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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A pair of Virginia Tech softball players were honored for their play this year, being named all-conference Thursday morning. Junior Courtney Liddle (first team) and freshman Lauren Gaskill (second team) were both named to the All-ACC team, as voted on by the coaches.

Liddle, from Haymarket, Va., made the first team for the second consecutive season after batting .312 for the year with eight doubles, eight home runs and 32 RBIs. She has also drawn 44 walks on the season.

Gaskill, a center fielder from Mount Holly, N.J., is hitting .305 with 13 doubles, six home runs and a team-leading 22 stolen bases. She hit .353 in ACC play with nine of her doubles coming in conference games.

Tech, the No. 4 seed in the ACC Championship, will play fifth-seeded Maryland tonight in the first round at 7:30 p.m. The game will be played at North Carolina’s Anderson Field here in Chapel Hill. It can be seen on ESPN3, an online-only broadcast, at this link.

Below are the league honors as well as the full first and second teams.

ACC Player of the Year: Kelsi Weseman, Georgia Tech
ACC Pitcher of the Year: Lori Spingola, North Carolina
ACC Freshman of the Year: Renada Davis, NC State
ACC Coach of the Year: Donna Papa, North Carolina

First Team
Nicole D’Argento, Boston College
Briana Hamilton, Florida State
Monica Perry, Florida State
Tiffani Brown, Florida State
Hope Rush, Georgia Tech
Kelsi Weseman, Georgia Tech
Kathy McLaughlin, Maryland
Vangie Galindo, Maryland
Renada Davis, NC State
Lori Spingola, North Carolina
Courtney Liddle, Virginia Tech

Second Team
Andrea Filler, Boston College
Lacey Waldrop, Florida State
Kate Kuzma, Georgia Tech
Kendra Knight, Maryland
Ally Blake, North Carolina
Amy Nece, North Carolina
Kelli Wheeler, North Carolina
Melanie Mitchell, Virginia
Lauren Gaskill, Virginia Tech

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