No. 25 Liberty Set for Road Matchup at No. 24 Virginia
4/29/2025 1:18:00 PM | Softball
No. 25 Liberty travels to Charlottesville, Va., for its final nonconference game of the regular season, taking on No. 24 Virginia on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Palmer Park.
Game Coverage
Game Coverage
- Wednesday, April 30
- Liberty at Virginia (Palmer Park)
- First pitch: 6Â p.m.
- Live Video: ACC Network
- Live Audio: LFSN Online Audio
- Live Stats: StatBroadcast
- The Lady Flames wrapped up their second straight Conference USA regular-season title, sweeping second-place Louisiana Tech over the weekend. Virginia, who finishes its regular season on Wednesday, sits in seventh place in ACC standings after going 1-2 at Stanford last weekend.
- Liberty earned a thrilling 4-3 win over Virginia on April 8 in Lynchburg, as Brooke Roberts came through with a walk-off two-run double to give the Lady Flames one of their signature wins of the season.
- Virginia enters the week at No. 26 in RPI, followed one spot behind by Liberty at 27.
- Liberty is ranked No. 25 in the Softball America Top 25 this week. Virginia is ranked No. 24 in the D1Softball Top 25 and No. 25 in NFCA poll.
- Liberty broke its single-season program record for steals on Sunday, currently with 103 stolen bases on the season. KK Madrey broke the program single-season record on Sunday as well, with steals 42-44.
- Individually, Rachel Roupe is tied for 13th in NCAA Division I with 18 homers, 10th in total bases (133) and ninth in doubles (18), while KK Madrey is third with 44 steals. Elena Escobar is tied for 23rd nationally with 18 wins while Kaylan Yoder's 4.51 hits allowed per seven innings rank 14th.
- Six out of Liberty's nine regular starters bat .300 or better. KK Madrey hits .412 with a CUSA-leading 44 stolen bases. 2025 CUSA Preseason Player of the Year Rachel Roupe (.381) leads the CUSA with 18 doubles, 18 homers (tied) and 59 RBI. Oregon State transfers Savanah Whatley (.366) and Paige Doerr (.362) provide offensive punch, with Whatley posting Liberty's first four-hit game of the year on Saturday. Savannah Woodard (.333, 7 HR, 36 RBI) has thrived in the leadoff spot. Brynn McManus (.327, 13 2B, 6 HR, 35 RBI) and Brooke Roberts (.291, 3 HR, 31 RBI) are both strong run producers.
- 2024 NFCA All-Region second team pitcher Elena Escobar is 18-3 with a 2.16 ERA overall and four shutouts, including a stellar 11-0 record and 1.44 ERA in CUSA play. Escobar has been the winning pitcher each of the last four times Liberty has beaten a Top 25 team. Kaylan Yoder (8-4, 2.49) leads CUSA in opponents batting average overall (.187). Paige Bachman is 10-2 with a 2.68 ERA overall after going 1-0 with a save and a 1.62 ERA in the Louisiana Tech series.
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