2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball ASUN Opening Series at Conference Newcomer Bellarmine Schedule 18-9 Overall Liberty Lady Flames Bellarmine Knights 0-0 ASUN 2021 Record ..................................... 18-9 (0-0 ASUN) Friday, March 19 - 3 p.m. Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Streak .....................................................................W1 Saturday, March 20 - Noon (DH) Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) 2021 Record ..................................... 4-13 (0-3 ASUN) Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 234-186 (8th) Streak ......................................................................L5 Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Overall Record....................................................Same Coach ..........................Renee Hicks (Union (KY), ‘93) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) Record at school (Yr.) ....................... 416-462-2 (18th) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 How to Follow the Lady Flames Overall Record................................. 485-545-3 (22nd) Feb. 19 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 3-6 Series History (Streak) ........................... First Meeting Feb. 20 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 3-4 Live Stats: Live Stats provided by Bellarmine Feb. 20 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 1-8 Feb. 21 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 5-8 Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 Live Video: BU Knights Sports Network Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 The Liberty softball team (18-9), coming off of an impressive 10-inning shutout win at No. 13 Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 Arkansas, heads to Louisville, Ky., for its first ASUN series of the season against conference new- Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& W, 3-2 Mar 6 LONGWOOD& W, 19-3 (5) comer Bellarmine. The Knights (4-13, 0-3 ASUN) dropped all three games at North Alabama before Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& W, 7-6 falling twice at No. 19 Tennessee on Tuesday. Mar 7 LONGWOOD& W, 10-0 (6) The Lady Flames have received votes in every USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll this season, Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 8-0 (6) Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 7-2 including three votes this week. Liberty is 1-8 against Top 25 teams after toppling Arkansas on Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 4-9 Tuesday, its 12th win over a nationally-ranked opponent in program history. Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 0-3 Mar 13 vs. Kansas City^ W, 5-4 Junior Emily Kirby shut down one of the top offenses in the country, tossing a 10-inning five-hit Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 4-5 shutout. It was Liberty’s first-ever shutout win over an SEC opponent and tied the longest shutout Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 0-16 (5) win in program history. Denay Griffin belted a pinch-hit two-run homer in the top of the 10th to pro- Mar 16 at No. 13 Arkansas W, 2-0 (10) Mar 19 at Bellarmine* 3 p.m. vide all of the scoring necessary, as the Lady Flames downed the Razorbacks 2-0. Mar 20 at Bellarmine* Noon Liberty has had a flair for the dramatic this season, with four walk-off wins. Also, seven times this Mar 20 at Bellarmine* 2 p.m. season, the Lady Flames have gotten a game-winning hit in the seventh inning or later. Mar 23 VIRGINIA postponed Mar 27 at Lipscomb* 1 p.m. The Lady Flames posted their fourth walk-off win of the season last Saturday. Playing in the Mar 27 at Lipscomb* 3 pm. ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Blake Gibson hit a two-run walk-off homer to secure the 5-4 win over Mar 28 at Lipscomb* 2 p.m. Kansas City. On Sunday, Liberty tied No. 1 Oklahoma 4-4 in the fifth and had two on base but was Mar 30 at Tennessee 1 p.m. Mar 30 at Tennessee 3 p.m. unable to take the lead, falling 5-4 in game one. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* 2 p.m. For the third year in a row, Liberty was voted the favorite in the ASUN Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* 4 p.m. Senior Amber Bishop-Riley was voted the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year and was joined on Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* Noon Apr 6 at Virginia 6 p.m. the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team by sophomore Kara Canetto. Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 2 p.m. Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .413 with an ASUN-leading nine Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 4 p.m. home runs and 24 RBI. She needs one more homer to become Liberty’s all-time career leader, and Apr 11 NORTH ALABAMA* Noon Apr 14 at Virginia Tech 6 p.m. also to become the first NCAA Division I softball player with five 10-homer seasons. Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 2 p.m. Kara Canetto (.395) batted over .500 during her 15-game hitting streak, which ended on Sun- Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 4 p.m. day against Oklahoma. Two-time NFCA All-Region player Autumn Bishop (.287) leads the ASUN Apr 18 at North Florida* 10 a.m. Apr 18 at North Florida* Noon with eight doubles, while Savannah Channell bats .282. Devyn Howard, the 2020 NJCAA national Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 2 p.m. leader in RBI, bats .269 with seven RBI in 12 games played. Emily Sweat (.238) is second on the Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 4 p.m. team with 21 RBI including a Liberty Softball Stadium-record six against Villanova. Mary Claire Wil- Apr 25 BELLARMINE* Noon Apr 28 VIRGINIA TECH 6 p.m. son (.245) has stolen nine bases. Madison Via (.258) hit her first homer of the season, a grand slam, May 1 at Kennesaw State* 1 p.m. to end an 8-0 win over Longwood last Tuesday. Blake Gibson (.226) has three homers and 14 RBI. May 1 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. May 2 at Kennesaw State* Noon Karlie Keeney (7-3, 2.84) is the ASUN leader in wins and has batted .333 with a homer and four RBI in five starts as a batter. She tossed her first career shutout, a one-hitter, against Longwood last @ - THE Spring Games Tuedsay. Emily Kirby (5-3, 2.89) is tied for the ASUN lead with three shutouts, the most shutouts by # - Bama Bash $ - Liberty Softball Classic a Liberty left-hander since Leslie Inge’s five in 2000. McKenzie Wagoner (2-1, 3.65) was the 2020 & - Liberty Softball Invitational Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year, while Megan Johnson (1-1, 4.98) had two shutouts last year, ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma including a perfect game. City, Okla.) * - ASUN Conference Game % - ASUN Softball Championship 2021 Team Leaders Bold indicates home games Avg. Amber Bishop-Riley - .413 Wins Karlie Keeney - 7 R Amber Bishop-Riley - 22 IP Karlie Keeney - 66.2 2B Autumn Bishop - 8 CG Karlie Keeney - 5 HR Amber Bishop-Riley - 9 ERA Karlie Keeney - 2.84 RBI Amber Bishop-Riley - 24 SO Emily Kirby - 49 SB Mary Claire Wilson - 9/9 OBA Emily Kirby - .235 2021 Liberty 2021 Liberty Softball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) Lady Flames Softball 1 Blake Gibson INF L/R Fr*. 5-9 Dothan, Ala./Rehobeth Quick Facts 2 Savannah Channell INF R/R Fr.* 5-6 Keystone Heights, Fla./Keystone Heights 4 Naomi Jones P R/R Fr. 5-9 Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy 6 Megan Hodum OF L/R Fr. 5-6 Stantonville, Tenn./McNairy Central General Information 7 Mary Claire Wilson OF L/R Fr. 5-5 Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills Name of School ........... Liberty University 8 Karlie Keeney P R/R Fr.* 5-9 Providence, Ky./Webster County City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 9 Emily Sweat OF L/R R-Jr.* 5-6 McDonough, Ga./Union Grove Founded ..........................................1971 10 Kara Canetto OF L/R So.* 5-4 Sylvania, Ga./Screven County Enrollment ....................................15,000 11 Devyn Howard UTL R/R Jr. 5-6 Tarpon Springs, Fla./Tarpon Springs Nickname............................ Lady Flames (College of Central Florida) Mascot ............................................Eagle 12 Emily Kirby P L/L Jr.* 5-8 Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley School Colors .............Red, White & Blue 13 Madison Via OF L/R Jr.* 5-8 Roanoke, Va./Northside Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I 14 Caroline Hudson C R/R Fr.* 5-7 Paris, Tenn./Henry County Conference ....................................ASUN 20 Raye Green INF R/R Fr. 5-5 Jetersville, Va. /Amelia County Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell 21 McKenzie Wagoner P R/R Fr. 5-7 Newcastle, Okla/Newcastle President ...............................Jerry Prevo 22 Denay Griffin INF R/R So.* 5-7 San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis Director of Athletics................Ian McCaw 23 Macy Wallace C R/R Fr. 5-7 Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville Academy Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 24 Megan Johnson P R/R Jr.* 5-9 Vinita, Okla./Adair (Butler CC) 27 Kastin Belogorska P R/R Fr.* 5-7 Eden, Ga./South Effingham Softball Information 61 Autumn Bishop INF L/L Sr.* 5-8 Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson 72 Amber Bishop-Riley INF R/R Sr.* 5-8 Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta Valley Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) Note: Players with an * next to their year etained year of eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic halting 2020 Record at School ........................234-186 season Career Record ................................Same Assoc. Head Coach ................................