It's that time of year again. Softball is back! And for your number 15/16th ranked hokies. They are looking to build on what I think was gonna be a fantastic year for the ladies last year until covid cancelled the rest of the 2020 season😔. But imo this could be an even better year for the hokies.
Let's talk about the pitching staff.
If anyone is familiar with the hokie softball team than you know the name Keely Rochard. If not let me tell y'all about her. Last season during the covid shorten season Rochard posted a 15-3 record with a 1.52 ERA and a amazing 183 strikeouts in 120 innings👀. She was named softball America first team All American for her efforts. Behind Keley is a battle for pitcher No.2 between Hewitt and True Freshmens Mackenzie Osbourne of Richlands VA and Ivy Rosenberry of Winchester Va. I expect it to be Hewitt but VTChip a big time hokie supported over on TSL says that Hewitt has been dealing with injuries throughout the off season so one of the freshman will probably have too step up early in the season. Now on to the fielders/batters for the hokies. So when the season ended the hokies were batting a team avg of .324 and scoring a average of 7 runs a game which was leading the ACC. Well the good news is the hokies return 8 players who were batting over .274 and the addition of Cana Davis who missed last year due to injury. They are without Lattin who graduated and Maddi Banks who transfered to Ole miss but the Hokies brought in some really good replacements in True Freshman Cameron Fagan who was the number 13 recuirt in the country (not surprising since she comes from a super Atheletic family where her 2 sisters played big time college softball as well) and sophomore transfer from Michigan Morgan Overaitis and True Freshman Addy Greene. The hokies Kick off the season down in Kennesaw GA to face the Kennesaw State Owls (where Pete D'Armour formerly was the head coach before taking the Tech job) this weekend in a 3 game series starting Saturday with a doubleheader. I'll be on the thread giving inning by inning updates every game🤘until then GO HOKIES!!
Hokies softball 2021 season
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I hope this becomes the Next Great TKP Meme
Crude start, obviously could be much more well done.
I like it😂
Awesome! Give Fu a call!
Great writeup love the tech softball team. Ever since they stopped to take pictures with my kids in South Carolina. Any idea why they are playing no games in FL this season?
Well the ACC is barely having non conference games so that factor it into it. Also our ACC pod is FSU and Clemson this year and they wanted the games to be a neutral field games
Bump because season starts tomorrow also because there's a time update on the doubleheader. Game 1 starts at 3:30 and game 2 starts around 6. Also also Fireman I'm gonna need your help for the YouTube link for the streams of the games tomorrow and sunday
Can you not find them?
https://hokiesports.com/news/2021/2/11/softball-hokies-open-season-on-th...
Nah I can't link em to the thread😔
I linked first game below.
1st game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00TdCwY3dJY&feature=youtu.be
2nd game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00TdCwY3dJY&feature=youtu.be
3rd game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWkvtsD5oek&feature=youtu.be
Thank you😁
ARE YOU READY
28 mins
I think their video team forgot there was a stream😂
They're having technical difficulties and is working on it
Through 1 and a half innings it's still scoreless
Rochard is picking off where she left last year. Having 3Ks so far
Cana Davis with a rbi double to put the hokies up 1-0
Slaw single makes it 2-0 going to the bottom of the 3rd👊
Thanks. Cant watch trying to finish a research paper I have due.
No live streams today😭
What happened to links?
Its not the links. They having technical difficulties and can't get the stream up
3-0 hokies off a Ritter Home run!!!
HOME RUN HOKIES! 2 run home run from freshman Addy Greene to go 5-0
Rbi single by ritter makes it 6-0
Ahhh man they took down the live chat😭
6-0 hokies going to the 6th
Game one in the books. A hokies win 6-0!
Hokies stat line
6-8-0
Kennesaw st stat line
0-3-2
Rochard pitching line
7 innings 3 H 2 W 11 Ks
Oh wait I forgot they play 7😂
Sorry about the updates I'm making a peanut butter chocolate pie😂 2-0 hokies bottom of the 3rd
4-0 hokies👊
6-0 hokies in the 6th
Game 2 is another 6-0 win for the hokies!
