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Lady Flames Wrap Up 4-0 Weekend, Down Hofstra, Radford
2/23/2025 8:15:00 PM | Softball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty wrapped up a perfect 4-0 weekend at the Liberty Softball Classic, defeating both Hofstra (8-0, 5 innings) and Radford (3-2) on Sunday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium.
The Lady Flames, ranked as highly as 20th nationally in polls this week, improve to 12-3 on the season. Hofstra (0-9) went winless this weekend, while Radford (6-8) posted a 1-3 record while in Lynchburg.
Liberty 8, Hofstra 0 (5 innings)
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Roberts singles to left, McManus advances, Roupe scores, 1-0
Liberty – 1st INNING – Henault homers to right center, Roberts and McManus score, 4-0
Liberty – 1st INNING – Byrum homers to right center, Carrasquillo and Doerr score, 7-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Henault reaches on error, Roupe scores, 8-0
Turning Point
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bechtol reaches on error, Smith and Bossler advance, Feigen scores, 1-0
Radford – 2nd INNING – Harrison singles to shortstop, Bechtol and Smith advance, Bossler scores, 2-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Jessee singles through the right side, Madrey and Doerr score, 2-2
Liberty – 4th INNING – Woodard singles to center, Jessee scores, 3-2
Turning Point
The Lady Flames welcome No. 15 Virginia Tech to Liberty Softball Stadium on Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a Top 25 showdown.
The Lady Flames, ranked as highly as 20th nationally in polls this week, improve to 12-3 on the season. Hofstra (0-9) went winless this weekend, while Radford (6-8) posted a 1-3 record while in Lynchburg.
Liberty 8, Hofstra 0 (5 innings)
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Roberts singles to left, McManus advances, Roupe scores, 1-0
Liberty – 1st INNING – Henault homers to right center, Roberts and McManus score, 4-0
Liberty – 1st INNING – Byrum homers to right center, Carrasquillo and Doerr score, 7-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Henault reaches on error, Roupe scores, 8-0
Turning Point
- The Lady Flames burst out of the gates in the bottom of the first, scoring seven runs. Brooke Roberts got the scoring going with an RBI single, while Alyssa Henault and JaMaya Byrum both smashed three-run homers.
- Liberty outhit Hofstra 7-1, with the Pride's lone hit coming in the first inning. Hofstra committed three errors compared to one for the Lady Flames.
- Freshman Danner Allen (1-0) earned her first career win, tossing a one-hit shutout during which she struck out a career-high eight batters.
- Emma Brennan (0-2) allowed seven runs on five hits, walking two in one inning of work.
- Alyssa Henault went 1-for-3 with a homer, three RBI and one run scored, while JaMaya Byrum batted 1-for-2 with a homer, three RBI and one run. Rachel Roupe hit 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI.
- Liberty is 4-0 all-time against Hofstra in softball.
- Henault's first-inning home run was the first homer of her career, which began with three seasons at Campbell. She was the 2024 CAA Player of the Year.
- Byrum hit her second career homer, with the first coming at Oklahoma on March 2, 2024.
- Liberty's seven-run first inning was its highest-scoring inning since tallying seven runs in the seventh inning at Queens on May 6, 2023.
- Allen is the third Liberty true freshman pitcher in the last two seasons to pitch a shutout, joining current teammates Katie Love and Kaylan Yoder.
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bechtol reaches on error, Smith and Bossler advance, Feigen scores, 1-0
Radford – 2nd INNING – Harrison singles to shortstop, Bechtol and Smith advance, Bossler scores, 2-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Jessee singles through the right side, Madrey and Doerr score, 2-2
Liberty – 4th INNING – Woodard singles to center, Jessee scores, 3-2
Turning Point
- Both teams scored twice in the second inning, with Liberty tying the game up at 2-2 on a two-run single by Savannah Jessee in the home half.
- In the fourth, Jessee singled before advancing on a passed ball. Savannah Woodard sent a single to center, with Jessee racing home with what proved to be the winning run.
- Both teams registered seven hits and both left seven runners on base. Liberty committed two errors.
- Elena Escobar improved to 3-1 with the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits, walking two and fanning six.
- Dakota Redmon (3-2) drew the loss, yielding three runs (two earned) on seven hits, with four walks and two strikeouts.
- Jessee batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored, while KK Madrey batted 2-for-3 with one run scored.
- Liberty is 41-48 all-time against Radford in softball, but the Lady Flames have won each of the last 10 meetings.
- Both meetings this season between Liberty and Radford ended in 3-2 scores in the Lady Flames' favor, including a 3-2 walk-off win in the season opener.
- Today's game featured five members of the Fagan family. Current Liberty associate head coach Kasey Fagan, assistant coach Sami Fagan and director of operations Haley Sampson faced their father, Radford head coach Kevin Fagan, and their sister, Radford assistant coach Cameron Fagan.
- Liberty outscored opponents 32-4 at the Liberty Softball Classic, outhitting them .344-.160.
- The Lady Flames are 4-2 in one-run games this season.
- Today, Rachel Roupe became the 10th player in program history with 40 or more career doubles. She also moved into a tie with Sarah Robertson (2016-19) for seventh all-time at Liberty with 130 career runs scored.
The Lady Flames welcome No. 15 Virginia Tech to Liberty Softball Stadium on Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a Top 25 showdown.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Allen, Danner (1-0)
L: Brennan, Emma (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Roupe, Rachel 1
HR: Henault, Alyssa 1 ; Byrum, JaMaya 1
RBI: Roberts, Brooke 1 ; Henault, Alyssa 3 ; Byrum, JaMaya 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Roupe, Rachel 2 ; McManus, Brynn 1 ; Roberts, Brooke 1 ; Henault, Alyssa 1 ; Doerr, Paige 1 ; Carrasquillo, Alexia 1 ; Byrum, JaMaya 1
SB: Doerr, Paige 1
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