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General InformationGeneral InformationName of SchoolName of School ........... ........... Liberty UniversityLiberty UniversityCity/ZipCity/Zip ................. ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24502Lynchburg, Va. 24502FoundedFounded .......................................... ..........................................19711971EnrollmentEnrollment .................................... .................................... 11,92811,928NicknameNickname.......................................................................... FlamesFlamesMascotMascot ............................................ ............................................EagleEagleSchool ColorsSchool Colors ............. .............Red, White & BlueRed, White & BlueAffi liationAffi liation ......................... .........................NCAA Division INCAA Division IConferenceConference .............................. .............................. Big SouthBig SouthFounderFounder ......................... ......................... Dr. Jerry FalwellDr. Jerry FalwellChancellorChancellor ..................... .....................Jerry Falwell, Jr.Jerry Falwell, Jr.Director of AthleticsDirector of Athletics................................ Jeff BarberJeff BarberAthletics Dept. PhoneAthletics Dept. Phone ..... ..... (434) 582-2100(434) 582-2100

Baseball InformationBaseball InformationHead CoachHead Coach........................................................Jim TomanJim TomanAlma MaterAlma Mater ............. ............. N.C. State (‘85, ‘95)N.C. State (‘85, ‘95)Record at SchoolRecord at School ... ... 142-85-1/ Four Years142-85-1/ Four YearsCareer RecordCareer Record ................................ ................................SameSameAssistant CoachesAssistant Coaches ................................... ............................................................................... Garrett Quinn (Maine , ‘98)Garrett Quinn (Maine , ‘98)................................ Jason Murray ((Ball State, ‘98)Jason Murray ((Ball State, ‘98)............................................Adam Ward (Clemson, ‘08)Adam Ward (Clemson, ‘08)Director of Baseball OperationsDirector of Baseball Operations................................................................................Billy Daniels (Liberty, ‘06)Billy Daniels (Liberty, ‘06)Associate Athletic TrainerAssociate Athletic Trainer ........................ ....................................................................................................Scott LawrensonScott Lawrenson

HistoryHistoryFirst Season of BaseballFirst Season of Baseball....................................19741974All-Time RecordAll-Time Record .......... .......... 1054-811-7 (.565)1054-811-7 (.565)NCAA Tournament AppearancesNCAA Tournament Appearances ........... ...........33Last NCAA AppearanceLast NCAA Appearance ................... ...................200020002010 Overall Record2010 Overall Record..............................................42-1942-19***school record for wins***school record for wins2010 Conference Record/Finish2010 Conference Record/Finish .............. ........................................................................................................19-7/Second19-7/SecondStarters Returning/LostStarters Returning/Lost..............................................5/45/4Pitchers Returning/LostPitchers Returning/Lost ...................... ......................7/47/4Letterwinners Returning/LostLetterwinners Returning/Lost........................14/514/5NewcomersNewcomers....................................................................................1515

StadiumStadiumHome FieldHome Field ............ ............ Worthington StadiumWorthington StadiumCapacity Capacity ..................................................................................1,0001,000Field DimensionsField Dimensions ..... ..... 325 (LF), 375 (LC),325 (LF), 375 (LC),.................................. 390 (CF), 375 (RC), 325 (RF) 390 (CF), 375 (RC), 325 (RF)

Athletics Communications Info.Athletics Communications Info.Asst. AD - CommunicationsAsst. AD - Communications ..................... .........................................................................................................Todd WetmoreTodd WetmoreSID Offi ce PhoneSID Offi ce Phone ............ ............ (434) 582-2292(434) 582-2292Cell PhoneCell Phone ...................... ...................... (434) 841-8974(434) 841-8974Email AddressEmail Address.............. twetmore@liberty.edutwetmore@liberty.eduAssoc. DirectorAssoc. Director ............. .............Ryan BombergerRyan BombergerCell Phone Cell Phone ..................... ..................... (434) 221-5576(434) 221-5576Email AddressEmail Address...... rbomberger@liberty.edurbomberger@liberty.eduAsst. DirectorAsst. Director .................... .................... Paul CarmanyPaul CarmanyCell PhoneCell Phone ...................... ...................... (434) 221-5575(434) 221-5575Email AddressEmail Address.......... pjcarmany@liberty.edupjcarmany@liberty.eduAsst. DirectorAsst. Director .......................... ..........................Eric BrownEric BrownCell PhoneCell Phone ...................... ...................... (434) 221-8817(434) 221-8817Email AddressEmail Address................ eqbrown@liberty.edueqbrown@liberty.eduAsst. DirectorAsst. Director ................. .................Jennifer SheltonJennifer SheltonCell PhoneCell Phone ...................... ...................... (828) 638-3876(828) 638-3876Email AddressEmail Address............jbshelton2@liberty.edujbshelton2@liberty.eduGrad. Asst.Grad. Asst. .............................. .............................. Tim HartinTim HartinCell PhoneCell Phone ....................... ....................... (207)267-4995(207)267-4995Email AddressEmail Address........................ thartin@liberty.eduthartin@liberty.edu

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Baseball ContactBaseball Contact .......... ..........Ryan BombergerRyan BombergerAth. Comm. FaxAth. Comm. Fax............................ (434) 582-2076(434) 582-2076WebsiteWebsite ...................... ......................LibertyFlames.comLibertyFlames.com

The Games The Liberty Flames (32-20, 17-7 Big South) hosts the Radford Highlanders (28-22, 12-12 Big South) in a three-game Big South series, Thursday-Saturday at Worthington Sta-dium. The series will conclude the 2011 regular season for both teams. Liberty enters the weekend, having won 10 of its last 11 games. Thursday’s and Friday’s games will both scheduled to start at 7 p.m., while fi rst pitch for Saturday’s series fi nale is scheduled for 2 p.m. Before Saturday’s contest, the nine players playing in their fi nal games in a Liberty uniform will be honored.

Last Time Out Shortstop Matt Williams tied the game with his second home run in the ninth inning and fi rst baseman Austin Taylor singled home the game-winning run in the 10th inning, as the Liberty Flames defeated the VCU Rams, 8-7, in a non-conference contest, Tuesday at Worthington Stadium. Trailing 6-0 after an 1 1/3 innings, the Flames came back to tie the game on the Wil-liams’ second home run of the game, with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. at 7-7. In the 10th, the fi rst three Liberty batters singled, with Taylor’s single providing the game-winning run for the victory. Reliever Dane Beakler, the fi fth pitcher for Liberty in contest, moves to 3-0 on the year. He combined with Mark Swanson, who threw two scoreless innings, and Daniel Brown, who pitched a scoreless eighth, to shut down the Rams over the game’s fi nal fi ve innings.

On Deck Liberty travels to Lexington, Va., for the 2011 Big South Baseball Championship, May 24-28, at Gray-Minor Stadium on the campus of VMI. The Flames will be one of the top two seeds for the double-elimination tournament and will begin play on May 26 against a yet to be determined opponent.

Following the Flames Thursday’s game may be heard LIVE on 90.9 FM “The Light” radio or online at Liber-tyFlames.com. In addition, all three contests will be video streamed LIVE. The feed will be available for a nominal fee on the Big South Network. The video stream will also be avail-able on the World Wide Web at LibertyFlames.com. Alan York will handle play-by-play and former Flames pitcher Doug Wallace will provide commentary for the games.

Games 53-55 - May 18-20, 2011

RADFORD HIGHLANDERS(28-22, 12-12 Big South)

at

LIBERTY FLAMES(32-20, 17-7 Big South)

Worthington Stadium - Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty’s Projected Starters

No. Name Cl. Hgt. Wgt. BAvg. Other Stats20 Casey Rasmus (C) Jr. 6-3 180 .282 22 Runs, 17 RBIs, 8 2Bs, 3 HRs, 18 SBs 4 Austin Taylor (1B) Sr. 6-3 190 .255 24 Runs, 27 RBIs, 9 2Bs, 6 HRs, 7 SBs 16 Zack Haley (2B) Jr. 5-9 165 .308 26 Runs, 18 RBIs, 10 2Bs, 2 HRs, 8 SBs 1 Matt Williams (SS) Jr. 6-0 170 .342 37 Runs, 37 RBIs, 15 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 9 HRs, 14 SBs 5 Tyler Bream (3B) Jr. 6-3 205 .254 25 Runs, 28 RBIs, 8 2Bs, 2 HRs36 Ryan Cordell (LF) Fr. 6-3 185 .270 7 Runs, 4 RBIs, 2 2Bs, 2 HRs, 1 SB15 Ian Parmley (CF) Jr. 6-0 175 .319 42 Runs, 16 RBIs, 8 2Bs, 2 3B, 25 SBs 7 Michael Robertson (RF) Jr. 6-2 215 .328 37 Runs, 31 RBIs, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 2 HRs, 16 SBs24 Justin Sizemore (DH) So. 6-3 230 .228 16 Runs, 15 RBIs, 4 2Bs, 4 HRs

Head Coach Jim TomanRecord at Liberty:142-85-1 (.623) (Fourth Year)Career Record: Same

After leading his team to a school-record 42 victories in 2010, Jim Toman enters his fourth year at Liberty with the best mark of any Flames head coach over his fi rst three years. Since taking over the program for the 2008 season, Liberty has won 35 or more games twice and last season posted only the second 40-win campaign in the 37-year history of the program. The Flames notched a 110-66-1 record during his fi rst three seasons on Liberty Mountain. On May 2, 2010, Toman recorded his 100th career victory, as the Flames defeated Gardner-Webb, 10-7, at Worthington Stadium. The sixth coach in program history, Toman became the fast-est Liberty baseball head coach to amass the milestone, passing fi rst coach Al Worthington, by reaching his 100th win in 160 games, six fewer than Worthington. The impressive strides made by the program have not gone unnoticed. This past November, Rivals.com cited Liberty as one being one of college baseball’s top 10 rising programs. Last season, the Flames had their best season under Toman, posting a school record for wins in a single season with a 42-19 record. The team’s ledger was boosted by a 21-8 road mark, the nation’s 10th-best road record in 2010. In addition, Liberty recorded a 19-7 mark in Big South play, eclipsing its record of the previous season for most victories by the school since joining the conference in 1992. The Flames fi nished second in the league’s regular season and were conference runner-up at the Big South Baseball Championship. Pitcher Shawn Teufel became the fourth player from one of Toman’s Liberty squads to be taken in the MLB Draft. The two-time Big South all-conference fi rst team pitcher and National Pitcher of the Year Watch list member capped a strong senior campaign by being selected by the Detroit Tigers. In 2009, Liberty recorded a 33-21 overall record, while posting a 17-9 mark in Big South Con-ference play. Liberty set a new fi elding standard in 2009, committing the fewest errors, 53, and fi nishing the year with the highest fi elding percentage, .974, in team history. From that infi eld, third baseman Tyler Bream was named a Freshman All-American by the Collegiate Baseball News. Pitcher Andrew Wilson became the third player during Toman’s time at Liberty to be taken in the MLB draft (Atlanta Braves). In 2008, the Flames fashioned a 13-3-1 record in the month of May to fi nish Toman’s fi rst sea-son at Liberty with a 35-26-1 mark. The record made Toman the winningest fi rst-year coach in the program’s history. He guided the Flames to their third straight Big South Championship title game appearance, claiming the conference’s runner-up position in 2008. Liberty’s May record was the best ever by a Flames team. In addition, the Liberty pitching staff set a new season strikeout record, fanning 508 oppos-ing batters during the year. The Flames’ strikeout total led the Big South Conference and their 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings ranked 22nd nationally at season’s end. Two pitchers from the staff, Ryan Page and David Stokes, went on to be drafted and play in the professional ranks. Page was taken in the 20th round of the MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, while Stokes was picked in the 28th round by the Detroit Tigers. Liberty fi nished its season with a 14-7 record in conference play. The mark allowed the Flames to claim the No. 2 seed for the Big South Championship, their highest seed for the Big South Base-ball Championship since a No. 1 seed in 2000. Liberty would go on to post four consecutive double-digit victories during six games in the Big South Championship to set a championship record with 55 runs scored. Toman was named the sixth head coach in the history of the Liberty Baseball program in June 2007, after 11 seasons as the senior member of Ray Tanner’s coaching staff at South Carolina. Toman worked a total of 18 years alongside Tanner, dating back to the 1990 season at N.C. State. During his time at South Carolina, Toman served as recruiting coordinator and coached the catchers. Known as one of the top recruiters in college baseball, the 22-year college coaching veteran was named the 2002 Baseball America/American Baseball Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year. Before joining the Gamecock staff in 1996, Toman served under Tanner for seven years at N.C. State. Toman has recruited 15 top 25 classes, including all 11 of his seasons at South Carolina. Dur-ing his fi nal years with the Gamecocks, he recruited many of the players who were members of the 2010 South Carolina National Championship team. From 2003-2006, three of the four Gamecock recruiting classes were ranked fi rst in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. During his time on the staff in Columbia, S.C., Toman and the Gamecocks made nine NCAA Regional appearances, including eight straight between 2000 and 2007, and three consecutive trips to the College World Series (2002-04). Add in his seven seasons at N.C. State, and Toman has helped lead 14 teams to NCAA Regional appearances. Toman was a four-year letterwinner at N.C. State from 1981-84, and served as team captain of the Wolfpack his junior and senior seasons.

Liberty University2011 Baseball

Schedule

Record: 32-20Big South: 17-7

Feb 18 at Mercer L, 4-6Feb 19 at Mercer - Gm. 1 L, 2-7Feb. 19 at Mercer - Gm. 2 L, 5-17Feb 20 at Mercer W, 5-4Feb 25 at North Florida L/0-5Feb 26 at North Florida - Gm. 1 W/4-2Feb 26 at North Florida - Gm. 2 L/5-8Feb 27 at North Florida W/9-1Mar 2 at Virginia Tech L/1-9Mar 4 Binghamton W/12-2Mar 5 Binghamton - Gm. 1 L/7-12Mar 5 Binghamton - Gm. 2 W/9-6Mar 8 William & Mary L/9-10Mar 11 Rutgers ^ W/5-2Mar 12 Monmouth ^ W/4-3Mar 13 East Carolina ^ W/2-0Mar 15 at Maryland W/11-4Mar 16 at Maryland L/5-10Mar 18 Charleston Southern * W/2-1Mar 19 Charleston Southern * W/5-1Mar 20 Charleston Southern * W/5-2Mar 22 Virginia Tech L/6-9 (10 inn.)Mar 25 Winthrop * - Gm. 1 W/5-2Mar 25 Winthrop * - Gm. 2 L/1-2Mar 26 Winthrop * W/16-7Mar 29 at VCU W/11-1Apr. 1 at Coastal Carolina * L/1-17Apr 2 at Coastal Carolina * L/4-5Apr 3 at Coastal Carolina * L/4-5Apr 6 James Madison L/12-16Apr 8 at High Point * L/2-6Apr 9 at High Point * W/9-0Apr 10 at High Point * W/14-9Apr 15 Presbyterian * W/6-5Apr 17 Presbyterian * - Gm. 1 W/7-1Apr 17 Presbyterian * - Gm. 2 W/5-2Apr 19 at William & Mary L/5-11Apr 22 at VMI * W/3-2Apr 23 at VMI * - Gm. 1 W/8-6Apr. 23 at VMI * - Gm. 2 L/1-3Apr 26 at South Carolina L/6-9Apr 29 Le Moyne + W/3-2 (12 inn.)Apr 30 New Orleans + W/3-2May 1 New Orleans + W/5-2May 1 Le Moyne + W/5-1May 5 UNC Asheville * W/3-2May 7 UNC Asheville * - Gm. 1 W/3-2May 7 UNC Asheville * - Gm. 2 W/15-3May 13 at Gardner-Webb * L/4-5 (10)May 14 at Gardner-Webb * W/6-4May 15 at Gardner-Webb * W/3-2May 17 VCU W/8-7 (10)May 19 Radford * 7 p.m.May 20 Radford * 7 p.m.May 21 Radford * 2 p.m.May 24-28 at Big South Baseball Championship - Lexington, Va.June 3-6 at NCAA Regionals

Home Games in Bold^- Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C.+ - Liberty Tournament - Lyncnburg, Va.* - Big South Game(DH) - DoubleheaderAll Times Eastern Standard Time

2011 Liberty FlamesRoster

No. Name Pos. Cl.

