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2013 Flames Baseball Game Notes at Radford, Feb. 19 Tuesday -19 Wednesday - 20 Thursday - 21 Friday - 22 Saturday - 23 Sunday - 24 Monday - 25 LIBERTY PENN STATE PENN STATE PENN STATE at at at at LIBERTY LIBERTY LIBERTY OFF RADFORD PRACTICE PRACTICE 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. RU Baseball Stadium Liberty Baseball Liberty Baseball Liberty Baseball Radford , Va. Stadium Stadium Stadium Lynchburg, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Lynchburg, Va. RESULTS 2013 Date Opponent Score Pitcher of Record Save Time Overall Big South 2/17 at No. 5 South Carolina L, 3-4 Carson Herndon (0-1) 2:49 0-1 2/19 at No. 5 South Carolina - 1 L. 7-8 Josh Richardson (0-1) 2:48 0-2 2/18 at No. 5 South Carolina - 2 W, 3-2 (7) Trey Lambert (1-0) Ashton Perritt (1) 2:32 1-2 2013 Flames Baseball Game Notes at Radford, Feb. 19 Liberty Under Jim Toman Tracking Liberty • The Flames recorded 3-2 win over No. 5 South Carolina on Sunday. The Gamecocks are YEAR OVERALL CONFERENCE 2008 35-26-1 14-7 (2nd) the highest ranked team that Liberty has ever beaten. Previously, the highest ranked 2009 33-21 17-9 (3rd) opponents Liberty had defeated were No. 6 North Carolina last season and No. 6 Clemson 2010 43-18 19-8 (2nd) in 2000. 2011 35-24 18-9 (2nd) • Liberty returns fi ve position starters and 16 lettermen from last season’s 41-19 team 2012 41-19 14-10 (3rd) 2013 1-2 - • 1B Alex Close was named a 2012 Freshman All-American by both Louisville Slugger/ TOTAL 188-110-1 82-43 Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. (.630) (.656) • Close also was selected the 2012 Big South Freshman of the Year, after hitting 14 home runs to set a conference and Liberty freshman record. MILESTONE WINS WIN SCORE DATE • 2B Bryan Aanderud was a 2012 Big South All-Conference second team selection in his fi rst 1 Liberty 6, Notre Dame 2 2/22/08 year at Liberty. 50 Liberty 19, High Point 15 3/22/09 • Aanderud led the Flames in batting average, RBIs, hits and on base percentage. 100 Liberty 10, Gardner-Webb 7 5/2/10 150 Liberty 6, Radford 3 2/22/12 • Baseball America named OF Ryan Cordell the top prospect in the Great Lakes League this past summer. Jim Toman Jim Toman enters his sixth year at Player Quick Hits Liberty after posting the highest NCAA Division I winning percentage (.633) • Liberty outfi elder Ryan Cordell has been named the Big South Conference Baseball Player during his fi rst fi ve years in Lynchburg of the Week for games played during the opening week of the 2013 season. of any head baseball coach in program history. • Cordell hit .462, posting six hits and a team-high fi ve RBIs against No. 5 South Carolina this With a 41-19 record last season, To- past weekend. The OF had multiple hits in all three games and highlighted the series with a man’s Flames have now posted the pair of hits and three RBIs in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader. school’s top two single-season win totals • RHP Brooks Roy pitched fi ve scoreless innings at South Carolina, Sunday. Last season, he in program history. The 2010 Flames set moved from the bullpen to a starter at the beginning of April in 2012. In his fi rst season with the school record for wins with a 43-18 campaign. the Flames, Roy recorded a win in each of his fi rst three appearances as a reliever on the way The Flames have notched a 187-108-1 to posting a 4-0 mark with a 2.49 ERA. overall record during his fi ve seasons on • After taking over the catching duties, C Trey Wimmer threw out 23 would-be base stealers in Liberty Mountain and have also posted 2012. The C was named to the Big South All-Tournament team, driving in a team-high six runs an 82-43 Big South mark over the span. Along with their second 40-plus win and hitting a walk-off home run against Gardner-Webb to advance the Flames to the champi- season in 2012, the Flames set school onship game. He had three hits and threw out two base runners over the weekend. records for team ERA (3.04) and • 1B Alex Close was named the 2012 Big South Freshman of the Year and was selected a shutouts (11). Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Toman saw seven players from his Freshman All-American. Flames squad selected during the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, the most • Close led the Big South with 14 home runs, setting a conference and Big South record for players chosen in a single draft in the round trippers by a freshman. 