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Softball
Midweek Test Awaits at Radford
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia softball (8-9) hits the road on Tuesday (March 5) to take on Radford (6-9) at 5:30 p.m. at Radford Softball Stadium.
The game was rescheduled from its original start time to a 5:30 p.m. first pitch in anticipation of cold temperatures on Tuesday night.
GAME COVERAGE
Fans can follow the action with live stats for Tuesday night’s contest. A link to live stats is available on VirginiaSports.com.
HOOS SINGLES
• With her 55 strikeouts on the season, graduate student Allyson Frei (Branchville, N.J.) ranks fourth in the ACC in total strikeouts and third in K/7.
• Virginia scored double-digit runs and recorded 10+ hits in all three games it played over the weekend.
• Junior Ashlee Davis (Gilbert, Ariz.) hit .600 last week and is now batting .325 on the season.
• Freshman Aly Rayle (Herndon, Va.) has allowed just three earned runs in her last seven outings with an ERA of 1.07 over the last 19.2 innings.
SMITH SWINGING
• Senior Lacy Smith (Lancaster, Pa.) leads the Cavaliers in batting average, RBI, home runs, slugging and on-base percentage.
• Her seven home runs are just one off her career high and have already eclipsed her 2018 total.
• With 19 RBI already this season, Smith is on pace to drive in 58 runs this season. That would be the most since Kristen Dennis set the UVA record in 2002.
• At her current pace, Smith would break Virginia’s single-season home run record of 13 by the end of March.
RAYLE ON THE RISE
• Rayle had her best weekend to-date as a Cavalier at the Tennessee Classic. The right-hander nearly doubled her season innings pitched by tossing 7.2 innings in Knoxville.
• Rayle threw 4.2 IP against No. 7 Tennessee, holding the Lady Vols to just a single run on four hits in the outing.
• Her start against Bradley was the first of her collegiate career. She went 3.0 IP and surrendered a single run while striking out four.
• Rayle continued her momentum at the Cavalier Classic, earning a win in relief and working 5.2 innings while allowing a single run. She struck out six and did not issue a walk.
HOMERIN’ HOOS
• Virginia has once again found success with the long ball this season with 19 through the first 17 games.
• The Cavaliers are on pace to hit over 50 home runs once again this season. Virginia has hit 50 or more homers in the past two seasons and three of the last four.
• Five Cavaliers, Smith, Hayley Busby (Phoenix, Ariz.), Olivia Gott (Weston, Fla.), Kate Covington (McLean, Va.) and Abigail Barber (Providence Forge, Va.), have multiple homers on the season.
VERSUS RADFORD
• Virginia is 22-18 all-time against the Highlanders, but Radford has taken the past two meetings in the series.
• At Radford, the Cavaliers hold an 8-5 mark, but have not won since 2007 (3 losses).
• The Highlanders earned a 12-1 win in Charlottesville last season.
IN THE RANKINGS
• Virginia is 32nd nationally in home runs per game.
• The Cavaliers’ pitching staff ranks 32nd in the country in strikeouts with 115.
• Lacy Smith ranks 11th in the country with her seven home runs.
• Smith ranks 34th in the country and third in the ACC with her .873 slugging percentage.
• Allyson Frei is 47th in the nation and third in the ACC with 8.6 K/7.
UP NEXT
Virginia returns home to The Park this weekend to open ACC play against Pittsburgh on Friday (March 8).