1 Matt Williams INF Jr.

2 Marcus Grimaldi 1B Jr.

3 Josh Richardson RHP So.

4 Austin Taylor INF Sr.

5 Tyler Bream 3B Jr.

7 Michael Robertson OF Jr.

8 Blake Forslund RHP So.

9 Jeff Jefferson C/OF Sr.

10 Trey Wimmer 1B/C Jr.

11 Joshua Thompson OF Jr.

12 Garrett Baker LHP Jr.

13 Dane Beakler RHP Sr.

14 Doug Bream 1B/OF Sr.

15 Ian Parmley OF Jr.

16 Zack Haley INF Jr.

17 Dalton Sype INF Jr.

18 Justin Richardson OF Jr.

19 Willi Martin RHP Fr.

20 Casey Rasmus C Jr.

21 Steven Evans LHP Sr.

22 J.J. McLeod RHP Sr.

23 Tony McClendon OF Jr.

24 Justin Sizemore 1B So.

25 John Niggli RHP Jr.

26 Daniel Brown RHP Fr.

27 Jacob Kemmerer RHP Jr.

28 Chris King INF/RHP Fr.

29 Andy Abrams RHP Jr.

30 Cal Sutphin INF Fr.

31 Bryan Cole RHP Sr.

32 Mark Swanson RHP Sr.

36 Ryan Cordell OF/RHP Fr.

38 Tim Dudley LHP So.

46 Patrick Eckelbarger RHP Jr..

47 Keegan Linza RHP Sr.

Coaches

37 Jim Toman

47 Garrett Quinn

35 Jason Murray

25 Adam Ward

The Coaches Liberty Head Coach Jim Toman is in his fourth year at the helm of the Flames. During his time at Liberty, he has guided the Flames to a 142-85-1 record. He led the Flames to the best mark of any Liberty head coach over his fi rst three seasons on Liberty Mountain. Last season, the Flames had their best year under Toman, posting a school record for wins in a single season with a 42-19 record. The team’s ledger was boosted by a 21-8 road mark, the nation’s 10th best road record in 2010. In addition, Liberty recorded a 19-7 mark in Big South play, eclipsing its record of the previous season for most victories by the school since joining the conference in 1992. The Flames fi nished second in the league’s regular season and were conference runner-up at the Big South Baseball Championship. Radford Head Coach Joe Raccuia, a 1995 Radford graduate, is in his fourth season at his alma mater. In each of his three years the Highlanders have improved on their win to-tal, including a 29-win campaign in 2010, the second-most single-season wins in school history. Entering the 2011 season, Radford is the only Big South school to improve its win total each season over the last fi ve years. His path back to Radford was a busy one, ranging from the head coaching job at Marist to an assistant’s position at Alabama. In each case, he had a successful run, set-ting the stage for his return to his alma mater.

All-Time Series Against Radford Thursday’s meeting will be the 74th meeting between the Flames and the Highlanders on the baseball diamond. Liberty holds a 47-26 advantage in the all-time series dating back to 1985. Last season, the Flames swept a three-game series at Radford, 10-2, 3-1 and 7-6, April 9-11. Current Liberty starting pitchers Keegan Linza and Steven Evans recorded wins in the series. In last meeting between the teams at Worthington Stadium, May 14-15, 2009, the Highlanders picked up their only two regular season victories over the Flames since 2004. After Liberty won the fi rst game, 9-8, Radford took both ends of a doubleheader on May 15, 5-3 and 7-5, to win the three-game series. The Flames are 20-3 against the Highlanders since 2005.

Over 30 Wins With a 6-4 win at Gardner-Webb May 14, Liberty has recorded 30 wins in a season for the seventh consecutive season, and each of its four years under head coach Jim Toman. It is the fi rst time in the 38-year history of the program, the Flames have won 30 or more games seven-straight years. Last season, the Flames posted a school-record 42-19 mark to record its sixth-straight season of 30 wins or more. It was the fi rst time Liberty had accomplished the six-year feat. The 42 victories eclipsed the previous school standard of 40 set by the 1983 Liberty team. It was the second time in the program’s history a team posted 40 or more wins in a year. Before this current streak started, the Liberty baseball program had never won 30 or more games for four consecutive years. Previously, the Flames had posted 30 or more victories for three consecutive seasons from 2000-02.

LibertyLiberty............................................................................................ Statistical ComparisonStatistical Comparison ........................................ ........................................ RadfordRadford31-2131-21 .............................................................. .............................................................. RecordRecord .......................................................... ..........................................................28-2228-22.287.287.................................................................................................................... Batting AverageBatting Average .................................................... .................................................... .291 .291295 295 ......................................................................................................................................RunsRuns .............................................................. .............................................................. 295 295509 509 ........................................................................................................................................HitsHits ................................................................ ................................................................4934933737................................................................................................................................ Home RunsHome Runs ............................................................ ............................................................26 26 260 260 ......................................................................................................................Runs Batted InRuns Batted In ...................................................... ...................................................... 266 266 107 107 ........................................................................................................................ Stolen BasesStolen Bases .......................................................... .......................................................... 88 884.22 4.22 .......................................................................................................... Earned Run AverageEarned Run Average ................................................ ................................................ 4.89 4.89456.0 456.0 ................................................................................................................Innings PitchedInnings Pitched ................................................... ................................................... 434.2 434.2319 319 ..............................................................................................................................StrikeoutsStrikeouts .......................................................... .......................................................... 321 321 8 8 ............................................................................................................................................SavesSaves ............................................................... ............................................................... 16 16 .264 .264 ..................................................................................................Opponent Batting AverageOpponent Batting Average ............................................ ............................................ .291 .291

A Look at Radford After taking the fi nal two games of their Big South series against High Point last week, the Highlanders enter their fi nal conference series in the mix for a spot in the main draw for next week’s Big South Championship. Radford, 12-12, sits in a tie for sixth place with VMI in the Big South standings. Winthrop and Gardner-Webb, who play each other this weekend, are one game ahead in fourth place, while Charleston Southern is in third place and two games ahead of Radford. The Highlanders are hitting .291 as a team and are averaging 5.9 runs per game this season. Outfi elder Matt Hillsinger leads the team and is fourth in the Big South with a .379 bat-ting average. He also paces the Highlanders with 44 runs scored and tops the conference with 28 stolen bases. Third baseman Matt Mack is second on Radford with a .358 batting average. Meanwhile, the Highlander pitching staff enters Thursday’s game with a 4.89 ERA. Opponents have hit .291 and have scored 5.56 runs against Radford pitching this season. Thursday night’s probable starter Eddie Butler has posted a 7-2 record with a 4.41 ERA. He has struck out 60 batters this season. Abram Williams and Jason Patten have been the most called upon Highlanders this season out of the bullpen. Williams leads the Big South Conference with 14 saves, with a 0-2 record and a 3.16 ERA in 20 appearances. Patten has made 19 appearances with a 3-1 record and a 4.22 ERA. Monthly BreakdownsMerry May Liberty enters Thursday’s contest with an 8-1 record in the month of May. The Flames will complete their regular-season schedule during the month with 12 scheduled games. Nine of the 12 are Big South Conference contests. Liberty went 12-7 in May, with a 6-5 record in Big South play in 2010. The Flames reached the Big South Baseball Championship title game for the third consecutive year. Liberty is 168-127-3 (.569) all-time, including Big South Championship appearances and three NCAA Regional appearances, during May. Liberty has gone 124-94-3 (.566) in regular-season games during the month.

Analyzing April The Flames won their last three contests in April to post a 9-8 record for the month. Liberty opened April by losing fi ve straight games, before reversing the trend by winning fi ve consecutive contests. Since 1976, the Flames have recorded an all-time mark of 354-293-1 (.546) in April. Last season, Liberty fi nished the month of April with a 10-8 record. The Flames posted a 9-3 mark in Big South Conference play. March Musings Liberty fi nished the month of March with a 12-6 record. The Flames won 11 of its last 15 contests to close the month. Liberty posted a 10-8 mark in games during March last season, including a 1-2 start to Big South Conference play. The Flames are 354-281-2 (.557) all-time during the month.

February Record The Flames fi nished the month of February with a 3-5 record. Since beginning play during the month of February in 1984, Liberty has posted an all-time mark of 73-37 for a .664 winning percentage for the month. Over the past six years, the Flames are 31-14 (.689) during the month of February, while recording a 17-8 mark under head coach Jim Toman during his four years at Liberty.

Scoring First = Wins Posting the fi rst run of a contest has been a key indicator of Liberty’s success this season. The Flames are 21-6 when scoring fi rst in a contest. Meanwhile, Liberty is 11-15 when its opponents plate the fi rst run of the game.

A Look atRadford

Location: Radford, Va.Founded: 1910Enrollment: 9,230Nickname: HighlandersColors: Red and WhiteConference: Big South

STADIUM INFORMATIONHome Field (Capacity): RU Baseball Field (685)Dimensions: 330-375-400-375-330Press Box Phone: (540) 257-1159

COACHING INFORMATIONHead Coach: Joe Raccuia (Radford, ’95)Record at School: 107-104 (Four Years)Overall Record: 166-155 (Six Years)Offi ce Phone: (540) 831-5881Assistants: Brian Anderson, Kyle Wer-man, Rick Oliveri

TEAM INFORMATION2010 Record: 29-262010 Conference Record/Finish: 16-10/Third Lettermen Returning/Lost: 25/7Position Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4Pitchers Returning/Lost: 11/2

SPORTS INFORMATIONBaseball Contact: Patrick ReedOffi ce Phone: (540) 831-5211E-mail Address: pmreed@radford.eduFax Number: (540) 831-5556Web Site: RadfordAthletics.com

RECENT RESULTSMay 10 at Marshall W/9-7May 14 High Point L/0-7May 15 High Point W/7-5May 16 High Point W/5-4

Home Sweet Home For the past 32 years, the Flames have called Worthington Stadium home. It is named for program architect and the fi rst Liberty head baseball coach, Al Worthington. Liberty has compiled an impressive 542-243-5 record at the stadium for a winning percentage of .689 since the facility’s inception in 1979. The Flames are 18-5 on the year at Worthington Stadium. Liberty posted a 20-9 re-cord at home in 2010. The Flames are 68-29-1 at home under fourth-year head coach Jim Toman’s guidance.

Road Rumblings The Flames are 14-15 away from home this season. Liberty is 12-14 in road contests and 2-0 in neutral site games. Liberty is slated to play 29 regular-season contests away from home. The Flames will square off with 27 of their opponents on their home fi eld this season and already have met two teams, Rutgers and Monmouth, on a neutral fi eld dur-ing the Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, N.C., March 11-13. The Flames went 21-10 in road contests in 2010. Liberty posted the 10th-best road mark in the nation during the year. The Flames went 18-8 in road games and 3-2 in neu-tral site contests during the year.

Playing Under the Lights Liberty is 5-5 in night games this season. The Flames are scheduled to play 12 games under the stars this year. The opening game of the Radford-Liberty series at WorthingtonStadium, Thursday, is the Flames next night game. Last season, Liberty posted a 5-6 record in night contests.

Liberty Versus the Big South Liberty, a 20-year member of the Big South Conference, has compiled a 285-196 (.593) record against the Big South Conference’s current membership. The Flames are 17-7 in conference play this season and currently are in second place in the league’s standings. Liberty fi nished the regular season in second place in conference play with a 19-7 record in 2010. The victory total was the most wins by a Liberty team since joining the Big South in 1992. Liberty All-Time Against the Big SouthCharleston Southern.................................41-21Coastal Carolina .......................................28-47Gardner-Webb ..............................................7-4High Point ................................................38-28Radford ....................................................47-26UNC Asheville...........................................43-19Presbyterian .................................................9-0VMI .......................................................... 33-11Winthrop ..................................................37-39Total .....................................................285-196

What’s the RISP? The Flames are hitting .301 with runners in scoring position, so far this season. Out-fi elder Doug Bream leads the team with a .446 batting average with runners in scoring position. Fellow outfi elder Michael Robertson is next with a .418 average. Meanwhile, second baseman Zack Haley paces the Flames in hitting with runners in scoring position and two outs. Haley is hitting .400 in that situation.

Big South Conference

Update

Conference Standings W L Pct.Coastal Carolina 18 6 .750Liberty 17 7 .708Charleston Southern 14 10 .583Gardner-Webb 13 11 .542Winthrop 13 11 .542Radford 12 12 .500VMI 12 12 .500High Point 8 16 .333UNC Asheville 7 17 .292Presbyterian 6 18 .250

Overall Standings W L T PctCoastal Carolina 35 17 0 .673Liberty 32 20 0 .708Gardner-Webb 29 19 1 .602Radford 28 22 0 .560Charleston Southern 27 26 0 .509Winthrop 25 27 0 .481VMI 25 22 1 .531High Point 23 29 0 .442Presbyterian 21 31 0 .404UNC Asheville 15 34 0 .306

Upcoming Schedule

Thursday, May 17Presbyterian at UNC Asheville 1 p.m.Charleston So. at Coast. Carolina 6 p.m.Gardner-Webb at Winthrop 6 p.m.High Point at VMI 6 p.m.Radford at Liberty 7 p.m.

Friday, May 18Presbyterian at UNC Asheville 3 p.m.Charleston So. at Coast. Carolina 6 p.m.Gardner-Webb at Winthrop 6 p.m.High Point at VMI 6 p.m.Radford at Liberty 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 19Gardner-Webb at Winthrop 1 p.m.High Point at VMI 1 p.m.Presbyterian at UNC Asheville 1 p.m.Charleston So. at Coast. Carolina 2 p.m.Radford at Liberty 2 p.m.

W/Runners in Scoring Position Avg. AB Hits RBIsDoug Bream .433 67 29 35Michael Robertson .387 62 24 29Ian Parmley .370 54 20 15Austin Taylor .340 47 16 23Matt Williams .328 67 22 27Team .295 572 169 212

W/Runners in Scoring Position & 2 Outs Avg. AB Hits RBIsDoug Bream .361 36 13 17Zack Haley .360 25 9 11an Parmley .333 27 9 9Michael Robertson .300 30 9 11IJeff Jefferson .267 15 4 4Team .250 276 69 80

A Shout Out to the Seniors Saturday, nine members of the Liberty roster will be recognized, as the group plays in their fi nal game in a Liberty uniform at Worthington Stadium. This group includes - outfi elder Doug Bream, catcher Jeff Jefferson, infi elder Austin Taylor and pitchers Brian Cole, Steven Evans, J.J. McLeod, Keegan Linza and Mark Swanson.

Burning Up the Base Paths The Flames enter Thursday’s game with 107 stolen bases, the most by a Liberty team since 2002, when the Flames stole 111 bases in 59 games. Liberty’s 107 stolen bases leads the Big South Conference in the category. The Flames were ranked sixth in the nation in the latest NCAA Division I statistical report, for games played through May 8. Liberty has taken advantage of its team speed, nearly doubling its stolen base total from a year ago. The Flames have stolen 107 bases in 137 attempts this season, com-pared to 2010, when the Flames swiped 57 stolen bases in 80 attempts during the entire year. Leading the way for the Flames is center fi elder Ian Parmley with 25 stolen bases. The Liberty outfi elder is second in the Big South and 29th nationally in the category. Par-mley’s 25 steals are the most by a Liberty player since 2004, when outfi elder Jeremiah Boles had 31 stolen bases. In addition, Parmley has moved into a tie for ninth on the program’s single season list with former Liberty shortstop Joey Monahan, who had 25 in 2002. Gary Wagner holds the school record with 46 stolen bases in 1983. The Flames’ stolen base totals are defi nitely a stark contrast from last season. Not only has Liberty surpassed last year’s season total, but individually four Flames have more steals than outfi elder Curran Redal, who led the 2010 team with a season total of 13 stolen bases. Joining Parmley is catcher Casey Rasmus, who has 18 stolen bases this season despite playing in 39 games. Rasmus is sixth in the conference in the cat-egory. Outfi elder Michael Robertson and shortstop Matt Williams have also reached double-digit totals. Robertson is tied for seventh in the conference with 16 stolen bases, while Williams has 14 steals.

Picking Up the Pace With new bats and new rules to speed up time between innings and govern mound visits, the time Flames contests have been played in this season has seen a signifi cant drop. So far this season, Liberty games have run an average of 2:30, compared to 2:50 at this point in 2010, an 20-minute difference. Last season through 52 games, Liberty had already played 17 games which lasted three hours or longer, with the longest being 3:43 in a 14-13, 10 inning setback to Man-hattan on March 20. This season, the Flames have had only six games go over three hours, the longest being 3:26 in a wild, come-from-behind, 14-9 victory at High Point, April 10. Liberty scored seven times in the ninth inning to erase a 9-7 defi cit, en route to the win.

Weekend Trio Getting It Done Entering this weekend, Liberty pitchers John Niggli, Steven Evans and Keegan Linza have established themselves as a trio to reckon with. The three weekend starters for the Flames have combined to post a 19-6 record with a 2.81 ERA over 250 1/3 innings in 36 starts, so far this season. They have also combined for nine complete games, with Linza going the full nine innings four times this year and Evans three. Linza is among the Big South leaders in several categories. The senior right-hander leads the conference with nine wins and 90 innings pitched. He is fourth in the league with a 2.23 ERA. Evans and Niggli also have their names on several of the Big South lists. Niggli is 10th in opponent batting average (.249) and ERA (3.21). Evans is second in innings pitched (881/3) and third in strikeouts (74) . He also ranks fourth in the Big South in op-ponent batting average (.223).

