2008 YEAR IN REVIEW Ryan Page A new era of Liberty Baseball began in 2008, as Jim Toman took over the reins of the program. Under his guidance, the Flames posted their fourth consecutive 30 or more wins season, recording a 35-26-1 mark. The Toman-led team s 35 victories were the most under a first year coach in school history. In addition, it was the first time in the 35-year history of the program that Liberty recorded 30 or more wins in four consecutive years. The 2008 squad tied the school record for conference wins, going 14-7 during the Big South regular season, and later went on to make their third straight appearance in the Big South Championship title game. During the 2008 Big South Championship, which was hosted by the Flames in Danville, Va., Liberty posted four consecutive double-digit victories, enabling it to set a championship record with 55 total runs scored. The Flames also broke school marks at the plate and on the mound. Led by four players with 19 or more doubles, Liberty breaking the previous program mark of 151, with 155 two-base hits. The total led the Big South in the category and ranked the Flames third nationally. Not to be outdone, the 2008 pitching staff shattered the school strikeout mark with 508 strikeouts, 103 more than the previous standard of 405. The total lead the Big South Conference. Right-hander Dustin Umberger finished the season as the Big South s leader with 88 strikeouts, while fellow right-hander David Stokes was second in the conference with 86. The 2008 Flames started their season off in grand style by sweeping through all three of their contests at the Clearwater Invitational. Liberty opened the year with the school s first ever win over Notre Dame, 6-2. The following evening after having their morning contest suspended over four hours due to heavy rain, the Flames edged Albany, 5-4. Sunday, Liberty finished the weekend behind the first of many strong pitching performances by senior Stokes, downing Iowa, 3-1. Staying on the road, the Flames remained unbeaten on the young season with a 5-1 victory over Norfolk State behind freshman outfielder Doug Bream s three RBIs. A few days later, Liberty opened it home schedule with a 4-3 win over Rider in the first of a three game series. The next day, the Broncs ended the Flames five game win streak with a 5-4 victory. Liberty bounced back the following afternoon, pounding out 21 hits in an 18-2 win. Senior Aaron Grijalva paced the Flames by going 4-for-5 in the contest with four RBIs, four runs scored, two doubles and a triple. Out to an early 6-1 start, Liberty saw a reversal of fortune in the midweek, falling on the road to VCU, 5-4 and against Old Dominion at home, 9-7. On the weekend, Army visited Worthington Stadium for a three game series. The Flames took both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday, 11-5 and 13-7, before completing the set with a 15-7 victory on Sunday. Highlighting the weekend was Bream s first collegiate home run in the second game of the doubleheader, which was a grand slam. A week later, Toman s squad found a rough welcome in Hattiesburg, Miss., during the Coca Cola Classic. On Friday, Cal. State Northridge defeated the Flames, 11-7. On Saturday, host Southern Miss shutout Liberty, 5-0, in the morning, while Cal. State Northridge handed the Flames a 9-2 setback in the afternoon. During the following week, James Madison edged the Flames, 3-2, to make the team s season ledger, 9-7. Liberty then split a four-game series with Columbia. The set was moved to Lynchburg s City Stadium. In the opener on Thursday, eight different Flames hit doubles as Liberty