Rochard’s work ethic has been regularly noted by D’Amour as a great example to the rest of the team.įresh off the school’s second ever appearance in the Super Regionals, the Hokies look to return almost their entire roster from this past season, including NFCA All-Mid Atlantic honorees Jayme Bailey, Kelsey Brown, Cameron Fagan and Kelsey Bennett. “Our returning and freshmen pitchers get to spend another year being mentored by Keely, and that is big for their development.” “Her return means way more to the future of our program than just potential on field success,” said D’Amour. Both Rosenberry and Osborne have credited Rochard with mentoring them in their transition to college, and her impact on the youngsters was noted by D’Amour. She is second all-time in strikeouts per seven innings at 9.4 and has thrown seven no hitters in her career along with 31 career shutouts.Īn easily overlooked benefit of Rochard’s return should be her positive influence on sophomore Pitchers Ivy Rosenberry (6-4, 3.06 ERA) and Mackenzie Osborne (2-1, 2.76 ERA), as well as incoming pitching recruit Emma Lemley. Rochard has 792 career strikeouts, which ranks third all-time at Virginia Tech. I hope that trend will continue.”Ī “better” Keely Rochard would be scary for Virginia Tech opponents.
Every year that she’s worked with Doug (Gillis, pitching coach)), she’s gotten better and better. She should continue to solidify herself as one of the best athletes to ever play for Virginia Tech. “Her accolades will bring us more coverage nationally. “Fans of Hokies Softball know what it means to have Keely back from just an on field/results perspective, so I won’t even touch on that,” said D’Amour. Rochard’s return was welcome news for Hokie Coach Pete D’Amour. She won all three games in the Arizona State Regional and shut down #2 UCLA in the first game of the Super Regionals. Rochard pitched 244 of the Hokies’ 339.2 innings this past season (71.8%) with 348 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.38. Rochard, who has already played four seasons for the Hokies, will take advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted to spring sport athletes after the 2020 season was impacted by COVID-19. Run it back, 3! 🙌 #ThisIsHome | #Hokies 🦃 /RbTuBqfZ4A In an announcement that may cause Virginia Tech softball fans to take to the streets in celebration, All-American and ACC Pitcher of the Year Keely Rochard announced today that she will return to play softball for Virginia Tech next season. Rochard struck out eight while giving up four hits in seven innings.Keely Rochard will play one more season at Virginia Tech. The Hokies (37-14) got their only hit of the game in the fourth inning when Cameron Fagan singled. Yes, it did give me a boost of confidence from my coach (having faith in me), but ultimately, I’m looking up for that.” “So I think, for me, I find my confidence in my faith in God and just knowing that he’s working through me. “I realized that wherever you get your confidence from determines how long you’ll have it,” Faraimo said.
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The only base runners she allowed came on a one-out walk in the first, a leadoff infield single in the fourth and a two-out free pass in the sixth. She recorded 1-2-3 innings in the second, third, fifth and seventh. Faraimo (19-3) struck out the side in the second inning and two apiece in the first and sixth, registering at least one in every inning.
UCLA cornerback John Humphrey earns first startįaraimo, a redshirt sophomore, finished with 11 strikeouts – punctuating each one with a shout and a first-pump. Briana Perez singled shortly after, but UCLA was unable to produce another run in the frame. I kind of just had to let go of yesterday and realize that it’s the past and I can’t do anything and try to make something happen today.”Īaliyah Jordan hit the second solo homer of the game (her eighth of the season) to begin the third inning. “I think we really showed tonight that we were gonna fight till the end. “I just had to kind of look to my teammates to remind me that we’re not done,” said Brady, who was 0 for 2 on Thursday. She struck out the first six and retired the first 13 Bruins she faced on Thursday, but UCLA’s Maya Brady connected for a solo home run (her 12th of the season) in the top of the second inning on Friday to give the Bruins some early momentum. UCLA was designated as the visiting team for Game 2, and Hokies pitcher Keely Rochard (29-9) picked up where she left off in Game 1, striking out the side in the first inning.
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(ESPN2), with the winner clinching a trip to the eight-team Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. And I think it paid out with confidence and that people were making plays in the right position.” “We got really clear about what it was that we were going to do hitter by hitter with our pitching staff. “Today we actually got together and came up with a defensive plan for all nine of them,” UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said.
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