Miscellaneous Stats

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot14 BREAM, Doug 14 3 2 1 20

1 WILLIAMS, Matt 14 5 1 - 20

15 PARMLEY, Ian 14 5 1 - 20

7 ROBERTSON, M. 12 3 - 1 16

5 BREAM, Tyler 10 2 1 - 13

20 RASMUS, Casey 9 2 - - 10

4 TAYLOR, Austin 7 2 - - 9

16 HALEY, Zack 6 3 - - 9

24 SIZEMORE, Justin 7 - - - 7

9 JEFFERSON, Jeff 5 1 - - 6

18 RICHARDSON, J. 5 - - - 5

36 CORDELL, Ryan 2 1 - - 3

2 GRIMALDI, Marcus 2 - - - 2

17 SYPE, Dalton 1 1 - - 2

TEAM 109 26 7 2 148

MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot14 BREAM, Doug 6 4 1 - 11

1 WILLIAMS, Matt 10 - - 1 11

5 BREAM, Tyler 6 1 - - 7

7 ROBERTSON, M 7 - - - 7

4 TAYLOR, Austin 3 2 2 - 7

24 SIZEMORE, Justin 3 1 1 - 5

20 RASMUS, Casey 4 - - - 4

9 JEFFERSON, Jeff 2 1 - - 3

16 HALEY, Zack 2 1 - - 3

18 RICHARDSON, J. 2 - - - 2

2 GRIMALDI, M. 1 - - - 1

36 CORDELL, Ryan 1 - - - 1

TEAM 47 10 4 1 62

HITTING STREAKS Longest Current14 BREAM, Doug 12 -

20 RASMUS, Casey 12 3

1 WILLIAMS, Matt 10 1

5 BREAM, Tyler 10 1

7 ROBERTSON, M. 10 -

16 HALEY, Zack 9 2

15 PARMLEY, Ian 7 7

4 TAYLOR, Austin 6 3

9 JEFFERSON, Jeff 3 -

24 SIZEMORE, Justin 3 1

36 CORDELL, Ryan 3 3

2 GRIMALDI, Marcus 2 -

17 SYPE, Dalton 2 2

18 RICHARDSON, Justin 2 1

11 THOMPSON, Joshua 1 -

Casey Rasmus - Base Cop Flames catcher Casey Rasmus has been tough on base stealers this season. The junior begins the weekend having thrown out 41% (17-of-42) of would-be base stealers in 40 games. He is third in the Big South in runners caught stealing despite having his playing time curtailed due to injury.

Baker Has Been Big In his fi rst season in a Liberty uniform, pitcher Garrett Baker has established himself as the workhorse of the Flames’ relief corps. The junior left-hander has made a team-leading 21 appearances, posting a 6-4 re-cord with two saves and a 3.08 ERA in 47 1/3 innings. Of his 21 appearances, three have been starts. In addition, Baker has struck out 39 and walked only four batters. He leads the con-ference with 0.68 walks allowed per nine innings and was ninth nationally in last week’s NCAA Division I statistical report. Over the last four conference weekends, Baker has been the fi rst pitcher summoned from the Liberty bullpen in seven of the 12 games, recording a 3-1 record and two saves with a 0.51 ERA in 17 2/3 innings. He has struck out 15 batters and walked one, holding opponents to a .161 batting average over the stretch. For the year, Baker has allowed only six of 26 inherited runners to score. Williams Moves Up on Career 2Bs List Shortstop Matt Williams continues to climb the school’s Top 10 career doubles list. With 15 doubles on the year, Williams now has 49 two-base hits in his career, tying for-mer Liberty standout Jason Benham (1995-98) for sixth place on the all-time list. Former Liberty outfi elder Phillip Laurent (2003-06) holds the school career record for two-base hits with 68. He also set the single-season record with 27 in 2006. Williams’ Liberty teammate Tyler Bream has also moved into the Top 10 career dou-bles list this season. With 46 two-base hits, the Flames third baseman ranks eighth on the school’s career list. Bream is tied with former Liberty catcher David Benham (1995-98) and second baseman Michael Just (2003-06).

Evans Continues to Climb Up Career Lists For the second straight outing, Liberty senior Steven Evans went the distance in a 6-4 victory over Gardner-Webb last Saturday. The win was the 25th of his career, moving him into second place on Liberty’s all-time victory list. Former Flames standout Lee Guetter-man (1978-81) is the program’s career leader with 29 career wins. In addition, with nine innings of work, Evans moved into third all-time at Liberty with 310 1/3 innings pitched. The left-hander sits behind former teammate Dustin Umberger, who pitched 317 2/3 innings from 2006-10. Guetterman also heads up that list with 334 2/3 innings pitched during his time at Liberty. Earlier this season, Evans moved into second on the program’s all-time strikeout ledger. Currently, the left-hander has 259 career strikeouts. Only Mike Brown (1994-97), Liberty’s career strikeout leader with 287, has compiled more. Evans is currently third in the Big South with 74 strikeouts this season. A fi xture of the Flames’ pitching staff over the past four years, Evans has a 25-10 re-cord, four saves and a 3.48 ERA during his career. The left-hander has walked 96 batters for a 2.70 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio during his career.

Pleading the Fifth The fi fth inning has become a pivotal inning for the Flames this season. Liberty is 28-8 when leading or tied with an opponent through fi ve innings this season. Meanwhile, the Flames are 4-12 when trailing after the fi fth inning. Liberty has outscored its opponents, 40-20, during the fi fth inning. It is the biggest scoring differential for the Flames of any inning this season.

When the Flames ...

Were at home ............................... 18-5Were away .................................. 12-15Were at a neutral site ..................... 2-0In Day Games............................. 27-15In Night Games............................... 5-5

vs. left-handed starter .................... 5-8vs. right-handed starter............... 27-12

In one-run games ........................ 10-5In two-run games ........................... 4-2In fi ve-plus run games. ................... 9-8Extra innings .................................. 2-2Shutouts ........................................ 3-1

Scored fi rst ................................... 21-6Opponents scored fi rst. .............. 11-14

Scored in the fi rst inning ............... 11-6Opp. scored in fi rst inning ............ 8-11

Led after the fi rst........................... 10-4Trailed after the fi rst ........................ 6-8Were tied after the fi rst. ................ 16-8

Led after the second ..................... 15-5Trailed after the second ................ 9-10Were tied after the second ............. 8-5

Led after the third ......................... 19-8Trailed after the third ...................... 8-9Were tied after the third .................. 5-3

Led after the fourth ....................... 22-6Trailed after the fourth .................. 6-13Were tied after the fourth ................ 4-1

Led after the fi fth........................... 26-6Trailed after the fi fth ...................... 4-12Were tied after the fi fth. .................. 5-2

Led after the sixth ......................... 22-4Trailed after the sixth .................... 3-13Were tied after the sixth .................. 7-3

Led after the seventh .................... 25-3Trailed after the seventh ............... 3-11Were tied after the seventh ............ 3-5

Led after the eighth....................... 26-1Trailed after the eighth .................. 4-14Were tied after the eighth ............... 1-4

After winning a game .................. 19-11After losing a game....................... 13-9

Out-hit opponent ........................... 24-2Out-hit by opponent ...................... 6-15Hits were tied .................................. 2-2

Hit a home run .............................. 17-7Opponents hit a home run ........... 5-10

Do not hit a home run ................. 15-13Opponents do not hit a HR ......... 27-10

Wore red uniforms. ......................... 6-2Wore white pinstripe uniforms ........ 7-3Wore white uniforms ....................... 5-1Wore blue uniforms ........................ 4-6Wore grey uniforms. ....................... 5-2Wore blue BP tops .......................... 5-5

Played on Tuesday ......................... 3-4Played on Wednesday .................... 0-3Played on Thursday ........................ 1-0Played on Friday............................. 7-6Played on Saturday ...................... 11-6Played on Sunday ........................ 10-1

Linza, Evans Help Liberty Take Two The Liberty Flames held off a Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs ninth-inning rally for a 3-2 victory, last Sunday in a Big South contest at John Henry Moss Stadium. The win allowed the Flames to take the three-game series, two games to one. Starter Keegan Linza recorded his ninth win of the season, allowing one run on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings. He struck out four batters and walked one. Relievers Gar-rett Baker and Dane Beakler each stranded a runner at third base in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the win. Beakler picked up his third save of the year. Center fi elder Ian Parmley had two hits and scored a run, while second baseman Zack Haley had two hits with a RBI and run scored. A day earlier, designated hitter Justin Sizemore put the Liberty Flames into the lead with a two-run home run, backing a complete game by Steven Evans in a 6-4 win over the Runnin’ Bulldogs. Evans went the full nine innings for his second-straight outing and third time this season, running his record to 6-3 on the year. The senior left-hander allowed four runs on fi ve hits. He struck out seven and walked one. The win was the 25th career victory for Evans, moving him into second on the all-time Liberty list. He also moved into third on school’s career innings pitched list with 310 1/3. Sizemore hit his fourth home run of the year during a three-run fi fth for the Flames. The round tripper came with two outs and Liberty trailing 3-2. Liberty had 11 hits in the game. Catcher Casey Rasmus, right fi elder Michael Rob-ertson, Parmley and Sizemore had two hits apiece for the Flames.

Two-HR Games Abound Over 10-Day Stretch Three Flames hit two home runs in a game over a stretch of 10 days from April 17-26. Before the stretch, no Liberty player had connected for more than one round tripper in a game this season. Designated hitter Justin Richardson became the fi rst Flame to hit two home runs in a game this season in a 7-1 win over Presbyterian College during the fi rst game of a doubleheader, April 17 at Worthington Stadium. The blasts were his fi rst and second round trippers of the year. Richardson belted solo home runs in the fourth and sixth in-nings of the contest. Catcher Jeff Jefferson followed six days later in an 8-6 victory over VMI in game one of a doubleheader at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va., April 23. Jefferson lined a solo home run in the fi fth and tied the game at 6-6 in the ninth inning with another solo home run. In the come-from-behind victory at VMI, the Flames hit fi ve home runs, theirmost in a contest this season. Outfi elder Ryan Cordell became the third player with a multi-home run game April 26 at No. 2 South Carolina. The fi rst two hits of his collegiate career, the outfi elder hit round trippers in the fourth and eight innings. Last season, Liberty only had one multiple-home run game. Third baseman Tyler Bream hit two round trippers, including a two-run, walk-off home run in the last game of the season at Worthington Stadium, a 7-6 victory over VCU on May 18, 2010.

Flames Sweep Doubleheader and Series Liberty took both games of a doubleheader, 3-0 and 15-3, May 7 to complete a sweep of a Big South three-game series with UNC Asheville at Worthington Stadium. In game one, Steven Evans pitched the fi rst complete-game shutout of his career. The left-hander scattered four hits and struck out eight batters in the contest. Center fi elder Ian Parmley went 3-for-3 with two doubles, driving in a run and scoring a run. In game two, right fi elder Michael Robertson went 5-for-5 with three doubles and fi rst baseman Austin Taylor had three hits, including a home run, as the Liberty Flames defeated the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 15-3. Robertson had fi ve hits in a contest for the fi rst time in his career at Liberty. The right fi elder scored three times and also drove in two runs. Taylor plated three runs with his three hits and also scored three times in the game. His two-out solo home run in the fourth inning tied him with shortstop Matt Williams for the team lead with six round trippers. Keegan Linza picked up his eighth win on the year, allowing one run on two hits over six innings.

Team Highs

BattingAt bats: ................................................ 44WINTHROP (03-26)Runs scored:....................................... 16 WINTHROP (03-26)Hits: ...................................................... 20 TWO TIMES: MR: WINTHROP (03-26)RBIs: .................................................... 16WINTHROP (03-26)Doubles: ................................................ 6UNC ASHEVILLE (05-07)Triples: ................................................... 1NINE TIMESHome runs: ............................................ 3PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE (04-17)Total bases: ......................................... 33WINTHROP (03-26)Walks: .................................................... 7TWO TIMES - MR: VIRGINIA TECH (03-22)Strikeouts: ............................................11at Coastal Carolina (04-03)Sac hits:................................................. 3PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE (04-15)Sac fl ies: ................................................ 5NEW ORLEANS (05-1)Stolen bases: ........................................ 6TWO TIMES - MR: WINTHROP (03-26)Hit by pitch: ........................................... 3at Coastal Carolina (04-02)Runners LOB: ..................................... 14at Mercer (02-19)Hit into DP: ............................................ 3PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE (04-15)

FieldingErrors ..................................................... 4 WILLIAM & MARY (03-08)DPs turned ............................................ 3WINTHROP (03-26)

PitchingRuns allowed: ..................................... 17TWO TIMES - MR: at Coastal CarolinaEarned runs: ....................................... 16TWO TIMES - MR: at Coastal CarolinaWalks allowed: ...................................... 8at North Florida (02-26)Strikeouts: ........................................... 12CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (03/20)Hits allowed: ....................................... 19at Mercer (02-19)Doubles allowed: .................................. 4TWO TIMES - MR: BINGHAMTON (03-05)Homers allowed: ................................... 8at Mercer (02-19)Wild pitches: ......................................... 4WILLIAM & MARY (03-08)Hit batters: ............................................. 5at Coastal Carolina (04-01)

MR: - Most Recently

Williams Hits Second Walk-off HR in Seven Days A two-run home run by Liberty shortstop Matt Williams capped a three-run, ninth inning rally, propelling the Flames past the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 3-2, May 5 in a Big South contest at Worthington Stadium. The Williams round tripper was his second walk-off home run in seven days. On April 29 at Worthington Stadium, the shortstop ripped the fi rst pitch he saw leading off the 12th inning into the left fi eld bullpen for a 3-2 win over the Le Moyne Dolphins. Trailing 2-0 and held to three hits, Liberty reversed its fortunes in the ninth inning. Center fi elder Ian Parmley, who was 3-for-3 in the game, led off the inning by beating out a grounder deep in the hole between shortstop and third base for a hit. After Parmley ad-vanced to third base on an errant throw by Dull on a pickoff attempt, right fi elder Michael Robertson laced a liner into the left fi eld corner for a double, plating Parmley. Williams followed by ripping his sixth home run of the season over the left center fi eld wall for the victory. Left-hander Garrett Baker moved to 6-3 on the season, pitching 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He struck out two batters and walked one. After being summoned from the bullpen in the seventh inning, Baker struck out the next batter with the bases loaded and two out to end the scoring threat.

Doug Bream Receives National, Conference Honors The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) named Liberty se-nior outfi elder Doug Bream and Clemson junior shortstop Brad Miller National Co-Hitters of the Week, April 12. The Flames outfi elder was also selected to the College Baseball Foundation’s National All-Star Line-Up, as well as being named the Southeast Regional Player of the Week by CollegeBaseballInsider.com and the Big South Player of the Week for games played through April 10. During the week, Bream batted .737 (14-19) with six runs scored, eight RBIs, two doubles, one triple and two walks in four games. The senior had four or more hits in three of the games, including a 5-5 day in a midweek contest with James Madison on April 6. After picking up a hit and RBI at High Point on April 8, Bream had four hits in each of Liberty’s weekend wins over the Panthers. The outfi elder went 4-for-5 and drove in four runs in 9-0 win on April 9 and was 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs in Liberty’s 14-9 victory on April 10. He fi nished the week with a .762 on-base percentage and a .947 slugging percent-age.

Beakler’s Effort Highlights Wins Against UNO Liberty took two games from the New Orleans Privateers at Worthington Stadium during the Liberty Tournament, April 30-May 1. The Flames won April 30, 3-2, and May 1, 5-2. Right-hander Dane Beakler’s effort was the key to Liberty’s win on April 30. Making his fi rst start since May 16, 2006, Beakler recorded the fi rst complete game of his career. The senior right-hander allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits over the full nine innings. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter. After New Orleans tied the game in the fi fth inning, the right-hander did not allow a runner to reach base, retiring the last 14 batters to face him in the contest. First baseman Austin Taylor hit his fi fth home run of the year to break a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning in the 3-2 win. On May 1, left fi elder Ryan Cordell and third baseman Zack Haley each had three hits, leading the Liberty Flames to a 5-2 victory. Cordell had three hits in a game for the fi rst time as a collegian. The left fi elder went 3-for-3 in the contest, scoring twice. Haley matched his teammate by going 3-for-3 and plating two runs. Blake Forslund recorded his fi rst victory with four scoreless innings, while reliever Jacob Kemmerer followed with four scoreless frames in the victory.

