Keely Rochard stars for Virginia Tech in the circle, but the Hokie bats took control of the Tempe Regional’s Winner’s bracket game early.
Behind a quick four-run lead in the first two innings and another quality start from Rochard, Virginia Tech beat Arizona State 8-2, taking the driver’s seat in the Tempe regional.
Alexa Milius lined a single in the first to score Kelsey Brown after a leadoff single. Addy Greene powered a double into the right field corner to extend the first-inning lead to three.
Virginia Tech added other runs in each of the second, sixth and seven innings, including a solo home run from Cameron Fagan.