Over the past weekend the No. 10 (USA Today / NFCA D1) / No. 12 (ESPN / USA Softball) Virginia Tech Hokies were in Austin, TX, participating in the Lone Star State Invitational. VT’s first game found true freshmen, Lyndsey Grein, as the starting pitcher. She threw and impressive one-hit game against the Abilene Christian Wildcats, and the Hokies won by mercy rule, 11-0, at the close of the fifth inning. Teagan Thrunk led the bats for Virginia Tech with two hits, two runs (one of which was a homerun), and four RBIs.
Over the invitational the Hokies twice faced off against the No.