2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 Liberty 2021 Softball 2021 NCAA Division I Softball Championship Regional Schedule 42-13 Overall No. 24 Liberty Lady Flames Friday, May 18 16-2 ASUN 2021 Record ........................42-13 (16-2 ASUN North) G1: #24 Liberty vs. #21 James Madison, Noon (ESPNU) Feb. 12 vs. Pitt@ W, 10-4 Streak .....................................................................W4 G2: No. 9 seed Tennessee vs. Eastern Ky., 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12 vs. Middle Tenn.@ W, 8-0 (6) Coach ........................Dr. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) Feb. 13 vs.Middle Tenn.@ W, 2-1 Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 258-190 (8th) Saturday, May 19 Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 7-2 Overall Record....................................................Same G3: G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner, Noon Feb. 15 vs. New Mexico St.@ W, 11-2 (5) G4: G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser, 2:30 p.m. (loser elimin.) Feb. 17 at Troy W, 3-1 G5: G4 Winner vs. G3 Loser, 5 p.m. (loser elmin.) Feb. 19 at #5 Alabama# L, 3-6 Feb. 20 vs. #7 LSU# L, 3-4 Feb. 20 at #5 Alabama# L, 1-8 Sunday, May 20 Feb. 21 vs. #7 LSU# L, 5-8 G6: G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner, Noon Feb. 26 NOTRE DAME$ W, 3-2 G7: Rematch of G6, 2:30 p.m. (if necessary) Feb. 26 VILLANOVA$ W, 4-3 (8) Feb. 27 VILLANOVA$ W, 18-13 Feb. 27 NOTRE DAME$ L, 1-3 No. 24 Liberty (42-13), the ASUN champion, makes its fourth appearance in the NCAA Division Mar 3 RADFORD W, 8-1 I Softball Championship, competing in the Knoxville Regional, Friday through Sunday. Liberty will Mar 5 EAST CAROLINA& W, 3-2 open Regional play as the No. 2 seed on Friday at noon on ESPNU, taking on CAA champion No. Mar 6 LONGWOOD& W, 19-3 (5) Mar 6 EAST CAROLINA& W, 7-6 21 James Madison (34-1). The winner will face the winner of No. 9 national seed Tennessee (41-13) Mar 7 LONGWOOD& W, 10-0 (6) and OVC champion Eastern Kentucky (35-15), Saturday at noon. The winner of the Knoxville Re- Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 8-0 (6) gional will face the winner of the Columbia (Mo.) Regional in the Super Regional round next week. Mar 9 LONGWOOD W, 7-2 Mar 12 at #5 Oklahoma State L, 4-9 This is the second toughest Regional in the 2021 NCAA Division I Softball Championship based Mar 12 at #5 Oklahoma State L, 0-3 on teams’ combined winning percentage (.783), trailing only the Los Angeles Regional (.800). It is Mar 13 vs. Kansas City^ W, 5-4 also the only Regional with three nationally-ranked Top 25 teams in it. Mar 14 vs. #1 Oklahoma^ L, 4-5 Mar 14 vs. #1 Oklahoma^ L, 0-16 (5) Liberty and James Madison are two of the NCAA’s hottest teams, as the Lady Flames are 21-1 Mar 16 at #13 Arkansas W, 2-0 (10) in their last 22 games and the Dukes has the nation’s longest active winning streak, at 24 games. Mar 19 at Bellarmine* W, 12-0 (5) The Lady Flames are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2018, when Lib- Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 3-0 Mar 20 at Bellarmine* W, 2-0 erty made a run to the Columbia Regional final by opening with back-to-back wins over nationally- Mar 30 at #18 Tennessee L, 0-6 ranked Hofstra (2-0 in 10 innings) and South Carolina (3-1). Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 2-3 Liberty fell 6-0 at Tennessee on March 30 in its last trip to Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Apr 2 KENNESAW STATE* L, 4-5 Apr 3 KENNESAW STATE* W, 3-2 Liberty punched its ticket this year by winning the ASUN Softball Championship. After winning Apr 6 at Virginia W, 12-3 (6) a best-of-three quarterfinal series against Lipscomb, Liberty went 3-0 last weekend to claim the title. Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 7-1 The Lady Flames opened the semifinal round with a walk-off, 1-0 win over Jacksonville. Liberty then Apr 10 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 8-0 (5) Apr 11 NORTH ALABAMA* W, 3-0 downed host Kennesaw State 4-1 on Friday before holding off KSU 5-4 in the final, Saturday. Apr 17 at Lipscpmb* W, 2-0 Amber Bishop-Riley was named the ASUN Tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tourna- Apr 17 at Lipscomb* W, 6-0 ment Team by twin sister Autumn Bishop, Emily Kirby and Caroline Hudson. Apr 18 at Lipscomb* W, 4-0 Apr 21 VIRGINIA W, 3-2 Three-time NFCA All-Region player Amber Bishop-Riley bats .380 with an ASUN-leading 16 Apr 25 BELLARMINE* W, 8-0 (6) home runs and 46 RBI. Kara Canetto (.388) is ranked second in the ASUN in batting average. Apr 25 BELLARMINE* W, 10-0 (5) Two-time NFCA All-Region