2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 2019 Liberty Softball Challenge Liberty Lady Flames Princeton Tigers 2019 Record ....................................... 4-6 (0-0 ASUN) Feb. 22 - 5 p.m. Coach ............................. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) 2019 Record ................................0-0 (0-0 Ivy League) Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 170-148 (6th) Lberty 2019 Softball Coach ......................... Lisa Van Ackeren (Lehigh, ‘09) Overall Record....................................................Same Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 120-146 (7th) Schedule Series History .................................. Liberty leads, 3-0 Feb. 8 vs. BYU@ W, 13-3 Last Meeting .....................LU 2, Princeton 1 (3/20/15) Feb. 8 vs. Notre Dame@ L, 1-4 Wright State Raiders Feb. 9 vs. Duke@ L, 1-3 Feb. 21 - 4:30 p.m. Feb. 10 vs. No. 18 Baylor@ L, 1-6 2019 Record ........................2-3 (0-0 Horizon League) Bucknell Bison Feb. 10 vs. No. 2 Washington@ L, 0-6 Feb. 15 vs. Rutgers# W, 2-1 Coach ...........................Laura Matthews (Dayton, ‘08) Feb. 23 - 1 p.m. Feb. 15 at No. 19 Texas A&M# W, 4-2 Record at school (Yr.) ............................... 23-35 (2nd) 2019 Record .......................................1-4 (0-0 Patriot) Feb. 16 vs. McNeese State# L, 1-5 Series History ....... Wright State leads, 2-1 (WSU W1) Coach .................................... Joey Lye (Williams, ‘09) Feb. 16 at No. 19 Texas A&M# L, 0-1 Last Meeting ............................WSU 3, LU 2 (2/22/04) Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 28-27-1 (2nd) Feb. 17 vs. Rutgers# W, 5-3 Last Liberty Win .........................LU 6, WSU 0 (3/7/03) Series History .................................. Liberty leads, 1-0 Feb. 21 WRIGHT STATE$ 4:30 p.m. Last Meeting .......................LU 7, Bucknell 3 (3/11/02) Feb. 21 DELAWARE ST.$ 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 PRINCETON$ 7 p.m. Delaware State Hornets Feb. 23 BUCKNELL$ 1 p.m. Feb. 21 - 6:30 p.m. Valparaiso Crusaders Feb. 23 VALPARAISO$ 3 p.m. Feb. 23 - 3 p.m. Mar 1 RUTGERS& 5 p.m. 2019 Record .......................................1-1 (0-0 MEAC) Coach ................Amber Jackson (Bethune-Cookman) 2019 Record ......................................... 0-5 (0-0 MVC) Mar 1 ROBERT MORRIS& 7 p.m. Coach ...........................Kate Stake (Illinois State, ‘05) Mar 2 SACRED HEART& 1 p.m. Record at school (Yr.) .............................. 83-107 (4th) Record at school (Yr.) .............................. 89-121 (5th) Mar 2 CLEVELAND STATE& 3 p.m. Series History .................................. Liberty leads, 9-0 Series History (Streak) ........................... First Meeting Mar 3 QUINNIPIAC& 2 p.m. Last Meeting ........................... LU 6, DSU (0 (2/16/18) Mar 8 vs. San Diego State^ 2:30 p.m. Mar 8 at Long Beach State^ 5 p.m. Mar 9 vs. Boston Univ.^ 3:30 p.m. Liberty, receiving votes in the current NFCA national poll, will play its first home games of the Mar 9 at UCLA^ 8:30 p.m. Mar 10 vs. OHIO^ Noon 2019 season this weekend, hosting the Liberty Softball Challenge at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Mar 13 PITTSBURGH 5 p.m. Softball Stadium. The Lady Flames (4-6) will face Wright State (2-3), Princeton (0-0), Bucknell (1-4), Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. Valparaiso (0-5) and Delaware State (1-1). Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* 5 p.m. Liberty is 23-10 all-time in home openers, as has won its home opener in each of the first four Mar 16 at Kennesaw State* Noon Mar 19 TENNESSEE 5 p.m. years of the Liberty Softball Stadium. Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* 1 p.m. The Lady Flames opened the season at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, going 1-4 while Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* 3 p.m. downing BYU 13-3 in the season opener. Most recently, Liberty went 3-2 last weekend at the Texas Mar 24 LIPSCOMB* 1 p.m. Mar 27 at Duke 4 p.m. A&M Invitational, picking up two wins over Rutgers and splitting two games with No. 19 Texas A&M. Mar 30 at FGCU* 2 p.m. Led by two-time Big South Coach of the Year Dot Richardson, the Lady Flames qualified for Mar 30 at FGCU* 4 p.m. their first NCAA Regional Final in 2018, winning a program-record 49 games. Mar 31 at FGCU* 1 p.m. Liberty returns eight all-conference players from last year’s team, led by two-time Big South Apr 2 VIRGINIA 6 p.m. Apr 3 at James Madison 6 p.m. Pitcher of the Year Julia DiMartino, 2019 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year