Liberty (17-14, 7-2 Conference USA) will host Louisiana Tech (23-6, 7-2) from Thursday through Saturday, the top-ranked team in the conference standings. It's a battle.
Series coverage
- Louisiana Tech at Liberty (Conf. Field at Liberty Softball Stadium)
- First pitch: Thursday 6pm / Friday 4pm / Saturday noon
- TV: ESPN+
- live statistics
quick hit
- Louisiana Tech won a 2-1 home series against Western Kentucky over the weekend and picked up a run-rule win against Grambling on Tuesday. The Lady Flames won two of three games against Sam Houston and lost at home to Virginia on Tuesday.
- As of Wednesday, Louisiana Tech (40th) and Liberty University (51st) occupy the top two RPI spots in Conference USA. In conference play, Liberty leads all teams with a team ERA of 2.40, while Louisiana Tech ranks second with 2.71. Overall, the Bulldogs rank 18th in the nation with a 1.95 ERA.
- Liberty will face pitchers with the second-best ERA in Conference USA (Allie Floyd – 1.51) and third-best ERA (Brooke Melnichak – 2.01), as well as reigning CUSA Player of the Week Clare Lally. do.
- Liberty is 9-2 at home this season. The Lady Flames' only home losses are to ACC programs Duke and Virginia. Liberty pitcher has a 1.15 ERA at home and a .134 batting average against opponents. Liberty has four shutouts at Liberty Softball Stadium and one shutout in Lynchburg.
- liberties Elena Escobar, pitched for the first time since March 10 and started Tuesday's game against Virginia. She allowed two earned runs on three hits, and had six strikeouts in five innings in a 3-1 upset loss.
- new student keiran yoder They earned their second shutout win of the season against Sam Houston last Friday. haley dieter He then hit a home run and a career-high four RBIs in a come-from-behind 7-6 victory on Saturday. Megan Fortner He hit a three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning on Sunday, giving Liberty a 5-4 lead.
- According to the season, rachel lupe (.362) is second in CUSA in OPS (1.216), home runs (9) and runs scored (25). mary claire wilson (.290) scored 22 runs, but haley dieter (.279) is second on the team with seven doubles. Sierra Kersten (.268) is tied for the team's top 20 RBIs. Megan Fortner He had 7 home runs and 19 RBIs. KK Madrid Ranks third in CUSA in stolen bases (11).
- keiran yoder (6-5, 2.79 ERA) has won shutouts in Liberty's past two CUSA Series openers. Yoder is tied for second in CUSA with 64 strikeouts. katie love (4-3, 4.39) He pitched a no-hitter against Jacksonville State on March 16 and ranked fourth in CUSA in opponent batting average (.223). Elena Escobar (4-1, 2.55 ERA) ranks sixth in the conference in earned run average.Transfer to Louisiana tyler oubre Recorded an ERA of 3.68.