39-year history of the program. The • 2B Bryan Aanderud was named to the Big South All-Conference second team in his fi rst number ties the 2007 and 2010 Coastal season with the Flames. Carolina squads for the Big South Con- ference record for players picked in a • Aanderud fi nished 2012, third in the conference in batting average (.368), hits (81), RBIs (53) single draft. and on base percentage (.471). The 2B led Liberty in batting average, hits, RBIs, and on base The impressive strides made by the percentage. program have not gone unnoticed. In • 3B Dalton Sype started 56 games at third base in 2012. Sype hit .349 over his last 25 December, Rivals.com selected Toman as one of 10 Collegiate Head Coaches games to fi nish the year with a .297 batting average. on the Rise, while in November of 2010, • After playing in the fi eld in 2012 due to an arm injury, RHP Josh Richardson returns to the Rivals cited Liberty as one of college Liberty mound this season. Richardson made one pitching appearance in 2012, pitching a baseball’s top 10 rising programs. scoreless 1 1/3 innings on May 13 against High Point. In 2010, the RHP posted a team high Toman was named the sixth head and tied for fourth in the Big South with six saves. coach in the history of the Liberty Baseball program in June 2007, after • LHP Jared Lyons made 24 appearances in his freshman season with the Flames, the sec- 11 seasons as the senior member of ond most by a Liberty pitcher in 2012. He posted a 3.04 ERA and a 3-4 record. Ray Tanner’s coaching staff at South • RHP Carson Herndon split time between starting and relief in his freshman season with the Carolina. Toman worked a total of 18 Flames. Herndon recorded his fi rst collegiate victory in his fi rst start at Liberty with fi ve score- years alongside Tanner, dating back to the 1990 season at N.C. State. less innings against James Madison on March 14, facing one more batter than the minimum During his time at South Carolina, To- 15. man served as recruiting coordinator and • Herndon appeared in 13 games, with seven starts. He posted a 3-1 record and a 4.60 ERA. coached the catchers. Known as one • RHP Matt Marsh made nine appearances in his fi rst season with the Flames. Marsh, who of the top recruiters in college baseball, did not pitch until April due to injury, was 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA. the 22-year college coaching veteran was named the 2002 Baseball America/ • Freshmen Dalton Britt and Jake Kimble squared off this spring in competition for the starting American Baseball Coaches Association shortstop spot for the Flames. Britt was a 2011 and 2012 MidEastern 4A All-Conference per- Assistant Coach of the Year. Before join- former, while Kimble was selected to all-conference and All-Cabarras County teams in 2012. ing the Gamecock staff in 1996, Toman • Transfer Nick Paxton is expected to take over as the starter in right fi eld this season and bat served under Tanner for seven years at N.C. State. fi rst in the Liberty batting order. A native of Monroeville, Pa., Toman • RHPs Kyle McKelvey and Adam Parks will join the Liberty starting rotation after receiving and his wife Ashley live in Forest, Va. medical redshirts last season. Both pitchers attended St. Michaels High School in Maryland, They have three children - Caroline (15), where they helped lead the Saints to state titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Charlie Mac (12), and Tucker (9). 2013 Flames Baseball Game Notes at Radford, Feb. 19 Big South Big South Preseason Poll Conference 2012 Final Results North Division 1. Liberty (7) 67 • This season will be the fi rst year of divisional play for Conference Standings 2. Campbell (1) 55 Big South teams. The 12-team conference will be split W L Pct. 3. High Point (4) 53 into two six-team divisions. Coastal Carolina 18 5 .783 4. Radford 39 • Liberty has been tabbed to fi nish on top in the Big Liberty 14 10 .583 Campbell 15 9 .625 5. VMI 22 South Conference’s North Division standings by the Radford 12 12 .500 6. Longwood 16 conference’s head coaches in the league’s annual High Point 11 13 .458 preseason poll. Charleston Southern 11 13 .458 South Division • Six-time defending Big South champion Coastal Winthrop 9 14 .391 1. Coastal Carolina (12) 72 Carolina was chosen to fi nish the year as the South UNC Asheville 12 12 .500 Gardner-Webb 12 12 .500 2.