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Lady Flames Earn 2nd Straight 2-0 Day at Liberty Softball Classic
2/24/2024 5:15:00 PM | Softball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty posted its second straight 2-0 day, defeating both Saint Francis (Pa.) (2-0) and Penn (4-1) on Saturday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium.
The Lady Flames (6-7) have gone 4-0 so far at the Liberty Softball Classic. Saint Francis (10-5) split a pair of games today, winning on a walk-off homer against Penn and falling to Liberty. Penn (1-3) dropped decisions to both SFU and Liberty today.
Liberty 2, Saint Francis 0
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Wilson scores on wild pitch, 1-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Roberts steals second, Deter steals home, 2-0
Turning Point
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Roberts doubles to right center, McManus scores, 1-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Craine singles to right center, Roberts scores, 2-0
Liberty – 6th INNING – Fortner homers to center, 3-0
Liberty – 6th INNING – McManus homers to left, 4-0
Penn – 7th INNING – Reagan advances on wild pitch, Hartley scores on wild pitch, 4-1
Turning Point
The Lady Flames finish up the Liberty Softball Classic tomorrow, taking on Morgan State at 2:30 p.m. at Liberty Softball Stadium.
The Lady Flames (6-7) have gone 4-0 so far at the Liberty Softball Classic. Saint Francis (10-5) split a pair of games today, winning on a walk-off homer against Penn and falling to Liberty. Penn (1-3) dropped decisions to both SFU and Liberty today.
Liberty 2, Saint Francis 0
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Wilson scores on wild pitch, 1-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Roberts steals second, Deter steals home, 2-0
Turning Point
- Liberty scored right off the bat in the bottom of the first, as Mary Claire Wilson led off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch. The Lady Flames made it 2-0 on a second-inning double-steal play.
- Tyler Oubre took it from there, shutting out the Red Flash.
- SFU outhit Liberty 3-2 for the game. The Red Flash left five runners on base, while the Lady Flames stranded three.
- Liberty's Tyler Oubre (1-2) recorded her first collegiate shutout, allowing three hits while walking two and striking out five.
- Grace Vesco (4-2) drew the loss, allowing two runs on two hits, walking one and fanning eight.
- Wilson tripled and scored for Liberty, while Hailey Deter doubled and scored a run.
- Lexi Hernandez went 2-for-3 with two doubles for the Red Flash.
- Liberty shut out Saint Francis both yesterday and today. SFU leads the all-time series, 5-3. The Red Flash had won each of the previous three meetings at Liberty Softball Stadium (2015 and 2017).
- Oubre, a transfer from Louisiana, recorded her first career collegiate win and shutout.
- Wilson is now tied for eighth in program history with seven career triples, joining Gina Miller (1996-99), Sarah Robertson (2016-19) and Autumn Bishop (2017-21).
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Roberts doubles to right center, McManus scores, 1-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Craine singles to right center, Roberts scores, 2-0
Liberty – 6th INNING – Fortner homers to center, 3-0
Liberty – 6th INNING – McManus homers to left, 4-0
Penn – 7th INNING – Reagan advances on wild pitch, Hartley scores on wild pitch, 4-1
Turning Point
- The Lady Flames staged a two-out rally in the second, getting an RBI double from Brooke Roberts and a run-scoring single from Rachel Craine. Liberty doubled its lead to 4-0 on solo shots by Megan Fortner and Brynn McManus.
- Liberty outhit Penn 6-3, while the Quakers committed the game's lone error. Penn left seven on base, while Liberty stranded three.
- Liberty's Paige Bachman (1-1) earned the win, allowing one run on three hits, walking six and striking out four in 6 1/3 innings. Elena Escobar pitched the final two outs for the save.
- Rachel Riley (0-1) drew the loss, yielding four runs on six hits, walking one and fanning one.
- Six different Lady Flames got hits, while Roberts doubling and Fortner and McManus both hitting their first homer of the season.
- Delaney Smith went 2-for-2 for Penn.
- Liberty now leads the all-time series against Penn, 3-2.
- Roupe reached base safely in each of the first 12 games this season before going 0-for-3 against Penn today.
- McManus hit her first career homer, and scored two runs in a game for the first time.
- Fortner is Liberty's active leader in career homers (29) and RBI (109).
- Liberty has outscored opponents a combined outscoring SFU and Penn State by a combined 19-2.
The Lady Flames finish up the Liberty Softball Classic tomorrow, taking on Morgan State at 2:30 p.m. at Liberty Softball Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bachman, Paige (1-1)
L: Riley, Rachel (0-1)
S: Escobar, Elena (1)
Batting:
2B: Smith, Delaney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hartley, Maia 1
Batting:
2B: Roberts, Brooke 1
HR: Fortner, Megan 1 ; McManus, Brynn 1
RBI: Fortner, Megan 1 ; McManus, Brynn 1 ; Roberts, Brooke 1 ; Craine, Rachel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fortner, Megan 1 ; McManus, Brynn 2 ; Roberts, Brooke 1
SB: Wilson, Mary Claire 1 ; Madrey, KK 1
Game Leaders
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