BLACKSBURG, Va. – In a matchup that featured 2019 Big South regular season champion Longwood and the ACC regular season champion Virginia Tech, the 24th-ranked Hokies earned a pair of wins in a doubleheader sweep over Longwood Tuesday afternoon at Tech Softball Park.

Carrie Eberle used a dominant pitching performance in game one in a 6-0 shutout before Virginia Tech took advantage of four Longwood miscues in game two en route to a 8-5 win.

The wins for Virginia Tech (45-8) hand the program its fourth-most win in its history and the most since the 2012 season, as Longwood (34-18) has won four of the last seven meetings between the two teams.

"We played a good team who has had a very successful season," said Longwood head coach Kathy Riley. "[Virginia Tech] hurt us with the home runs today. They took advantage of our mistakes, scoring eight runs on six hits. Other than that, I felt that we pitched well at times and made some nice defensive plays."

Alexis Wayland led the way for Longwood at the plate throughout the day with three hits over the two games. With the performance, Wayland has collected hits in eight of the last 10 games. Jordan Clark extended her hit streak to 18 straight games with a single in game one before hitting her seventh home run of the season in game two. Karleigh Donovan also reached in both games of the day.

Longwood will conclude its 2019 regular season Saturday, May 4 at Liberty. First pitch from Lynchburg, Va., is set for 2 p.m.

Virginia Tech 6, Longwood 0

Virginia Tech's Carrie Eberle tossed a three-hit shutout while Emma Strouth and Caitlyn Nolan each blasted a home run to lead the Hokies to a 6-0 win over Longwood in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.

Eberle (25-4) allowed three Longwood hits in seven hits and had a perfect game bid broken up with two outs in the fourth inning. She walked a pair of batters and struck out one while throwing 97 pitches, 57 for strikes. The win for Eberle was her 25th of the season and her ninth shutout of the season.

For the Lancers, Sydney Gay (11-9) took the loss, allowing six runs on nine hits in six innings while striking out a pair and walking three batters.

Strouth, with her 12th home run of the season, led the Hokies offensively with a 2-for-3 effort, while Jayne Bailey, Darby Trull and Kelsey Bennett all added a pair of hits.

Karleigh Donovan reached on a walk and had one of three Longwood hits along with Jordan Clark and Alexis Wayland.

Virginia Tech 8, Longwood 5

Caitlyn Nolan went deep in the fourth inning to break Virginia Tech's home run record, as the Hokies took advantage of four Longwood errors in a 8-5 win.

Nolan's blast was the 18th of her season and broke open a 5-3 game a half inning after Kasey Carr lifted her third home run to left field. It was part of a three-hit game for Nolan, who finished with two RBI and three runs scored. She had three of Virginia Tech's six hits in the game.

Keely Rochard (20-3) went the distance in the circle for the Hokies, allowing five runs, three earned, on five hits and two walks while striking out seven batters and throwing 119 pitches, 80 for strikes.

Sydney Backstrom (17-9) took the loss for the Lancers, allowing eight runs, five earned, on six hits while walking three and striking out one. The sophomore tossed 93 pitches, 51 strikes.

Arleigh Wood came on to pitch the seventh inning, retiring all three batters she faced.

Offensively, Wayland led the way for the Lancers with a pair of hits in a 2-for-3 performance while Carr and Clark went deep and Mason Basdikis added a single.

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