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2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2016 SCHEDULE BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Date Opponent Time May 24-28 Feb. 19 at South Florida L, 10-11 Lexington County Baseball Stadium (3,000) Lexington, S.C. Feb. 20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Feb. 21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Feb. 23 William and Mary W/ 8-4 Feb. 26 vs. Marshall W/ 9-8 Feb. 27 vs. Duke W/ 1-0 LIBERTY FLAMES BRACKET ONE: High Point, Feb. 27 vs. Marshall W/ 7-3 Overall: 28-27 Liberty, Longwood, Winthrop Feb. 28 vs. Ohio State L/ 4-5 Big South: 12-12 March 1 at Old Dominion L/ 6-7 BRACKET TWO: Coastal March 4 UConn W/ 8-5 Head Coach: Jim Toman Carolina, Gardner-Webb, March 5 UConn L/ 5-7 (11) Live Stats: LibertyFlames.com Career Record: 325-203 (9) Presbyterian, Radford March 6 UConn W/ 5-4 Record at Liberty: Same In Game Updates: March 8 at Elon L/ 5-10 @LUGameDay March 11 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 5-1 March 12 Evansville ^ W/5-3 Media Coverage March 13 Central Connecticut State ^ W/ 7-5 Television - Radio - March 13 Evansville ^ W/ 5-2 ESPN3 (Friday & Saturday) 93.3FM/1320AM WVGM ESPN or 100.9 WIQO FM March 15 at Virginia Tech W/ 22-7 Internet Audio - March 18 Kent State L/ 0-2 Video Streaming - Big South Network (Tuesday - Thursday) LibertyFlames.com March 19 Kent State (DH) W/ 4-2, L/ 1-8 March 20 Kent State L/ 5-6 March 22 at Maryland L/ 9-10 Statistical Leaders March 24 UNC Asheville * W/ 7-6 Avg: D.J. Artis (.379) Wins: Shane Quarterley (5) March 25 UNC Asheville * W/ 6-5 2B: Andrew Yacyk (21) ERA: Victor Cole (2.89) HR: Will Shepherd, Andrew Yacyk (7) APP: Shane Quarterley (27) March 26 UNC Asheville * W/ 11-5 Runs: D.J. Artis (51) SO: Victor Cole (56) March 29 at Duke L/ 1-6 RBI: Andrew Yacyk (48) IP : Evan Mitchell (71.0) April 1 at Winthrop* L/ 5-11 SB: D.J. Artis (22) SV: Shane Quarterley (7) April 2 at Winthrop* L/ 5-7 April 3 at Winthrop* L/ 5-6 Quick Hits April 5 Maryland W/ 5-4 1. Winners of six of its last seven contests, Liberty enters the 2016 Big South Baseball Championship with April 8 Charleston Southern * W/ 10-2 a 28-27 overall record. The Flames closed out their regular season by winning the last two games of a April 9 Charleston Southern * L/ 1-6 three-game series at High Point for a 2-1 series victory, this past Thursday and Friday. April 10 Charleston Southern * W/ 9-6 April 15 at Campbell * L/ 1-2 2. Liberty ended the Big South regular season tied with Presbyterian and Winthrop for sixth place in the April 16 at Campbell * L/ 1-2 April 17 at Campbell * W/ 3-0 conference standings. With Presbyterian and Winthrop claiming tiebreakers over the Flames, Liberty is April 19 Duke L/ 7-8 the No. 7 seed for this week's tournament, the fi rst time in program history. April 20 at Richmond