2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 2019 NISC LYNCHBURG REGIONAL Liberty Lady Flames Liberty’s Road to the Championship 2019 Record ................................. 37-20 (16-5 ASUN) Thursday, May 16 Current RPI..............................................................52 vs. Appalachian State/Rutgers - 4 p.m. Coach ............................. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) Friday, May 17 Lberty 2019 Softball Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 203-162 (6th) Semifinal - 4 p.m. (if win first-round game) Schedule Overall Record....................................................Same Saturday, May 18 Feb. 8 vs. BYU@ W, 13-3 Conference final - 1 p.m. Feb. 8 vs. Notre Dame@ L, 1-4 May 16-18, 2019 “If-Necessary” game - 4 p.m. Feb. 9 vs. Duke@ L, 1-3 Liberty Softball Stadium - Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 10 vs. No. 18 Baylor@ L, 1-6 Feb. 10 vs. No. 2 Washington@ L, 0-6 The Liberty softball team will make its third postseason appearance in a row, as the Lady Feb. 15 vs. Rutgers# W, 2-1 Feb. 15 at No. 19 Texas A&M# W, 4-2 Flames have been selected to compete in the 2019 National Invitational Softball Championship Feb. 16 vs. McNeese State# L, 1-5 (NISC). Liberty will host a six-team NISC Regional, Thursday through Saturday at Kamphuis Field Feb. 16 at No. 19 Texas A&M# L, 0-1 at Liberty Softball Stadium. Feb. 17 vs. Rutgers# W, 5-3 Feb. 21 WRIGHT STATE$ W, 10-2 (5) Liberty will serve as a host site for the NISC for the second time in the last three years. In 2017, Feb. 21 DELAWARE ST.$ W, 20-0 (5) Liberty hosted both the Regional and National levels of the tournament, capturing the title. Feb. 24 PRINCETON$ W, 12-0 (5) The Lynchburg Regional will include the host Lady Flames (37-20), along with Appalachian Feb. 24 BUCKNELL$ W, 1-0 Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC& W, 4-0 State (31-23), George Washington (42-16), Kent State (27-24), Marshall (39-20) and Rutgers (28- Mar 2 CLEVELAND ST.& W, 9-0 (5) 24). Mar 2 ROBERT MORRIS& W, 4-0 Liberty has the region’s best RPI, at 57. The Lady Flames finished second in the ASUN stand- Mar 4 SACRED HEART& W, 5-0 Mar 4 SACRED HEART& W, 2-0 ings at 16-5 during this their inaugural season in the conference before placing third at the ASUN Mar 8 vs. San Diego State^ W, 8-0 (5) Championship. Liberty went on a program-record 12-game conference winning streak this season. Mar 8 at Long Beach State^ L, 0-7 Directed by two-time Big South Coach of the Year Dot Richardson, last year’s Lady Flames Mar 9 vs. Boston Univ.^ W, 5-0 Mar 9 at No. 2 UCLA^ L, 3-4 went a program-best 49-14, making it to the NCAA Columbia Regional final after posting their first Mar 10 vs. Ohio^ L, 0-1 two NCAA postsason victories. Liberty finished last season with an RPI of 29 and opened this year Mar 13 PITTSBURGH W, 4-1 at No. 22 in the Softball America Top 25 Poll. Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* L, 2-3 Mar 16 at Kennesaw State* L, 4-5 Liberty (1.55 ERA) is currently ranked fourth in the nation in team ERA, and the Lady Flames Mar 16 at Kennesaw State* W, 11-3 (6) have tossed 16 shutouts. Liberty has thrown two no-hitters, including a perfect game from Julia Mar 19 No. 5 TENNESSEE L, 0-1 DiMartino versus Princeton and a four-pitcher no-hitter versus Quinnipiac. Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* W, 4-1 Liberty’s Julia DiMartino, Amber Bishop and Autumn Bishop were all named to the NFCA All- Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* W, 7-1 Mar 24 LIPSCOMB* L, 2-7 Mid-Atlantic Region in both 2017 and 2018. This year, Liberty led all league schools with six ASUN Mar 27 at Duke W, 10-6 (9) All-Conference selections, led by four first-teamers: Autumn (1B) and Amber Bishop (2B), Jaclyn Mar 30 at FGCU* W, 6-2 Amader (UTL) and Julia DiMartino (P) Mar 30 at FGCU* W, 4-2 Mar 31 at FGCU* W, 2-0 DiMartino, two-time Big South Pitcher of the Year, is 18-10 with a 1.19 ERA, .204 opponents Apr 2 VIRGINIA W, 2-0 batting average, five shutouts and six saves. Chase Cassady is 13-3 with a 1.34 ERA and a .208 Apr 3 at No. 14 James Madison L, 0-1 opponents batting average. DiMartino (12th nationally) and Cassady (21st) are ranked second and Apr 6 STETSON* W, 5-3 Apr 6 STETSON* W, 6-0 third in the ASUN in ERA. Liberty, UCLA, Alabama and Oklahoma are the only teams in NCAA Divi- Apr 7 STETSON* W, 7-1 sion I softball to have multiple pitchers ranked in the top 25 nationally in ERA. Apr 10 at North Carolina L, 2-3 Amber Bishop (.369) leads the ASUN in hits (69) and home runs (12) also leading the team in Apr 13 at North Florida* W, 3-1 Apr 13 at North Florida* W, 5-1 