Tuesday, April 23
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Liberty Powers Past Longwood, 9-3
4/23/2024 8:40:00 PM | Softball
FARMVILLE, Va. - Liberty belted three home runs on the way to a 9-3 win over Longwood on Tuesday at Lancer Field.
The Lady Flames improve to 29-18 on the season with the win, while the Lancers fall to 16-29.
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Roupe homers to center, Wilson scores, 2-0
Liberty – 3rd INNING – Roupe homers to left center, Wilson scores, 4-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Craine reaches on fielder's choice, Madrey advances, Heidorn and Barrett score on error, 6-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Wilson flies out to right, sacrifice fly, Madrey scores, 7-0
Longwood – 4th INNING – Taylor homers to left center, 7-1
Liberty – 5th INNING – Jessee homers to left, Fortner scores, 9-1
Longwood – 5th INNING – Hiatt homers to left, Bridges scores, 9-3
Turning Point
Up Next
The Lady Flames finish out their regular-season Conference USA schedule, Friday through Sunday in El Paso, Texas, playing a three-game set at UTEP.
The Lady Flames improve to 29-18 on the season with the win, while the Lancers fall to 16-29.
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Roupe homers to center, Wilson scores, 2-0
Liberty – 3rd INNING – Roupe homers to left center, Wilson scores, 4-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Craine reaches on fielder's choice, Madrey advances, Heidorn and Barrett score on error, 6-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Wilson flies out to right, sacrifice fly, Madrey scores, 7-0
Longwood – 4th INNING – Taylor homers to left center, 7-1
Liberty – 5th INNING – Jessee homers to left, Fortner scores, 9-1
Longwood – 5th INNING – Hiatt homers to left, Bridges scores, 9-3
Turning Point
- Liberty led 4-0 after three innings, as Rachel Roupe hit two-run homers in both the first and third innings.
- Savannah Jessee later made it 9-1 Liberty with her first career home run, a two-run blast in the fifth. Longwood extended the game with a two-run homer by Hiatt in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- Liberty outhit Longwood 8-6 for the game, while the Lancers committed the game's lone error. The Lady Flames turned a double play, while both teams left four runners on base.
- Liberty's Tyler Oubre (2-2), making her first start since March 17 against Jacksonville State, earned her second win of the season. She allowed three runs on six hits in six innings pitched, walking one and fanning two. Katie Love pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
- Er'ron Burton (1-10) yielded six runs (four earned) on four hits, with two walks and one strikeout in 3 1/3 innings. Cierra Gawryluk gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits, walking two and fanning one.
- Roupe went 2-for-4 with two homers, four TBI and two runs scored, while Jessee batted 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and one run. Mary Claire Wilson went 1-for-2 with one RBI and two runs scored.
- For Longwood, Maggie Hiatt hit 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBI and one run, while Lauren Taylor went 2-for-3 with a solo home run.
- Longwood leads Liberty 44-37 in the all-time series. However, the Lady Flames have won all six meetings since leaving the Big South Conference following the 2018 season.
- Roupe registered her fourth two-homer game of the season and seventh of her career. Her four multiple-homer contests this season are the second most in a single year in program history, trailing only Jessica Moore's six in 2005.
- Roupe is also in sole possession of second place in program history with seven career multiple-homer games, trailing only Jessica Moore (11 from 2005-07)
- Roupe passed former teammate Caroline Hudson (2020-23) into sixth in program history with 36 career home runs. She also passed both Beth Bennett (2006-09) and Sarah Robertson (2016-19) into eighth all-time at Liberty with 128 career RBI.
- Wilson is now tied with Kelly Strickland (2009-12), Sammi Shivock (2011-14) and Devyn Howard (2021-23) for eighth in program history with 114 career runs scored.
- Jessee is one of 12 Liberty hitters to record a home run this season.
- Jessee has now recorded back-to-back two-hit games, her first two career multiple-hit contests.
Up Next
The Lady Flames finish out their regular-season Conference USA schedule, Friday through Sunday in El Paso, Texas, playing a three-game set at UTEP.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Oubre, Tyler (2-2)
L: BURTON, Er'ron (1-10)
Batting:
HR: Roupe, Rachel 2 ; Jessee, Savannah 1
RBI: Wilson, Mary Claire 1 ; Roupe, Rachel 4 ; Jessee, Savannah 2
SF: Wilson, Mary Claire 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, Mary Claire 2 ; Roupe, Rachel 2 ; Fortner, Megan 1 ; Jessee, Savannah 1 ; Barrett, Raigan 1 ; Heidorn, Lilly 1 ; Madrey, KK 1
Batting:
HR: TAYLOR, Lauren 1 ; HIATT, Maggie 1
RBI: TAYLOR, Lauren 1 ; HIATT, Maggie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: TAYLOR, Lauren 1 ; BRIDGES, Naleya 1 ; HIATT, Maggie 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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