Autumn Bishop and Apr 6 STETSON* 1 p.m. Amber Bishop. All three were named to the NFCA All-Region team each of the last two years. Au- Apr 6 STETSON* 3 p.m. tumn Bishop was named to the 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List. Apr 7 STETSON* 1 p.m. Julia DiMartino was named ASUN Pitcher of the Week on Monday, after posting one win, two Apr 10 at North Carolina 6 p.m. Apr 13 at North Florida* 1 p.m. saves and a 0.82 ERA in four appearances at the Texas A&M Invitational. She allowed no hits in four Apr 13 at North Florida* 3 p.m. relief innings on the weekend. Apr 14 at North Florida* 1 p.m. DiMartino, a two-time NFCA All-Region pitcher, is 2-3 with a 1.87 ERA, .162 opponents batting Apr 16 at Virginia 6 p.m. average and two saves. Freshman Braelyn Cooper has posted a 1.56 ERA in three appearances, Apr 19 JACKSONVILLE* 4 p.m. Apr 19 JACKSONVILLE* 6 p.m. while Chase Cassady is 1-1 with a 2.93 ERA and .200 opponents’ batting average. Apr 20 JACKSONVILLE* 1 p.m. Madison Via leads the Lady Flames with a .360 batting average, while Amber Bishop (.353) has Apr 23 RADFORD 6 p.m. hit a team-leading two homers. Sarah Robertson bats .333 with a .471 on-base percentage, while Apr 27 at North Alabama* 3 p.m. Apr 27 at North Alabama* 5 p.m. Jaclyn Amader (.323) and Autumn Bishop (.321) round out Liberty’s five .300 hitters. Kara Canetto Apr 28 at North Alabama* 2 p.m. leads the Lady Flames with five RBI on the season. May 4 LONGWOOD 6 p.m. Bucknell head coach Joey Lye is one of 24 members of the Canadian Women’s National Soft- May 8 Day 1% TBA May 9 Quarterfinals% TBA ball Team. One of her teammates on Team Canada is former Lady Flame Kenzie Friesen (2013-17). May 10 Semifinals% TBA May 11 Final% TBA 2019 Team Leaders @ - Puerto Vallarta Challenge # - Texas A&M Invitational $ - Liberty Softball Challenge Avg. Madison Via - .360 Wins Julia DiMartino - 2 & - Liberty Softball Classic ^ - UCLA/Long Beach Tounrament R Madison Via - 7 IP Julia DiMartino - 33.2 * - ASUN Conference Game 2B 3 players - 2 CG Julia DiMartino - 2 % - ASUN Softball Championship HR Amber Bishop - 2 ERA Braelyn Cooper - 1.56 Bold indicates home games RBI Kara Canetto - 5 SO Julia DiMartino - 22 SB 4 players - 1 OBA Julia DiMartino - .162 2017 NISC NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 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 Falwell Director of Athletics................Ian McCaw 2018 NCAA REGIONAL FINALIST Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 2019 Liberty Softball Roster Softball Information No. Name Pos. B/T Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Previous) Head Coach.................... Dot Richardson 1 Sarah Robertson INF R/R Sr. 5-7 Panama City, Fla./J.R. Arnold 3 Kayla Harris C/INF R/R Jr. 5-11 Gold Run, Calif./Colfax (Northwest Florida State) Alma Mater ............................ UCLA (‘83) 4 Alexis Erich OF L/R So. 5-5 Manteca, Calif./East Union Record at School ........................170-148 5 Chase Cassady P R/R Sr. 5-7 Orlando, Fla./William R. Boone Career Record ................................Same 6 Addison Baele OF L/L Jr. 5-7 Washington, Ill./Washington Community (Lake Land) Asst. Coaches .Paige Cassady (FIU, ‘10) 8 Elizabeth Engler P R/R Jr. 5-11 Temecula, Calif./Great Oak .................. Kasey Fagan (Arkansas, ‘15) 9 Emily Sweat OF L/R R-So. 5-6 McDonough, Ga./Union Grove Volunteer Assistant ........... John Cassady 10 Kara Canetto OF L/R Fr. 5-4 Sylvania, Ga./Screven County Graduate Assistant ..............Alexia Taylor 11 Taylor Hoffman INF/OF L/R Jr. 5-7 Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area Certified Athletic Trainer ...... Maggie Carr 12 Emily Kirby P L/L So. 5-8 Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley 13 Madison Via OF L/R So. 5-8 Roanoke, Va./Northside History 14 Deidra See INF R/R Sr. 5-9 Visalia, Calif./El Diamante All-Time Record (Div. I) .... ...... 717-765-1 15 Kaitlin McFarland C R/R Sr. 5-10 Sour Lake, Texas/Hardin-Jefferson App. in NCAA Tourn./last ..............3/2018 16 Brittany Lew INF R/R Fr. 5-5 Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill Last NCAA Postseason Opponents......... 19 Jasmeen Click OF L/R Sr. 5-5 Annapolis, Md./Eastlake ........ 2018/No. 24 Hofstra and No. 11 SC 20 Braelyn Cooper P L/L Fr. 5-9 Amherst, Va./Amherst Postseason Titles .............1/2017 (NISC) 21 Cassidy Young INF R/R So. 5-9 Raleigh, N.C./North Raleigh Christian Academy 2018 Overall Record.......................49-14 22 Denay Griffin INF R/R Fr. 5-7 San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis 2018 Conference Record/Finish ....18-3/1 23 Jaclyn Amader INF R/R Sr.