Hoos Travel To Liberty For Midweek Tilt

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia softball staff (17-4) heads out on the highway for a midweek tilt at Liberty (9-9) on Tuesday (March 6). First pitch is about for six p.m. within the single sport.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
The sport at Liberty will probably be streamed on ESPN+ and is on the market at ESPN.com and thru the ESPN app. Stay stats are additionally out there and hyperlinks to each the stream and stay stats are at VirginiaSports.com. Followers can even get updates by following this system’s official Twitter account (@UVASoftball).

QUICK HITS

• Virginia is using an 11-game win streak after posting an undefeated weekend within the Palmer Park Conflict.
• Sophomore Kelly Ayer has been scorching at bat, posting an 11-game hit streak that coincides with the win streak.
• Ayer additionally has been a menace on the basepath as she leads the ACC and ranks ninth nationally in steals (15).
• The Hoos have been aggressive on the basepath with 60 steals which ranks fourth nationally.
• Jade Hylton holds the staff lead in dwelling runs (7) and in addition leads the staff in RBI (19) after 4 weeks of play.
• Hylton’s seven dwelling runs ranks 14th nationally.
• Pitchers Eden Bigham and Molly Grube rank within the prime 50 nationally in ERA – Bigham is available in at 0.98 whereas Grube is available in at 1.05. Jenny Bressler ranks 82nd nationally with a 1.34 ERA.
• Bigham ranks eighth nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings (2.95) and is coming off a efficiency with a career-high 10 strikeouts in opposition to George Mason on Sunday night time.
• UVA’s 11-game win streak is the longest because the 2001 staff posted an 12-game hit streak (4/14/01 – 4/24/01).
• That 2001 staff posted two win streaks of 12 video games and a further 11-game win streak.

THE SERIES WITH LIBERTY

• Virginia and Liberty have confronted one another 76 instances and the Cavaliers lead the sequence 47-29.
• Liberty gained each video games final season and have gained 4 straight within the sequence.
• Virginia gained the second assembly of the 2019 marketing campaign 4-3 in Charlottesville (4/16/19).
• The longest win streak for the Hoos within the sequence was 15 video games (3/28/98 – 4/13/05).
•  Liberty’s longest win streak within the sequence is six video games (4/29/81 – 3/26/83).

UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS

• Virginia will return to motion at dwelling this weekend when the Cavaliers open ACC play in opposition to Georgia Tech.
• Recreation instances for the weekend sequence are 5 p.m. (Friday), 1 p.m. (Saturday), 4 p.m. (Sunday).
• Normal admission tickets for Virginia Softball are on sale at UVATix.com.
• Sunday’s are Youth Day with Virginia Softball and youth get in free with the acquisition of an grownup ticket. Extra particulars can be discovered at UVATix.com.