2011 Big SouthBatting Leaders(through 5/18)

AverageAverageName, Team AVGName, Team AVG1. Tommy La Stella, CCU .4171. Tommy La Stella, CCU .4172. Brad Zebedis, PC .4132. Brad Zebedis, PC .4133. Scott Woodward, CCU .3803. Scott Woodward, CCU .3804. Matt Hillsinger, RU .3794. Matt Hillsinger, RU .3795. Steve Antolik, HPU .3695. Steve Antolik, HPU .369 Runs ScoredRuns ScoredName, Team RName, Team R1. Tommy La Stella, CCU 511. Tommy La Stella, CCU 512. Scott Woodward, CCU 492. Scott Woodward, CCU 493. Daniel Merck, GWI 483. Daniel Merck, GWI 484. Aaron Miller, GWU 464. Aaron Miller, GWU 46 Brantley Meier, CSU 46 Brantley Meier, CSU 46 HitsHitsName, TeamName, Team1. Brad Zebedis, PC 831. Brad Zebedis, PC 832. Tommy La Stella, CCU 802. Tommy La Stella, CCU 803. Jaren Sustar, CSU 763. Jaren Sustar, CSU 764. Steve Antolik, HPU 754. Steve Antolik, HPU 75 Matt Hillsinger, RU 75 Matt Hillsinger, RU 75 RBIRBIName, TeamName, Team1. Tommy La Stella, CCU 581. Tommy La Stella, CCU 582. Brad Zebedis, PC 512. Brad Zebedis, PC 513. Daniel Bowman, CCU 493. Daniel Bowman, CCU 494. Jake Watts, GWU 474. Jake Watts, GWU 475. Tony Micklon, PC 455. Tony Micklon, PC 45 DoublesDoublesName, TeamName, Team1. Dusty Quattlebaum, GWU 231. Dusty Quattlebaum, GWU 232. Brad Zebedis, PC 212. Brad Zebedis, PC 213. Steve Antolik, HPU 183. Steve Antolik, HPU 18 Matt Still, CSU 18 Matt Still, CSU 184. Tony Micklon, PC 174. Tony Micklon, PC 17 Patrick Gamblin, WU 17 Patrick Gamblin, WU 17 TriplesTriplesName, TeamName, Team1. Matt Mack, RU 51. Matt Mack, RU 5 Andrew Williams, PC 5 Andrew Williams, PC 53. Tommy LaStella, CCU 43. Tommy LaStella, CCU 4

Home RunsHome RunsName, TeamName, Team1. Daniel Bowman, CCU 111. Daniel Bowman, CCU 11 Tommy La Stella, CCU 11 Tommy La Stella, CCU 11 Derek Smith, CSU 11 Derek Smith, CSU 11 Brad Zebedis, PC 11 Brad Zebedis, PC 115.. Tony Micklon, PC 10 5.. Tony Micklon, PC 10 Stolen BasesStolen BasesName, TeamName, Team1. Matt Hillsinger, RU 281. Matt Hillsinger, RU 282. 2. Ian Parmley, LIB 25 Ian Parmley, LIB 25 Scott Woodward, CCU 25 Scott Woodward, CCU 254. Brantley Meier, CSU 214. Brantley Meier, CSU 215. Tom Burkett, CSU 205. Tom Burkett, CSU 20

Williams and Linza Push Flames Past Le Moyne Shortstop Matt Williams hit a home run leading off the 12th inning to propel the Lib-erty Flames past the Le Moyne Dolphins, 3-2, April 29 in the second game of the Liberty Tournament at Worthington Stadium. With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 12th inning, Williams belted the fi rst offer-ing from Dolphin pitcher Ed Kohout over the left fi eld wall for the 3-2 victory. The home run was the shortstop’s team-leading fi fth of the year. Liberty starter Steven Evans did not fi gure in the decision. However, he moved into second place in the school’s strikeout list with eight strikeouts in the game. The left-hander has 244 career strikeouts. Mike Brown holds the Liberty career mark with 287 strikeouts from 1994-97. Mark Swanson recorded the win to move to 2-1 on the year. The senior right-hander pitched four scoreless innings of relief, allowing three hits. He struck out two and did not walk a batter. Two days later, right-hander Keegan Linza capped a 4-0 weekend with a complete game, leading the Flames to a 5-1 win over the Le Moyne Dolphins at Worthington Sta-dium in the fi nal game of the Liberty Tournament. Linza recorded his fourth complete game of the season, running his mark to 7-3 on the year in the victory. The senior right-hander gave up an unearned run on six hits. He struck out seven and walked two batters. Linza allowed only one hit during the last fi ve innings. Liberty totaled eight hits in the game. Designated hitter Justin Richardson led the Flames with two hits.

Flames Take Two From VMI The Liberty Flames rallied with three runs in the ninth inning and catcher Jeff Jef-ferson hit two home runs, downing the VMI Keydets, 8-6, in the fi rst game of a double-header, April 23 at Gray-Minor Stadium. The win enabled the Flames to take the fi rst two games of a three-game Big South series with the Keydets. Liberty hit fi ve home runs in the contest, the most by the Flames this season. Liberty had previously hit three round trippers in a game in a 7-1 win over Presbyterian College in the fi rst game of a doubleheader on April 17. Trailing 6-5, the Flames plated three runs in the top of the ninth to take an 8-6 lead. With one out, catcher Jeff Jefferson belted his second home run of the game and fourth of the year to left fi eld, tying the contest at 6-6. Second baseman Zack Haley followed with a home run inside the left fi eld foul pole, putting Liberty on top for the second time in the game, 7-6. Right fi elder Michael Robertson singled to right fi eld to plate center fi elder Ian Parmley, who had reached on a double, for an 8-6 advantage. Reliever Garrett Baker retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth to close out the victory. It was his second victory in two days. The win was Liberty’s seventh consecu-tive victory in Big South play. Locked in a pitcher’s duel the night before, Robertson beat out a two-out, infi eld single to score the go-ahead run as the Flames defeated the VMI Keydets, 3-2, in the opening contest of the series. Tied at 2-2, Liberty pushed across a run to break the deadlock in the top of the eighth inning. With two outs and runners on second and third, Robertson beat out a chopper behind the mound for an infi eld single, to score a run for a 3-2 edge. Baker held VMI in check in both the eighth and ninth innings to close out the Liberty victory.

Liberty Sweeps PC The Liberty Flames jumped out to a 5-1 lead through the fi rst three innings of game two and never looked back, defeating the Presbyterian College Blue Hose, 5-2, to com-plete a sweep of a doubleheader, April 17 at Worthington Stadium and the three-game Big South series between the two teams. In the game two of the twinbill, Liberty totaled 13 hits. Matt Williams, Doug Bream, Austin Taylor, Justin Richardson and Jeff Jefferson had two hits apiece for the Flames. Pitcher Keegan Linza moved to 6-2 on the year, yielding two runs, both unearned, on seven hits over the fi rst 5 1/3 innings. Garrett Baker earned his second save of the season. The junior threw 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up three hits and striking out two batters.

2011 Big SouthPitching Leaders

(through 5/18)

ERAName, Team ERA1. Matt Rein, CCU 1.412. Charlie McCready, CSU 2.003. Josh Conway, CCU 2.204. Keegan Linza, LIB 2.235. Anthony Meo, CCU 2.30

VictoriesName, Team WINS1. Keegan Linza, LIB 92. Matt Rein, CCU 83. Josh Conway, CCU 7 Anthony Meo, CCU 7 Eddie Butler, RU 7

Innings PitchedName, Team IP1. Keegan Linza, LIB 93.02. Steven Evans, LIB 88.13. Anthony Meo, CCU 86.04. Eddie Butler, RU 81.25. Jordan Pace, PC 81.0 Mark Peterson, RU 81.0

AppearancesName, Team APP1. Brett Stackhouse, GWU 282. Brad Wimmer, RU 27 Ryan Connonlly, CCU 273. Chandler Knox, PC 26 Jeff Howell, GWU 26

StrikeoutsName, Team SO1. Anthony Meo, CCU 912. Cody Allen, HPU 843. Steven Evans, LIB 744. Jesse Caddenhead, CSU 685. Bobby Bolling, RU 67

SavesName, Team SV1. Abram Williams, RU 142. Corey, Deighan, CSU 73. Adam Izokovic, GWU 6 Jeff Howell, GWU 6 4. Charlie McCready, CSU 5

Opp. Batting Avg.Name, Team1. Matt Rein, CCU .1972. Josh Conway, CCU .2193. Coby Cowgill, VMI .2204. Steven Evans, LIB .2235. Emilo Pagan, GWI .225

In game one, Richardson belted a career-high two home runs and Bream added another round tripper, powering the Flames past the Blue Hose, 7-1. It is the fi rst time this season, the Flames have hit three home runs in a game. In addition, Richardson became the fi rst Liberty player to hit more than one round tripper in a contest this season. Bream hit his fi rst home run of the season in the third inning, while designated hitter Richardson hit his fi rst home run leading off the fourth. The Liberty desig-nated hitter hit his second solo home run of the game in the sixth. Liberty starter Steven Evans moved to 4-3 on the season, allowing one run on six hits over seven innings. Jacob Kemmerer and Mark Swanson pitched scoreless innings to close out the win. After the visiting Presbyterian College Blue Hose took a lead in the top of the seventh, Liberty struck for three runs in the bottom of the inning, en route to a 6-5 victory, the night before in the opening game of the series on April 15. Liberty had nine hits in the contest. The Flames’ three, four and fi ve hitters each had two hits, as Williams, Doug Bream and Tyler Bream had a pair of hits apiece. Second baseman Zack Haley also had two hits for Liberty. Doug Bream drove in three runs for the Flames. Dane Beakler allowed one hit over 2/3 of an inning to pick up his fi rst win of the year to move to 1-0. Baker pitched the fi nal 1 1/3 innings to earn his fi rst save of the season. He retired all four batters he faced, including inducing an inning-ending double play in the eighth inning.

Flames Take Series From High Point with Big Ninth Down by two runs, the Liberty Flames erupted for seven runs in the ninth inning for a 14-9 victory over the High Point Panthers, April 10, in a Big South Conference contest at Coy O. Willard Stadium. With the win, the Flames took the weekend series. Trailing 9-7, Liberty pounced on High Point relief pitching, batting around in the top of the ninth inning to take the lead. The Flames scored seven runs on seven hits and an error to erase the host team’s edge. Liberty had 19 hits in the game. For the second consecutive day, outfi elder Doug Bream had four hits to lead all players in the contest. The Liberty left fi elder hit .643 during the three-game series against the Panthers. Center fi elder Ian Parmley, right fi elder Michael Robertson and shortstop Matt Williams each had three hits apiece for the Flames. Reliever Mark Swanson evened his record at 1-1 on the year. After entering the contest with runners on second and third base and no one out, the senior right-hander kept the Flames close, pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Niggli Delivers Liberty right-hander John Niggli held High Point in check over eight innings, as the Flames downed the Panthers, 9-0, April 9 in a Big South contest at Coy O. Willard Stadium. Niggli was in control throughout the fi rst eight innings of the contest, scatter-ing three hits. He allowed only two High Point runners to move into scoring posi-tion throughout his time on the mound, before giving way to relief pitcher Jacob Kemmerer. The right-hander struck out two batters and walked one, running his record to 4-2 on the year. After allowing a hit to the leadoff batter in the fourth inning, he did not allow an-other hit until two outs into his fi nal inning, the eighth. Niggli and Kemmerer combined to pitch the second shutout by the Flames pitching staff this season.

2011 NCAA Rankings(as of 5/10)

Team (288 Ranked)Category ...................................... Rank ....ActualBatting Average ........................... 126 ......0.285Scoring ........................................ 147 ......5.6Runs ............................................ 120 ......287.0Hits .............................................. 93 ........495.0Doubles Per Game ..................... 89 ........1.92Doubles ....................................... 67 ........98.0Triples Per Game ........................ 174 ......0.2Triples .......................................... 153 ......10.0Home Runs Per Game ............... 57 ........0.69Home Runs ................................. 50 ........35.0Slugging Percentage ................... 90 ........0.414Stolen Bases Per Game ............. 9 ..........2.08Stolen Bases ............................... 6 ..........106.0Base on Balls .............................. 259 ......134.0Sacrifi ce Bunts ............................ 155 ......33.0Hit by Pitch .................................. 134 ......49.0Sacrifi ce Flies .............................. 41 .........26.0Earned Run Average ................... 99 .........4.18Strikeouts Per Nine Innings ........ 198 .......6.3Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings ..... 98 .........9.16Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings .. 17 .........2.62Fielding Percentage .................... 1 25 .......0.966Double Plays Per Game ............. 93 ........0.86Double Plays ............................... 73 ........44.0WL Pct ......................................... 72 .........0.608

Individual – Top 100Stolen Bases Per GameIan Parmley .................................. 23 .........0.53

Stolen BasesIan Parmley ................................. 26 ........25.0

Sacrifi ce FliesTyler Bream ................................. 7 ..........8.0

ERAKeegan Linza ............................... 66 ......... 2.23

VictoriesKeegan Linza .............................. 14 ........9.0

StrikeoutsSteven Evans ............................... 99 .........74.0

Hits Allowed Per Nine InningsSteven Evans ............................... 94 .........74.0

Walks Allowed Per Nine InningsGarett Baker ................................ 6 ..........0.68

Complete GamesKeegan Linza ............................... 23 .........4.0

Breams Big at VCU Liberty third baseman Tyler Bream hit a two-run home run and drove in three runs and left fi elder Doug Bream had three RBIs in an 11-1 Flames victory over the VCU Rams, March 29 at the Diamond in Richmond, Va. Tyler Bream hit a two-run home run in the fi fth inning, with Doug aboard to give the Flames a 6-1 advantage. It was one of two hits the third baseman had on the day. Doug Bream also had two hits in the game. Catcher Cody Rasmus had three hits and scored three runs for Liberty, which had 12 hits in the game. Shortstop Matt Williams and designated hitter Marcus Grimaldi had two hits each.

Flames Take Series with Season-High in Runs Shortstop Matt Williams drove in fi ve runs with four hits, including one a home run, as the Liberty Flames cranked out a season-high for runs in a 16-7 victory over the Winthrop Eagles in the fi nal game of a three-game Big South series, this March 26 at Worthington Stadium. The win allowed the Flames to take the three-game series, two games to one, and start the season 5-1 in the Big South. In the contest, the Flames scored a season-high 16 runs, eclipsing their previous high in a 12-2 win over Binghamton on March 4. In addition, Liberty tied their season-high for hits in a contest with 20. Every member of the Liberty batting order had at least one hit in the contest. Outfi elder Michael Robertson and fi rst baseman Jeff Jefferson each had three hits in the contest. Jefferson also scored twice and drove in three runs. Austin Taylor hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs for the Flames. Steven Evans was the benefi ciary of the Liberty scoring outburst, evening his record at 3-3 on the year. The senior allowed one run on two hits over 6 1/3 innings. The day before, the Flames opened the series with a 5-2 win over the Eagles in game one of a doubleheader. Right-hander Keegan Linza held the Eagles in check to record his fourth complete game of his career and run his season mark to 5-0. The senior allowed two runs on nine hits, striking out fi ve and walking two batters. It was the third consecutive start that Linza , against Rutgers, Charleston Southern and Winthrop. Robertson went 2-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored for the Flames. Out-fi elder Doug Bream added two hits and two RBIs in the game.

Complete Games Highlight Sweep Each of Liberty’s starting pitchers of its three-game Big South series pitched a complete game, keying a sweep of the Charleston Southern Buccaneers in the fi rst conference series of the year, March 18-20. After allowing a combined four runs the previous week at the Keith LeClair Classic, Liberty starters, Keegan Linza, John Niggli and Steven Evans once again turned the trick, holding the Buccaneers to four runs over the entire three-game series. Linza got things started, March 18 in the series opener. The senior right-hander outdu-eled his Charleston Southern counterpart, going the distance in his second consecutive outing in a 2-1 win. Linza allowed one run on eight hits, striking out a career-high 10 to run his record to 4-0 on the year. Niggli followed-up with a gem of his own on March 19. The junior right-hander threw his fi rst complete game in a Liberty uniform in a 5-1 victory. Niggli gave up one run on fi ve hits, striking out four. From the third inning on, the junior dominated, not allowing a Charleston Southern hit until a two-out infi eld single in the ninth inning. During the stretch, the Liberty right-hander allowed only two runners to reach, on a walk in the fi fth and another walk in the sixth inning. The next afternoon, Evans made it three consecutive complete games, pitching his fi rst of the season and the fi fth of his career in a 5-2 victory over the Buccaneers. He allowed two runs on six hits, fanning 12 to set a new career-high and walked one.

