. is coming off of a 38-17 2015 season. The Lady Flames will face Louisiana Tech again Apr 12 MARSHALL 6 p.m. next week at the LSU Invitational. Apr 15 CAMPBELL* 5 p.m. Apr 15 CAMPBELL* 7 p.m. Apr 16 CAMPBELL* 1 p.m. How to Follow the Lady Flames Apr 20 at Virginia 4 p.m. Apr 20 at Virginia 6 p.m. Fans can follow all of Liberty’s games this week through live stats. Additionally, live Apr 23 CHARLESTON SO.* 5 p.m. video for Friday’s game against Louisiana Tech will be available through Louisiana Tech’s Apr 23 CHARLESTON SO.* 7 p.m. multimedia page. Apr 24 CHARLESTON SO.* 1 p.m. Apr 26 at Radford* 4 p.m. Apr 26 at Radford* 6 p.m. Quick Hits Apr 27 at Radford 2 p.m. Apr 29 GARDNER-WEBB 5 p.m. - Chase Cassady and Chandler Ball combined for three-hit shutout of North Texas, Friday. Apr 29 GARDNER-WEBB 7 p.m. - The Lady Flames are making their first-ever trip to Louisiana. Apr 30 GARDNER-WEBB 2 p.m. May 11-14 TBA % TBA - Three out of Liberty’s last five games have been decided by one run each. ! - UCF Knights Invitational - Nine Liberty freshmen have started at least one game this season. @ - Dot Richardson Invitational - Julia DiMartino’s no-hitter against Stetson was Liberty’s first since May 13, 2011. # - Getterman Classic $ - Louisiana Tech Classic - Liberty Softball Stadium was voted second-best softball stadium by FloSoftball.com & - LSU Invitational - Tori Zavodny and Blair Lawrence are both in top 10 in program history in career steals. ^ - Liberty Softball Classic * - Big South Conference Game - Chandler Ball ranks in top 10 all-time at Liberty in five career pitching categories. % - Big South Softball Championship - Alexia Taylor was the 2015 Big South Softball Freshman of the Year. (Rock Hill, S.C.) - Jaclyn Amader is tied for second in the Big South with four doubles. Bold indicates home games - Liberty’s current 12-member freshman class is the largest in program history. Media Relations Contact Joe Carmany 2016 Team Leaders [email protected] (434) 534-4325 (cell) On The Web Avg. T. Zavodny - .324 Wins C. Cassady - 2 LibertyFlames.com R T. Zavodny - 8 IP J. DiMartino - 27.1 Facebook.com/libertyflames 2B J. Amader - 1 CG J. DiMartino - 3 On Twitter @libertyflames @LibertySB HR S. Robertson/T. Zavodny - 1 ERA J. DiMartino - 2.82 @LUGameday RBI J. Amader/D. See - 6 SO C.Cassady - 25 SB T. Zavodny - 5/7 OBA C. Ball - .221 2015 Liberty Head Coach Dot Richardson Lady Flames Softball Record at Liberty: 43-84 (Third Season) Quick Facts Career Record: Same General Information Has Coached: Name of School ........... Liberty University 2 Capital One Academic All-Americans (Megan Robinson - 2014. 2015) City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded ..........................................1971 2 Capital One Academic All-District III Selections (Megan Robinson - 2014, 2015) Enrollment ....................................14,500 1 Big South Freshman of the Year (Alexia Taylor - 2015) Nickname............................ Lady Flames 1 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Megan Robinson - 2015) Mascot ............................................Eagle School Colors .............Red, White & Blue 1 VaSID Academic All-State Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I 4 VaSID All-State Team members (1 first team, 3 second team) Conference .............................. Big South 7 Big South All-Conference players (1 first team, 4 second team, 2 honorable mention) Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell 4 Big South All-Freshman team members President .............................Jerry Falwell Vice President ...........Dr. Ronald Godwin 2 Big South All-Academic Team members Director of Athletics................ Jeff Barber Personal: Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 Two-Time Olympic Champion: 1996, 2000 (Hit game-winning HR in ‘96 Gold medal game) Softball Information Founder of Dot Richardson Softball Association Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson Executive Director and Medical Director of National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) Five-Time Pan American Games Champion; 4X World Championship Gold Medalist Record at School ............................43-84 Career Record ................................Same NCAA Champion with UCLA in 1982 Assistant Coaches ................... Bob Pinto UCLA All-University Athlete Award: 1983 .........................Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) NCAA Softball 1980’s Player of the Decade Volunteer Assistant ........... John Cassady Graduate Assistant .......Ronnie Gajownik No. 43 on Top 100 NCAA Student-Athletes of the Century Student Assistant ................ Alexis Albert Certified Athletic Trainer .... Hugh Blocker 2016 Liberty Softball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) History 1 Sarah Robertson UTL R/R Fr. 5-7 Panama City, Fla./J.R. Arnold All-Time Record (Division I) ....590-701-1 2 Cassie Gingerich OF L/R So. 5-8 Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe App. in NCAA Tourn./last .............. 2/2011 3 Madison Kotchey 1B L/L So. 5-5 Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin Last Postseason Opponents. .................. 4 Chandler Ball P R/R R-Sr. 5-6 Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins ............... No. 5 Tennesee and No. 19 GT 5 Chase Cassady P R/R Fr. 5-7 Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone 2015 Overall Record.......................29-30 6 Jessica Cicerchia UTL R/R So. 5-6 Seymour, Conn./Christian Heritage 2015 Conference Record/Finish ..12-12/4 7 Mickey Loveridge SS R/R Sr. 5-7 Concord, Calif./Concord (Sacramento City Coll.) Starters Returning/Lost.......................6/3 8 Katie Han 1B/OF L/L Sr. 5-11 Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .........2/1 9 Taylor Mabry P/UTL R/R Fr. 5-8 Bassett, Va./Bassett Letterwinners Returning/Lost............12/4 10 Tori Zavodny OF L/R So. 5-9 Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Newcomers..........................................12 11 Blair Lawrence SS/OF S/R Sr. 5-2 Wilmington, N.C./Topsail 12 Stephanie Marlowe P R/R Fr. 5-8 Charlotte, N.C./Hickory Grove Christian Stadium 13 Zoë Wood C R/R Fr. 5-9 Haw River, N.C./Eastern Alamance Home Field ................. Kamphuis Field at 14 Deidra See UTL R/R Fr. 5-9 Visalia, Calif./El Diamante ...........................Liberty Softball Stadium Capacity .........................................1,000 15 Kaitlin McFarland OF/C R/R Fr.