L/ 9-10 April 22 at Presbyterian * W/ 4-2 3. The Flames are making their 20th appearance in the Big South Baseball Championship. Liberty has April 23 at Presbyterian * L/ 7-9 have won four Big South titles, with the last one coming in 2013. The Flames enter the 2016 champion- April 24 at Presbyterian * L/ 8-9 (11) ship having compiled a 55-31 record at the tournament. April 26 Virginia Tech L/ 10-11 April 27 at William and Mary W/ 10-7 4. Liberty and High Point will be meeting for the second consecutive season on the fi rst day of the Big May 3 Virginia L/ 3-7 South Baseball Championship. The Flames are 6-3 against the Panthers in the tournament. May 6 Coastal Carolina * L/ 6-14 May 7 Coastal Carolina * L/ 3-12 5. Liberty outfi elder D.J. Artis was selected the 2016 Big South Freshman of the Year. Artis and 1B/OF May 8 Coastal Carolina * L/ 3-17 Andrew Yacyk were also named to the Big South All-Conference fi rst team. May 11 Old Dominion W/ 7-6 May 13 Radford* W/ 11-5 6. Shortstop Dalton Britt, who has started every game during his Liberty career, is expected to break the May 14 Radford* W/ 7-2 program record for games played, Tuesday. Britt will play in his 236th game, surpassing Trey Wimmer's May 15 Radford* W/ 14-8 (2009-14) previous mark of 235. May 19 at High Point * (DH) L/ 8-11, W/ 11-10 May 20 at High Point * W/ 16-3 Possible Starters May 24-28 Big South Tournament • TBA Pos. # Player B/T AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB June 3-5 NCAA Regionals TBA C 2 Payton Scarbrough R/R .286 126 22 36 7 0 4 21 1 June 10-12 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA 1B 39 Andrew Yacyk R/L .316 225 33 71 21 1 7 48 0 June 18-29 College World Series TBA 2B 12 Andrew Kowalo R/R .276 163 33 45 9 2 6 34 2 - Baseball at the Beach - Myrtle Beach, S.C. SS 26 Dalton Britt L/R .292 216 30 63 16 3 2 36 5 ^ - Liberty Invitational - Lynchburg, Va. 3B 22 Eric Grabowski R/R .265 132 31 35 7 1 3 25 1 * - Big South Conference Game LF 1 D.J. Artis L/L .379 206 51 78 9 3 2 39 22 • - Lexington County Stadium - Lexington, S.C. CF 13 Jack Morris R/R .257 105 17 27 5 1 2 15 2 DH - Doubleheader Home Games in Bold RF 34 Will Shepherd R/R .315 219 45 69 13 0 7 42 11 All times are Eastern Time and Subject to Change DH 27 Josh Latta R/R .323 65 13 21 4 0 1 15 1 2016 LIBERTY FLAMES BASEBALL Big South Championship, May 24-28 Monday - 5/23 Tuesday - 5/24 Wednesday - 5/25 Thursday - 5/26 Friday - 5/27 Saturday - 5/28 Sunday - 5/29 Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Team Conference Conference Conference Conference Conference Practices Baseball Baseball Baseball Baseball Baseball Championship Championship Championship Championship Championship Lexington County Lexington County Lexington County Lexington County Lexington County Lexington County Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium Baseball Stadium TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Results Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2/19 at South Florida L, 10-11 Cody Gamble (0-1) 3:30 0-1 - 2/20 at South Florida W, 4-0 Jack DeGroat (1-0) Caleb Evans (1) 3:26 1-1 - 2/21 at South Florida L, 5-6 Evan Mitchell (0-1) 3:12 1-2 - 2/23 William & Mary W, 8-4 Shane Quarterley (1-0) 2:55 2-2 - 2/26 vs. Marshall ! W, 9-8 Shane Quarterley (2-0) 3:44 3-2 - 2/27 vs. Duke ! W, 1-0 Zander Clouse (1-0) Shane Quarterley (1) 3:00 4-2 - 2/27 vs. Marshall ! W, 7-3 Carson Herndon (1-0) 3:17 5-2 - 2/28 vs Ohio State ! L, 4-5 Eric Grabowski (0-1) 3:01 5-3 - 3/1 at Old Dominion L, 6-7 Jordan Scott (0-1) 3:00 5-4 - 3/4 UConn W, 8-5 Carson Herndon (2-0) 3:18 6-4 - 3/5 UConn L, 5-7 (11) Victor Cole (0-1) 4:05 6-5 - 3/6 UConn W, 5-4 Zander Clouse (2-0) Shane Quarterley (2) 2:51 7-5 - 3/8 at Elon L, 5-10 Geoffrey Murphy (0-1) 3:02 7-6 - 3/11 CCSU ^ W, 5-1 Evan Mitchell (1-1) 2:16 8-6 - 3/12 Evansville ^ W, 5-3 Shane Quarterley (3-0) Carson Herndon (1) 3:17 9-6 - 3/13 CCSU ^ W, 7-5 Thomas Simpson (1-0) Carson Herndon (2) 2:53 10-6 - 3/13 Evansville ^ W, 5-2 Parker Bean (1-0) Shane Quarterley (3) 2:33 11-6 - 3/15 at Virginia Tech W, 22-7 Geoffrey Murphy (1-1) 3:27 12-6 - 3/18 Kent State L, 0-2 Evan Mitchell (1-2) 2:08 12-7 - 3/19 Kent State - 1 W, 4-2 Victor Cole (1-1) 2:31 13-7 - 3/19 Kent State - 2 (7 inn.) L, 1-8 Zander Clouse (2-1) 2:44 13-8 - 3/20 Kent State L, 5-6 Carson Herndon (2-1) 3:19 13-9 - 3/22 at Maryland L, 9-10 Thomas Simpson (1-1) 3:43 13-10 - 3/24 UNC Asheville * W, 7-6 Shane Quarterley (4-0) 3:06 14-10 1-0 3/25 UNC Asheville * W, 6-5 Victor Cole (2-1) Shane Quarterley (4) 3:34 15-10 2-0 3/26 UNC Asheville * W, 11-5 Zach Helsel (1-0) 2:52 16-10 3-0 3/29 at Duke L, 1-6 Jack DeGroat (1-1) 2:33 16-11 - 4/1 at Winthrop L, 5-11 Evan Mitchell (1-3) 2:45 16-12 3-1 4/2 at Winthrop L, 5-7 Victor Cole (2-2) 3:05 16-13 3-2 4/3 at Winthrop L, 6-7 Jack DeGroat (1-2) 2:34 16-14 3-3 4/5 Maryland W, 5-4 Shane Quarterley (5-0) 3:05 17-14 - 4/8 Charleston Southern * W, 10-2 Victor Cole (3-2) 2:54 18-14 4-3 4/9 Charleston Southern * L, 1-6 Evan Mitchell (1-4) 2:47 18-15 4-4 4/10 Charleston Southern * W, 9-6 Carson Herndon (3-1) Shane Quarterley (5) 3:16 19-15 5-4 4/15 @Campbell * L, 1-2 Victor Cole (3-3) 2:38 19-16 5-5 4/16 @Campbell * L, 1-2 Shane Quarterley (5-1) 2:32 19-17 5-6 4/17 @Campbell * W, 3-0 Jack DeGroat (2-2) Shane Quarterley (6) 2:36 20-17 6-6 4/19 Duke L, 7-8 Thomas Simpson (1-2) 3:44 20-18 - 4/20 @Richmond L, 9-10 Carson Herndon (3-2) 3:09 20-19 - 4/22 @Presbyterian * W, 4-2 Evan Mitchell (2-4) 2:12 21-19 7-6 4/23 @Presbyterian * L, 7-9 Shane Quarterley (5-2) 3:30 21-20 7-7 4/24 @Presbyterian * L, 8-9 (11) Shane Quarterley (5-3) 3:51 21-21 7-8 4/26 Virginia Tech L, 10-11 Shane Quarterley (5-4) 3:51 21-22 - 4/27 @William & Mary W, 10-7 Zander Clouse (3-1) 3:22 22-22 - 5/2 No.