held off the Lions, 13-10. Friday, Columbia took both ends of a doubleheader, 11-6 and 7-3, before Umberger restored order on Saturday with seven strong innings of work in a 12-2, Flames victory. After a setback at George Mason during the middle of the week, Liberty return home for a three game series with defending Big South Champion and No. 18 Coastal Aaron Grijalva David Stokes Carolina. Friday s series opener was a historic night in Liberty program history, as it was the first game at Worthington Stadium contested under the lights. Before a record 3, 183 fans, the Flames and Chanticleers battled through 11 innings, before the visitors came away with a 5-3 victory. The following afternoon, Liberty struck for five runs in the third on their way to evening the series at 1-1, with a 9-6 win. In the finale of the series on Sunday, junior Cody Brown hit a home run, but it wasn t enough as the Flames fell 2-1 to finish the month of March with a 12-12 mark on the year. In the midweek, William & Mary and Norfolk State handed Liberty setbacks to begin April. The Tribe defeated the Flames, 9-7, while Norfolk State took an 8-5 victory. After being shutout in the opening game of a three game Big South series at UNC Asheville, the Flames came back to take the series with consecutive victories. Saturday, catcher Errol Hollinger had four hits and designated hitter Garrett Young drove in seven runs with a double and a grand slam, as the Toman s squad won a wild, back-and-forth slugfest over the Bulldogs, 14-13, in 10 innings. Sunday, senior outfielder P.K. Keller had four hits and drove in three RBIs to help freshman left-hander Steven Evans to his first collegiate win in an 11-4 victory. James Madison shutout the Flames, 4-0, at home and No. 19 Virginia won a 7-3 victory over visiting Liberty during their next midweek contests. Entering a Big South weekend series at Radford with a 14-17 record, Liberty swept the three game series with the Highlanders to even their season s mark at 17-17. In Friday s series opener, Hollinger hit two home runs, including the go ahead round tripper in the top of the ninth for a 5-4 win. The following afternoon, seniors David Giammaresi and Keller each had three hits, as Liberty led from start to finish, 18-4. Sunday, the Flames completed the sweep with a 12-5 victory. This time, Giammaresi and 56 2009 Liberty Baseball
2008 YEAR IN REVIEW P.K. Keller Hollinger led the Liberty attack with three hits apiece. Freshman outfielder Joseph Feeley added four RBIs. Liberty made it four straight wins with a 13-3 Tuesday victory at William & Mary. Evans held the Tribe to two hits and two runs over seven frames and first baseman Giammaresi hit a grand slam in the Flames win. However, Virginia Tech snapped the short winning streak with an 11-1 victory on Wednesday. With a 6-3 conference record heading into the weekend, Toman s team faced VMI at Worthington in an important Big South three game series. Behind eight shutout innings by Stokes, Liberty took the opener of the set on Friday, 8-0. The following afternoon, the Flames and the Keydets hooked up in the longest game in Liberty history, as VMI eked out a 6-5, 16-inning win. On Sunday, senior left-hander Ryan Page pitched a complete game, helping the Flames take the series with a 6-1 win. In the midweek, James Madison, who went on to participate in the NCAA Tournament in 2008, continued its hex on the 2008 team, coming from behind for a 10-7 Tuesday victory in Harrisonburg. The following night, Brown drove in four runs with a two-run home run and a pair of doubles in an 11-3 win at Old Dominion. Liberty closed out