Matt Williams

Doug Bream

Michael Robertson

Zack Haley

Ian Parmley

Casey Rasmus

Baker Comes Up Big at Maryland A strong relief appearance by Garrett Baker and seven extra base hits propelled the Liberty Flames past the Maryland Terrapins, 11-4, March 15 at Smith Stadium in College Park, Md. Baker entered the contest with the bases loaded, no one out and one run already in for Maryland in the fi rst inning and quickly restored order in the contest. The junior allowed only an unearned run, scattering three hits over eight effective innings. The left-hander struck out fi ve and walked none, running his record to 2-0. He retired seven consecutive batters from the second through the fourth inning and later, fi nished his outing by setting down 12 Terrapins in order. Despite trailing 3-0 after one inning, the Flames answered with four runs in the third inning to take a lead they never relinquished. In the frame, second baseman Zack Haley and fi rst baseman Jeff Jefferson hit solo home runs. For Haley, it was his fi rst of the sea-son, while Jefferson’s round tripper was his second on the year. Haley led all players in the contest with three hits, including two extra base hits. One of left fi elder Doug Bream’s two hits in the game was a bases-clearing double.

Pitchers Lead the Way at LeClair Classic Liberty captured the 2011 Keith LeClair Classic in Greenville, N.C., March 11-13 with a 3-0 record. Keying the title run were the efforts of Flames starting pitchers Keegan Linza, John Niggli and Steven Evans. Linza got things started on March 11, fi ring the fi rst complete game of the season by a Liberty starting pitcher in a 5-2 victory over Rutgers. The senior right-hander allowed two runs on seven hits, striking out fi ve and not walking a Scarlet Knight batter. Linza retired the fi rst 10 Scarlet Knight batters to face him in the contest and did not allow a runner past second base until the seventh inning, when Rutgers scored its fi rst run of the contest. With the win, he runs his record to 3-0 on the year. The following day, right-hander John Niggli pitched seven strong innings to pick up his second victory of the year in a 4-3 win over Monmouth. The junior gave up two runs on six hits, striking out one and walking none over the fi rst seven innings, before being relieved by Garrett Baker. He followed with 1 2/3 innings of relief, allowing a run on one hit. J.J. McLeod faced one batter, getting the fi nal out of the contest to earn his fi rst save of the year. Left-hander Steven Evans capped the weekend by handcuffi ng the host East Caro-lina Pirates in a 2-0 victory, March 13. The senior left-hander held the Pirate hitters in check during his outing, scattering four hits over 7 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up his fi rst victory of 2011. The left-hander struck out a season-high nine batters and walked three, running his record to 1-3 on the season. He retired the last eight batters he faced, before giving way to reliever Dane Beakler with one out. Beakler completed the shutout with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, as Liberty claimed the title.

Flames Belt 20 in Game as Bats Come Alive vs. Binghamton In its home opener on March 4, Liberty pounded out 20 hits, a season-high, in a 12-2 win over the Bearcats in the fi rst game of the year at Worthington Stadium. The last time the Flames had 20 or more hits in a single game since Liberty belted 21 hits in a 16-9, 10-inning victory at Presbyterian College on April 25, 2010. The Flames hit .396 as team during the three-game series with Binghamton and av-eraged 9.3 runs per game. Leading the way during the series was catcher Casey Rasmus, who hit .545 and tied for the team-high in hits with six. The junior ripped his fi rst home run of the season and scored four times during the three-game series. Third baseman Tyler Bream and shortstop Matt Williams also had six hits during the weekend series. Williams hit his fi rst round tripper of the year and had a double and triple among his hits. In addition, infi elders Austin Taylor and Justin Sizemore helped power the Liberty of-fense with big offensive weekends. Taylor hit .444 (4/9) with a double and two home runs, driving in a team-high seven runs during the series. Sizemore belted his fi rst home run of the year and had fi ve RBIs for the Flames.

Tyler Bream

Austin Taylor

Garrett Baker

Connections - Part I Three Liberty Flames, catcher Casey Rasmus, third baseman Tyler Bream and in-fi elder Austin Taylor, each have connections to Major League Baseball through family members. Rasmus, a junior, is in his fi rst season as a member of the Liberty roster. His brother Colby is a member of the St. Louis Cardinals and enters his third season as an outfi elder with the team in 2011. Bream, also a junior, is the son of former major leaguer Sid Bream. Sid Bream, a Liberty standout during his collegiate days, played 12 seasons in the majors (1983-94) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros. Taylor, a senior, is the nephew of former major leaguer Bill Taylor. Bill Taylor spent parts of eight seasons with the Oakland A’s, New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays.

Connections - Part II Three Flames are carrying on a family tradition, as a member of their family formerly played baseball at Liberty. First baseman/outfi elder Doug Bream’s uncle Dave was a member of the Liberty baseball program from 1982-85. Third baseman Tyler Bream’s father, Sid, and two uncles, Dave and Sheldon, were members of the Flames. Sid, who went on to play in the major leagues, was a standout for Liberty on the diamond from 1979-81. The fi rst baseman and Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame member was named a NAIA and NABC All-American in 1981, as the Flames reached the NAIA National Tournament. Bream’s uncles, Dave and Sheldon, were also members of the Flames baseball team during their college days. Dave played infi eld for Liberty from 1982-85, while Sheldon was an outfi elder with the Flames from 1989-93. Tyler and Doug are second cousins. Meanwhile, pitcher Garrett Baker begins his fi rst season at Liberty. The junior left-hander’s brothers, Jason and Steve, played for the Flames. Jason patrolled the outfi eld for the Flames from 1993-95, earning fi rst team All-Big South honors in 1995. Steve was also an outfi elder at Liberty from 1999-02. He was named to the Big South all-conference second team in 2002.

MLB Connections Three Liberty Flames, catcher Casey Rasmus, third baseman Tyler Bream and in-fi elder Austin Taylor, each have connections to Major League Baseball through family members. Rasmus, a junior, is in his fi rst season as a member of the Liberty roster. His brother Colby is a member of the St. Louis Cardinals and enters his third season as an outfi elder with the team in 2011. Bream, also a junior, is the son of former major leaguer Sid Bream. Sid Bream, a Liberty standout during his collegiate days, played 12 seasons in the majors (1983-94) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros. Taylor, a senior, is the nephew of former major leaguer Bill Taylor. Bill Taylor spent parts of eight seasons with the Oakland A’s, New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays

The Last Time

By LibertyBack-to-Back Home Runs - Trailing 6-5 in the top of the ninth inning, catcher Jeff Jefferson and second baseman Zack Haley connected for back-to-back home runs, propelling Liberty to a 8-6 victory over the VMI Keydets in game one of a doubleheader April 23, 2011 at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va. In the game, Liberty hit a season-high fi ve home runs, with Jefferson hitting two.

Five or More RBIs in a Game - Shortstop Matt Williams drove in fi ve runs with four hits in a 16-7 Liberty win over the Winthrop Eagles, March 26 , 2011 at Worthington Stadium. Williams had a two-run single in the fi fth inning, a home run leading off the sixth and a two-run double in the seventh, as the Flames scored a season-high 16 runs.

Inside the Park Home Run - Kenneth Negron belted a liner into the right fi eld gap which glanced off the Coastal Carolina right fi elder’s glove to cash in two runners at Charles Watson Stadium in Conway, S.C. on April 28, 2007. When the ball rolled all the way to the wall, the Liberty second baseman came home and scored standing up for his fi rst home run of the season, knotting the back-and-forth contest with the No. 19 Chanticleers at 7-7. Coastal Carolina rallied in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the contest, 9-7.

Grand Slam Home Run - Trailing 9-5 in the seventh inning, catcher Errol Hollinger drove a 1-0 pitch over the left fi eld wall at Masters Field in Boiling Springs, N.C., tying the visiting Flames with the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs, April 26, 2009. Liberty was down 9-3 in the contest after six innings. The Flames later won the game in the 11th inning, 10-9, on a lead-off home run by fi rst baseman Trey Wimmer.

Cycle - Third baseman Chad Miller hit for the cycle in his fi rst four at bats as the Flames downed the Longwood Lancers, 8-0, April 18, 2006 in a non-conference contest at Worthington Stadium. Miller led off the home half of the fi rst inning with a home run and in the second, drove in a run with a double to the wall off the left fi eld wall. In the fourth, the third baseman singled and completed the cycle in the sixth inning with a triple. Miller had two RBIs and scored four runs in the contest.

No-Hitter - Dan Valentin pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against Elon on April 16, 2000, at Worthington Stadium, marking the fi rst no-hitter by a Flames pitcher in 20 years. Valentin walked seven batters and struck out eight in the game to give Liberty a 4-0 win. This game sparked three-consecutive shutouts for Valentin, during a span of 29-consecutive scoreless innings.

Shutout - Liberty left-hander Steven Evans pitched the fi rst complete-game shutout of his career May 7, 2011 in a 3-0 victory over UNC Asheville Bulldogs in game one of a doubleheader at Worthington Stadium. The left-hander scattered four hits, while going the full nine innings for the second time in 2011 and the sixth time in his career. The left-hander struck out eight batters and walked one.

Triple Play - Liberty has never recorded a triple play.

By an OpponentBack-to-Back Home Runs - Mercer catcher Travis Benn and left fi elder Derrick Workman led off the third inning with back-to-back home runs during the second game of a doubleheader, Feb., 19, 2011 at Claude Smith Field in Macon, Ga. The Bears went on to take the contest from the Flames, 17-5.

Five or More RBIs in a Game - Coastal Carolina right fi elder Daniel Bowman drove in six runs in a 17-1 Chanticleer victory over Liberty, April 1, 2011 at Charles Watson Stadium in Conway, S.C. Bowman had two hits, a three-run home run and a two-run single. He also brought in a run with a squeeze bunt in the contest.

Grand Slam Home Run - With two away in the eighth inning, VMI second baseman Jacob Morely lined his fi rst home run of the year, a grand slam, over the center fi eld fence to give the Keydets a 6-5 lead in game one of a doubleheader April 23, 2011 at Gray-Mnor Stadium in Lexington, Va. Liberty rallied with three runs in the ninth inning for an 8-6 win.

No-Hitter - UNC Asheville’s Jason Walker pitched a seven-inning no-hitter against the Flames on April 29, 2000, at Greenwood Field in Asheville, N.C. Walker allowed two walks and struck out four, leading the Bulldogs to a 3-0 win. The game marked the only shutout against the Flames on the season and the fi rst no-hitter thrown against Liberty since 1992.

Shutout - North Florida pitchers Casey Medlen and Tyler Moore combined to hold Liberty to three hits, to shut out the Flames, 5-0, Feb. 25, 2011 in the opening game of a four-game series between the two teams at Harmon Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. Medlen, the starter, allowed two hits, striking out seven and walking one in the win.

Triple Play - Leading 6-4 with a runner on fi rst and second to open the fourth inning, Patrick Gaillard hit a line drive which High Point second baseman Dustin Hoffman caught. Hoffman then tagged second and threw quickly to fi rst to complete the triple play. The Flames went on to win the Big South Championship game, 9-7, on May 25, 2006 at Charles Watson Stadium in Con-way, S.C.

STARTING PITCHERSTARTING PITCHER#25 JOHN NIGGLIRHP, 6-4, 185, R/R, Jr.Tulare, Calif.

Previous School: Played two years at College of the Sequoias … unanimous all-Central Valley Confer-ence fi rst-team selecti on and CVC Pitcher of the Year runner-up in 2010 … posted a 6-2 record with a 2.01 ERA over a team-leading 80 2/3 innings … his ERA was third-best in the conference … Prep: Graduated from Tulare Union High School … helped lead team to 2008 East Yosemite League (EYL) ti tle with an 8-2 record and a 2.44 ERA as a senior … garnered All-Tulare County honors as well as being named EYL Pitcher of the Year, fi rst team All-EYL and an East/West All-Star … also played shortstop … Personal: Majoring in kinesiology.

Niggli Game by Game - 2011

P i S h l Pl d t t

Date OPPONENT GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP Score W L ERA2-18 at Mercer 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-6 0 0 0.002-25 at North Florida 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-5 0 0 0.002-27 at North Florida * 6.0 4 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 9-1 1 0 1.083-5 Binghamton * 4.0 8 6 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7-12 1 1 5.113-11 vs. Monmouth * 7.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-3 2 1 4.193-19 Charleston So. * 9.0 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5-1 3 1 3.183-25 Winthrop * 8.2 7 2 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 3 2 2.684-2 Coastal Carolina * 5.2 7 4 4 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 4-5 3 2 3.164-9 at High Point * 8.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 9-0 4 2 2.664-15 Presbyterian * 6.2 6 5 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 6-5 4 2 2.984-22 at VMI * 6.1 7 2 2 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 4 2 2.975-5 UNC Asheville * 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 4 2 2.945-13 at Gardner-Webb * 5.1 9 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 4 2 3.21Totals 11 75.2 70 29 27 15 36 11 1 3 2 0 7 59-49 4 2 3.21

STARTING PITCHERSTARTING PITCHER#21 STEVEN EVANSLHP, 6-4, 215, L/L, Sr.Amherst, Va.

Evans Career Stati sti csYear G/GS CG SV SHO IP H R ER ERA BB SO W-L2011 14/13 3 0 1/1 88.1 71 40 31 3.16 25 74 6-32010 14/14 2 0 0/0 89.2 91 35 30 3.01 25 85 9-22009 16/12 2 1 0/0 72.2 82 43 32 3.96 26 45 7-22008 20/6 0 3 0/0 59.2 55 28 27 4.07 20 55 3-3Totals 65/45 7 4 1/1 310.1 299 146 120 3.48 96 259 25-10

2010: Appeared in 15 games, with 14 starts…posted a 9-2 record with

a 3.01 ERA over 89 2/3 innings … struck out 85 and walked 25 … pitched two complete games …third in the Big South in ERA… fourth in the conference in wins … also ranked sixth in the league in innings pitched and strikeouts … allowed two runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one in a 12-2 victory at UNC Wilmington (2/28) … gave up four runs on eight hits, striking out season-high 11 over seven innings during a 16-9, 10 inning win at Presbyterian College (4/25) …allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine in a 7-5 triumph at Charleston Southern (5/7)…pitched eight shutout innings, allowing fi ve hits and striking out nine in an 8-2 victory at Winthrop (5/20)…went the distance, giving up two runs on seven hits, striking out nine and walking one in a 7-2 victory over Winthrop in Liberty’s opening game of the Big South Baseball Championship (5/26) …was named to the 2010 Big South All-Tournament team … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll … 2009: Appeared in 16 games, with 12 starts … went 7-2 with one save and a 3.96 ERA over 72 2/3 innings … struck out 45 and walked 26 batt ers … pitched two complete games … seventh in the Big South Conference in wins and ERA … gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking one in a 3-2 win over Mercer at the Coca-Cola Classic (2/22) … allowed one earned run on seven hits, striking out four hitt ers over 6 2/3 frames in a 12-2 win over Temple (3/6) … earned a save with 1 1/3 innings of relief in 6-3 victory over Duke (3/10)…went the distance, allowing three runs on nine hits in a 7 -3 win at High Point (3/21) … gave up one run on six hits, striking out six and walking one in a complete game, 2-1, victory over Presbyterian (3/27) …allowed two runs on fi ve hits and struck out fi ve over six innings in 11-4 win over UNC Asheville (4/11) in the second game of a doubleheader… 2008: Appeared in 20 games, with six starts … posted a 3-3 record with three saves and a 4.07 ERA in 59 2/3 innings … had a 2.75 strikeout-to-walk rati o, striking out 55 and walking 20 …struck out six and walked none in three innings of hitless, shutout relief in game one of a doubleheader against Columbia (3/21) … scatt ered seven hits, allowing one run over six innings to record his fi rst collegiate win in an 11-4 win at UNC Asheville (4/6)…allowed two runs on six hits, striking out 10 over 7 2/3 innings in a 13-3 victory at William & Mary (4/15) … earned his fi rst college save by reti ring the fi nal two batt ers in a 7-6 win at Winthrop (4/26) … picked up a save with a scoreless eighth and ninth in 7-6 victory at Virginia Tech (5/7) … shut down High Point, allowing no runs or hits, striking out three over the fi nal 2 2/3 innings in a 5-4 win (5/17) … gave up one run on three hits, striking 45 out seven over eight innings in a 13-1 victory over Coastal Carolina to force a second game for the conference ti tle at the Big South Championship (5/24) … selected to the Big South All-Tournament team … pitched in the Coastal Plains League during the summer … Prep: Graduate of Amherst County High School … named fi rst team All-Region III and All-Seminole District as a senior … selected to Heritage Invitati onal All-Tournament team as a junior and senior…also a member of the golf and basketball teams ... Personal: Majoring in business management.

