2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball Final Regular-Season ASUN Series Schedule 34-12 Overall Liberty Lady Flames Kennesaw State Owls 13-2 ASUN 2021 Record ........................34-12 (13-2 ASUN North) Saturday, May 1 - 1 p.m. (DH) Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Streak ...................................................................W13 Sunday, May 2 - 2 p.m. Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) 2021 Record............................... .......22-20 (10-2 ASUN) Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 250-189 (8th) Streak................................................................. ..........W3 Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Overall Record....................................................Same Coach............ .........Tripp MacKay (Oklahoma State, ‘00) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) Record at school (Yr.)............................ ......... 69-53 (3rd) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 Overall Record.................................................... .....Same Feb. 19 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 3-6 How to Follow the Lady Flames Live Stats provided by Kennesaw Series History (Streak). ...Liberty leads, 7-6 (Liberty W1) Feb. 20 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 3-4 Live Stats: 2021 series ...................... KSU 3, Liberty 2 (4/2/21) (G1) Feb. 20 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 1-8 State Feb. 21 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 5-8 .......................................... KSU 5, Liberty 4 (4/2/21) (G2) Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 Live Video: Youtube Live ...................................................Liberty 3, KSU 2 (4/3/21) Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 Liberty (34-12, 13-2 ASUN North), coming off of a dramatic, 5-3 nine-inning walk-off win over Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& W, 3-2 Virginia Tech, heads to Kennesaw State (22-20, 10-2) for the final ASUN series of the season. KSU Mar 6 LONGWOOD& W, 19-3 (5) won two out of three meetings with the Lady Flames in Lynchburg, April 2-3. All three games were Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& W, 7-6 Mar 7 LONGWOOD& W, 10-0 (6) decided by one run each. In that three-game series, both teams batted .293 (24-for-82), while the Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 8-0 (6) Owls outscored the Lady Flames 10-9 total. Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 7-2 The winner of this weekend’s series will wrap up the No. 1 seed in the ASUN North Division, Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 4-9 Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 0-3 with the losing team earning the secod North Division seed. Both teams will host ASUN Quarterfinal Mar 13 vs. Kansas City^ W, 5-4 series next weekend against either third-seeded North Alabama or fourth-seeded Lipscomb. Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 4-5 KSU’s Bailey Park will serve as the site for the ASUN Softball Championship semifinals and Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 0-16 (5) Mar 16 at No. 13 Arkansas W, 2-0 (10) finals, May 14-16. Mar 19 at Bellarmine* W, 12-0 (5) The Lady Flames have outscored opponents 73-12 during their current 13-game winning Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 3-0 streak, hitting .329 while holding opponents to just a .169 batting average. The streak started with Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 2-0 Mar 30 at No. 18 Tennessee L, 0-6 a 3-2 walk-off win over Kennesaw State on April 3. Emily Kirby (4-0, 1.22) and Karlie Keeney (4-0, Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 2-3 0.72) have both tossed two shutouts during the winning streak. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 4-5 On Wednesday against No. 18 Virginia Tech, Caroline Hudson hit a game-tying three-run hom- Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* W, 3-2 Apr 6 at Virginia W, 12-3 (6) er in the seventh and then launched a two-run walk-off homer in the ninth, giving Liberty its second Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 7-1 win over a Top 25 team this season. Karlie Keeney tossed 6 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 8-0 (5) Apr 11 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 3-0 win. Liberty also has a win over No. 13 Arkansas on March 16, a win that included a 10th-inning Apr 14 at Virginia Tech postponed two-run homer by Denay Griffin and a complete-game shutout by Emily Kirby. Apr 17 at Lipscpmb* W, 2-0 Liberty Head Coach Dot Richardson earned her 250th career win on Wednesday. Both her Apr 17 at Lipscomb* W, 6-0 Apr 18 at Lipscomb* W, 4-0 200th (April 23, 2019 vs. Radford) and 250th wins (vs. Virginia Tech) featured walk-off homers. Apr 21 VIRGINIA W, 3-2 Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .367 with an ASUN-leading 14 Apr 25 BELLARMINE* W, 8-0 (6) home runs, 35 runs scored and 38 RBI. Kara Canetto (.414) leads the ASUN in batting average. She Apr 25 BELLARMINE* W, 10-0 (5) Apr 26 BELLARMINE* W, 2-1 posted a 15-game hitting streak earlier this season, and is currently riding a 12-game hitting streak Apr 28 No. 18 VIRGINIA TECH W, 5-3 during which she is batting .526 (20-for-38). May 1 at Kennesaw State* 1 p.m. Two-time NFCA All-Region player Autumn Bishop (.345) is tied for second nationally with 16 May 1 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. May 2 at Kennesaw State* 2 p.m. doubles, while Savannah Channell bats .284. Madison Via (.270) has batted .353 in ASUN play. May 5 at Viirginia Tech 6 p.m. Emily Sweat (.265) is ranked second in the ASUN in both doubles (13) and RBI (31). Devyn Howard May 7 ASUN QF GAME 1 TBA (.298) has hit eight doubles and one triple in just 57 at bats this season. Caroline Hudson knocked May 8 ASUN QF GAME 2 TBA May 8 ASUN QF GAME 3 TBA in her first two homers of 2021 and a career-high five RBI in Wednesday’s win over Virginia Tech. Liberty has posted 14 shutouts this season, including 10 in ASUN play. Karlie Keeney (13-4, @ - THE Spring Games 2.39, four shutouts) is tied for second in the ASUN in wins. Emily Kirby (10-4, 2.09) has tossed six # - Bama Bash $ - Liberty Softball Classic shutouts, the most shutouts by a Liberty left-hander since 1999 (Leslie Inge - 8). Kirby is second & - Liberty Softball Invitational in the ASUN in strikeouts per seven innings (8.12). Megan Johnson (3-2, 3.15) has posted a 0.81 ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma City, Okla.) ERA in conference play this year. McKenzie Wagoner (4-2, 2.77) picked up her first career save on * - ASUN Conference Game Monday, while Naomi Jones (4-0) one-hit Bellarmine on Sunday. % - ASUN Softball Championship 2021 Team Leaders Bold indicates home games Avg. Kara Canetto - .414 Wins Karlie Keeney - 13 R Au. Bishop/Am. Bishop-Riley - 35 IP Karlie Keeney - 108.1 2B Autumn Bishop - 16 CG Karlie Keeney/Emily Kirby - 8 HR Amber Bishop-Riley - 14 ERA Emily Kirby - 2.09 RBI Amber Bishop-Riley - 38 SO Emily Kirby - 109 SB Kara Canetto - 15/18 OBA Emily Kirby - .189 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 ...........................