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2011 Liberty Games 23-25 - March 23-25, 2011 Flames Baseball Quick Facts General Information WINTHROP EAGLES Name of School ........... Liberty University (9-11, 2-1 Big South) City/Zip ................. Lynchburg, Va. 24502 Founded ..........................................1971 Enrollment .................................... 11,928 at Nickname..................................... Flames Mascot ............................................Eagle LIBERTY FLAMES School Colors .............Red, White & Blue (12-10, 3-0 Big South) Affi liation .........................NCAA Division I Conference .............................. Big South Founder ......................... Dr. Jerry Falwell Chancellor .....................Jerry Falwell, Jr. Director of Athletics................ Jeff Barber Athletics Dept. Phone ..... (434) 582-2100 Worthington Stadium - Lynchburg, Va. Baseball Information Head Coach............................Jim Toman The Games Alma Mater ............. N.C. State (‘85, ‘95) The Liberty Flames (12-10, 3-0 Big South) complete a seven-game homestand, with Record at School ... 122-76-1/ Four Years a three-game Big South series with the Winthrop Eagles (9-11, 2-1 Big South), Friday- Career Record ................................Same Assistant Coaches ................................... Sunday at Worthington Stadium. Friday night’s series opener is scheduled for 7 p.m., ...................... Garrett Quinn (Maine , ‘98) while both Saturday and Sunday’s contest have a fi rst pitch slated for 3 p.m. ................ Jason Murray ((Ball State, ‘98) ......................Adam Ward (Clemson, ‘08) Director of Baseball Operations............... Last Time Out .........................Billy Daniels (Liberty, ‘06) For the fi rst time this season, the Liberty Flames played extra innings, falling to the Associate Athletic Trainer ........................ Virginia Tech Hokies, 9-6, in 10 innings in a non-conference game at Worthington Sta- ...................................... Scott Lawrenson dium, Tuesday. History Liberty jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the contest after fi ve innings. However, the visiting First Season of Baseball..................1974 Hokies scored four times with two outs in the eighth to tie the game and send it to exta All-Time Record .......... 1034-802-7 (.563) NCAA Tournament Appearances ...........3 frames. Virginia Tech plated three in the 10th on a bases-clearing double for the win. Last NCAA Appearance ...................2000 2010 Overall Record.......................42-19 On Deck ***school record for wins 2010 Conference Record/Finish .............. The Flames head out on the road with a non-conference contest against the VCU .............................................19-7/Second Rams, Tuesday. The game will be the fi rst of fi ve-straight road games for Liberty. Game Starters Returning/Lost.......................5/4 time at the Diamond in Richmond, Va., is scheduled for 3 p.m. Pitchers Returning/Lost ......................7/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost............14/5 Newcomers..........................................15 Following the Flames Television Stadium Home Field ............ Worthington Stadium All three games of this series will be broadcast LIVE by the Flames Sports Network. Capacity .........................................1,000 Nick Pierce will handle play-by-play duties and former Flames pitcher Doug Wallace will Field Dimensions ..... 325 (LF), 375 (LC), provide commentary for the broadcasts. Alan York will provide reports from on the fi eld. ................. 390 (CF), 375 (RC), 325 (RF) The broadcast will also be available for a nominal fee on the Big South Network. The Athletics Communications Info. video stream will be available on the World Wide Web at both LibertyFlames.com and Asst. AD - Communications ..................... BigSouthSports.com. ..........................................Todd Wetmore SID Offi ce Phone ............ (434) 582-2292 Cell Phone ...................... (434) 841-8974 Audio Email Address....... [email protected] An audio feed for each contest maybe heard via a link at LibertyFlames.com. Assoc. Director .............Ryan Bomberger Cell Phone ..................... (434) 221-5576 Email Address... [email protected] Asst. Director .................... Paul Carmany Liberty’s Projected Starters Cell Phone ...................... (434) 221-5575 No. Name Cl. Hgt. Wgt. BAvg. Other Stats Email Address..... [email protected] Asst. Director ..........................Eric Brown 20 Casey Rasmus (C) Jr. 6-3 180 .268 10 Runs, 9 RBIs, 3 2Bs, 2 HRs, 11 SBs Cell Phone ...................... (434) 221-8817 9 Jeff Jefferson (1B) Sr. 6-1 215 .152 4 Runs, 3 RBIs, 0 2Bs, 2 HRs Email Address........ [email protected] 4 Austin Taylor (2B) Sr. 6-3 190 .269 7 Runs, 10 RBIs, 2 2Bs, 2 HRs Asst. Director .................Jennifer Shelton Cell Phone ...................... (828) 638-3876 1 Matt Williams (SS) Jr. 6-0 170 .372 15 Runs, 8 RBIs, 7 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 1 HR, 4 SBs Email [email protected] 5 Tyler Bream (3B) Jr. 6-3 205 .286 13 Runs, 15 RBIs, 3 2Bs, 1 HR Grad. Asst. .............................. Tim Hartin 14 Doug Bream (LF) Sr. 6-3 215 .315 10 Runs, 15 RBIs, 7 2Bs, 5 SBs Cell Phone ....................... (207)267-4995 15 Ian Parmley (CF) Jr. 6-0 175 .310 14 Runs, 7 RBIs, 1 2B, 1 3B, 8 SBs Email [email protected] ---------------------------------------------- 7 Michael Robertson (RF) Jr. 6-2 215 .316 17 Runs, 10 RBIs, 1 2B, 2 HRs, 6 SBs Baseball Contact ..........Ryan Bomberger 24 Justin Sizemore (DH) So. 6-3 230 .232 10 Runs, 8 RBIs, 2 2Bs, 1 HR Ath. Comm. Fax.............. (434) 582-2076 Website ......................LibertyFlames.com Liberty University Head Coach Jim Toman 2011 Baseball Record at Liberty: 122-76-1 (Fourth Year) Career Record: Same Schedule After leading his team to a school-record 42 victories in 2010, Jim Toman enters his fourth year Record: 12-10 Big South: 3-0 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 Feb 18 at Mercer L, 4-6 and last season posted only the second 40-win campaign in the 37-year history of the program. The Feb 19 at Mercer - Gm. 1 L, 2-7 Flames notched a 110-66-1 record during his fi rst three seasons on Liberty Mountain. Feb. 19 at Mercer - Gm. 2 L, 5-17 On May 2, 2010, Toman recorded his 100th career victory, as the Flames defeated Gardner- Feb 20 at Mercer W, 5-4 Webb, 10-7, at Worthington Stadium. The sixth coach in program history, Toman became the fast- Feb 25 at North Florida L/0-5 est Liberty baseball head coach to amass the milestone, passing fi rst coach Al Worthington, by Feb 26 at North Florida - Gm. 1 W/4-2 reaching his 100th win in 160 games, six fewer than Worthington. Feb 26 at North Floida - Gm. 2 L/5-8 The impressive strides made by the program have not gone unnoticed. This past November, Feb 27 at North Florida W/9-1 Rivals.com cited Liberty as one being one of college baseball’s top 10 rising programs. Mar 2 at Virginia Tech L/1-9 Last season, the Flames had their best season under Toman, posting a school record for wins Mar 4 Binghamton W/12-2 in a single season with a 42-19 record. The team’s ledger was boosted by a 21-8 road mark, the Mar 5 Binghamton - Gm. 1 L/7-12 Mar 5 Binghamton - Gm. 2 W/9-6 nation’s 10th-best road record in 2010. Mar 8 William & Mary L/9-10 In addition, Liberty recorded a 19-7 mark in Big South play, eclipsing its record of the previous Mar 11 Rutgers ^ W/5-2 season for most victories by the school since joining the conference in 1992. The Flames fi nished Mar 12 Monmouth ^ W/4-3 second in the league’s regular season and were conference runner-up at the Big South Baseball Mar 13 East Carolina ^ W/2-0 Championship. Mar 15 at Maryland W/11-4 Pitcher Shawn Teufel became the fourth player from one of Toman’s Liberty squads to be taken Mar 16 at Maryland L/5-10 in the MLB Draft. The two-time Big South all-conference fi rst team pitcher and National Pitcher of Mar 18 Charleston Southern * W/2-1 the Year Watch list member capped a strong senior campaign by being selected by the Detroit Mar 19 Charleston Southern * W/5-1 Tigers. Mar 20 Charleston Southern * W/5-2 In 2009, Liberty recorded a 33-21 overall record, while posting a 17-9 mark in Big South Con- Mar 22 Virginia Tech L/6-9 (10 inn.) ference play. Liberty set a new fi elding standard in 2009, committing the fewest errors, 53, and Mar 25 Winthrop * 7 p.m. Mar 26 Winthrop * 3 p.m. fi nishing the year with the highest fi elding percentage, .974, in team history. From that infi eld, third Mar 27 Winthrop * 3 p.m. baseman Tyler Bream was named a Freshman All-American by the Collegiate Baseball News. Mar 29 at VCU 4 p.m. Pitcher Andrew Wilson became the third player during Toman’s time at Liberty to be taken in Apr. 1 at Coastal Carolina * 6 p.m. the MLB draft (Atlanta Braves). Apr 2 at Coastal Carolina * 4 p.m. In 2008, the Flames fashioned a 13-3-1 record in the month of May to fi nish Toman’s fi rst sea- Apr 3 at Coastal Carolina * 2 p.m. son at Liberty with a 35-26-1 mark. The record made Toman the winningest fi rst-year coach in the Apr 6 James Madison 3 p.m. program’s history. He guided the Flames to their third straight Big South Championship title game Apr 8 at High Point * 6 p.m. appearance, claiming the conference’s runner-up position in 2008. Liberty’s May record was the Apr 9 at High Point * 6 p.m. best ever by a Flames team. Apr 10 at High Point * 1 p.m. In addition, the Liberty pitching staff set a new season strikeout record, fanning 508 oppos- Apr 12 at James Madison 6:30 p.m. ing batters during the year.