![]() The Hokies produced a bases-loaded walk before Marsden got the final two outs and limited the damage. » After a scoreless third inning, Virginia Tech loaded the bases with one out. After two hits in the second for the Hokies, Aubry threw out Bre Peck at home to save a run and keep the game scoreless. » Virginia Tech started the bottom of the first with a hit before Marsden retired three straight batters. And overall, I just trust in my stuff, my spin and my defense behind me, and I knew that we'd work out of it together." - Marsden on what was working for her and escaping jams. ![]() It's kind of easy to get in that mindset when you have runners on base. "I was just sticking to my game plan in there and doing what I know I can do. We have to do a better job hitting but other than that, we played a really good game." - Head coach Jessica O'Donnell on facing Virginia Tech and Marsden's performance. I was proud of the way we showed up and how Rachel pitched. We played a lot better than we have in the past going into the first game. I'm just really proud of Rachel and the team defensively. I thought Rachel pitched a phenomenal game. We knew that Rochard was going to be tough. » Virginia Tech's Keely Rochard threw a no-hitter and struck out 17 batters. » Lauren Aubry threw out a runner at home plate in the second inning. » Mekenzie Saban was hit by a pitch and Jordan Pietrzykoski drew a walk in the seventh inning to produce Saint Francis' baserunners. » Rachel Marsden went six innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on eight hits with five walks and one strikeout. – Saint Francis University softball dropped their first game of the NCAA Regionals 4-0 to No. We’ve been preparing for Virginia Tech really the entire two weeks, so hopefully all that preparation will work out.” Box Score: Virginia Tech 4, St.BLACKSBURG, Va. … The rest has been preparation and stuff. “The past couple weeks, we’ve only had one game. “We had a good instinct that we’d be sent to Virginia Tech,” Lawson said. Francis (Pa.) and Miami (OH), with the winner earning a birth in Sunday’s finals and the loser being eliminated.ĭuring the postgame press conference, Kentucky head coach Rachel Lawsen shared that the Wildcats have been preparing for the Hokies during the past two weeks. The losing team will take on the winner of tomorrow’s losers bracket game between St. The winner will advance to the regional final on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday in a winner’s bracket game that is scheduled to be shown on ESPN. Virginia Tech and Kentucky will battle at 3 p.m. The Wildcats hit an NCAA Tournament and school record-tying six home runs and scored in every inning. That “next game” was a Kentucky highlight show, as the Wildcats blasted MAC Champion Miami 15-1 in a five-inning run-rule contest. We’re just happy to get the win and see who wins the next game.” ![]() I’ve been in enough of them where that’s almost always a tough game. Coming out of the regional, the first game you always have a bit of jitters. “I didn’t think we played our best today,” D’Amour said, “which is a good sign moving forward. Francis error in the sixth inning plated the final two VT runs. Kelsey Bennett doubled the advantage in the fifth with this single that drove in Emma Ritter.Ģ-0 lead for the Hokies thanks to □ /QRZnA6kM29Ī St. The Virginia Tech offense struggled a bit early before a bases loaded walk by pinch hitter Ally Repko in the fourth inning forced in a run to get the Hokies on the board. “I think this was the best she has thrown all year.” “She made it easy behind the plate,” senior catcher Mackenzie Lawter said. “Not that she struggled terribly the last couple weeks, but she was back to ‘normal’ Keely this afternoon.” ![]() “Keely was back to her old self today,” D’Amour said. “We worked a lot in practice this week of me getting my momentum back,” Rochard said. Rochard was simply amazing, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning before hitting a batter and then walking one. “That just really helps having all that support.” Despite temperatures that approached the 90s, Virginia Tech fans showed out for the Hokies’s first hosted regional. “You can just hear HokieNation over top of everything,” Rochard told ESPN after the game. We’re going to need that atmosphere, maybe amp it up even more going forward. “There was definitely a different ‘feel’ in the park today,” Virginia Tech head coach Pete D’Amour told Tech Sideline after the game. Francis (37-17) behind Keely Rochard’s ninth career no-hitter.Ī crowd of 1,923 witnessed the first regional game at Tech Softball Park, and they were noticed by the Hokie athletes. 3 Hokies (42-7) got NCAA Regional play off to a memorable start Friday afternoon with a 4-0 win over St. In front of one of the largest crowds in Virginia Tech softball history, the No. Francis (PA), striking out 17 and throwing a no-hitter. Keely Rochard was firing on all cylinders against St. ![]()
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