2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball Liberty Softball Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Softball Stadium) Schedule 10-5 Overall Liberty Lady Flames East Carolina Pirates 0-0 ASUN 2021 Record ..................................... 10-5 (0-0 ASUN) 2021 Record ...........................................................8-2 Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) Coach ........................... Courtney Oliver (Hofstra, ‘08) Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 226-182 (8th) Record at school (Yr.) .............................117-135 (6th) Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Overall Record....................................................Same Overall Record....................................................Same Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Series History (Streak) ....... ECU leads, 33-5 (LU W2) Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) Tournament Schedule Last Meeting ........................ Liberty 3, ECU 2 (3/1/20) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 Friday, March 5 Last ECU Win ...................ECU 12, LU 1 (5) (2/22/13) Feb. 19 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 3-6 East Carolina vs. Longwood - 2:30 p.m. Feb. 20 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 3-4 Feb. 20 at No. 5 Alabama# L, 1-8 Liberty vs. East Carolina - 5 p.m. Longwood Lancers Feb. 21 vs. No. 7 LSU# L, 5-8 2021 Record ...........................................................2-8 Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 Saturday, March 6 Coach .............. Dr. Megan Brown (Fla. Southern, ‘07) Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Longwood vs. East Carolina - Noon Record at school (Yr.) .....................................2-8 (1st) Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 Liberty vs. Longwood - 3 p.m. Overall Record....................................................Same Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 Liberty vs. East Carolina - 5:30 p.m. Series History (Streak) ..........Longwwod leads, 39-19 Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 ................................................................. (Liberty W1) Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& 5 p.m. Sunday, March 7 Last Meeting ............... Liberty 2, Longwood 1 (5/4/19) Mar 6 LONGWOOD& 3 p.m. Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& 5:30 p.m. East Carolina vs. Longwood - 10 a.m. Last Longwood Win .... Longwood 3, Liberty 2 (4/8/18) Mar 7 LONGWOOD& 12:30 p.m. Liberty vs. Longwood - 12:30 p.m. Mar 9 LONGWOOD 4 p.m. Mar 9 LONGWOOD 6 p.m. Mar 12 at Oklahoma State 4 p.m. The Liberty softball team (10-5), in the midst of a program-record 11-game homestand, wel- Mar 12 at Oklahoma State 6 p.m. comes East Carolina (8-2) and Longwood (2-8) to Liberty Softball Stadium for the Liberty Softball Mar 13 vs. BYU^ 11:30 a.m. Invitational, Friday through Sunday. Mar 13 vs. Oklahoma^ 5 p.m. Mar 14 at Oklahoma 1 p.m. ECU went 3-2 at the 2020 Liberty Softball Classic, including a 3-2 loss to the host Lady Flames. Mar 16 at Arkansas 7 p.m. Longwood’s last trip to Lynchburg ended is a 2-1 setback to Liberty, May 4, 2019. Mar 19 at Bellarmine* 3 p.m. The Lady Flames are 4-1 at home this season following a dominant 8-1 win over Radford on Mar 20 at Bellarmine* Noon Mar 20 at Bellarmine* 2 p.m. Wednesday. Naomi Jones earned the win in her first career start, while Kara Canetto went 3-for-4 Mar 23 VIRGINIA 6 p.m. and Blake Gibson homered and drove in four runs. Liberty has hit .309 at home so far this season, Mar 27 at Lipscomb* 1 p.m. averaging nearly nine runs scored per game, while the opponent hits .216. Mar 27 at Lipscomb* 3 pm. Mar 28 at Lipscomb* 2 p.m. Liberty went 3-1 at its home-opening Liberty Softball Classic last weekend. The Lady Flames Mar 30 at Tennessee 1 p.m. earned a pair of walk-off wins on Friday, starting with a 3-2 win over Notre Dame. Amber Bishop- Mar 30 at Tennessee 3 p.m. Riley hit a walk-off double to give Liberty its first-ever win over Notre Dame in softball. Liberty then Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* 2 p.m. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* 4 p.m. won a wild 18-13 game over Villanova on Saturday afternoon before Notre Dame snapped Liberty’s Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* Noon 19-game home winning streak, 3-1 on Saturday night. Apr 6 at Virginia 6 p.m. Bishop-Riley hit .533 last week with two doubles, two homers, seven RBI and five runs scored Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 2 p.m. Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* 4 p.m. last weekend, earning ASUN Softball Player of the Week for the second week in a row. 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. Senior Amber Bishop-Riley was voted the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year and was joined on Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 2 p.m. Apr 17 at Jacksonville* 4 p.m. the ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team by sophomore Kara Canetto. Apr 18 at North Florida* 10 a.m. Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .429 with an ASUN-leading five Apr 18 at North Florida* Noon home runs to go with 14 RBI. Kara Canetto (.353) has scored 12 runs, while Savannah Channell Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 2 p.m. Apr 24 BELLARMINE* 4 p.m. (.316) has homered twice. Emily Sweat (.298) has hit a career-high three homers while leading the Apr 25 BELLARMINE* Noon ASUN with 17 RBI. Two-time NFCA All-Region player Autumn Bishop (.288) leads the ASUN lead Apr 28 VIRGINIA TECH 6 p.m. with six doubles, while Mary Claire Wilson (.259, six steals) is second in the conference in stolen May 1 at Kennesaw State* 1 p.m. May 1 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. bases. May 2 at Kennesaw State* Noon The Liberty pitching staff has fashioned a 3.36 ERA. Karlie Keeney (5-2, 2.83) is the ASUN leader in wins and innings pitched (47.0). 2020 Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year McKenzie @ - THE Spring Games # - Bama Bash Wagoner is 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA and .205 opponents’ batting average. Emily Kirby (2-1, 4.57) struck $ - Liberty Softball Classic out a career-high eight batters in her second start of the season (at Troy) after shutting out Middle & - Liberty Softball Invitational Tennessee in her season debut. Naomi Jones (1-0, 3.82) received her first career pitching action on ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Feb. 20 at Alabama, while Megan Johnson (4.45) is 1-1 so far. * - ASUN Conference Game % - ASUN Softball Championship 2021 Team Leaders Bold indicates home games Avg. Amber Bishop-Riley - .429 Wins Karlie Keeney - 5 R Amber Bishop-Riley - 13 IP Karlie Keeney - 47.0 2B Autumn Bishop - 6 CG Karlie Keeney - 3 HR Amber Bishop-Riley - 5 ERA McKenzie Wagoner - 2.33 RBI Emily Sweat - 17 SO Karlie Keeney - 19 SB Mary Claire Wilson - 6/6 OBA McKenzie Wagoner - .205 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 (Coll. 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 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 ........................226-182 season Career Record ................................Same Assoc. Head Coach ................................. Head Coach: Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) .........................Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) Associate Head Coach: Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) Asst. Coach ............................................