2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball ASUN Home Series vs. UNA Schedule 23-12 Overall Liberty Lady Flames North Alabama Lions 4-2 ASUN 2021 Record ................................... 23-12 (4-2 ASUN) Saturday, April 10 - 2 p.m. (DH) Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Streak .....................................................................W2 Sunday, April 11 - Noon Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) 2021 Record ....................................17-11 (5-4 ASUN) Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 239-189 (8th) Streak ......................................................................L2 Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Overall Record....................................................Same Coach .......... Ashley Cozart (Trevecca Nazarene, ‘07) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 273-104 (8th) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 How to Follow the Lady Flames Overall Record....................................................Same Feb. 19 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 3-6 Series History (Streak) .......UNA leads, 2-1 (UNA W1) Feb. 20 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 3-4 Live Stats: Live Stats provided by Liberty Last Meeting ...................... UNA 1, Liberty 0 (4/28/19) Feb. 20 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 1-8 Live Video: ESPN+ Feb. 21 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 5-8 Last Liberty Win ................. Liberty 3, UNA 1 (4/27/19) Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 Play-by-play: Rett McGibbon Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Analyst: Paul Wetmore Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 The Liberty softball team (23-12, 4-2 ASUN), coming off of an impressive 12-3 win at Virginia, Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 hosts North Alabama (17-11, 5-4) on Saturday and Sunday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& W, 3-2 Mar 6 LONGWOOD& W, 19-3 (5) Stadium. The Lions, who are making their first trip to Liberty Softball Stadium, fell twice to Missis- Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& W, 7-6 sippi State in a home doubleheader in their most recent action. Mar 7 LONGWOOD& W, 10-0 (6) The last time these two teams met, April 26-27, 2019, the Lions went 2-1 in a series that saw Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 8-0 (6) Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 7-2 just six total runs scored. 2019 ASUN Pitcher of the Year Megan Garst tossed a pair of 1-0 shutouts, Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 4-9 including a no-hitter, while the Lady Flames earned a 3-1 win in the middle game. Mar 12 at No. 5 Oklahoma State L, 0-3 Mar 13 vs. Kansas City^ W, 5-4 Liberty’s Amber Bishop-Riley hit her 10th home run of the season last Friday against Kennesaw Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 4-5 State. She became the first NCAA softball player with five 10-homer seasons, and also passed Jes- Mar 14 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma^ L, 0-16 (5) sica Moore (2005-07) for the program’s career home run record (59). She is the only current NCAA Mar 16 at No. 13 Arkansas W, 2-0 (10) Mar 19 at Bellarmine* W, 12-0 (5) Division I softball player with 60 or more homers, 200 or more RBI and 300 or more hits. Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 3-0 Meanwhile, UNA’s Megan Garst is fifth among all active NCAA Division I softball pitchers with Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 2-0 a 1.32 career ERA. Mar 27 at Lipscomb* Cancelled Mar 27 at Lipscomb* Cancelled On Tuesday at Virginia, Liberty recorded eight extra-base hits in a 12-3 win over the Cavaliers. Mar 28 at Lipscomb* Cancelled It was the most runs scored in a single game against an ACC opponent in program history. Amber Mar 30 at No. 18 Tennessee L, 0-6 Bishop-Riley (double, triple), Autumn Bishop (double, homer) and Kara Canetto (double, triple) all Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 2-3 Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 4-5 had two extra-base hits and Denay Griffin (2-for-3) tied her career high with three RBI. Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* W, 3-2 Autumn Bishop recorded her 250th career hit on Tuesday, entering second place in program Apr 6 at Virginia W, 12-3 (6) history in career hits. Amber Bishop-Riley and Autumn Bishop are the only activie Division I softball Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 2 p.m. Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 4 p.m. teammates to both have 250 or more career hits. Apr 11 NORTH ALABAMA* Noon For the third year in a row, Liberty was voted the favorite in the ASUN Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Apr 14 at Virginia Tech 6 p.m. Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .383 with an ASUN-leading 11 Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 2 p.m. Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 4 p.m. home runs, 28 runs scored and 32 RBI. Apr 18 at North Florida* 10 a.m. Kara Canetto (.387) leads the ASUN in batting average. Two-time NFCA All-Region player Au- Apr 18 at North Florida* Noon tumn Bishop (.342) is tied for the national lead with 14 doubles, while Savannah Channell bats .273. Apr 21 VIRGINIA TBA Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 2 p.m. Madison Via (.276) has batted .438 (7-for-16) in ASUN play. Emily Sweat (.225) is fifth in the ASUN Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 4 p.m. with 22 RBI including a Liberty Softball Stadium-record six against Villanova. Mary Claire Wilson Apr 25 BELLARMINE* Noon (.261) has stolen nine bases. Devyn Howard (.306), the 2020 NJCAA national leader in RBI, has hit Apr 28 VIRGINIA TECH 6 p.m. May 1 at Kennesaw State* 1 p.m. seven doubles in just 36 at bats this season. May 1 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. Liberty has fashioned seven shutouts, including a 10-inning shutout by Emily Kirby at Arkansas May 2 at Kennesaw State* Noon that snapped the Razorbacks’ 19-game winning streak. Karlie Keeney (8-4, 3.01, two shutouts) is @ - THE Spring Games tied for fourth in the ASUN in wins. Emily Kirby (6-4, 2.60) has tossed four shutouts, the most shut- # - Bama Bash outs by a Liberty left-hander since Leslie Inge’s five in 2000. Kirby ranks second in the ASUN with $ - Liberty Softball Classic & - Liberty Softball Invitational 8.34 strikeouts per seven innings. Megan Johnson (2-2, 3.82) posted a 1.35 ERA in conference play ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma this year. McKenzie Wagoner (4-2, 3.00), the 2020 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year, picked City, Okla.) up her fourth win of the season with a strong relief outing at Virginia, Tuesday. * - ASUN Conference Game % - ASUN Softball Championship 2021 Team Leaders Bold indicates home games Avg. Kara Canetto - .387 Wins Karlie Keeney - 8 R Bishop/Bishop-Riley - 28 IP Karlie Keeney - 79.0 2B Autumn Bishop - 14 CG Karlie Keeney - 6 HR Amber Bishop-Riley - 11 ERA Emily Kirby - 2.60 RBI Amber Bishop-Riley - 32 SO Emily Kirby - 77 SB Mary Claire Wilson - 9/12 OBA Emily Kirby - .209 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 ........................239-189 season Career Record ................................Same Assoc.