the month of April with a three-game Big South weekend series at Winthrop and a single game at home against George Mason. Host Winthrop took twoof-three from the Flames in the series, sandwiching a 7-6 middle game setback between 10-5 and 8-7 wins. Three days later, Liberty completed their April schedule, dropping a 7-6 decision to George Mason in 11 innings. The Flames entered the month of May with a 22-23 overall record and a 9-6 conference mark. But, Toman s team would have a strong fifth month of the year, posting the most victories and best winning percentage in the month in program history. Liberty rolled to a 13-3-1 mark down the stretch for a.794 winning percentage. The Flames opened May with a three-game sweep of Charleston Southern in conference play. Stokes pitched his second complete game and Giammaresi, Brown and Feeley each hit home runs in an 8-3 Friday win over the host Buccaneers. On Saturday, Liberty completed the sweep by taking both ends of a doubleheader, 13-2 and 8-2. In the second game of the twinbill, Page would equal Stokes performance of the day before, going the full nine innings for the victory. In the midweek, Liberty won its fourth straight contest with a 7-6 Wednesday win at Virginia Tech. Senior shortstop Aaron Phillips hit a grand slam, as the Flames raced out to a 7-0 lead and Evans pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings, en route to the victory. Liberty continued its winning streak on the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader at Longwood, 5-3 and 12-4. In the first game, Umberger pitched his first complete game, striking out six batters. The strikeouts helped the Flames set a new season school strikeout mark. The following afternoon in Lynchburg, heavy rains caused a 3-3 game to be halted and declared a tie between the two teams. Having posted a 6-0-1 record in May, Toman s team continued their unbeaten run with a midweek victory over VCU, 10-3. Keller paced the Flames with three hits and two RBIs and Hollinger hit a three-run home run in their last midweek game of the regular season. Liberty closed the regular season at home against Big South foe High Point, needing two wins to secure the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. Friday, Giammaresi had four hits, driving in two RBIs in an 8-1 win over the Panthers for the program. The win was the 30th victory of the season for the Flames, making it four consecutive years of 30 or more wins. The following day, Toman s squad wrapped up the No. 2 seed for the upcoming Big South Championship with a 5-4 win. Sunday, the final day of the regular season, saw High Point win 8-4 on a rainy day in Lynchburg. With a 31-24-1 overall mark and a 14-7 Big South record, the Flames entered the 2008 Big South Championship, as the No. 2 seed. Liberty was also the Aaron Philips David Giammaresi host of the tournament, which was played at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. The Flames opened against No. 6 seed Radford, Wednesday. The lower seed Highlanders had the better of it on the day, handing Liberty a 15-4 setback. Thursday, the Flames rebounded to eliminate No. 8 seed UNC Asheville, 10-1. Freshman outfielder Jeff Jefferson had four hits and three RBIs in the contest to back the seven scoreless innings by senior starter Page. Before the game, Keller was named to the Big South All-Conference first team, while Hollinger and Stokes received second team honors. Friday morning, Umberger pitched a complete game, striking out 10 to lead Liberty past Radford, 11-2. The junior right-hander allowed two runs on six hits to record his eighth win of