2017 Liberty Softball Game Notes @libertyflames @libertySB LIBERTY SOFTBALL SB Contact: Joe Carmany - [email protected]; Cell Phone - (434) 534-4325 LBSU/UCLA Invitationals Liberty Lady Flames Boston University Terriers 2019 Record ..................................... 13-6 (0-0 ASUN) March 9 - 3:30 p.m. ET Coach ............................. Dot Richardson (UCLA, ‘83) 2019 Record ..........................8-5 (0-0 Patriot League) Record at school (Yr.) ............................ 179-148 (6th) Coach ................................Ashley Waters (Maine ‘09) Lberty 2019 Softball Overall Record....................................................Same Record at school (Yr.) .............................. 100-76 (4th) Schedule Series History ....................Liberty leads, 2-1 (BU W1) Feb. 8 vs. BYU@ W, 13-3 San Diego State Aztecs Last Meeting ...............................BU 2, LU 0 (3/14/08) Feb. 8 vs. Notre Dame@ L, 1-4 March 8 - 2:30 p.m. ET Feb. 9 vs. Duke@ L, 1-3 Feb. 10 vs. No. 18 Baylor@ L, 1-6 2019 Record ...................................... 10-9 (0-0 MWC) No. 2 UCLA Bruins Feb. 10 vs. No. 2 Washington@ L, 0-6 Coach ..........Kathy Van Wyk (Cal State Fullerton, ‘83) March 9 - 8:30 p.m. ET Record at school (Yr.) ....................... 794-582-1 (25th) Feb. 15 vs. Rutgers# W, 2-1 2019 Record ....................................17-1 (0-0 Pac 12) Feb. 15 at No. 19 Texas A&M# W, 4-2 Series History (Streak) ..................... SDSU leads, 1-0 Feb. 16 vs. McNeese State# L, 1-5 Last Meeting ..........................SDSU 7, LU 0 (2/22/18) Coach ........................Kelly Inouye-Perez (UCLA, ‘93) Feb. 16 at No. 19 Texas A&M# L, 0-1 Record at school (Yr.) ....................... 561-167-1 (13th) Feb. 17 vs. Rutgers# W, 5-3 Series History ....................................UCLA leads, 3-0 Feb. 21 WRIGHT STATE$ W, 10-2 (5) Long Beach State 49ers Last Meeting .................... UCLA 4, Liberty 3 (2/23/18) Feb. 21 DELAWARE ST.$ W, 20-0 (5) March 8 - 5 p.m. ET Feb. 24 PRINCETON$ W, 12-0 (5) 2019 Record .................................7-10 (0-0 Big West) Feb. 24 BUCKNELL$ W, 1-0 Coach ................Kim Sowder (Long Beach State, ‘93) Ohio Bobcats Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC& W, 4-0 Record at school (Yr.) ....................... 406-269-1 (13th) March 10 - Noon ET Mar 2 CLEVELAND ST.& W, 9-0 (5) Series History ....................................LBSU leads, 1-0 2019 Record ....................................... 11-7 (0-0 MAC) Mar 2 ROBERT MORRIS& W, 4-0 Coach ......................Kenzie Roark (Virginia Tech, ‘12) Mar 4 SACRED HEART& W, 5-0 Last Meeting .............................LBSU 5, LU 2 (2/8/09) Mar 4 SACRED HEART W, 2-0 Record at school (Yr.) ...................................11-7 (1st) Mar 8 vs. San Diego State^ 2:30 p.m. Series History .................Ohio leads, 5-4 (Liberty W3) Mar 8 at Long Beach State^ 5 p.m. Last Meeting ...................... Liberty 2, Ohio 1 (3/10/18) Mar 9 vs. Boston Univ.^ 3:30 p.m. Mar 9 at UCLA^ 8:30 p.m. Fresh off of a 9-0 homestand, Liberty (13-6) heads to Los Angeles to compete in invitationals Mar 10 vs. Ohio^ Noon hosted by Long Beach State and UCLA. While in California, Liberty will take on San Diego State, Mar 13 PITTSBURGH 5 p.m. Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* 3 p.m. Long Beach State, Boston University, No. 2 UCLA and Ohio. Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* 5 p.m. Liberty Head Coach Dot Richardson returns to UCLA, where she was a legendary shorstop Mar 16 at Kennesaw State* Noon from 1981-83, helping the Bruins win their first NCAA softbal title in 1982. She was named the NCAA Mar 19 TENNESSEE 5 p.m. Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* 1 p.m. Softball Player of the 1980’s. Richardson will be coaching against former Team USA teammate, cur- Mar 23 LIPSCOMB* 3 p.m. rent UCLA Assistant Coach Lisa Fernandez. Mar 24 LIPSCOMB* 1 p.m. The Lady Flames are currently on a 10-game winning streak, and have scored 67 unanswered Mar 27 at Duke 4 p.m. runs during their active program-record shutout streak of 54 2/3 innings. Liberty has tossed eight Mar 30 at FGCU* 2 p.m. Mar 30 at FGCU* 4 p.m. straight shutouts, including a perfect game from Julia DiMartino and a four-pitcher no-hitter versus Mar 31 at FGCU* 1 p.m. Quinnipiac. Liberty’s top win so far this season came on Feb. 15, when the Lady Flames downed Apr 2 VIRGINIA 6 p.m. then No. 19 Texas A&M, 4-2. Apr 3 at James Madison 6 p.m. Liberty returns eight all-conference players from last year’s team, led by two-time Big South Apr 6 STETSON* 1 p.m. Apr 6 STETSON* 3 p.m. Pitcher of the Year Julia DiMartino, 2019 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year Autumn Bishop and Apr 7 STETSON* 1 p.m. Amber Bishop. All three were named to the NFCA All-Region team each of the last two years. Au- Apr 10 at North Carolina 6 p.m. tumn Bishop was named to the 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List. Apr 13 at North Florida* 1 p.m. Apr 13 at North Florida* 3 p.m. Sophomore Alexis Erich was named ASUN Softball Co-Player of the Week on Monday, the first Apr 14 at North Florida* 1 p.m. Lady Flames to be named ASUN Player of the Week in Liberty’s first year in the conference. Apr 16 at Virginia 6 p.m. DiMartino, a two-time NFCA All-Region pitcher, is 7-3 with a 1.12 ERA, .117 opponents batting Apr 19 JACKSONVILLE* 4 p.m. average and two shutouts. Freshman Braelyn Cooper has posted a 0.88 ERA in five appearances, Apr 19 JACKSONVILLE* 6 p.m. Apr 20 JACKSONVILLE* 1 p.m. while Chase Cassady is 3-1 with a 1.71 ERA and .9.0 strikeouts per seven innings. Apr 23 RADFORD 6 p.m. Amber Bishop leads the team with a .419 batting average, five homers and 16 runs scored, Apr 27 at North Alabama* 3 p.m. while Erich (.414) is tied with Bishop for the team lead with five doubles. Madison Via (.348) has Apr 27 at North Alabama* 5 p.m. Apr 28 at North Alabama* 2 p.m. hit two doubles, two triples and two homers. Autumn Bishop (.333) has three sacrifice fliles so far May 4 LONGWOOD 6 p.m. this season, while Taylor Hoffman (.353), Denay Griffin (.320) and Jaclyn Amader (.306) round out May 8 Day 1% TBA Liberty’s eight .300 hitters. May 9 Quarterfinals% TBA For the second year in a row, Liberty has a program-record seven players from California. May 10 Semifinals% TBA May 11 Final% TBA @ - Puerto Vallarta Challenge 2019 Team Leaders # - Texas A&M Invitational $ - Liberty Softball Challenge & - Liberty Softball Classic Avg. Amber Bishop - .419 Wins Julia DiMartino - 7 ^ - UCLA/Long Beach Tounrament * - ASUN Conference Game R Amber Bishop - 16 IP Julia DiMartino - 56.1 % - ASUN Softball Championship 2B Alexis Erich/Amber Bishop - 5 CG Julia DiMartino - 4 Bold indicates home games HR Amber Bishop - 5 ERA Julia DiMartino - 1.12 RBI Kara Canetto - 11 SO Julia DiMartino - 49 SB Madison Via/Kara Canetto - 3 OBA Julia DiMartino - .117 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 ........................179-148 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) .... ...... 726-765-1 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.