2015 Liberty Softball Game Notes - Games 14-18 Schedule at South Carolina GAMECOCKS (15-5) Feb
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Liberty 2015 Softball 2015 Liberty Softball Game Notes - Games 14-18 Schedule at South Carolina GAMECOCKS (15-5) Feb. 6 vs. #23 South Ala.! L, 0-8 (5) March 5, 2015 - 6 p.m. - Columbia, S.C. Feb. 7 vs. Lamar! L, 6-10 Feb. 7 vs. Houston Baptist! W, 11-3 (6) Holy City Showdown Feb. 8 vs. Houston! L, 5-6 Patriots Point Complex - Mount Pleasant, S.C. Feb. 13 vs. Cleveland State@ W, 3-0 Feb. 13 vs. Arkansas@ W, 5-2 March 6, 2015 Feb. 14 vs. South Dak. St.@ L, 6-14 (5) Liberty LADY FLAMES Feb. 14 vs. Middle Tenn.@ L, 7-8 vs. Dartmouth BIG GREEN (2-7) - 5:30 p.m. Feb. 15 vs. UMass Lowell @ W, 2-0 (4-9) March 7, 2015 Feb. 20 vs. Kansas# L, 4-10 Feb. 20 at #1 Florida# L, 0-11 (5) vs. Jacksonville DOLPHINS (10-10) - 9 a.m. Feb. 21 vs. Illinois State# L, 2-3 Feb. 21 vs. Mercer# L, 0-3 vs. South Carolina St. BULLDOGS (4-2) - 11 a.m. Mar 5 at South Carolina 6 p.m. March 8, 2015 Mar 6 vs. Dartmouth$ 5:30 p.m. Mar 7 vs. Jacksonville$ 9 a.m. vs. Loyola Chicago RAMBLERS (6-8) - 9 a.m. Mar 7 South Carolina St.$ 11 a.m. Mar 8 vs. Loyola Chicago$ 9 a.m. Liberty (4-9) will compete in five contests in South Carolina this week, starting with a Mar 13 at Gardner-Webb* 1 p.m. 6 p.m. game on Thursday at South Carolina (15-5). The Lady Flames will then play four Mar 13 at Gardner-Webb* 3 p.m. Mar 14 at Gardner-Webb* 1 p.m. games at the Holy City Showdown, hosted by College of Charleston, Friday through Sun- Mar 19 RIDER^ 7:30 p.m. day at Patriots Point. While at the Holy City Showdown, Liberty will face Dartmouth (2-7), Mar 20 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.)^ 5 p.m. Mar 20 PRINCETON^ 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville (10-10), South Carolina State (4-2) and Loyola Chicago (6-8). Mar 21 QUINNIPIAC^ 5 p.m. Liberty is 2-1 all-time against Dartmouth, 1-0 versus Loyola Chicago and 0-2 against Mar 21 TOLEDO^ 7:30 p.m. Mar 24 at Hampton 3 p.m. Jacksonville. The team will face South Carolina and South Carolina State for the first time. Mar 24 at Hampton 5 p.m. Mar 27 at Campbell* 4 p.m. Lady Flames at a Glance Mar 27 at Campbell* 6 p.m. Mar 28 at Campbell* 1 p.m. Liberty looks to bounce back from a four-game winless streak, as the Lady Flames Mar 31 LONGWOOD* 3 p.m. competed at the Aquafina Invitational Feb. 20-21. The Lady Flames fell to then unde- Mar 31 LONGWOOD* 5 p.m. Apr 1 LONGWOOD* 4 p.m. feated Kansas and No. 1/1 and defending national champion Florida on Feb. 20. Apr 3 PRESBYTERIAN* 5 p.m. Freshman Tori Zavodny leads the team with a .351 batting average and a .595 slug- Apr 3 PRESBYTERIAN* 7 p.m. Apr 4 PRESBYTERIAN* 1 p.m. ging percentage. Kelby Allen has hit .316, while Mickey Loveridge (.297) paces the Lady Apr 7 RADFORD* 2 p.m. Flames with four doubles and 10 RBI. Blair Lawrence has stolen a team-best nine bases. Apr 7 RADFORD* 4 p.m. Chandler Ball leads the pitching staff with a 3-4 record, 37 strikeouts and two shutouts. Apr 8 RADFORD* 2 p.m. Apr 11 at Charleston So.* 1 p.m. Apr 11 at Charleston So.* 3 p.m. How to Follow the Lady Flames Apr 12 at Charleston So.* 1 p.m. Apr 14 VIRGINIA TECH 6 p.m. Fans can follow all of Liberty’s games this week through live stats. Liberty’s games Apr 14 VIRGINIA TECH 8 p.m. against South Carolina will be available through a live video stream on SEC Network + Apr 18 COASTAL CAROLINA* 2 p.m. Apr 18 COASTAL CAROLINA* 4 p.m. through Watch ESPN. Links will appear on LibertyFlames.com. Apr 19 COASTAL CAROLINA* 1 p.m. Apr 21 HAMPTON 4 p.m. Quick Hits Apr 21 HAMPTON 6 p.m. Apr 22 VIRGINIA 2 p.m. - Liberty will face its third SEC opponent of the season The Lady Flames downed Arkan- Apr 22 VIRGINIA 4 p.m. sas on Feb. 13 for their first win over an SEC team, and fell to No. 1/1 Florida, Feb. 20. Apr 24 at Winthrop* 5 p.m. Apr 24 at Winthrop* 7 p.m. - R-Jr. Chandler Ball has tossed two four-hit shutouts this season. Apr 25 at Winthrop* Noon - The Lady Flames open the brand-new, 1,000-seat Liberty Softball Stadium, March 19. Apr 28 at Marshall 2 p.m. Apr 28 at Marshall 4 p.m. - Three Lady Flames (Allen, Crisp, Zavodny) have registered a three-hit game this year. May 7-10 TBA % TBA - Sr. C Kelby Allen is ranked eighth in program history with 97 career RBI. ! - Sand Dollar Classic - Fr. RHP Abby Tincher pitched CG in first career start, downing Arkansas, 5-2, Feb. 13. @ - Dot Richardson Invitational # - Aquafina Invitational - Sr. OF Jamie Crisp hit game-winning home run against UMass Lowell, Feb. 15. $ - Holy City Showdown - Jr. OF Blair Lawrence is tied for sixth in program history with 39 career stolen bases. ^ - Liberty Softball Classic * - Big South Conference Game - Fr. OF Tori Zavodny has stolen two bases on three occasions this season. % - Big South Softball Championship - Nearly half (8 out of 17) of the