the year. Young had four hits in the contest, while Brown added three for the victors. In the evening, the Flames moved into the title game, downing No. 4 seed Winthrop, 15-3. Jefferson had five hits to pace a 17-hit attack, as Liberty scored eight times in the second inning to pull away for the victory against the Eagles. Saturday, the Flames made their third consecutive Big South title game appearance against No. 1 seed and No. 13 ranked Coastal Carolina. Starter Evans allowed one run over eight innings and Young had four hits to force a second game for the Big South Championship in a 13-1 win, the fourth straight double-digit victory for Liberty. However, the run came to an end in the second game, as Coastal Carolina erased a 2-1 Liberty advantage in the fifth and went on to a 9-2 win and the Big South title. Brown, Evans, Jefferson, Umberger and Young were named to the 2008 Big South All-Tournament team. As a team, the Flames broke the Big South Championship record for runs with 55. LibertyFlames.com 57
2008 STATISTICS 2008 Batting Statistics Player AVG GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF/SH SB-ATT GIAMMARESI, David.347 58/53 213 43 74 19 2 6 47 115.540 24 2 38.412 4/0 2-3 BROWN, Cody.341 60/56 226 46 77 21 0 9 52 125.553 13 4 31.373 9/2 2-2 KELLER, P.K..333 54/50 204 38 68 21 0 4 43 101.495 16 5 31.389 4/1 5-6 HOLLINGER, Errol.319 62/61 257 60 82 19 1 8 47 127.494 21 6 24.381 2/6 1-1 NEGRON, Kenneth.312 54/51 199 41 62 6 0 0 17 68.342 24 14 12.422 0/8 5-8 YOUNG, Garrett.297 59/58 222 43 66 15 0 6 42 99.446 25 7 27.384 1/0 10-12 GRIJALVA, Aaron.297 48/42 165 33 49 14 5 3 32 82.497 17 7 37.384 1/0 7-8 PHILLIPS, Aaron.239 62/62 218 39 52 13 1 6 38 85.390 11 15 42.320 0/10 5-7 BREAM, Doug.329 29/19 76 12 25 4 0 2 18 35.461 8 1 8.400 0/ 0 0-0 JEFFERSON, Jeff.286 41/26 112 18 32 6 0 0 16 38.339 4 4 16.328 2/1 2-4 ROTOLA, Tim.281 47/30 121 28 34 7 1 0 15 43.355 9 6 12.360 0/10 9-10 FEELEY, Joseph.275 45/28 102 17 28 4 1 1 16 37.363 15 6 20.395 1/3 4-8 BUSSEY, Tommy.215 33/20 79 20 17 6 2 1 14 30.380 11 3 26.333 0/2 3-3 THOMPSON, Nathan.188 20/1 16 0 3 0 0 0 2 3.188 0 1 2.235 0/0 0-0 LOVE, Jason.118 17/1 17 3 2 0 0 0 3 2.118 1 1 6.190 2/0 0-0 TEUFEL, SHAWN.000 7/0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1.000 0/0 0-0 Totals.301 62 2230 442 671 155 13 46 401 990.444 199 82 333.375 26/43 55-72 Opponents.284 62 2220 337 631 116 13 27 300 854.385 193 55 508.354 18/35 56-86 2008 Pitching Statistics Player ERA W L APP GS SV CG SHO/CBO IP H R ER BB SO WP HBP 2B 3B HR AB/BAvg PAGE, Ryan 2.76 5 5 16 12 0 3 0/0 81.2 87 33 25 17 63 1 2 19 3 5 322/.270 STOKES, David 3.60 8 6 15 15 0 2 0/1 100.0 114 56 40 16 86 10 9 17 3 4 400/.285 UMBERGER, Dustin 3.80 8 3 21 9 1 2 0/0 83.0 85 40 35 19 88 7 7 18 0 3 331/.257 EVANS, Steven 4.07 3 3 20 6 3 0 0/0 59.2 55 28 27 20 55 5 6 7 0 3 225/.244 WILSON, Andrew 5.01 2 3 19 4 0 0 0/1 46.2 63 31 26 17 41 5 5 10 2 1 192/.328 NICELY, Clarence 5.22 6 1 15 13 0 1 0/0 69.0 81 49 40 39 62 6 7 15 3 3 271/.298 LIGHT, Tyler 5.44 2 2 22 3 0 0 0/0 48.0 64 35 29 8 43 2 8 15 1 4 200/.320 BEAKLER, Dane 3.51 1 1 15 0 1 0 0/0 25.2 22 11 10 15 25 5 3 0 0 3 91/.242 STEINWEDELL, J 7.00 0 1 8 0 0 0 0/0 9.0 11 10 7 12 11 3 2 1 0 0 38/.289 LAJOIE, Rusty 9.64 0 0 7 0 0 0 0/0 9.1 13 10 10 6 12 3 2 6 0 0 40/.325 VADEN, Chase 10.00 0 0 7 0 0 0 0/0 9.0 9 11 10 14 11 4 2 0 1 0 33/.273 IHNAT, Grady 12.00 0 0 4 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 6 4 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 14/.429 CURLL, Brett 12.38 0 1 9 0 0 0 0/0 8.0 14 11 11 4 6 0 2 6 0 0 38/.368 WALLACE, DOUG 13.50 0 0 5 0 0 0 0/0 5.1 7 8 8 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 24/.292 Totals 4.55 35 26 62 62 5 8 1/1 557.1 631 337 282 193 508 55 55 116 13 27 2220/.284 Opponents 6.20 26 35 62 62 11 4 4/2 550.0 671 442 379 199 333 89 82 155 13 46 2230/.301 2008 Fielding Statistics Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB KELLER, P.K. 105 104 1 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 FEELEY, Joseph 55 53 2 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 THOMPSON, Nathan 49 44 5 0 1.000 0 1 1.500 0 UMBERGER, Dustin 16 6 10 0 1.000 0 5 5.500 0 BREAM, Doug 15 15 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 TEUFEL, Shawn 9 9 0 0 1.000 2 0 0-0 BEAKLER, Dane 6 0 6 0 1.000 1 5 3.625 0 LAJOIE, Rusty 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1.500 0 STEINWEDELL, J. 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 WALLACE, Doug 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 VADEN, Chase 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 IHNAT, Grady 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 GRIJALVA, Aaron 200 189 10 1.995 19 0 0-0 HOLLINGER, Errol 536 467 61 8.985 3 55 27.671 4 GIAMMARESI, David 441 402 28 11.975 36 0 0-0 JEFFERSON, Jeff 50 47 1 2.960 0 0 0-0 NEGRON, Kenneth 243 106 127 10.959 28 0 0-0 Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total LIBERTY 70 58 62 39 47 50 37 44 33 2 442 Opponents 30 38 29 29 50 56 33 46 21 5 337 Double Plays Left on Base LIBERTY 60 489 Opponents 43 512 Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB ROTOLA, Tim 67 62 2 3.955 0 0 0-0 BUSSEY, Tommy 103 34 62 7.932 16 0 0-0 NICELY, Clarence 13 5 7 1.923 0 11 4.733 0 PHILLIPS, Aaron 342 89 226 27.921 49 0 0-0 STOKES, David 24 8 14 2.917 4 9 5.643 0 WILSON, Andrew 10 3 6 1.900 1 3 3.500 0 BROWN, Cody 109 22 75 12.890 6 0 0-0 LIGHT, Tyler 9 3 5 1.889 1 3 3.500 0 PAGE, Ryan 16 3 11 2.875 1 6 3.667 0 EVANS, Steven 6 1 2 3.500 0 7 2.778 0 YOUNG, Garrett 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 LOVE, Jason 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 CURLL, Brett 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 1.500 0 Totals 2431 1672 668 91.963 60 56 30.651 4 Opponents 2428 1650 688 90.963 43 55 17.764 3 Cumulative Attendance: 30,456 Cumulative Average Attendance: 611 (61 dates) Home Attendance: 17,443 Home Average Attendance: 726 (24 dates) Away Attendance: 13,013 Away Average Attendance: 351 (37 dates) 58 2009 Liberty Baseball
2008 RESULTS Date H/A Opponent Score Line Score LU Pitcher of Record Record 2/22 N Notre Dame 6-2/W 6-9-0/2-6-0 Clarence Nicely (1-0) 1-0-0 2/23 N Albany 5-4/W 5-6-0/4-9-0 Dustin Umberger (1-0) 2-0-0 2/24 N Iowa 3-1/W 3-8-2/1-7-0 David Stokes (1-0) 3-0-0 2/27 A Norfolk State 5-1/W 5-9-2/1-4-2 Andrew Wilson (1-0) 4-0-0 2/29 H Rider 4-3/W 4-8-1/3-7-1 Dane Beakler (1-0) 5-0-0 3/1 H Rider 4-5/L 4-12-1/5-12-0 Ryan Page (0-1) 5-1-0 3/2 H Rider 18-2/W 18-21-1/2-4-3 David Stokes (2-0) 6-1-0 3/4 A VCU 4-5/L 4-11-0/5-12-0 Dustin Umberger (1-1) 6-2-0 3/5 H Old Dominion 7-9/L 7-14-2/9-14-1 Steven Evans (0-1) 6-3-0 3/8 H Army 11-5/W 11-12-1/5-10-2 Clarence Nicely (2-0) 7-3-0 3/8 H Army 13-7/W 13-13-2/7-9-4 David Stoke (3-0) 8-3-0 3/9 H Army 15-7/W 15-15-1/7-11-5 Dustin Umberger (2-1) 9-3-0 3/14 N Cal St. Northridge! 7-11/L 7-10-2/11-15-0 Clarence Nicely (2-1) 9-4-0 3/15 A Southern Miss! 0-5/L 0-7-1/5-14-1 David Stoke (3-1) 9-5-0 3/15 N Cal St. Northridge! 