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3 01 ERA 89 2/3 i i t k t 85

Career Game Highs

Innings Pitched: 9.0 at Gardner-Webb 5/14/11 UNC Asheville 5/7/11 Charleston So. 3/20/11 at Winthrop 5/26/10 Presbyterian 3/27/09 at High Point 3/21/09 Runs Allowed: 0 UNC Asheville (9 innings)

Strikeouts: 12 Charleston So. 3/20/11

Date OPPONENT GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP Score W L ERA2-18 at Mercer * 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 4-6 0 0 6.002-25 at North Florida * 5.1 7 5 4 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0-5 0 1 6.353-2 at Virginia Tech * 4.2 5 5 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-9 0 2 5.623-8 William & Mary 1.0 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9-10 0 3 5.823-13 at East Carolina * 7.1 3 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 2-0 1 3 4.073-20 Charleston So. * 9.0 6 2 2 1 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 5-2 2 3 3.513-26 Winthrop * 6.1 2 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 16-7 3 3 3.184-3 at Coastal Carolina * 7.0 9 4 4 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 4-5 3 3 3.474-10 at High Point * 1.2 5 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 14-9 3 3 4.474-17 Presbyterian * 7.0 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7-1 4 3 4.074-23 at VMI * 7.0 3 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 8-6 4 3 3.904-29 Le Moyne * 8.0 6 2 1 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3-2 4 3 3.585-7 UNC Asheville * 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 3-0 5 3 3.185-15 at Gardner-Webb * 9.0 5 4 3 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 6-4 6 3 3.16Totals 13 88.1 71 40 31 25 74 13 2 2 6 1 20 82-66 6 3 3.16

Evans Game by Game - 2011

STARTING PITCHERSTARTING PITCHER#47 KEEGAN LINZARHP, 6-6, 225, R/R, Sr.Salisbury, N.C.

Keegan Linza Career Stati sti csYear G/GS CG SV SHO IP H R ER ERA BB SO W-L2011 13/13 4 0 0/0 93.0 92 35 23 2.23 20 55 9-32010 14/12 1 0 0/1 64.2 67 41 38 5.29 34 44 8-0Totals 27/25 5 0 0/1 157.2 159 76 61 3.48 54 99 17-3

2010: Appeared in 14 games, with 12 starts … went 8-0 with a 5.29 ERA over 64 2/3 innings … struck out 44 and walked 34 … ti ed for fi ft h in the Big South in wins … went six innings, yielding one run on two hits, striking out eight in an 11-2 triumph at Kennesaw State (2/20) … allowed one run on four hits over seven innings in a 6-3 win over Lehigh at the Hughes Brothers Challenge (2/27) … went the distance, allowing three runs and striking out six in a 7-3 win in the second game of a doubleheader at UNC Asheville (3/27) … gave up one run on fi ve hits, striking out six in 5 1/3 innings in a 3-1 victory at Radford (4/10) … named to Big South Presidenti al Honor Roll …Previous School: Att ended Northwest Florida State College … in 2009, he posted a 5-3 record with a 3.67 ERA over 76 innings … averaged a strikeout an inning, striking out 76 batt ers, while walking 27 … named fi rst team All-Panhandle Conference in 2009 … Prep: Graduate of North Rowan High School … named all-county and all-conference as a junior and senior … named Central Carolinas Conference Off ensive Player of the Year for football in 2005 … Personal: Majoring in sport management

Date OPPONENT GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP Score W L ERA2-20 at Mercer * 5.1 4 4 4 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 5-4 0 0 6.752-26 at North Florida * 7.1 8 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-2 1 0 4.263-4 Binghamton * 8.0 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 12-2 2 0 3.053-11 vs. Rutgers * 9.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-2 3 0 2.733-18 Charleston So. * 9.0 8 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-1 4 0 2.333-25 Winthrop * 9.0 9 2 2 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 5-2 5 0 2.274-1 at Coastal Carolina * 4.0 8 9 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 1-17 5 1 2.794-8 at High Point * 6.2 10 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2-6 5 2 2.784-17 Presbyterian * 5.1 7 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 5-2 6 2 2.544-24 at VMI * 7.0 8 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-3 6 3 2.675-1 Le Moyne * 9.0 6 1 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 5-1 7 3 2.375-7 UNC Asheville * 6.0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15-3 8 3 2.315-15 at Gardner-Webb * 7.1 7 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 9 3 2.23Totals 13 93.0 92 35 23 20 55 15 1 4 4 0 7 65-47 9 3 2.23

Linza Game by Game - 2011

Career Game Highs

Innings Pitched: 9.0 Le Moyne 5/1/11 Winthrop 3/26/11 Charleston So. 3/20/11 vs. Rutgers 3/11/11 at UNC Asheville 3/27/10 Runs Allowed: 1 Five Times

Strikeouts: 10 Charleston So. 3/20/11

LIBERTY BASEBALLOverall Statistics for Liberty (as of May 18, 2011)

(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 32-20 Home: 18-5 Away: 12-15 Neutral: 2-0 Big South: 17-7

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%14 BREAM, Doug . 3 5 6 44-44 180 28 64 14 3 1 37 87 . 4 8 3 7 5 19 5 . 3 9 6 0 0 7-7 81 2 2 . 9 7 6 1 WILLIAMS, Matt . 3 4 2 51-51 202 37 69 15 2 9 37 115 . 5 6 9 20 4 22 3 . 4 0 4 4 2 14-18 67 160 13 . 9 4 6 7 ROBERTSON, Michael . 3 2 8 51-51 186 37 61 11 2 2 31 82 . 4 4 1 14 11 30 3 . 4 0 2 3 5 16-20 100 3 1 . 9 9 015 PARMLEY, Ian . 3 1 9 48-47 188 42 60 8 2 0 16 72 . 3 8 3 21 0 28 1 . 3 8 4 2 5 25-35 106 1 2 . 9 8 216 HALEY, Zack . 3 0 8 41-41 130 26 40 10 0 2 18 56 . 4 3 1 7 12 24 0 . 3 9 1 2 9 8-11 70 115 8 . 9 5 920 RASMUS, Casey . 2 8 2 40-39 142 22 40 8 0 3 17 57 . 4 0 1 13 2 25 2 . 3 4 6 2 6 18-21 236 40 3 . 9 8 9 4 TAYLOR, Austin . 2 5 5 45-43 161 24 41 9 1 6 27 70 . 4 3 5 10 4 39 2 . 3 1 3 1 2 7-8 323 34 4 . 9 8 9 5 BREAM, Tyler . 2 5 4 52-52 201 25 51 8 0 2 28 65 . 3 2 3 10 3 47 5 . 2 8 7 9 0 0-1 55 106 18 . 8 9 9--------------------17 SYPE, Dalton . 2 7 6 10-7 29 3 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 2 7 6 1 0 3 0 . 2 9 0 1 0 1-2 52 9 2 . 9 6 836 CORDELL, Ryan . 2 7 0 14-10 37 7 10 2 0 2 4 18 . 4 8 6 1 2 9 0 . 3 1 7 1 2 1-1 14 0 1 . 9 3 318 RICHARDSON, Justin . 2 4 1 26-12 58 5 14 4 0 2 9 24 . 4 1 4 5 1 16 0 . 3 1 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 024 SIZEMORE, Justin . 2 2 8 37-31 101 16 23 4 0 4 15 39 . 3 8 6 13 2 25 0 . 3 2 5 1 0 1-1 57 2 1 . 9 8 3 9 JEFFERSON, Jeff . 2 1 3 31-25 94 13 20 3 0 4 10 35 . 3 7 2 10 2 13 1 . 3 0 2 0 2 2-4 163 15 3 . 9 8 3 2 GRIMALDI, Marcus . 1 9 4 21-5 31 2 6 2 0 0 4 8 . 2 5 8 3 0 9 0 . 2 5 7 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 011 THOMPSON, Joshua . 0 7 4 26-8 27 6 2 2 0 0 1 4 . 1 4 8 2 0 13 0 . 1 3 8 0 0 7-8 19 0 1 . 9 5 023 MCCLENDON, Tony . 0 0 0 5-2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0Totals . 2 8 7 52 1774 295 509 100 10 37 260 740 . 4 1 7 138 50 328 22 . 3 5 0 27 33 107-137 1368 562 66 . 9 6 7

Opponents . 2 6 4 52 1759 260 465 70 9 32 240 649 . 3 6 9 131 58 319 33 . 3 3 4 13 38 32-49 1353 530 85 . 9 5 7

LOB - Team (376), Opp (371). DPs turned - Team (44), Opp (30). CI - Team (0), Opp (2). IBB - Team (4), WILLIAMS, M. 2, BREAM,T. 1, RASMUS, C. 1, Opp (17). Picked off - RASMUS, C. 3, BREAM, D. 1, ROBERTSON, M 1, BREAM, T. 1, HALEY, Z. 1, PARMLEY, I.1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha47 LINZA, Keegan 2 . 2 3 9-3 13 13 4 0/0 0 93.0 92 35 23 20 55 15 1 4 . 2 6 2 4 7 0 1 1312 BAKER, Garrett 3 . 0 8 6-4 21 3 0 0/0 2 52.2 46 23 18 4 39 5 1 5 . 2 2 9 3 3 0 2 221 EVANS, Steven 3 . 1 6 6-3 14 13 3 1/1 0 88.1 71 40 31 25 74 13 2 2 . 2 2 3 6 20 1 5 525 NIGGLI, John 3 . 2 1 4-2 13 11 1 0/1 0 75.2 70 29 27 15 36 11 1 3 . 2 4 9 2 7 0 0 3--------------------27 KEMMERER, Jacob 3 . 2 0 0-0 13 1 0 0/1 0 25.1 22 11 9 11 17 4 2 0 . 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 313 BEAKLER, Dane 3 . 8 0 3-0 14 1 1 0/1 3 23.2 27 11 10 10 21 5 0 0 . 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 2 3 RICHARDSON, Josh 4 . 0 5 0-1 6 0 0 0/0 2 6.2 6 4 3 0 7 0 0 2 . 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 032 SWANSON, Mark 5 . 4 0 2-1 11 3 0 0/0 0 20.0 20 13 12 4 16 1 0 3 . 2 7 0 3 3 0 1 426 BROWN, Daniel 6 . 7 5 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 8.0 6 7 6 4 5 0 0 2 . 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 231 COLE, Bryan 7 . 7 1 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 . 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 MCLEOD, J.J. 8 . 5 9 0-1 8 1 0 0/0 1 7.1 5 7 7 7 5 2 0 0 . 1 9 2 2 3 0 0 1 8 FORSLUND, Blake 8 . 6 9 1-2 8 4 0 0/0 0 19.2 29 25 19 15 20 6 1 1 . 3 3 0 8 3 1 1 029 ABRAMS, Andy 10.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 14 9 8 0 1 2 0 0 . 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 036 CORDELL, Ryan 10.38 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 5 6 5 3 7 0 1 1 . 2 7 8 1 2 0 0 046 ECKELBARGER, Patrick 10.59 1-3 10 2 0 0/0 0 17.0 34 22 20 11 10 4 0 3 . 4 0 5 2 2 0 0 219 MARTIN, Willi 19.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 13 11 10 2 4 0 0 5 . 4 8 1 1 2 0 0 138 DUDLEY, Tim 99.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0Totals 4 . 2 2 32-20 52 52 9 3/2 8 456.0 465 260 214 131 319 70 9 32 . 2 6 4 36 58 3 13 38

Opponents 4 . 7 3 20-32 52 52 3 1/1 4 451.0 509 295 237 138 328 100 10 37 . 2 8 7 46 50 7 27 33

PB - Team (7), RASMUS, C. 5, JEFFERSON, J 2, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (4), EVANS, S. 1, RASMUS, C. 1, SWANSON, M. 1, COLE, B.1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - RASMUS, C. (25-42), LINZA, K. (4-10), EVANS, S. (7-8), BEAKLER, D. (5-6), KEMMERER, J. (5-6),JEFFERSON, J (5-5), NIGGLI, J. (2-5), FORSLUND, B. (3-4), SWANSON, M. (2-3), BREAM, T. (2-2), BAKER, G. (2-2), CORDELL, R.(1-2), ECKELBARGER (0-2), RICHARDSONJo (1-1).

LIBERTY BASEBALLGame Results for Liberty (as of May 18, 2011)

(All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Big South Pitcher of record Attend Time02/18/11 at Mercer L 4-6 9 0-1-0 0-0-0 ECKELBARGER (L 0-1) 5 5 2 2:3502/19/11 at Mercer-1 L 2-7 9 0-2-0 0-0-0 FORSLUND, B. (L 0-1) 4 2 0 2:4002/19/11 at Mercer-2 L 5-17 9 0-3-0 0-0-0 SWANSON, M. (L 0-1) 3 2 1 3:1102/20/11 at Mercer W 5-4 9 1-3-0 0-0-0 BAKER, G. (W 1-0) 4 2 1 2:5402/25/11 at North Florida L 0-5 9 1-4-0 0-0-0 EVANS, S. (L 0-1) 5 8 1 2:0002/26/11 at North Florida-1 W 4-2 9 2-4-0 0-0-0 LINZA, K. (W 1-0) - 2:2002/26/11 at North Florida-2 L 5-8 9 2-5-0 0-0-0 FORSLUND, B. (L 0-2) 3 7 9 2:2202/27/11 at North Florida W 9-1 9 3-5-0 0-0-0 NIGGLI, J. (W 1-0) 3 3 6 2:3303/02/11 at Virginia Tech L 1-9 9 3-6-0 0-0-0 EVANS, S. (L 0-2) 2 3 6 2:0403/04/11 BINGHAMTON W 12-2 9 4-6-0 0-0-0 LINZA, K. (W 2-0) 4 4 6 2:2503/05/11 BINGHAMTON-1 L 7-12 7 4-7-0 0-0-0 NIGGLI, J. (L 1-1) - 1:5703/05/11 BINGHAMTON-2 W 9-6 7 5-7-0 0-0-0 ECKELBARGER (W 1-1) 7 4 3 2:3103/08/11 WILLIAM & MARY L 9-10 9 5-8-0 0-0-0 EVANS, S. (L 0-3) 1 7 0 3:08

^ 03/11/11 vs Rutgers W 5-2 9 6-8-0 0-0-0 LINZA, K. (W 3-0) 2 5 5 5 2:06^ 03/11/11 vs Monmouth W 4-3 9 7-8-0 0-0-0 NIGGLI, J. (W 2-1) 3 2 1 8 2:18^ 03/13/11 at East Carolina W 2-0 9 8-8-0 0-0-0 EVANS, S. (W 1-3) 2 2 1 8 2:19

03/15/11 at Maryland W 11-4 9 9-8-0 0-0-0 BAKER, G. (W 2-0) 2 3 9 2:4703/16/11 at Maryland L 5-10 9 9-9-0 0-0-0 ECKELBARGER (L 1-0) 2 9 8 3:05

* 03/18/11 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 2-1 9 10-9-0 1-0-0 LINZA, K. (W 4-0) 3 0 6 2:16* 03/19/11 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 5-1 9 11-9-0 2-0-0 NIGGLI, J. (W 3-1) 3 2 1 2:10* 03/20/11 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 5-2 9 12-9-0 3-0-0 EVANS, S. (W 2-3) 2 2 3 2:0603/22/11 VIRGINIA TECH L 6-9 (10) 12-10-0 3-0-0 MCLEOD, J. (L 0-1) 6 4 4 2:55

* 03/25/11 WINTHROP-1 W 5-2 9 13-10-0 4-0-0 LINZA, K. (W 5-0) - 2:11* 03/25/11 WINTHROP-2 L 1-2 9 13-11-0 4-1-0 NIGGLI, J. (L 3-2) 3 5 6 2:09* 03/26/11 WINTHROP W 16-7 9 14-11-0 5-1-0 EVANS, S. (W 3-3) 2 2 6 2:5503/29/11 at VCU W 11-1 9 15-11-0 5-1-0 BAKER, G. (W 3-0) 7 7 2:21

* 04/01/11 at Coastal Carolina L 1-17 9 15-12-0 5-2-0 LINZA, K. (L 5-1) 8 3 5 2:29* 04/02/11 at Coastal Carolina L 4-5 9 15-13-0 5-3-0 BAKER, G. (L 3-1) 8 9 7 2:37* 04/03/11 at Coastal Carolina L 4-5 9 15-14-0 5-4-0 RICHARDSONJo (L 0-1) 9 1 7 2:3704/06/11 JAMES MADISON L 12-16 9 15-15-0 5-4-0 BAKER, G. (L 3-2) 4 1 4 3:23

* 04/08/11 at High Point L 2-6 9 15-16-0 5-5-0 LINZA, K. (L 5-2) 5 0 2 2:21* 04/09/11 at High Point W 9-0 9 16-16-0 6-5-0 NIGGLI, J. (W 4-2) 3 1 8 2:29* 04/10/11 at High Point W 14-9 9 17-16-0 7-5-0 SWANSON, M. (W 1-1) 7 3 1 3:26* 04/15/11 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE W 6-5 9 18-16-0 8-5-0 BEAKLER, D. (W 1-0) 5 7 1 2:18* 04/17/11 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE-1 W 7-1 9 19-16-0 9-5-0 EVANS, S. (W 4-3) - 2:20* 04/17/11 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE-2 W 5-2 9 20-16-0 10-5-0 LINZA, K. (W 6-2) 6 8 6 2:3304/19/11 at William & Mary L 5-11 9 20-17-0 10-5-0 ECKELBARGER (L 1-3) 2 7 5 2:49