roster consists of newcomers (seven Fr., one JC transfer). Bold indicates home games - On Thursday, the Lady Flames return to the site of their first-ever NCAA Regional ap- Media Relations Contact pearance, as Liberty faced No. 1 UCLA and UMBC in the 2002 Columbia Regional. Joe Carmany [email protected] Team Leaders (434) 534-4325 (cell) On The Web LibertyFlames.com Avg. Tori Zavodny - .351 Wins Chandler Ball - 3 Facebook.com/libertyflames R Tori Zavodny - 11 IP Chandler Ball - 50.1 On Twitter @libertyflames 2B Mickey Loveridge - 4 CG Chandler Ball - 5 @LibertySB 5 players - 1 Kenzie Friesen - 4.67 @LUGameday HR ERA RBI Mickey Loveridge - 10 SO Chandler Ball - 37 SB Blair Lawrence - 9 OBA Abby Tincher - .314 2015 Liberty Head Coach Dot Richardson Lady Flames Softball Record at Liberty: 15-55 (Second Season) Quick Facts Career Record: Same General Information Has Coached: Name of School ........... Liberty University 1 Capital One Academic All-American (Megan Robinson - 2014) City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded ..........................................1971 1 Capital One Academic All-District III Selection (Megan Robinson - 2014) Enrollment ....................................13,600 1 VaSID Academic All-State Nickname............................ Lady Flames 2 VaSID All-State Team members (1 first team, 1 second team) Mascot ............................................Eagle School Colors .............Red, White & Blue 3 Big South All-Conference players (1 first team, 1 second team, 1 honorable mention) Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I 1 Big South All-Academic Team member Conference .............................. Big South Personal: Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell Two-Time Olympic Champion: 1996, 2000 (Hit game-winning HR in ‘96 Gold medal game) President .............................Jerry Falwell Vice President ...........Dr. Ronald Godwin Founder of Dot Richardson Softball Association Director of Athletics................ Jeff Barber Executive Director and Medical Director of National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 Five-Time Pan American Games Champion; 4X World Championship Gold Medalist Softball Information NCAA Champion with UCLA in 1982 Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson UCLA All-University Athlete Award: 1983 Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) NCAA Softball 1980’s Player of the Decade Record at School ............................15-55 Career Record ................................Same No. 43 on Top 100 NCAA Student-Athletes of the Century Assistant Coaches ................................... ASA Hall of Fame Member: Inducted in 2006 (16-Time ASA All-American) ................................................. Bob Pinto State of Florida Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1992 .........................Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) Certified Athletic Trainer .......................... UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1996 ........................................... Hugh Blocker 2015 Liberty Softball Roster History No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) All-Time Record (Division I) ....562-672-1 2 Cassie Gingerich OF L/R Fr. 5-8 Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe App. in NCAA Tourn./last .............. 2/2011 3 Madison Kotchey 1B L/L Fr. 5-5 Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin Last Postseason Opponents. .................. 4 Chandler Ball P R/R R-Jr. 5-6 Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins ............... No. 5 Tennesee and No. 19 GT 2014 Overall Record.......................11-46 5 Megan Robinson 2B R/R Sr. 5-7 Richlands, Va./Richlands 2014 Conference Record/Finish .4-10/9th 6 Jessica Cicerchia UTL R/R Fr. 5-6 Seymour, Conn./Christian Heritage Starters Returning/Lost.......................4/5 7 Mickey Loveridge SS R/R Jr. 5-7 Concord, Calif./Concord (Sacramento City Coll.) Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .........1/2 8 Katie Han 1B/OF L/L Jr. 5-11 Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon Letterwinners Returning/Lost..............6/8 9 Kelby Allen C R/R Sr. 5-5 Amarillo, Texas/Randall Newcomers............................................8 10 Tori Zavodny OF L/R Fr. 5-9 Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Stadium 11 Blair Lawrence SS/OF S/R Jr. 5-2 Hampstead, N.C./Topsail Home Field ........Liberty Softball Stadium 16 Abby Tincher P R/R Fr. 5-8 Eagle Rock, Va./James River Capacity .........................................1,000 17 Kenzie Friesen P/SS R/R R-So. 5-9 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Douglas Colleg. Field Dimensions ..................................... 18 Madi Clarke UTL R/R Fr. 5-6 Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy .................