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McManus Walk-Off Highlights Liberty’s Friday Doubleheader Split with Radford
2/27/2026 8:50:00 PM | Softball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Brynn McManus hit a two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh inning, capping a four-run seventh and securing a doubleheader split for Liberty with Radford, Friday at Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium. The Highlanders took game one, 3-0, but the Lady Flames rallied to win the second contest, 5-4, in walk-off fashion.
Following today's split, Liberty holds a 6-10 record while Radford is now 3-9.
Game 1
Radford 3, Liberty 0
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Scott singles, Bossler advances, Hogie scores, 1-0
Radford – 3rd INNING – Wolfe singles to center field, Lee scores, 2-0
Radford – 7th INNING – Groves reaches on error, Bechtol scores, 3-0
Turning Point
Notable Numbers
Liberty 5, Radford 4
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bossler singles to right center, Miles advances, Hogie scores, 1-0
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bossler caught stealing, Miles scores, 2-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Carrasquillo homers to left center, 2-1
Radford – 5th INNING – Groves doubles to right center, Less and Bechtol score, 4-1
Liberty – 7th INNING – Jessee doubles down right field line, Noel and Roberts score, 4-3
Liberty – 7th INNING – McManus homers to left center, Jessee scores, 5-4
Turning Point
The Lady Flames take on Marshall at 10:30 a.m. before facing UConn at 3 p.m.
Following today's split, Liberty holds a 6-10 record while Radford is now 3-9.
Game 1
Radford 3, Liberty 0
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Scott singles, Bossler advances, Hogie scores, 1-0
Radford – 3rd INNING – Wolfe singles to center field, Lee scores, 2-0
Radford – 7th INNING – Groves reaches on error, Bechtol scores, 3-0
Turning Point
- Radford scored all three of its runs with two outs. The Highlanders drew a pair of two-out walks in the top of the second before Hailey Scott's single made it 1-0. The guests also tallied in the third and seventh.
- Dakota Redmon kept the Liberty bats silent throughout, closing out the two-hit shutout by getting Brooke Roberts to ground to third for the final out of the game.
Notable Numbers
- Radford led 5-2 in hits, while both teams committed one error.
- Redmon (2-0) tossed a two-hit shutout, walking one and striking out three.
- Caitlyn Nesbitt (0-1) drew the loss, allowing two runs on two hits, walking three and fanning one in three innings pitched. Camden Anders tossed four innings of relief, yielding one unearned run on three hits, with one walk and one strikeout.
- Amber Wolfe batted 2-for-3 with one RBI for the Highlanders.
- Carrasquillo extended her hitting streak to six games, while Ella Fox and Savannah Jessee both saw their hitting streak snapped at five games.
- Today marked the first win for Radford over Liberty since April 13, 2018. The Lady Flames had won the previous 10 meetings coming into today.
- Today's doubleheader featured five members of the Fagan family. Current Liberty associate head coach Kasey Fagan Graham, assistant coach Sami Fagan Harmon and director of operations Haley Sampson faced their father, Radford head coach Kevin Fagan and their sister, Radford assistant coach Cameron Fagan.
Liberty 5, Radford 4
Scoring Summary
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bossler singles to right center, Miles advances, Hogie scores, 1-0
Radford – 2nd INNING – Bossler caught stealing, Miles scores, 2-0
Liberty – 4th INNING – Carrasquillo homers to left center, 2-1
Radford – 5th INNING – Groves doubles to right center, Less and Bechtol score, 4-1
Liberty – 7th INNING – Jessee doubles down right field line, Noel and Roberts score, 4-3
Liberty – 7th INNING – McManus homers to left center, Jessee scores, 5-4
Turning Point
- The Lady Flames entered the seventh inning trailing 4-1. Brooke Roberts singled to lead off the home half of the seventh, and Avery Noel followed with a double. After one out, Savannah Jessee doubled down the right-field line, narrowing the gap to 4-3. Brynn McManus launched a two-run homer to left center, sealing the walk-off win.
- Radford led 10-9 in hits for the game, while both teams left six runners on base.
- Danner Allen (2-0) earned the win, pitching 2 2/3 innings of shutout, two-hit relief during which she walked two and struck out one. Gabby Mike started and went 4 1/3 innings.
- Radford starter Morgan Cooper (1-4) drew the loss, yielding five runs on nine hits, walking three and fanning four.
- McManus and Alexia Carrasquillo both homered in the game. Savannah Jessee doubled and drove in two runs, while Avery Noel went 2-for-3 with a double and one run scored.
- Radford's Grace Bechtol went 2-for-2 with one run scored, while Malli Groves batted 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI. Kelley Feigen went 2-for-3 with a double.
- The Lady Flames are now 42-29 all-time against Radford in softball, with Liberty winning 11 out of the last 12 meetings.
- Tonight was Liberty's first time winning when trailing entering the bottom of the seventh since April 8, 2025, when Brooke Robert's two-run walk-off double gave Liberty a 4-3 win over Virginia.
- This was Liberty's first game-winning walk-off homer since Feb. 9, 2024, when Rachel Roupe homered in the bottom of the seventh to beat St. John's in the season opener.
- McManus is the sixth active Lady Flame with at least one career game-winning walk-off hit, joining Paige Doerr, Brooke Roberts, Savannah Jessee, Savannah Nash and Savanah Whatley.
- Avery Noel recorded her first career multiple-hit game tonight.
The Lady Flames take on Marshall at 10:30 a.m. before facing UConn at 3 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: D. Redmon (2-4)
L: Nesbitt, Caitlyn (0-1)
Batting:
RBI: A. Wolfe 1 ; H. Scott 1
SH: P. Simmons 1
Base Running:
RUNS: A. Lee 1 ; G. Hogie 1 ; G. Bechtol 1
SB: A. Lee 1
HBP: A. Wolfe 1 ; G. Hogie 1
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