* 04/22/11 at VMI W 3-2 9 21-17-0 11-5-0 BAKER, G. (W 4-2) 2 2 5 2:15* 04/23/11 at VMI-1 W 8-6 9 22-17-0 12-5-0 BAKER, G. (W 5-2) - 2:14* 04/23/11 at VMI-2 L 1-3 9 22-18-0 12-6-0 LINZA, K. (L 6-3) 5 7 2 2:1704/26/11 at South Carolina L 6-9 9 22-19-0 12-6-0 BAKER, G. (L 5-3) 6 0 4 2:32

+ 04/29/11 LE MOYNE W 3-2 (12) 23-19-0 12-6-0 SWANSON, M. (W 2-1) 7 5 8 3:07+ 04/30/11 NEW ORLEANS W 3-2 9 24-19-0 12-6-0 BEAKLER, D. (W 2-0) 5 2 8 1:46+ 05/01/11 NEW ORLEANS W 5-2 9 25-19-0 12-6-0 FORSLUND, B. (W 1-2) 0 2:04+ 05/01/11 LE MOYNE W 5-1 9 26-19-0 12-6-0 LINZA, K. (W 7-3) 3 5 7 2:14* 05/05/11 UNC ASHEVILLE W 3-2 9 27-19-0 13-6-0 BAKER, G. (W 6-3) 4 6 7 2:03* 05/07/11 UNC ASHEVILLE-1 W 3-0 9 28-19-0 14-6-0 EVANS, S. (W 5-3) - 2:01* 05/07/11 UNC ASHEVILLE-2 W 15-3 9 29-19-0 15-6-0 LINZA, K. (W 8-3) 8 6 8 2:34* 05/13/11 at Gardner-Webb L 4-5 (10) 29-20-0 15-7-0 BAKER, G. (L 6-4) 2 0 5 3:05* 05/14/11 at Gardner-Webb W 6-4 9 30-20-0 16-7-0 EVANS, S. (W 6-3) 2 0 5 2:25* 05/15/11 at Gardner-Webb W 3-2 9 31-20-0 17-7-0 LINZA, K. (W 9-3) 2 0 5 2:4105/17/11 VCU W 8-7 (10) 32-20-0 17-7-0 BEAKLER, D. (W 3-0) 8 5 2;47

* = Conference game^ = Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C.+ = Liberty Tournament - Lynchburg, Va.

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LIBERTY BASEBALLOverall Statistics for Liberty (as of May 18, 2011)

(LAST 10 GAMES Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 9-1 Home: 7-0 Away: 2-1 Big South: 5-1

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%15 PARMLEY, Ian . 4 3 2 10-10 37 13 16 2 1 0 4 20 . 5 4 1 7 0 6 0 . 5 1 1 1 1 6-9 23 1 0 1.000

7 ROBERTSON, Michael . 3 6 4 10-10 33 5 12 5 0 0 6 17 . 5 1 5 5 3 3 1 . 4 6 5 2 1 6-8 11 0 0 1.000

4 TAYLOR, Austin . 3 3 3 10-10 36 6 12 3 0 2 7 21 . 5 8 3 1 1 7 0 . 3 6 8 0 0 2-2 94 5 2 . 9 8 0

16 HALEY, Zack . 3 3 3 10-10 30 6 10 1 0 0 2 11 . 3 6 7 3 3 4 0 . 4 4 4 0 1 2-3 13 38 0 1.000

20 RASMUS, Casey . 2 7 6 8-8 29 4 8 3 0 1 3 14 . 4 8 3 2 1 6 0 . 3 4 4 0 1 1-3 47 7 0 1.000

1 WILLIAMS, Matt . 2 0 0 10-10 35 7 7 2 0 4 13 21 . 6 0 0 5 1 6 0 . 2 8 9 4 0 1-2 14 32 3 . 9 3 9

5 BREAM, Tyler . 1 8 9 10-10 37 4 7 1 0 0 2 8 . 2 1 6 0 1 6 2 . 2 0 0 2 0 0-1 28 19 5 . 9 0 4

--------------------18 RICHARDSON, Justin . 4 0 0 7-4 15 0 6 1 0 0 4 7 . 4 6 7 1 0 4 0 . 4 3 8 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

36 CORDELL, Ryan . 3 2 0 9-7 25 4 8 2 0 0 1 10 . 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 . 3 4 6 0 1 1-1 9 0 1 . 9 0 0

14 BREAM, Doug . 1 8 8 4-4 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 . 1 8 8 0 0 5 0 . 1 8 8 0 0 0-0 7 0 0 1.000

24 SIZEMORE, Justin . 1 8 2 8-6 22 3 4 2 0 1 2 9 . 4 0 9 0 0 8 0 . 1 8 2 0 0 0-0 27 0 0 1.000

2 GRIMALDI, Marcus . 1 4 3 5-1 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 . 2 8 6 0 0 2 0 . 1 2 5 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

11 THOMPSON, Joshua . 0 0 0 4-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

Totals . 2 9 2 10 322 55 94 23 1 8 46 143 . 4 4 4 24 11 61 3 . 3 5 1 10 5 21-32 274 118 12 . 9 7 0

Opponents . 2 1 4 10 336 28 72 11 3 1 26 92 . 2 7 4 16 10 68 8 . 2 7 0 1 3 7-9 255 100 16 . 9 5 7

LOB - Team (62), Opp (64). DPs turned - Team (11), Opp (5). IBB - Team (1), WILLIAMS, M. 1, Opp (1). Picked off - HALEY, Z.1.

(LAST 10 GAMES Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha13 BEAKLER, Dane 0 . 7 9 2-0 3 1 1 0/0 1 11.1 8 2 1 0 10 1 0 0 . 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 047 LINZA, Keegan 0 . 8 1 3-0 3 3 1 0/0 0 22.1 15 3 2 5 12 4 0 0 . 1 9 7 0 3 0 0 221 EVANS, Steven 1 . 5 0 2-0 2 2 2 1/0 0 18.0 9 4 3 2 15 1 0 1 . 1 4 8 0 3 0 1 025 NIGGLI, John 4 . 5 0 0-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 12.0 17 6 6 2 5 3 0 0 . 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0--------------------12 BAKER, Garrett 0 . 0 0 1-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 6 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 . 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 032 SWANSON, Mark 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 022 MCLEOD, J.J. 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 026 BROWN, Daniel 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 KEMMERER, Jacob 1 . 1 7 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 3 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 . 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 FORSLUND, Blake 7 . 3 6 1-0 3 2 0 0/0 0 7.1 10 8 6 4 9 2 1 0 . 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 019 MARTIN, Willi 9 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0Totals 1 . 9 7 9-1 10 10 4 1/0 1 91.1 72 28 20 16 68 11 3 1 . 2 1 4 4 10 0 1 3

Opponents 4 . 8 7 1-9 10 10 2 0/0 0 85.0 94 55 46 24 61 23 1 8 . 2 9 2 6 11 2 10 5

PB - Team (1), RASMUS, C. 1, Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - RASMUS, C. (5-7), BEAKLER, D. (3-3), BREAM, T.(2-2), LINZA, K. (0-2), EVANS, S. (1-1), KEMMERER, J. (1-1), NIGGLI, J. (1-1), FORSLUND, B. (1-1).

LIBERTY BASEBALLIndividual Career History

ABRAMS, Andy

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 10.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 14 9 8 0 1TOTAL 10.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 14 9 8 0 1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 1.2, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Maryland, 03/16/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Strikeouts: 1, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Batters faced: 10, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Field chances: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11Assists: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11

BAKER, Garrett

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 3 . 0 8 6-4 21 3 0 0/0 2 52.2 46 23 18 4 39TOTAL 3 . 0 8 6-4 21 3 0 0/0 2 52.2 46 23 18 4 39

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 8.0, at Maryland, 03/15/11Walks allowed: 1, 4 timesStrikeouts: 7, at Gardner-Webb, 05/13/11Batters faced: 34, Virginia Tech, 03/22/11Field chances: 6, at Maryland, 03/15/11Putouts: 2, Virginia Tech, 03/22/11Assists: 5, at Maryland, 03/15/11

LIBERTY BASEBALLIndividual Career History

BEAKLER, Dane

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2006 6 . 6 0 3-1 15 8 0 0/1 0 46.1 65 38 34 18 192007 18.90 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 3.1 11 10 7 4 22008 3 . 5 1 1-1 15 0 0 0/0 1 25.2 22 11 10 15 252010 3 . 8 4 4-2 26 0 0 0/0 2 61.0 60 29 26 10 562011 3 . 8 0 3-0 14 1 1 0/1 3 23.2 27 11 10 10 21TOTAL 4 . 8 9 11-4 75 9 1 0/2 6 160.0 185 99 87 57 123

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 9.0, New Orleans, 04/30/11Walks allowed: 3, vs NOTRE DAME, 2-22-08; Rutgers, Mar 18, 2006Strikeouts: 15, at Presbyterian, 04-23-10Batters faced: 35, New Orleans, 04/30/11Field chances: 2, 5 timesPutouts: 1, at William and Mary, Apr 05, 2006; at Richmond, Apr 19, 2006; Rutgers, Mar 18, 2006Assists: 2, 4 timesRunners CS: 2, William & Mary, 4-1-2008

BREAM, Doug

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2008 .329 29-19 76 12 25 4 0 2 18 8 8 0-02009 .355 46-41 166 31 59 13 0 6 33 11 13 1-12010 .324 45-32 108 24 35 2 0 2 27 16 15 1-12011 .356 44-44 180 28 64 14 3 1 37 7 19 7-7TOTAL .345 164-136 530 95 183 33 3 11 115 42 55 9-9

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 5, James Madison, 04/06/11Doubles: 2, DUKE, 03-10-09; at HIGH POINT, 03-22-09; at Maryland, 03/15/11Triples: 1, Winthrop, 03/25/11; at High Point, 04/08/11; Presbyterian College, 04/15/11Home runs: 2, FORDHAM, 03-18-09Total bases: 9, FORDHAM, 03-18-09RBI: 4, 5 timesRuns scored: 3, 4 timesWalks: 2, 4 timesHit by pitch: 2, William & Mary, 03/08/11Struck out: 3, at VMI, 04/23/11; at VMI, 04/23/2011; at VMI, Apr 23, 2011Sac flies: 1, at Radford, 04-11-10; VMI, 04-16-10Sac bunts: 1, at COASTAL CAROLINA, 05-01-09At bats: 6, 4 timesStolen bases: 2, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11Field chances: 12, Charleston Southern, 03-15-09Putouts: 11, Charleston Southern, 03-15-09Assists: 2, James Madison, 04-21-10

LIBERTY BASEBALLIndividual Career History

BREAM, Tyler

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2009 .337 46-46 187 35 63 16 2 8 57 12 39 0-02010 .357 61-61 269 56 96 22 1 9 57 9 39 1-12011 .254 52-52 201 25 51 8 0 2 28 10 47 0-1TOTAL .320 159-159 657 116 210 46 3 19 142 31 125 1-2

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 4, 6 timesDoubles: 2, 5 timesTriples: 1, Charleston Southern, 03-13-09; at VCU, 03-31-10; VIRGINIA TECH, 04-22-09Home runs: 2, VCU, 05-18-10Total bases: 10, VCU, 05-18-10RBI: 9, at HIGH POINT, 03-22-09Runs scored: 4, at HIGH POINT, 03-22-09; at NC STATE, 03-25-09Walks: 2, 6 timesHit by pitch: 1, 14 timesStruck out: 3, 4 timesSac flies: 1, 15 timesSac bunts: 1, at HIGH POINT, 03-22-09; at GARDNER-WEBB, 04-25-09At bats: 6, 6 timesStolen bases: 1, at Presbyterian, 04-23-10Caught stealing: 1, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Field chances: 9, New Orleans, 04/30/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11Putouts: 9, New Orleans, 05/01/11Assists: 6, 4 times

BROWN, Daniel

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 6 . 7 5 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 8.0 6 7 6 4 5TOTAL 6 . 7 5 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 8.0 6 7 6 4 5

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 2.2, Binghamton, 03/05/11Walks allowed: 2, at William & Mary, 04/19/11Strikeouts: 2, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Virginia Tech, 03/02/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Batters faced: 12, Binghamton, 03/05/11Field chances: 2, Binghamton, 03/05/11Assists: 2, Binghamton, 03/05/11

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COLE, Bryan

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2010 14.73 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.2 10 6 6 3 12011 7 . 7 1 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 1TOTAL 12.00 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 14 8 8 3 2

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 2.2, at James Madison, 03-16-10Walks allowed: 2, at James Madison, 03-16-10Strikeouts: 1, at Kennesaw State, 02-21-10; at Coastal Carolina, 04/01/11Batters faced: 19, at James Madison, 03-16-10Field chances: 1, at Coastal Carolina, 04/01/11Assists: 1, at Coastal Carolina, 04/01/11

CORDELL, Ryan

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .270 14-10 37 7 10 2 0 2 4 1 9 1-1TOTAL .270 14-10 37 7 10 2 0 2 4 1 9 1-1

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 10.38 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 5 6 5 3 7TOTAL 10.38 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 5 6 5 3 7

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 3, New Orleans, 05/01/11Doubles: 1, Le Moyne, 05/01/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/14/11Home runs: 2, at South Carolina, 04/26/11; at South Carolina, 04/26/2011Total bases: 8, at South Carolina, 04/26/11; at South Carolina, 04/26/2011RBI: 2, at South Carolina, 04/26/11; at South Carolina, 04/26/2011Runs scored: 2, at South Carolina, 04/26/11; at South Carolina, 04/26/2011; New Orleans, 05/01/11Walks: 1, Le Moyne, 04/29/11Hit by pitch: 1, at Coastal Carolina, 04/03/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Struck out: 2, James Madison, 04/06/11; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Sac flies: 1, James Madison, 04/06/11Sac bunts: 1, Le Moyne, 04/29/11; Le Moyne, 05/01/11At bats: 5, VCU, 05/17/11Stolen bases: 1, at Gardner-Webb, 05/15/11Innings pitched: 1.0, 5 timesWalks allowed: 2, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Strikeouts: 2, at Maryland, 03/16/11; at Coastal Carolina, 04/01/11Batters faced: 7, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Field chances: 3, New Orleans, 05/01/11Putouts: 3, New Orleans, 05/01/11Runners CS: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11

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DUDLEY, Tim

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2010 4 . 5 6 1-0 11 2 0 0/0 0 23.2 30 15 12 7 192011 99.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 5 5 0 1TOTAL 6 . 3 8 1-0 12 2 0 0/0 0 24.0 31 20 17 7 20

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 6.0, vs HIGH POINT, 05-29-10Walks allowed: 6, vs HIGH POINT, 05-29-10Strikeouts: 5, ELON, 04-13-10Batters faced: 31, vs HIGH POINT, 05-29-10Field chances: 5, ELON, 04-13-10Putouts: 2, ELON, 04-13-10Assists: 3, ELON, 04-13-10Runners CS: 1, ELON, 04-13-10

ECKELBARGER, Patrick

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 10.59 1-3 10 2 0 0/0 0 17.0 34 22 20 11 10TOTAL 10.59 1-3 10 2 0 0/0 0 17.0 34 22 20 11 10

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 4.2, James Madison, 04/06/11Walks allowed: 3, James Madison, 04/06/11; at William & Mary, 04/19/11Strikeouts: 3, James Madison, 04/06/11Batters faced: 24, James Madison, 04/06/11Field chances: 2, James Madison, 04/06/11Putouts: 1, at Virginia Tech, 03/02/11; at Maryland, 03/16/11; James Madison, 04/06/11Assists: 1, James Madison, 04/06/11Runners CS: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11; at VCU, 03/29/11

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EVANS, Steven

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2008 4 . 0 7 3-3 20 6 0 0/0 3 59.2 55 28 27 20 552009 3 . 9 6 7-2 16 12 2 0/0 1 72.2 82 43 32 26 452010 3 . 0 1 9-2 15 14 2 0/0 0 89.2 91 35 30 25 852011 3 . 1 6 6-3 14 13 3 1/1 0 88.1 71 40 31 25 74TOTAL 3 . 4 8 25-10 65 45 7 1/1 4 310.1 299 146 120 96 259

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 9.0, 6 timesWalks allowed: 4, 6 timesStrikeouts: 12, Charleston Southern, 03/20/11Batters faced: 37, at HIGH POINT, 03-21-09Field chances: 3, vs Mercer, 02-22-09; VMI, 04-18-10; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Putouts: 2, at East Carolina, 03/13/11Assists: 3, vs Mercer, 02-22-09; VMI, 04-18-10Runners CS: 1, 10 times

