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The Virginia Tech offense struggled a bit early before a bases loaded walk by pinch hitter Ally Repko in the fourth inning forced in a run to get the Hokies on the board. “I think this was the best she has thrown all year.” “She made it easy behind the plate,” senior catcher Mackenzie Lawter said. “Not that she struggled terribly the last couple weeks, but she was back to ‘normal’ Keely this afternoon.”
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“Keely was back to her old self today,” D’Amour said. “We worked a lot in practice this week of me getting my momentum back,” Rochard said. Rochard was simply amazing, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning before hitting a batter and then walking one. “That just really helps having all that support.” Despite temperatures that approached the 90s, Virginia Tech fans showed out for the Hokies’s first hosted regional. “You can just hear HokieNation over top of everything,” Rochard told ESPN after the game. We’re going to need that atmosphere, maybe amp it up even more going forward. “There was definitely a different ‘feel’ in the park today,” Virginia Tech head coach Pete D’Amour told Tech Sideline after the game. Francis (37-17) behind Keely Rochard’s ninth career no-hitter.Ī crowd of 1,923 witnessed the first regional game at Tech Softball Park, and they were noticed by the Hokie athletes. 3 Hokies (42-7) got NCAA Regional play off to a memorable start Friday afternoon with a 4-0 win over St.
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In front of one of the largest crowds in Virginia Tech softball history, the No. Francis (PA), striking out 17 and throwing a no-hitter. Keely Rochard was firing on all cylinders against St.