Hokies stat line
6-7-2
Kennesaw St stat line
0-3-3
The winning pitcher for your hokies was Freshman Ivy Rosenberry picking up her first collegiate win
Her line was
7 innings pitched 3 H 1 W 2 Ks
Hopefully they fix their stream for tomorrow's game at noon😂
Thanks Primus.
No problem firedude🤘
They made a new link for the softball game stream
Nothing happening thru 2 so far
Game is live on YouTube
https://youtu.be/6Vib6VrKzV4
Hokies take a 1-0 lead on a rbi double in the 4th
2-0 hokies after a rbi single
Rbi double puts the hokies up 3-0 in the 6th
Error on the 2nd baseman makes it 4-0 hokies
And it's a sweep for the hokies!
A 4-0 win puts the hokies at 3-0 on the season
Hokies stat line
4-5-1
Kennesaw St stat line
0-2-2
Winning pitcher for your hokies is Keely Rochard with a line of.
7 innings pitched 2 H 0 W 7 Ks
Hokies softball moved up a spot in both major polls. Up to #14/15 with a big weekend for the ladies. 6 games in 4 days against Clemson and FSU
Hokies take on them tigers from Clemson for a 3 game series starting tomorrow for a single game tomorrow. They moved the DH to Friday. I'll hit y'all with a pre series preview around 9-10 PM tonight
Sorry about not getting the preview up last night. I got heavily invested into Minecraft😂. So Clemson is in year 2 of its program and their off to 2-0 record this season with a run rule victory over Illinois State and a 4-3 win over North Florida before the rest of the tournament got cancelled. I say if Keely pitches all 3 games the hokies sweep the series but I highly doubt she does so my prediction for series is hokies winning 2 out of 3 games
ITSSSSSSS TIME
Got 2 hits in the first but couldn't capitalize on em
Down 5-0
Lost 8-1 but it sounds like coach was experimenting, as 6 Hokies made their debuts in the first game.
Game 1 of the DH. Hokies up 6-0
9-0
This game is on ACCN and of course it's the day we have kids stuff all day and I can't be home to watch. But seems like the bags are working well today .
It worked enough to run rule them
Hokies win game 1 9-0 in 5 inning run rule.
Hokies stat line
9-9-1
Tigers stat line
0-3-2
Rosenberry line was
5 innings 3 H 0 W 2Ks
3-0 hokies in game 2 so far
Kelsey Brown crashing into the wall for a big catch
Apparently just 1 of 4 huge plays in the field for Brown today.
Got that run back💪
Kelsey Brown with 5 hits and 3 stolen bases today and scores a huge run to make it 4-1 in the 7th.
Nice double play to finish Clemson off. Good win.
Yee my prediction was right😂
Hokies Noles DH starts at 11:30
Ugh not pretty.
Going better in game 2. Up 5-0
8-0 but I need a rules refresher as I didn't understand the 2nd out in the third where she hit it off the plate and it kicked into fair ground.
All four bases are considered fair territory
So did it hit her after it hit the plate? If it did, I missed it but they called her out and sent the runners back to the original bases.
That was I how I understood the call. Can't say it was correct, but that is what i thought the call was
Single camera angle from behind the plate didn't help.
I tried to tune in for a bit, but that broadcast was just too hard to watch.
Hokies win 6-0, Keely had nine strikeouts in the one hitter to help the Hokies win their first series over FSU since 2011. Chavez helped the offense with her 4th homerun on the season. Fagan also added a three run Homer to the effort.
Love this. I hated not to get to see it, though I admittedly chose to watch the baseball game instead.
GO HOKIES!!
Who sweep their doubleheader against projected MAC champion Kent State 👀
Great Hokie sports day all around.
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