player Autumn Bishop (.339) is tied for fifth nationally with 19 dou- Apr 26 BELLARMINE* W, 2-1 Apr 28 #18 VIRGINIA TECH W, 5-3 bles and tied for 10th all-time in NCAA Division I softball history with 72 career doubles. Madison May 1 at Kennesaw State* W, 5-0 Via (.276) hit .341 in ASUN play. Emily Sweat (.272) is ranked second in the ASUN in doubles (16) May 1 at Kennesaw State* W, 1-0 and third in RBI (36). Devyn Howard (.300) has hit nine doubles and one triple. Caroline Hudson has May 2 at Kennesaw State* W, 3-1 May 7 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% W, 1-0 provided clutch hitting lately, starting with a two-homer, five RBI game against No. 18 Virginia Tech. May 7 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% L, 7-8 (8) Liberty posted 19 shutouts in 2018, 2019 and again this season. The program single-season May 8 No. 4N LIPSCOMB% W, 8-0 (6) record is 20, set in 1999. Karlie Keeney (15-4, 2.25, five shutouts) and Emily Kirby (15-5, 1.82) May 13 No. 3S Jacksonville% W, 1-0 May 14 No. 2N Kennesaw St.% W, 4-1 are tied for third in the ASUN in wins. Kirby needs one more shutout to tie Julia DiMartino’s (2018) May 15 No. 2N Kennesaw St.% W, 5-4 single-season program record of 10. Kirby leads the ASUN in strikeouts per seven innings (7.32). May 21 vs. #21 James Madison! Noon Megan Johnson (3-2, 3.15) posted a 0.81 ERA in conference play this year. May 22 Second Round TBA May 23 Regional Final TBA Projected Starting Lineup @ - THE Spring Games # - Bama Bash 61 Autumn Bishop 1B 5-8 Sr. L/L (.339, 19 2B, 1 3B, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 42 R) $ - Liberty Softball Classic 72 Amber Bishop-Riley 2B 5-8 Sr. R/R (.380, 12 2B, 1 3B, 16 HR, 46 RBI, 40 R) & - Liberty Softball Invitational ^ - Hall of Fame Stadium (Oklahoma 10 Kara Canetto CF 5-4 So. L/R (.388, 10 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 21 RBI, 36 R) City, Okla.) 9 Emily Sweat LF 5-6 R-Jr. L/R (.272, 16 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 36 RBI, 22 R) * - ASUN Conference Game % - ASUN Softball Championship 2 Savannah Channell SS 5-6 Fr. R/R (.271, 3 2B, 3 HR, 25 RBI, 26 R) ! - NCAA Knoxville Regional 22 Denay Griffin DP 5-7 So. R/R (.278, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R) 11 Devyn Howard 3B 5-6 Jr. R/R (.300, 9 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 14 R) Bold indicates home games 13 Madison Via RF 5-8 Sr. L/R (.276, 8 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 28 R) 14 Caroline Hudson C 5-7 So. R/R (.205, 3 2B, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 15 R) 12 Emily Kirby LHP 5-8 Jr. L/L (15-5, 1.82 ERA, 9 ShO, 137 K, .191) 2021 Liberty Lady Flames Softball Quick Facts General Information Name of School ........... Liberty University City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24515 Founded ..........................................1971 Enrollment ....................................15,000 Nickname............................ Lady Flames Mascot ............................................Eagle School Colors .............Red, White & Blue Affiliation .........................NCAA Division I Conference ....................................ASUN Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell President ...............................Jerry Prevo Director of Athletics................Ian McCaw Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 Softball Information Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson 2021 ASUN CHAMPS Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) 2021 Liberty Softball Roster Record at School ...258-190 (8th season) No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) Career Record ................................Same 1 Blake Gibson INF L/R Fr*. 5-9 Dothan, Ala./Rehobeth Assoc. Head Coach ................................. 2 Savannah Channell INF R/R Fr.* 5-6 Keystone Heights, Fla./Keystone Heights .........................Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) 4 Naomi Jones P R/R Fr. 5-9 Lynchburg, Va./Liberty Christian Academy Asst. Coach ............................................. 6 Megan Hodum OF L/R Fr. 5-6 Stantonville, Tenn./McNairy Central .................. Kasey Fagan (Arkansas, ‘15) 7 Mary Claire Wilson OF L/R Fr. 5-5 Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills Volunteer Assistant ........ Chase Cassady 8 Karlie Keeney P R/R Fr.* 5-9 Providence, Ky./Webster County Director of Operations .........Alexia Taylor 9 Emily Sweat OF L/R R-Jr.* 5-6 McDonough, Ga./Union Grove Certified Athletic Trainer .....Heather Deal 10 Kara Canetto OF L/R So.* 5-4 Sylvania, Ga./Screven County 11 Devyn Howard UTL R/R Jr.