Liberty University
12-6
Notre Dame
14-4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Liberty Downs No. 23 Notre Dame 6-3
3/5/2022 8:46:44 PM | Softball
Liberty earned its first Top 25 win of the season, posting a 6-3 win over No. 23 Notre Dame, Saturday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium.
The Lady Flames (12-6) have won six games in a row, including three straight to start the Liberty Softball Invitational. Notre Dame falls to 14-4 on the season, including 2-1 at this weekend’s invitational. The Irish had won eight straight games prior to today’s setback to Liberty.
Notre Dame was ranked No. 23 in this week's Softball America Top 25 Poll and No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll.
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Canetto singles, Soto advances, Allan scores, 1-0
Liberty – 1st INNING – Wilson walks with bases loaded, Soto scores, 2-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Howard homers to center, Howard and Barrett score, 4-0
Notre Dame – 3rd INNING – Hanks grounds out, Sweet scores, 4-1
Liberty – 4th INNING – Roupe reached on fielder’s choice with bases loaded, Heidorn scores, 5-1
Liberty – 6th INNING – Canetto doubles to left center, Poulich scores, 6-1
Notre Dame – 7th INNING – Hanks singles to right center, Sweet and Kloss score, 6-3
Notable Numbers
- Notre Dame outhit Liberty 10-7 for the game. The Fighting Irish committed three errors. Liberty left 10 runners on base, hitting 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position, while Notre Dame stranded seven and hit 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
- Karlie Keeney (7-2) earned the complete-game win, allowing three runs on 10 hits. It was her seventh straight winning decision after starting the season 0-2.
- Payton Tidd (5-2) drew the loss, allowing four runs on three hits, walking four in one inning pitched. Alexis Holloway yielded two runs, one earned, on four hits, striking out six and walking one in five innings of relief.
- Alexis Soto batted 2-for-3, while Kara Canetto went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Devyn Howard hit a two-run homer, her first home run of the season.
- Cassidy Grimm batted 3-for-3 for Notre Dame, while Abby Sweet doubled and scored two runs. Leea Hanks went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Turning Point
- Liberty jumped out to a 4-0 lead with two runs in both the first and second innings. Howard’s second inning blast doubled the Lady Flames’ lead to 4-0.
- Notre Dame manufactured a run in the third, but Liberty added insurance runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
- The Irish narrowed the gap to 6-3 with a two-out bloop hit by Hanks in the bottom of the seventh, but a groundout ended the game.
Beyond the Box Score
- Notre Dame leads the all-time series against Liberty 5-2, but Liberty is 2-1 against the Irish at Liberty Softball Stadium.
- This was the fourth straight game in which Liberty scored in the first inning. Liberty is 8-0 this season when scoring in the first inning and 11-0 when scoring first.
- Liberty is 12-1 in its last 13 home games against ACC opponents.
- Today was Liberty’s 15th win all-time over a nationally-ranked opponent, and ninth since the start of the 2018 season. It was Liberty’s second Top 25 win at home, as the Lady Flames beat No. 18 Virginia Tech on April 28, 2021.
- Keeney has posted a program-record four pitching wins over Top 25 teams, downing Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Notre Dame when those teams were ranked.
- Allan had reached base safely in 10 straight plate appearances prior to a groundout in today’s game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Keeney, Karlie (7-2)
L: Payton Tidd (5-2)
Batting:
2B: Abby Sweet 1 ; Emma Clark 1
RBI: Leea Hanks 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Abby Sweet 2 ; Carlli Kloss 1
SB: Emma Clark 1
Batting:
2B: Canetto, Kara 1
HR: Howard, Devyn 1
RBI: Howard, Devyn 2 ; Canetto, Kara 2 ; Wilson, Mary Claire 1
SH: Craine, Rachel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Howard, Devyn 1 ; Allan, Lou 1 ; Heidorn, Lilly 1 ; Soto, Alexis 1 ; Poulich, Courtney 1 ; Barrett, Raigan 1
SB: Wilson, Mary Claire 1