runs (38), doubles (14) and RBI (36). Her twin sister, Autumn Bishop, hits .345 and leads the ASUN Apr 14 at North Florida* W, 4-1 with a .451 on base percentage. Madison Via (.322) leads the team with 17 stolen bases and five Apr 16 at Virginia L, 3-4 triples (first in the ASUN). Jaclyn Amader (.315) is second on the team with 27 RBI, while Sarah Apr 19 JACKSONVILLE* W, 2-1 Apr 20 JACKSONVILLE* W, 8-0 (5) Robertson (.311) carries a .403 on base percentage. Apr 20 JACKSONVILLE* W, 4-0 Apr 23 RADFORD W, 10-8 Quick Hits Apr 27 at North Alabama* L, 0-1 Apr 27 at North Alabama* W, 3-1 - Liberty has played in 14 postseason games over the last two seasons (10 NISC, 4 NCAA) Apr 28 at North Alabama* L, 0-1 - In two years of the NISC, only 50 percent of Regional hosts (5-of-10) have won Regionals. May 4 LONGWOOD W, 2-1 - The Lady Flames are 28-1 when scoring four or more runs, and 2-9 when allowing four or more. May 9 North Florida% W, 4-0 - Liberty has received votes in national polls five different weeks this season. May 10 Lipscomb% L, 0-3 May 11 North Florida% L, 1-3 - Amber Bishop has hit two walk-off homers this season (vs. Stetson and Radford). @ - Puerto Vallarta Challenge # - Texas A&M Invitational 2019 Team Leaders $ - Liberty Softball Challenge & - Liberty Softball Classic ^ - UCLA/Long Beach Tounrament Avg. Amber Bishop - .369 Wins Julia DiMartino - 18 * - ASUN Conference Game % - ASUN Softball Championship R Amber Bishop - 38 IP Julia DiMartino - 194.0 (Fort Myers, Fla) 2B Amber Bishop - 14 CG Julia DiMartino - 15 HR Amber Bishop - 12 ERA Julia DiMartino - 1.19 Bold indicates home games RBI Amber Bishop - 36 SO Julia DiMartino - 159 SB Madison Via - 17/21 OBA Julia DiMartino - .204 2017 NISC NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 Liberty Lady Flames Softball Quick Facts General Information Name of School ........... Liberty University City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded ..........................................1971 Enrollment ....................................15,000 Nickname............................ Lady Flames Mascot ............................................Eagle School Colors .............Red, White & Blue Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I Conference ....................................ASUN Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell President .............................Jerry Falwell Director of Athletics................Ian McCaw 2019 LIBERTY LADY FLAMES Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 2019 Liberty Softball Roster Softball Information No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson 1 Sarah Robertson INF R/R Sr. 5-7 Panama City, Fla./J.R. Arnold 3 Kayla Harris C/INF R/R Jr. 5-11 Gold Run, Calif./Colfax (Northwest Florida State) Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) 4 Alexis Erich OF L/R So. 5-5 Manteca, Calif./East Union Record at School ........................203-162 5 Chase Cassady P R/R Sr. 5-7 Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone Career Record ................................Same 6 Addison Baele OF L/L Jr. 5-7 Washington, Ill./Washington Community (Lake Land) Asst. Coaches .Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) 8 Elizabeth Engler P R/R Jr. 5-11 Temecula, Calif./Great Oak .................. Kasey Fagan (Arkansas, ‘15) 9 Emily Sweat OF L/R R-So. 5-6 McDonough, Ga./Union Grove Volunteer Assistant ........... John Cassady 10 Kara Canetto OF L/R Fr. 5-4 Sylvania, Ga./Screven County Graduate Assistant ..............Alexia Taylor 11 Taylor Hoffman INF/OF L/R Jr. 5-7 Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area Certified Athletic Trainer ...... Maggie Carr 12 Emily Kirby P L/L So. 5-8 Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley 13 Madison Via OF L/R So. 5-8 Roanoke, Va./Northside History 14 Deidra See INF R/R Sr. 5-9 Visalia, Calif./El Diamante All-Time Record (Div. I) .... ...... 750-779-1 15 Kaitlin McFarland C R/R Sr. 5-10 Sour Lake, Texas/Hardin-Jefferson App. in NCAA Tourn./last ..............3/2018 16 Brittany Lew INF R/R Fr. 5-5 Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Last NCAA Postseason Opponents......... 19 Jasmeen Click OF L/R Sr. 5-5 Annapolis, Md./Eastlake ........ 2018/No. 24 Hofstra and No. 11 SC 20 Braelyn Cooper P L/L Fr. 5-9 Amherst, Va./Amherst Postseason Titles .............1/2017 (NISC) 21 Cassidy Young INF R/R So. 5-9 Raleigh, N.C./North Raleigh Christian Academy 2018 Overall Record.......................49-14 22 Denay Griffin INF R/R Fr. 5-7 San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis 2018 Conference Record/Finish ....18-3/1 23 Jaclyn Amader INF R/R Sr.