Liberty 2014 Softball 2014 Liberty Softball Game Notes Schedule Liberty LADY FLAMES Feb. 7 vs. Western Ky.! L, 1-9 (6) (6-31, 1-11 Big South) Feb. 7 vs. Georgetown! L, 3-4 Feb. 8 vs. Ole Miss! L, 1-5 Feb. 8 at FGCU! L, 0-9 (5) at Feb. 9 at FGCU! L, 7-8 Feb. 15 vs. Norfolk State@ W, 5-1 Feb. 15 vs. UMBC@ W, 12-0 (5) Feb. 16 at UNCW@ L, 1-3 Radford HIGHLANDERS Feb. 21 vs. Furman# L, 0-12 (5) (12-19, 6-3 Big South) Feb. 22 vs. Western Caro.# L, 7-8 Feb. 22 at USC Upstate# L. 0-8 (6) Feb. 23 vs. Western Caro.# L, 2-4 Feb. 28 vs. Georgetown$ L, 0-8 (6). April 8, 2014 - 4 p.m. (DH) Feb. 28 at Charlotte$ L, 0-8 April 9, 2014 - 2 p.m. Mar 1 vs. Stony Brook$ L, 1-3 Mar 1 at Charlotte$ L, 1-7 RU Softball Field - Radford, Va. Mar 2 vs. Stony Brook$ L, 2-11 (5) Mar 7 vs. #20/21Tulsa^ L, 1-23 (5) Liberty softball travels to face Big South rival Radford on Tuesday and Wednesday, Mar 7 at #19/13Oklahoma^ L, 3-18 (5) with game one on Tuesday set for a 4 p.m. start at RU Softball Field. The Lady Flames (6- Mar 9 vs. Western Illinois^ L, 0-5 Mar 14 CAMPBELL* L, 8-9 31, 1-11 Big South) will look to get back on the winning track, after sustaining four straight Mar 14 CAMPBELL* L, 2-5 setbacks. Radford (12-19, 6-3) has won three consecutive games, shutting out Presbyte- Mar 15 CAMPBELL* L, 4-8 Mar 20 at Longwood* L, 2-3 (8) rian College three times this past weekend. Mar 20 at Longwood* L, 1-9 (5) Radford leads the all-time series, 45-26, over the Lady Flames, as the Highlanders Mar 21 N.C. CENTRAL W, 9-0 (5) Mar 22 N.C. CENTRAL L, 0-4 won the season series, 2-1, last season. Mar 22 N.C. CENTRAL W, 7-5 Mar 27 at Longwood* L, 0-3 Lady Flames at a Glance Mar 30 CHARLESTON SO.* L, 3-9 Mar 31 CHARLESTON SO.* L, 1-10 (5) Liberty went 2-5 this past week, winning back-to-back home games against CSU and Mar 31 CHARLESTON SO.* W, 4-2 UNCG. The Lady Flames dropped all three games at Coastal Carolina this past weekend, Apr 2 UNCG W, 14-10 Apr 2 UNCG L, 5-8 (8) and seek their first true road win of the season. Apr 5 at Coastal Carolina* L, 1-5 Katie Zavodny bats .333 with 25 runs scored, and is second in the Big South with 18 Apr 5 at Coastal Carolina* L, 2-10 (6) Apr 6 at Coastal Carolina* L, 2-11 (6) stolen bases. Hanna Nichols bats .303, while Megan Robinson (.284) leads Liberty with Apr 8 at Radford* 4 p.m. seven home runs and a .557 slugging percentage. Kelby Allen (.278) leads the team with Apr 8 at Radford* 6 p.m. six doubles and 21 RBIs. Sammi Shivock bats .268 with 14 RBIs, and Blair Lawrence Apr 9 at Radford* 2 p.m. Apr 11 GARDNER-WEBB* 2 p.m. (.247) has stolen 10 bases this season. Apr 11 GARDNER-WEBB* 4 p.m. Senior RHP Alyssa DiMartino (3-10) leads the team with a 5.13 ERA. Sophomore Apr 12 GARDNER-WEBB* 1 p.m. Apr 16 at Virginia Tech 5 p.m. RHP Annah Jo Brittingham (2-18) picked up saves in back-to-back games last week. Se- Apr 16 at Virginia Tech 7 p.m. nior SS/P Grace Nordan earned her first win of the season, March 22 versus N.C. Central. Apr 18 WINTHROP* 2 p.m. Apr 18 WINTHROP* 4 p.m. Apr 19 WINTHROP* 1 p.m. How to Follow the Lady Flames Apr 22 EAST TENN. ST. 2 p.m. Fans can follow all of this week’s games between Liberty and Radford through live Apr 22 EAST TENN. ST. 4 p.m. Apr 23 at Virginia 4 p.m. stats. Live stats can be accessed through the Live Stats link on LibertyFlames.com. Tues- Apr 23 at Virginia 6 p.m. day’s doubleheader will appear through live video streaming, free of charge, courtesy of Apr 26 at Presbyterian Coll.* 2 p.m. Apr 26 at Presbyterian Coll.* 4 p.m. the Big South Network. Apr 27 at Presbyterian Coll.* 1 p.m. May 8-11 TBA % TBA ! - FGCU Invitational Quick Hits @ - Seahawk Invitational - Liberty begins the second half of its conference schedule, Tuesday at Radford. # - Spartan Classic - Liberty set season highs in hits, runs, RBIs, beating UNCG, 14-10, last Wednesday. $ - 49er Invitational ^ - Oklahoma Tournament - Katie Zavodny is ranked third in Big South history with her 97 career stolen bases. * - Big South Conference Game - Zavodny and Sammi Shivock both rank in Liberty’s career top 10 in four categories. % - Big South Softball Championship Bold indicates home games - Annah Jo Brittingham recorded saves in back-to-back games, Monday and Wednesday. - In last five games, Megan Robinson has hit .563 with 3 doubles, 2 homers and 7 RBIs. Athletics Communications Contact - The Lady Flames are on pace to surpass 80 stolen bases as a team this season. Joe Carmany [email protected] - Radford is 45-26 all-time against Liberty in softball, including 2-1 last season. (434) 534-4325 (cell) Team Leaders On The Web LibertyFlames.com Avg. Zavodny - .333 Wins DiMartino - 3 Facebook.com/libertyflames R Zavodny - 25 IP Brittingham - 121.2 On Twitter @libertyflames @LibertySB 2B Allen - 6 CG Brittingham - 9 @LUGameday HR Robinson - 7 ERA Ball - 1.35 RBI Allen - 21 SO Brittingham - 62 SB Zavodny - 18 OBA Ball - .250 2014 Liberty Head Coach Dot Richardson Lady Flames Softball Record at Liberty: 6-31 (First Season) Quick Facts Career Record: Same General Information Two-Time Olympic Champion: 1996, 2000 Name of School ........... Liberty University (Hit game-winning home run in 1996 Gold medal game) City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded ..........................................1971 Founder of Dot Richardson Softball Association Enrollment ....................................12,600 Executive Director and Medical Director of National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. Nickname............................ Lady Flames Five-Time Pan American Game Champion Mascot ............................................Eagle School Colors .............Red, White & Blue Four-Time World Championship Gold Medalist Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I Five-Time All-American Conference .............................. Big South NCAA Champion with UCLA in 1982 Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell UCLA All-University Athlete Award: 1983 President .......................Jerry Falwell, Jr. Vice President ...........Dr. Ronald Godwin NCAA Softball 1980’s Player of the Decade Director of Athletics................ Jeff Barber No. 43 on Top 100 NCAA Student-Athletes of the Century Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 16-Time ASA All-American Softball Information ASA Hall of Fame Member: Inducted in 2006 Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson State of Florida Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1992 Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame: Inducted in 1996 Record at School ..............................6-31 Career Record ................................Same Author of 2 books (Go For It! A Conversation About Being You! and Living the Dream: Assistant Coaches ................................... The Dot Richardson Story) ................................................. Bob Pinto Extensive work as television commentator (2004 Olympics on NBC, Softball College .........................Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) Certified Athletic Trainer .......................... World Series on ESPN) ........................................... Daniel Brown 2014 Liberty Softball Roster History No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School All-Time Record (Division I) ....553-648-1 1 Marybeth Sciolino 2B L/R Sr. 5-2 Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover App. in NCAA Tourn./last .............. 2/2011 2 Hanna Nichols 3B/1B R/R Jr. 5-9 Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin Last Postseason Opponents. .................. 3 Alyssa DiMartino RHP R/R Sr. 5-8 Rochester, N.Y./Northstar Christian ............... No. 5 Tennesee and No. 19 GT 2013 Overall Record.......................20-37 4 Chandler Ball RHP R/R Jr. 5-6 Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins 2013 Conference Record/Finish .............. 5 Megan Robinson 3B/1B R/R Jr. 5-7 Richlands, Va./Richlands ..................................................8-16/t-6th 6 Sammi Shivock SS R/R Sr. 5-5 New Castle, Del./Red Lion Christian Starters Returning/Lost.......................7/2 8 Katie Han 1B/OF L/L So. 5-11 Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .........2/0 9 Kelby Allen C R/R Jr. 5-5 Amarillo, Texas/Randall Letterwinners Returning/Lost............15/2 Newcomers............................................1 10 Holly Seiz INF R/R So. 5-6 Perkasie, Pa./Christopher Dock 11 Blair Lawrence SS/OF S/R So. 5-2 Hampstead, N.C./Topsail Stadium 12 Katie Zavodny OF L/R Sr. 5-7 Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Home Field ............. Liberty Softball Field 16 Annah Jo Brittingham P/3B R/R So. 5-7 Pocomoke City, Md./Pocomoke Capacity ............................................500 17 Kenzie Friesen P/SS R/R So. 5-9 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Douglas Field Dimensions ..................................... .................. 200 (CF), 200 (RF), 200 (LF) 19 Michele Brown UTL R/R Fr. 5-4 Katy, Texas/Taylor 21 Jamie Crisp OF R/R Jr. 5-4 Sterling, Va./Loudoun Valley Athletics Communications Info. 22 Grace Nordan P/UTL R/R Sr. 5-4 Bristow, Va./Brentsville District Asst. AD - Communications ..................... 23 Kassidy McCoy C/3B R/R So. 5-10 Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech ..........................................Todd Wetmore 24 Alexis Albert OF R/R So. 5-6 Hughesville, Md./Thomas Stone SID Office Phone ............ (434) 582-2292 Cell Phone ...................... (434) 841-8974 Email Address....... [email protected] Head Coach: Dot Richardson Assoc. Director .............Ryan Bomberger Cell Phone ....................