2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball Regular-Season Finale at Virginia Tech Schedule 37-12 Overall Liberty Lady Flames No. 18 Virginia Tech Hokies 16-2 ASUN 2021 Record ........................37-12 (16-2 ASUN North) Tuesday, May 4 - 6 p.m. Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Streak ...................................................................W16 2021 Record................................. ......32-12 (23-11 ACC) Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) Streak................................... ........................................W4 Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 253-189 (8th) Coach.......................... ....... Pete D’Amour (Missouri, ‘08) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Overall Record....................................................Same Record at school (Yr.)............................. ...... 100-27 (3rd) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) Overall Record................................ .............. 179-64 (5th) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 Series History (Streak).. .... VT leads, 36-16 (Liberty W2) Feb. 19 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 3-6 How to Follow the Lady Flames Live Stats provided by Virginia Tech Last Meeting............... ......... Liberty 5, VT 3 (9) (4/28/21) Feb. 20 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 3-4 Live Stats: Last VT Win...................... ... VT 1, Liberty 0 (8) (4/10/18) Feb. 20 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 1-8 Live Video: ACC Network Extra Feb. 21 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 5-8 Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Liberty (37-12, 16-2), the No. 1 seed in the ASUN North Division, brings a 16-game winning Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 streak into its regular-season finale at nationally-ranked Virginia Tech, Tuesday. The Hokies (32-12, Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 23-11 ACC) swept a four-game series at Syracuse over the weekend, shaking off a five-game win- Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& W, 3-2 less streak. These two teams will meet in a rematch of last week’s nine-inning battle at Liberty. Mar 6 LONGWOOD& W, 19-3 (5) Last Wednesday against No. 18 Virginia Tech, Caroline Hudson hit a game-tying three-run Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& W, 7-6 Mar 7 LONGWOOD& W, 10-0 (6) homer in the seventh and then launched a two-run walk-off homer in the ninth, giving Liberty its Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 8-0 (6) second win over a Top 25 team this season. Karlie Keeney tossed 6 2/3 innings of scoreless relief Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 7-2 for the win. Liberty also has a win over No. 13 Arkansas on March 16, a 10-inning, 2-0 shutout. Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 4-9 Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 0-3 The Lady Flames are looking for their third win over a Top 25 team this year, which would tie Mar 13 vs. Kansas City^ W, 5-4 the 2007 Liberty team for the most wins over nationally-ranked opponents in a single season. Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 4-5 Liberty wrapped up the No. 1 seed for the ASUN North Division with a three-game sweep at Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 0-16 (5) Mar 16 at No. 13 Arkansas W, 2-0 (10) Kennesaw State during which the Lady Flames outscored the Owls 9-1. The Lady Flames will host Mar 19 at Bellarmine* W, 12-0 (5) defending ASUN champion Lipscomb in a three-game quarterfinal series, Friday and Saturday. Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 3-0 Liberty right-hander Karlie Keeney was named ASUN Pitcher of the Week on Monday, going Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 2-0 Mar 30 at No. 18 Tennessee L, 0-6 3-0 with a 0.38 ERA, one shutout, one save and a .197 opponents batting average last week. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 2-3 Liberty is 5-1 against ACC opponents this season and 11-1 in midweek games. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 4-5 Liberty and Virginia Tech are tied for third nationally with 16 shutouts this season. Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* W, 3-2 Apr 6 at Virginia W, 12-3 (6) The Lady Flames have outscored opponents 82-13 during their current 16-game winning Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 7-1 streak, hitting .309 while holding opponents to just a .178 batting average. The streak started with Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 8-0 (5) a 3-2 walk-off win over Kennesaw State on April 3. Emily Kirby (5-0, 1.15) and Karlie Keeney (6-0, Apr 11 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 3-0 Apr 14 at Virginia Tech postponed 0.57) have both tossed three shutouts during the winning streak. Apr 17 at Lipscpmb* W, 2-0 Liberty’s current winning streak is the fourth longest active NCAA Division I softball winning Apr 17 at Lipscomb* W, 6-0 Apr 18 at Lipscomb* W, 4-0 streak, trailing James Madison (20), Clemson (17) and LIU Brooklyn (17). Apr 21 VIRGINIA W, 3-2 Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .358 with an ASUN-leading 15 Apr 25 BELLARMINE* W, 8-0 (6) home runs, 36 runs scored and 39 RBI. Kara Canetto (.395) 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 year, and had a 12-game streak snapped on Saturday. Apr 28 No. 18 VIRGINIA TECH W, 5-3 Two-time NFCA All-Region player Autumn Bishop (.338) is tied for second nationally with 17 May 1 at Kennesaw State* W, 5-0 doubles, and tied with Jessica Mendoza for 11th all-time in NCAA Division I softball history with 70 May 1 at Kennesaw State* W, 1-0 May 2 at Kennesaw State* W, 3-1 career doubles. Savannah Channel bats .278, while Madison Via (.271) hit .341 in ASUN play. Emily May 4 at Viirginia Tech 6 p.m. Sweat (.275) is ranked second in the ASUN in both doubles (13) and RBI (32). Devyn Howard (.297) May 7 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% 2 p.m. has hit eight doubles and one triple in just 64 at bats this season. Caroline Hudson knocked in her May 7 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% 4 p.m. May 8 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% 1 p.m. first two homers of 2021 and a career-high five RBI in last Wednesday’s win over Virginia Tech. Liberty has posted 16 shutouts this season, including 12 in ASUN play, recording a 0.76 ASUN @ - THE Spring Games ERA. Karlie Keeney (14-4, 2.39, five shutouts) is third in the ASUN in wins. Emily Kirby (11-4, 1.98) # - Bama Bash $ - Liberty Softball Classic is tied for 11th nationally with seven shutouts, the most shutouts by a Liberty lefty since 1999 (Leslie & - Liberty Softball Invitational Inge - 8). Kirby leads the ASUN in strikeouts per seven innings (8.07). Megan Johnson (3-2, 3.15) ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma posted a 0.81 ERA in conference play this year. McKenzie Wagoner (5-2, 2.38) has not allowed a City, Okla.) * - ASUN Conference Game run in her last 12 2/3 innings, while Naomi Jones (4-0) one-hit Bellarmine on April 25. % - ASUN Softball Championship 2021 Team Leaders Bold indicates home games Avg. Kara Canetto - .395 Wins Karlie Keeney - 14 R Amber Bishop-Riley - 36 IP Karlie Keeney - 116.0 2B Autumn Bishop - 17 CG Karlie Keeney/Emily Kirby - 9 HR Amber Bishop-Riley - 15 ERA Emily Kirby - 1.98 RBI Amber Bishop-Riley - 39 SO Emily Kirby - 118 SB Kara Canetto - 16/19 OBA Emily Kirby - .192 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 ....