2-9/L 2-9-2/9-12-1 Dustin Umberger (2-2) 9-6-0 3/18 H James Madison 2-3/L 2-8-0/3-5-1 Ryan Page (0-2) 9-7-0 3/20 N Columbia 13-10/W 13-17-1/10-16-4 Tyler Light (1-0) 10-7-0 3/21 N Columbia 6-11/L 6-13-4/11-9-1 Andrew Wilson (1-1) 10-8-0 3/21 N Columbia 3-7/L 3-10-1/7-12-1 David Stokes (3-2) 10-9-0 3/22 N Columbia 12-2/W 12-17-3/2-9-2 Dustin Umberger (3-2) 11-9-0 3/26 A George Mason 0-13/L 0-6-1/13-16-0 Steven Evans (0-2) 11-10-0 3/28 H Coastal Carolina* 3-5/L 3-9-5/5-12-3 Dustin Umberger (3-3) 11-11-0 3/29 H Coastal Carolina* 9-6/W 9-11-2/6-15-2 Clarence Nicely (3-1) 12-11-0 3/30 H Coastal Carolina* 1-2/L 1-3-3/2-10-1 Ryan Page (0-3) 12-12-0 4/1 H William & Mary 7-9/L 7-8-3/9-15-0 Dane Beakler (1-1) 12-13-0 4/2 H Norfolk State 5-8/L 5-7-4/8-12-2 Joe Steinwedell (0-1) 12-14-0 4/4 A UNC Asheville* 0-9/L 0-5-2/9-10-1 David Stokes (3-3) 12-15-0 4/5 A UNC Asheville* 14-13/W 14-15-2/13-15-2 Ryan Page (1-3) 13-15-0 4/6 A UNC Asheville* 11-4/W 11-17-3/4-9-2 Steven Evans (1-2) 14-15-0 4/8 H James Madison 0-4/L 0-4-2/4-6-0 Ryan Page (1-4) 14-16-0 4/9 A Virginia 3-7/L 3-5-2/7-10-3 Tyler Light (1-1) 14-17-0 4/11 A Radford* 5-4/W 5-13-1/4-11-2 David Stokes (4-3) 15-17-0 4/12 A Radford* 18-4/W 18-19-1/4-12-1 Dustin Umberger (4-3) 16-17-0 4/13 A Radford* 12-5/W 12-15-0/5-14-4 Ryan Page (2-4) 17-17-0 4/15 A William & Mary 13-3/W 13-15-1/3-9-2 Steven Evans (2-2) 18-17-0 4/16 H Virginia Tech 1-11/L 1-4-2/11-15-1 Tyler Light (1-2) 18-18-0 4/18 H VMI* 8-0/W 8-8-0/0-6-2 David Stokes (5-3) 19-18-0 4/19 H VMI* 5-6/L 5-12-1/6-21-1 Andrew Wilson (1-2) 19-19-0 4/20 H VMI* 6-1/W 6-9-2/1-7-1 Ryan Page (3-4) 20-19-0 4/22 A James Madison 7-10/L 7-6-1/10-13-0 Steven Evans (2-3) 20-20-0 4/23 A Old Dominion 11-3/W 11-13-1/3-7-1 Tyler Light (2-2) 21-20-0 4/25 A Winthrop* 5-10/L 5-10-0/10-16-1 David Stokes (5-4) 21-21-0 4/26 A Winthrop* 7-6/W 7-12-1/6-10-3 Dustin Umberger (5-3) 22-21-0 4/27 A Winthrop* 7-8/L 7-13-2/8-15-0 Ryan Page (3-5) 22-22-0 4/30 H George Mason 6-7/L 6-13-3/7-10-2 Andrew Wilson (1-3) 22-23-0 5/3 A Charleston Southern* 8-3/W 8-12-1/3-4-2 David Stokes (6-4) 23-23-0 5/4 A Charleston Southern* 13-2/W 13-14-0/2-11-2 Dustin Umberger (6-3) 24-23-0 5/5 A Charleston Southern* 8-2/W 8-8-1/2-6-1 Ryan Page (4-5) 25-23-0 5/7 A Virginia Tech 7-6/W 7-10-0/6-9-2 Clarence Nicely (4-1) 26-23-0 5/10 A Longwood 5-3/W 5-10-0/3-4-0 Dustin Umberger (7-3) 27-23-0 5/10 A Longwood 12-4/W 12-12-1/4-9-1 David Stokes (7-4) 28-23-0 5/11 H Longwood 3-3/T 3-4-3/3-7-3 28-23-1 5/13 H VCU 10-3/W 10-8-3/3-5-2 Clarence Nicely (5-1) 29-23-1 5/16 H High Point* 8-1/W 8-16-2/1-4-1 David Stokes (8-4) 30-23-1 5/17 H High Point* 5-4/W 5-13-1/4-8-0 Andrew Wilson (2-3) 31-23-1 5/18 H High Point* 4-8/L 4-9-1/8-13-0 Brett Curll (0-1) 31-24-1 5/21 N No. 6 seed Radford 4-15/L 4-9-3/15-17-0 David Stokes (8-5) 31-25-1 5/22 N No. 8 seed UNC Asheville 10-1/W 10-13-0/1-8-1 Ryan Page (5-5) 32-25-1 5/23 N No. 6 seed Radford 11-2/W 11-15-0/2-6-3 Dustin Umberger (8-3) 33-25-1 5/23 N No. 4 seed Winthrop 15-3/W 15-17-0/3-6-1 Clarence Nicely (6-1) 34-25-1 5/24 N No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina 13-1/W 13-14-2/1-4-3 Steven Evans (3-3) 35-25-1 5/24 N No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina 2-9/L 2-6-1/9-17-1 David Stokes (8-6) 35-26-1 *- Big South Conference!- Coca-Cola Classic-Hattiesburg, Miss. LibertyFlames.com 59
2008 BIG SOUTH REVIEW 2008 Big South Conference Final Standings Team Big South Overall W L Pct. W L T Pct. Home Away Neutral xy-coastal Carolina 17 3.850 50 14 0.781 30-4 16-9 4-1 z-liberty 14 7.667 35 26 1.573 11-12-1 15-8 9-6 VMI 14 7.667 29 26 0.527 21-14 8-10 7-3 Winthrop 11 10.524 26 34 0.433 14-18 10-14 2-2 High Point 9 12.429 20 33 0.377 11-12 9-20 0-1 Radford 6 14.300 24 32 0.429 12-13 9-16 3-3 Charleston Southern 6 15.286 18 35 0.340 13-25 5-9 0-1 UNC Asheville 6 15.286 24 35 0.407 13-15 9-17 2-3 x-big South Tournament Champion y-big South