Balanced Effort Guides No. 19 Duke Past Liberty in Doubleheader Tuesday

Tuesday, March 18

Durham, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

20-9

Liberty

23-5

LIBERTY

Duke

Balanced Effort Guides No. 19 Duke Past Liberty in Doubleheader Tuesday

3/19/2025 12:06:00 AM | Softball

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DURHAM, N.C. – A full team effort guided No. 19 Duke (21-9, 4-2 ACC) to a doubleheader sweep over Liberty (23-6, 5-0 CUSA) Tuesday night at Duke Softball Stadium.

The Blue Devils snapped Liberty's 11-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory in the opening game before completing the sweep with a 3-2 win in the nightcap.

Duke's offense was led by juniors KK Mathis and Aminah Vega and sophomore Amiah Burgess hitting .500 during the two games. The trio also combined to account for six of Duke's 10 runs.

Graduate student Dani Drogemuller and juniors Cassidy Curd and Sophie Garner-MacKinnon shared the circle during the twin bill. Drogemuller earned the win after allowing two runs off six hits with a game-high five strikeouts. Curd picked up the save after 1.1 innings of relief. Garner-MacKinnon tossed all 7.0 innings in the second game, scattering five hits with three strikeouts.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

Vega quickly gave the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead with her solo home run in the bottom of the first.
Duke pushed its second run across the plate in the bottom of the third after Mathis reached on a Liberty throwing error, allowing junior Aleyah Terrell to score from third.
The Flames responded in the following frame with a two-out double off the left field wall to drive in a pair of runs and knot the score at 2-2.
Baker went yard in the bottom of the fourth to put the Blue Devils in front again, 3-2.
Duke's offense erupted in the bottom of the sixth with a four-run frame to stretch a 7-2 advantage.
Liberty's Savannah Woodard opened the top of the seventh with a solo home run to right but Curd sat down three of the final four batters to seal the 7-3 victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

Woodard opened the scoring in game two with her second solo blast of the night in the top of the first.
The Blue Devils answered immediately in the home half with an RBI-single from Burgess to bring in junior D'Auna Jennings from second.
Ana Gold kept the offense alive in the bottom of the third, drawing a two-out walk in before advancing on a stolen base. The senior came home on back-to-back wild pitches to put the Blue Devils' ahead, 2-1.
The Flames evened the score at 2-2 after a long ball off the bat of Rachel Roupe in the top of the fourth.
Mathis drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth with a base hit to left field to score Terrell, who was pinch running for Vega.

NOTES

Baker and Vega tallied their first and third home runs on the year, respectively.
Mathis and Vega collected a pair of RBIs during the opening game to mark their fourth and seventh multi-RBI performances of the season.
Drogemuller improved her season ledger to 8-3 after 17 appearances, while Garner-MacKinnon moves to 5-1 on the year.
Curd recorded her seventh career save in game one.
Duke leads the all-time series, 7-2, including six straight wins over the Flames.
The Blue Devils are now 144-44 all-time when playing at Duke Softball Stadium.

UP NEXT
Duke welcomes No. 10 Florida State for a three-game set at Duke Softball Stadium. Friday's opener is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network.

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