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No. 16 Virginia Tech Holds Off Liberty 4-1
5/1/2024 9:38:00 PM | Softball
LYNCHBURG, Va. – No. 16 Virginia Tech hit a pair of two-run homers and held off a late Liberty rally, edging the Lady Flames 4-1 on Wednesday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium.  Â
The Hokies (39-11-1) bounced back into the winning column after falling 2-1 in a series at Syracuse last weekend. Meanwhile, the Lady Flames fall to 31-20, including a 16-6 home record.
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Scoring Summary
Virginia Tech – 1st INNING – Greene homers to right center, Ritter scores, 2-0
Virginia Tech – 5th INNING – Peck homers to center, Fagan scores, 4-0
Liberty – 5th INNING – McManus triples to right, Roupe scores, 4-1
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Turning Point
The Lady Flames close out the regular season with a three-game series at No. 10 LSU, Friday through Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. Â
The Hokies (39-11-1) bounced back into the winning column after falling 2-1 in a series at Syracuse last weekend. Meanwhile, the Lady Flames fall to 31-20, including a 16-6 home record.
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Scoring Summary
Virginia Tech – 1st INNING – Greene homers to right center, Ritter scores, 2-0
Virginia Tech – 5th INNING – Peck homers to center, Fagan scores, 4-0
Liberty – 5th INNING – McManus triples to right, Roupe scores, 4-1
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Turning Point
- Virginia Tech's two-run homers came courtesy of Addy Greene in the first and Bre Peck in the fifth.
- In the bottom of the fifth, Rachel Roupe was hit by a pitch with one out. After a flyout, Brynn McManus put Liberty on the board with an RBI triple to right.
- The Lady Flames brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh. Pinch hitter Hailey Deter led off with a single, going to second on a throwing error. Roupe walked with one out, before Hokies' pitcher Emma Lemley struck out Megan Fortner and McManus to end the game.
- Virginia Tech outhit Liberty 9-6 for the game. The Hokies committed two errors, while both teams left nine runners on base.
- Lemley (12-5) earned the win, allowing one run on six hits, walking two and fanning seven.
- Kaylan Yoder (10-8) drew the loss, yielding four runs on seven hits, with one walk and six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Paige Bachman pitched 1 1/3 innings of two-hit softball, walking one and fanning one.
- Peck went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and one run scored. Emma Ritter batted 2-for-4 with one run scored. Cori McMillan batted 2-for-4 with a double, while Addy Greene went 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI and one run scored.
- For Liberty, Brynn McManus went 2-for-4 with a triple and one RBI. Rachel Roupe, Savannah Jessee and Hailey Deter had one hit each.
- Virginia Tech leads Liberty 42-16 in the all-time series, while the Hokies have won six straight games over the Lady Flames.
- The Lady Flames are 3-7 this season against Top 25 teams and are 6-9 all-time versus nationally-ranked opponents at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium.
- Roupe has reached base safely in each of her last 12 games, tying Mary Claire Wilson from earlier this season for the longest streak reaching base on the team.
- Roupe is now tied with Kelby Allen (2012-15) for 16th in program history with 110 career runs scored. Â
- In the last three games, McManus has batted 6-for-10 (.600) with two doubles, one triple, one homer, four RBI and three runs scored.
- Today's crowd of 1,212 was the largest to see a game in Liberty Softball Stadium history.Â
The Lady Flames close out the regular season with a three-game series at No. 10 LSU, Friday through Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Emma Lemley (12-5)
L: Yoder, Kaylan (10-8)
Batting:
2B: Cameron Fagan 1 ; Cori McMillan 1
HR: Addy Greene 1 ; Bre Peck 1
RBI: Addy Greene 2 ; Bre Peck 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Emma Ritter 1 ; Addy Greene 1 ; Cameron Fagan 1 ; Bre Peck 1
SB: Emma Ritter 1 ; Cameron Fagan 1 ; Bre Peck 1
HBP: Addy Greene 1 ; Trinity Martin 1
Batting:
3B: McManus, Brynn 1
RBI: McManus, Brynn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roupe, Rachel 1
SB: McManus, Brynn 1
HBP: Roupe, Rachel 1
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