FORSLUND, Blake

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 8 . 6 9 1-2 8 4 0 0/0 0 19.2 29 25 19 15 20TOTAL 8 . 6 9 1-2 8 4 0 0/0 0 19.2 29 25 19 15 20

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 4.0, at Mercer, 02/19/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Walks allowed: 5, at North Florida, 02/26/11Strikeouts: 6, New Orleans, 05/01/11Batters faced: 21, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11Field chances: 2, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Putouts: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11Assists: 1, Winthrop, 03/26/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Runners CS: 1, at Mercer, 02/19/11; at Mercer, 2/19/11

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GRIMALDI, Marcus

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .194 21-5 31 2 6 2 0 0 4 3 9 0-0TOTAL .194 21-5 31 2 6 2 0 0 4 3 9 0-0

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 2, at VCU, 03/29/11; at Coastal Carolina, 04/02/11Doubles: 1, Winthrop, 03/26/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Total bases: 2, 4 timesRBI: 2, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Runs scored: 1, Binghamton, 03/05/11; at VCU, 03/29/11Walks: 1, at North Florida, 02/26/11; at North Florida, 02/27/11; Winthrop, 03/26/11Struck out: 2, Winthrop, 03/26/11; at Coastal Carolina, 04/03/11Sac flies: 1, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11At bats: 5, at VCU, 03/29/11

HALEY, Zack

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .308 41-41 130 26 40 10 0 2 18 7 24 8-11TOTAL .308 41-41 130 26 40 10 0 2 18 7 24 8-11

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 3, at Maryland, 03/15/11; Charleston Southern, 03/19/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11Doubles: 2, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11Home runs: 1, 4 timesTotal bases: 7, at Maryland, 03/15/11RBI: 3, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11Runs scored: 2, 5 timesWalks: 2, at High Point, 04/09/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Hit by pitch: 2, at South Carolina, 04/26/11; at South Carolina, 04/26/2011Struck out: 2, 5 timesSac flies: 1, at East Carolina, 03/13/11; at High Point, 04/09/11Sac bunts: 2, at North Florida, 02/27/11At bats: 5, at Maryland, 03/15/11Stolen bases: 1, 10 timesCaught stealing: 1, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11; Presbyterian College, 04/17/11; Le Moyne, 05/01/11Field chances: 9, vs Monmouth, 03/11/11Putouts: 5, vs Monmouth, 03/11/11Assists: 5, 6 times

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JEFFERSON, Jeff

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2008 .286 41-26 112 18 32 6 0 0 16 4 16 2-42009 .310 38-35 129 31 40 5 0 7 24 10 30 3-42010 .238 34-21 80 21 19 7 0 2 9 12 21 1-22011 .213 31-25 94 13 20 3 0 4 10 10 13 2-4TOTAL .267 144-107 415 83 111 21 0 13 59 36 80 8-14

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 5, vs Winthrop, 5-23-2008Doubles: 2, MANHATTAN, 03-20-10; at Radford, 04-09-10Home runs: 2, 4 timesTotal bases: 8, 4 timesRBI: 4, Temple, 03-07-09Runs scored: 4, WILLIAM & MARY, 03-11-09; vs Winthrop, 5-23-2008Walks: 2, at Kennesaw State, 02-21-10; at Duke, 03-17-10; PRESBYTERIAN, 03-27-09Hit by pitch: 2, Temple, 03-06-09; WILLIAM & MARY, 03-11-09; at James Madison, 03-17-09Struck out: 2, 22 timesSac flies: 1, VCU, 05-18-10; William & Mary, 4-1-2008; vs Coastal Carolina, 5-24-2008Sac bunts: 1, 4 timesAt bats: 6, MANHATTAN, 03-20-10; vs HIGH POINT, 05-21-09; at UNC Asheville, 4-5-2008Stolen bases: 1, 8 timesCaught stealing: 1, 6 timesField chances: 12, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11; Winthrop, 03/26/11; at VCU, 03/29/11Putouts: 12, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11Assists: 2, 4 times

KEMMERER, Jacob

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 3 . 2 0 0-0 13 1 0 0/1 0 25.1 22 11 9 11 17TOTAL 3 . 2 0 0-0 13 1 0 0/1 0 25.1 22 11 9 11 17

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 4.1, William & Mary, 03/08/11Walks allowed: 3, at Maryland, 03/15/11; at High Point, 04/10/11Strikeouts: 3, at William & Mary, 04/19/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11Batters faced: 18, William & Mary, 03/08/11Field chances: 2, William & Mary, 03/08/11Putouts: 1, William & Mary, 03/08/11; at High Point, 04/10/11; VCU, 05/17/11Assists: 1, at North Florida, 02/26/11; William & Mary, 03/08/11; at William & Mary, 04/19/11Runners CS: 1, William & Mary, 03/08/11

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LINZA, Keegan

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2010 5 . 2 9 8-0 14 12 1 0/1 0 64.2 67 41 38 34 442011 2 . 2 3 9-3 13 13 4 0/0 0 93.0 92 35 23 20 55TOTAL 3 . 4 8 17-3 27 25 5 0/1 0 157.2 159 76 61 54 99

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 9.0, 5 timesWalks allowed: 5, at Radford, 04-10-10Strikeouts: 10, Charleston Southern, 03/18/11Batters faced: 41, at UNC Asheville, 03-27-10Field chances: 4, Winthrop, 03/25/11Putouts: 2, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11Assists: 3, at Gardner-Webb, 05/15/11Runners CS: 2, at North Florida, 02/26/11

MARTIN, Willi

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 19.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 13 11 10 2 4TOTAL 19.29 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 13 11 10 2 4

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 1.0, at William & Mary, 04/19/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11Walks allowed: 2, at Maryland, 03/16/11Strikeouts: 2, at VCU, 03/29/11Batters faced: 7, New Orleans, 05/01/11Field chances: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11Assists: 1, at Maryland, 03/16/11

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MCLEOD, J.J.

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2010 3 . 0 9 1-1 19 0 0 0/0 5 23.1 21 12 8 17 212011 8 . 5 9 0-1 8 1 0 0/0 1 7.1 5 7 7 7 5TOTAL 4 . 4 0 1-2 27 1 0 0/0 6 30.2 26 19 15 24 26

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 4.1, at Duke, 03-17-10Walks allowed: 4, Winthrop, 05-28-10Strikeouts: 5, at Duke, 03-17-10Batters faced: 19, at Duke, 03-17-10Field chances: 3, Virginia Tech, 03/22/11Putouts: 2, Old Dominion, 03-09-10Assists: 3, Virginia Tech, 03/22/11Runners CS: 1, MANHATTAN, 03-20-10; at Winthrop, 05-22-10

NIGGLI, John

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2011 3 . 2 1 4-2 13 11 1 0/1 0 75.2 70 29 27 15 36TOTAL 3 . 2 1 4-2 13 11 1 0/1 0 75.2 70 29 27 15 36

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 9.0, Charleston Southern, 03/19/11Walks allowed: 2, 7 timesStrikeouts: 7, Winthrop, 03/25/11Batters faced: 36, Winthrop, 03/25/11Field chances: 6, Winthrop, 03/25/11Putouts: 3, Winthrop, 03/25/11Assists: 3, vs Monmouth, 03/11/11; Winthrop, 03/25/11Runners CS: 1, Binghamton, 03/05/11; vs Monmouth, 03/11/11; at Coastal Carolina, 04/02/11

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PARMLEY, Ian

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .319 48-47 188 42 60 8 2 0 16 21 28 25-35TOTAL .319 48-47 188 42 60 8 2 0 16 21 28 25-35

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 4, at Mercer, 02/18/11; at Mercer, 2/18/11Doubles: 2, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Triples: 1, Binghamton, 03/05/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/15/11Total bases: 5, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11RBI: 1, 15 timesRuns scored: 2, 12 timesWalks: 2, 4 timesStruck out: 4, at North Florida, 02/25/11Sac flies: 1, at East Carolina, 03/13/11; New Orleans, 05/01/11Sac bunts: 1, 7 timesAt bats: 6, 5 timesStolen bases: 2, 8 timesCaught stealing: 2, at Mercer, 02/18/11; at Mercer, 2/18/11Field chances: 6, at Coastal Carolina, 04/03/11Putouts: 6, at Coastal Carolina, 04/03/11Assists: 1, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11

RASMUS, Casey

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .282 40-39 142 22 40 8 0 3 17 13 25 18-21TOTAL .282 40-39 142 22 40 8 0 3 17 13 25 18-21

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 3, Binghamton, 03/05/11; at VCU, 03/29/11Doubles: 1, 9 timesHome runs: 1, at North Florida, 02/26/11; Binghamton, 03/05/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Total bases: 7, Binghamton, 03/05/11RBI: 2, 4 timesRuns scored: 3, Winthrop, 03/26/11; at VCU, 03/29/11Walks: 2, at Maryland, 03/16/11Hit by pitch: 1, at Maryland, 03/15/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/13/11Struck out: 2, 5 timesSac flies: 1, at Coastal Carolina, 04/03/11; James Madison, 04/06/11Sac bunts: 1, 6 timesAt bats: 5, 8 timesStolen bases: 3, Winthrop, 03/26/11Caught stealing: 1, at VCU, 03/29/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/13/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/14/11Field chances: 15, Le Moyne, 04/29/11Putouts: 13, Le Moyne, 04/29/11Assists: 6, at North Florida, 02/26/11Runners CS: 3, at Maryland, 03/16/11

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RICHARDSON, Justin

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2010 .328 30-16 64 12 21 4 0 0 15 6 7 0-02011 .241 26-12 58 5 14 4 0 2 9 5 16 0-0TOTAL .287 56-28 122 17 35 8 0 2 24 11 23 0-0

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 3, VMI, 04-18-10Doubles: 1, 8 timesHome runs: 2, Presbyterian College, 04/17/11Total bases: 8, Presbyterian College, 04/17/11RBI: 2, 5 timesRuns scored: 2, VMI, 04-18-10; at Presbyterian, 04-25-10; Presbyterian College, 04/17/11Walks: 2, at Charleston Southern, 05-08-10Hit by pitch: 1, 4 timesStruck out: 3, at VMI, 04/22/11; at VMI, 04/22/2011Sac flies: 1, at Radford, 04-11-10At bats: 5, James Madison, 04-21-10; at High Point, 04/10/11; at Charleston Southern, 05-07-10

ROBERTSON, Michael

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2010 .337 54-53 178 39 60 13 4 4 43 12 31 4-72011 .328 51-51 186 37 61 11 2 2 31 14 30 16-20TOTAL .332 105-104 364 76 121 24 6 6 74 26 61 20-27

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 5, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Doubles: 3, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Triples: 1, 6 timesHome runs: 1, 6 timesTotal bases: 8, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11RBI: 4, Gardner-Webb, 05-01-10; Maryland, 05-05-10Runs scored: 3, 5 timesWalks: 2, VCU, 05/17/11Hit by pitch: 2, Gardner-Webb, 05-02-10Struck out: 3, at Presbyterian, 04-24-10; COASTAL CAROLINA, 05-14-10Sac flies: 2, New Orleans, 05/01/11Sac bunts: 1, 10 timesAt bats: 6, at Presbyterian, 04-25-10; at High Point, 04/10/11; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Stolen bases: 2, vs Monmouth, 03/11/11; Presbyterian College, 04/15/11; Le Moyne, 05/01/11Caught stealing: 1, 7 timesField chances: 6, Presbyterian College, 04/15/11Putouts: 6, Presbyterian College, 04/15/11Assists: 1, 5 times

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SIZEMORE, Justin

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2010 .143 18-4 21 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 9 0-02011 .228 37-31 101 16 23 4 0 4 15 13 25 1-1TOTAL .213 55-35 122 16 26 5 0 4 19 17 34 1-1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 2, 9 timesDoubles: 1, 6 timesHome runs: 1, 6 timesTotal bases: 5, Binghamton, 03/04/11; James Madison, 04/06/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/14/11RBI: 4, Binghamton, 03/04/11Runs scored: 2, Binghamton, 03/04/11; James Madison, 04/06/11; at Gardner-Webb, 05/14/11Walks: 2, DELAWARE STATE, 03-07-10; at East Carolina, 03/13/11; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Hit by pitch: 1, ST. JOHN'S, 03-12-10; Binghamton, 03/05/11Struck out: 3, at Old Dominion, 04-06-10Sac flies: 1, Binghamton, 03/04/11; at Presbyterian, 04-24-10At bats: 6, at Old Dominion, 04-06-10Stolen bases: 1, Charleston Southern, 03/18/11Field chances: 15, New Orleans, 04/30/11Putouts: 15, New Orleans, 04/30/11Assists: 1, 4 times

SWANSON, Mark

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so2009 2 . 7 9 4-0 7 6 0 0/0 0 38.2 34 14 12 8 352011 5 . 4 0 2-1 11 3 0 0/0 0 20.0 20 13 12 4 16TOTAL 3 . 6 8 6-1 18 9 0 0/0 0 58.2 54 27 24 12 51

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Innings pitched: 8.0, PRESBYTERIAN, 03-28-09Walks allowed: 2, 5 timesStrikeouts: 8, Temple, 03-07-09; PRESBYTERIAN, 03-28-09Batters faced: 30, Charleston Southern, 03-13-09; PRESBYTERIAN, 03-28-09Field chances: 2, Temple, 03-07-09; James Madison, 04/06/11; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Putouts: 1, Temple, 03-07-09; PRESBYTERIAN, 03-28-09Assists: 2, Le Moyne, 04/29/11Runners CS: 1, Charleston Southern, 03-13-09; WINTHROP, 04-18-09; Le Moyne, 04/29/11

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TAYLOR, Austin

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2010 .250 34-20 72 15 18 3 0 1 10 20 16 2-42011 .255 45-43 161 24 41 9 1 6 27 10 39 7-8TOTAL .253 79-63 233 39 59 12 1 7 37 30 55 9-12

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 3, William & Mary, 03/08/11; UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Doubles: 1, 12 timesTriples: 1, James Madison, 04/06/11Home runs: 1, 7 timesTotal bases: 7, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11RBI: 4, Binghamton, 03/05/11; Winthrop, 03/26/11Runs scored: 3, UNC Asheville, 05/07/11Walks: 2, 7 timesHit by pitch: 1, 8 timesStruck out: 3, Charleston Southern, 03/20/11; Le Moyne, 04/29/11Sac flies: 1, at High Point, 04/10/11Sac bunts: 1, 5 timesAt bats: 5, 12 timesStolen bases: 1, 8 timesCaught stealing: 1, DELAWARE STATE, 03-06-10; MANHATTAN, 03-21-10; Presbyterian College, 04/15/11Field chances: 17, VCU, 05/17/11Putouts: 16, VCU, 05/17/11Assists: 4, Winthrop, 03/25/11

THOMPSON, Joshua

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2011 .074 26-8 27 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 13 7-8TOTAL .074 26-8 27 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 13 7-8

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 1, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at North Florida, 02/26/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11Doubles: 1, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at North Florida, 02/26/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11Total bases: 2, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at North Florida, 02/26/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11RBI: 1, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11Runs scored: 1, 7 timesWalks: 1, at Mercer, 02/20/11; at North Florida, 02/25/11; at Mercer, 2/20/11Struck out: 3, at Mercer, 02/18/11; at Mercer, 2/18/11At bats: 4, at North Florida, 02/26/11Stolen bases: 2, Le Moyne, 04/29/11; New Orleans, 04/30/11Caught stealing: 1, New Orleans, 04/30/11Field chances: 5, at North Florida, 02/26/11Putouts: 5, at North Florida, 02/26/11

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WILLIAMS, Matt

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att2009 .283 54-54 219 49 62 12 1 0 18 24 18 12-192010 .360 54-54 236 52 85 22 2 4 30 12 21 10-142011 .342 51-51 202 37 69 15 2 9 37 20 22 14-18TOTAL .329 159-159 657 138 216 49 5 13 85 56 61 36-51

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:Hits: 4, 6 timesDoubles: 2, 5 timesTriples: 1, 6 timesHome runs: 2, VCU, 05/17/11Total bases: 8, Winthrop, 03/26/11; VCU, 05/17/11RBI: 5, Winthrop, 03/26/11Runs scored: 4, at HIGH POINT, 03-22-09Walks: 4, FORDHAM, 03-18-09Hit by pitch: 2, at James Madison, 03-16-10; Temple, 03-07-09Struck out: 3, VCU, 05-18-10Sac flies: 2, New Orleans, 05/01/11Sac bunts: 1, 12 timesAt bats: 6, 8 timesStolen bases: 2, 4 timesCaught stealing: 1, 16 timesField chances: 12, vs Lehigh, 02-27-10Putouts: 6, vs Lehigh, 02-27-10Assists: 8, at James Madison, 02-24-09; at HIGH POINT, 03-21-09