Regular Season Champion z-big South Tournament Runner-up All-Conference First Team Starting Pitcher Alan DeRatt UNC Asheville Starting Pitcher Joey Haug Coastal Carolina Starting Pitcher Bobby Gagg Coastal Carolina Relief Pitcher Pete Andrelczyk Coastal Carolina Catcher Dock Doyle Coastal Carolina First Base Alex Gregory Radford Second Base Shane Geisslinger VMI Third Base Scott Woodward Coastal Carolina Shortstop Kevin Weidenbacher UNC Asheville DH Derek Smith Charleston Southern OF David Sappelt Coastal Carolina OF Tommy Baldridge Coastal Carolina OF P.K. Keller Liberty All-Conference Second Team Starting Pitcher David Stokes Liberty Starting Pitcher Eric Evans Radford Starting Pitcher Nick McCully Coastal Carolina Relief Pitcher Bubba O Donnell High Point Relief Pitcher Chris Duty VMI Catcher Errol Hollinger Liberty First Baseman David Anderson Coastal Carolina Second Baseman Tyren Rivers Radford Third Baseman Randy Schwartz High Point Shortstop Tyler Bortnick Coastal Carolina Designated Hitter Eddie Rohan Winthrop OF Adam Rice Coastal Carolina OF Billy Froehlich Winthrop OF Kevin Mattison UNC Asheville Player of the Year Dock Doyle, Coastal Carolina Pitcher of the Year Alan DeRatt, UNC Asheville Freshman of the Year Scott Woodward, Coastal Carolina Coach of the Year Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina All-Tournament Team Outfielder Jeff Jefferson Liberty Outfielder David Sappelt Coastal Carolina Outfielder Tommy Baldridge Coastal Carolina Outfielder Reggie Keen Radford Infielder Tyler Bortnick Coastal Carolina Infielder Alex Gregory Radford Infielder Cody Brown Liberty Infielder Bryn Henderson Winthrop Catcher Dock Doyle Coastal Carolina Catcher John Murrian Winthrop Designated Hitter Garrett Young Liberty Utility Joey Haug Coastal Carolina Pitcher Ryan Mullins Winthrop Pitcher Dustin Umberger Liberty Pitcher Steven Evans Liberty Tournament MVP Tyler Bortnick, Coastal Carolina P.K. Keller 60 2009 Liberty Baseball
2008 BIG SOUTH REVIEW Team Batting Team G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR SB Coastal Carolina 64.324 2242 524 726 149 7 96 105 Radford 56.302 1932 347 583 91 24 33 67 Liberty 62.301 2230 442 671 155 13 46 55 Charleston Southern 53.297 1846 311 549 92 3 55 30 Winthrop 60.296 2044 353 604 110 4 51 47 UNC Asheville 59.292 2106 378 616 116 13 49 28 VMI 55.289 1926 319 557 96 8 45 58 High Point 53.277 1819 284 503 94 6 22 59 Team Pitching Team G ERA W L SV IP R ER BB SO VMI 55 4.13 29 26 11 499.1 295 229 141 441 Coastal Carolina 64 4.25 50 14 18 576.2 318 272 220 442 Liberty 62 4.55 35 26 5 557.1 337 282 193 508 Winthrop 60 5.31 26 34 9 524.0 358 309 189 381 Charleston Southern 53 6.03 18 35 6 469.0 391 314 205 329 High Point 53 6.05 20 33 9 460.0 346 309 199 309 Radford 56 6.08 24 32 9 487.1 397 329 186 287 UNC Asheville 59 6.36 24 35 10 515.1 436 364 285 331 Team Fielding Team C PO A E Pct. DP PB SBA-ATT High Point 1995 1380 557 58.971 41 11 37-66 Coastal Carolina 2475 1730 664 81.967 60 4 27-44 Winthrop 2275 1572 623 80.965 57 9 44-62 Liberty 2431 1672 668 91.963 60 4 57-86 Radford 2127 1462 575 90.958 38 9 79-102 VMI 2195 1498 602 95.957 39 16 62-89 UNC Asheville 2253 1543 611 99.956 47 14 72-101 Charleston Southern 2049 1407 549 93.955 43 12 45-64 2008 Big South Baseball Championship Dan E. Daniel Memorial Park Danville, Va. Host Liberty May 20-24 Tuesday, May 20 Game A: #6 Radford 6, #7 Charleston Southern 1 Game B: #8 UNC Asheville 3, #5 High Point 2 (10 innings) Wednesday, May 21 Game 1: #1 Coastal Carolina 20, #8 UNC Asheville 4 Game 2: #6 Radford 15, #2 Liberty 4 Game 3: #4 Winthrop 7, #3 VMI 2 Thursday, May 22 Game 