LIVE Updates: No. 10 Virginia Tech Hokies vs Liberty Softball Score

FINAL | Hokies 9, Flames 0

Mizelle’s grand slam only served as four insurance runs for Layton, as she completed the complete game, two-pitcher shutout as the Tech arms allowed just four hits from Liberty in the contest.

T7 | Hokies 9, Flames 0

Mizelle, a true freshman, stepped up in the seventh with the bases loaded, and she smacked her sixth home run off the flag poles in center for her first career grand slam.

E6 | Hokies 5, Flames 0

Layton fired a 1-2-3 inning in just seven pitches, forcing two groundouts and then a popout to Castine at second to end the inning.

M6 | Hokies 5, Flames 0

After Allen allowed Castine to poke the RBI single through, she has since retired the six Tech batters that have stepped up to the dish, rolling the contest into the bottom of the sixth.

E5 | Hokies 5, Flames 0

Layton faced four batters in her first frame, with all four resulting in the ball in play. Center fielder Paige Doerr led off the inning with an infield single to second, but Liberty went down in order after.

M5 | Hokies 5, Flames 0

After Castine’s RBI single, Tech went down in succession, taking the contest to the bottom of the fifth. Freshman Avery Layton relieves Carrico in the circle after four frames and 50 pitches, allowing three hits and striking out four Liberty bats.

T5 | Hokies 5, Flames 0

On Allen’s third delivery of her outing, Castine singled through the 3-4 gap in the infield, as Tech can take a huge advantage in the fifth. The Flames are still looking for their first defensive out as the run is credited to Mike.

T5 | Hokies 4, Flames 0

Gabby Mike’s day is over after she walked Aldridge and Yaeger following the blast from Abromavage. Tech still has no outs in the frame as Danner Allen takes over in the circle for the Flames.

T5 | Hokies 4, Flames 0

Tech finds its first run in two innings off the bat of Abromavage, as she led off the top of the fifth with a solo shot to left center, her 13th of the season.

E4 | Hokies 3, Flames 0

The past two innings have gone scoreless in Lynchburg as Mike has settled into a pitcher's duel with Carrico after allowing three Tech runs to come across the dish in the first two frames.

E3 | Hokies 3, Flames 0

Carrico worked through her first perfect frame in the bottom of the third, only needing nine pitches to force three in-play outs against Liberty.

M3 | Hokies 3, Flames 0

Tech heads back to the dugout after their offensive trip scoreless, due to a 15-pitch inning from Liberty pitcher Gabby Mike, while Yaeger did poke a single back up the middle in the frame.

E2 | Hokies 3, Flames 0

Liberty picked up two more singles in the contest, off the bats of Maci Strickland and Brooke Roberts. Carrico exited the slight jam with her second strikeout of the afternoon, sending the Flames' shortstop, Savannah Whatley, back to the dugout.

T2 | Hokies 3, Flames 0

With two outs and no action so far in the frame, Foster drew a five-pitch walk as the lineup rolled over, allowing Lynch to plate her for the second time in as many innings with an RBI double smacked into left-center field.

E1 | Hokies 2, Flames 0

Carrico worked through the bottom of the first, allowing a single to Liberty’s two-hole, Brynn McManus. She picked up one strikeout in the frame, a three-pitch swinging strikeout to the Flames’ catcher, Savannah Jessee.

T1 | Hokies 2, Flames 0

Tech jumps ahead early with no outs; Foster led off with a double that sliced over second base, and then Lynch followed suit with her 13th homer of the season, this one to dead center, opening the scoring.

PREGAME

How the Hokies will take on the Flames:

SP - Bree Carrico

1. Addison Foster- CF
2. Jordan Lynch- 3B
3. Michelle Chatfield- 1B
4. Nora Abromavage- LF
5. Kylie Aldridge- DP
6. Zoe Yaeger- C
7. Rachel Castine- 2B
8. Gaby Mizelle-RF
9. Annika Rohs- SS

Tech will gear up for its 10th matchup against Liberty since 2021, and the first of two games against the Flames this season, with the second taking place in Blacksburg on April 22. The Hokies hold the all-time advantage 44-16, as Tech has taken the last eight contests, going back to the April 2021 matchup, rejuvenating this annual matchup.

Tech kept Liberty off the scoreboard for all 12 innings of battle last season, just as the Hokies did in their most recent contest, in their Sunday matchup against the No. 21 Virginia Cavaliers, 5-0.

The Virginia Tech Hokies (36-6, 11-4 ACC) are riding their fourth straight conference series victory into the midweek matchup against the Liberty Flames today. Follow along in reverse chronological order for a game thread for the contest:

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