4: #2 Liberty 10, #8 UNC Asheville 1 Game 5: #1 Coastal Carolina 3, #3 VMI 1 Game 6: #4 Winthrop 13, #6 Radford 9 Friday, May 23 Game 7: #2 Liberty 11, #6 Radford 2 Game 8: #1 Coastal Carolina 8, #4 Winthrop 6 Game 9: #2 Liberty 15, #4 Winthrop 3 Saturday, May 24 Game 10: #2 Liberty 13, #1 Coastal Carolina 1 Game 11: #1 Coastal Carolina 9, #2 Liberty 2 Big South Conference Regular Season Champions 1986 East Campbell, West Augusta 1987 East Campbell, West Augusta 1988 Coastal Carolina 1989 Coastal Carolina 1990 Coastal Carolina 1991 Coastal Carolina 1992 Coastal Carolina 1993 Coastal Carolina 1994 UNC Greensboro 1995 Winthrop 1996 Charleston Southern 1997 UNC Greensboro 1998 Liberty 1999 Coastal Carolina 2000 Liberty 2001 Winthrop 2002 Coastal Carolina 2003 Winthrop 2004 Birmingham-Southern 2005 Coastal Carolina 2006 Birmingham-Southern 2007 Coastal Carolina 2008 Coastal Carolina Big South Conference Tournament Champions 1986 Coastal Carolina 1987 Winthrop 1988 Campbell 1989 Coastal Carolina 1990 Campbell 1991 Coastal Carolina 1992 Coastal Carolina 1993 Liberty 1994 No Tournament 1995 No Tournament 1996 No Tournament 1997 UNC Greensboro 1998 Liberty 1999 Winthrop 2000 Liberty 2001 Coastal Carolina 2002 Coastal Carolina 2003 Coastal Carolina 2004 Coastal Carolina 2005 Winthrop 2006 UNC Asheville 2007 Coastal Carolina 2008 Coastal Carolina LibertyFlames.com 61
2008 BIG SOUTH LEADERS Batting Average G AB H AVG 1. Alex Gregory, RU 56 207 83.401 2. Reggie Keen, RU 56 219 84.384 3. Dock Doyle, CCU 61 243 90.370 4. Scott Woodward, CCU 64 225 82.364 5. Tommy Baldridge, CCU 64 232 81.349 Runs Scored R 1. Scott Woodward, CCU 82 2. Kevin Mattison, UNCA 66 3. Dock Doyle, CCU 64 David Sappelt, CCU 64 5. Errol Hollinger, LU 60 Hits H 1. David Sappelt, CCU 96 2. Dock Doyle, CCU 90 3. Kevin Weidenbacher, UNCA 86 4. David Anderson, CCU 84 Reggie Keen, RU 84 RBI RBI 1. Dock Doyle, CCU 72 2. David Sappelt, CCU 70 3. David Anderson, CCU 59 4. Elliot Arrington, UNCA 54 5. Cody Brown, LU 52 Doubles 2B 1. David Sappelt, CCU 25 2. Dock Doyle, CCU 22 3. P.K. Keller, LU 21 Cody Brown, LU 21 5. David Giammaresi, LU 19 Errol Hollinger, LU 19 Kevin Mattison, UNCA 19 Triples 3B 1. Aaron Grijalva, LU 5 Reggie Keen, RU 5 3. Raphael Turner, RU 4 Ben Toth, RU 4 Tyren Rivers, RU 4 Kevin Mattison, UNCA 4 Home Runs HR 1. David Anderson, CCU 20 2. David Sappelt, CCU 18 3. Dock Doyle, CCU 16 4. Alex Gregory, RU 14 5. Eddie Rohan, WU 13 Stolen Bases SB 1. Scott Woodward, CCU 42 2. Shane Giesslinger, VMI 18 3. Rico Noel, CCU 16 4. Tom Burkett, CSU 15 5. Adam Rice, CCU 13 Pitching ERA G IP ER ERA 1. Alan DeRatt, UNCA 16 98.0 19 1.74 2. Joey Haug, CCU 29 83.0 21 2.28 3. Ryan Page, LU 16 81.2 25 2.76 4. Chris Henderson, VMI 12 57.0 20 3.16 5. Bobby Gagg, CCU 14 85.0 31 3.28 Victories W-L IP ERA 1. Nick McCully, CCU 10-3 89.1 3.63 2. Alan DeRatt, UNCA 8-2 98.0 1.74 Dustin Umberger, LU 8-3 83.0 3.80 David Stokes, LU 8-6 100.0 3.60 5. Joey Haug, CCU 7-0 83.0 2.28 Ryan Mullins, WU 7-2 65.2 3.56 Innings Pitched IP 1. David Stokes, LU 100.0 2. Alan DeRatt, UNCA 98.0 3. Trey Barham, VMI 96.0 4. Eric Evans, RU 94.1 5. Michael Bowman, VMI 91.2 Appearances APP 1. RJ Chlebnikow, HPU 32 2. Bubba O Donnell, HPU 31 3. Pete Andrelczyk, CCU 30 4. Joey Haug, CCU 29 Jeremy Berg, HPU 29 Strikeouts G IP SO 1. Dustin Umberger, LU 21 83.0 88 2. David Stokes, LU 15 100.0 86 Trey Barham, VMI 16 96.0 86 4. Michael Bowman, VMI 18 91.2 82 5. Hamilton Bennett, WU 15 88.2 78 Saves 1. Pete Andrelczyk, CCU 9 2. Bubba O Donnell, HPU 8 Justin Schumer, UNCA 8 4. Travis Smink, VMI 7 Josh Mcdonald, WU 7 Dustin Umberger Ryan Page 62 2009 Liberty Baseball