#Risewithus

Liberty : 17-18 Home : 8-6 Away: 9-12 Q1: 3-9 Q2: 1-2 Q3: 3-3 Q4: 10-4 RPI : 65 SOS :33 Non Conference SOS : 4th ASUN : 8-7 Liberty went 3 and 1 on the road with a win over VT and then took 2 of 3 from KSU on the weekend.  Friday was a wild game that saw Horn, Carter & Hertzler stuff the Owl offense.  Keeter had a big stolen base attempt that he probably should have been tagged out but the catcher made a bad throw and scored the tying run or else the Flames likely drop the opener.  Credit to Keeter for forcing the issue.  Foster made an incredible play late in the game and then backed it up with the bat as well.   Gainey went 6 1/3 Saturday allowing 3 earned for a QS but Liberty was only able to muster 5 hits.  The rubber match saw Mikey Tepper pitch well for the 3rd straight game as he went 5 2/3 and allowed just 1 ER.  Garrett & Germanowski finished it off.  Hillier had a homer and Kepley had 3 hits and 3 RBIs.   On Deck...

Saturday was a beautiful day in Lynchburg.  The setup in the end zone for kid's and an on field view of the action very well received.  Overall the experience felt much more fan friendly than the last couple years.  Mid Morning and cool weather can be a bad combo which is what we had last year.  No way to be sure of this but it felt like around 5,000 folks in attendance overall.   Defense For at least the 2nd and probably even the 3rd year in a row it seems like the defense is significantly ahead of the offense.  In some ways that's a positive because I have no doubt Chadwell and Co. will put up points just like they have done everywhere they've been.  It may take a year or 2 to get the talent and scheme fits that they need but I'd always take the under on that bet on when that will happen.  Defensively, the Flames still looked to be big, fast, and physical even with all the defections and coaching change.  If there was one concern with ...

Liberty : 15-17 Home : 8-6 Away: 7-11 Q1: 2-8 Q2: 2-3 Q3: 3-3 Q4: 8-3 RPI : 75 SOS :38 Non Conference SOS : 9th ASUN : 6-6 Liberty picked up a big 7 to 3 win over Virginia Tech.  Tech came in at 18-11 and 13-5 at home sat at number 41 in the RPI before the game.  Liberty pitching turned in another great performance.  Trey Cooper got the start and his first collegiate win while going 2 innings and allowing just 1 unearned run.  Trey Carter continued his hot streak and pitched 2 scoreless innings to lower his ERA to a season low 3.65.  David Erickson followed Carter and went 2 innings and allowed 1 earned run.  Cole Garrett had the 7th and allowed a monster solo shot to start the inning but then settled in and shut the Hokies down 1 2 3 after.  Ty Germanowski came on and pitched a scoreless 8th while touching 95 and allowing just a walk.  Finally, Cole Hertzler came in and slammed the door in the 9th to secure the win.  The Flames pitching was ...

Liberty : 12-15 Home : 6-4 Away: 5-9 Q1: 2-9 Q2: 1-1 Q3: 2-2 Q4: 7-3 RPI : 86 SOS : 48 ASUN : 4-5 Liberty lost 2 of 3 over the weekend at Lipscomb. Liberty lost a pair of 1 run ballgames on Friday & Saturday before bouncing back to salvage game 3 9 to 4 behind 6 2/3 from Tepper to go along with 13 strikeouts.  Mikey Tepper and Trey Carter both turned in stellar outings over the weekend.  Liberty's pitching staff may be turning the corner a bit as both Erickson & Edwards are coming off solid outings as well over the past couple weeks.  Freshman Brayden Horton has forced his way into the lineup and now leads the team in Batting Average at .319 and RBI's with 18 in just 47 at bats.  Jaylen Guy is hitting .295 with a homer and 13 RBI's in his best season with Liberty as well.   The thought of an at large bid is on real life support for the 23 Flames.  Liberty will need to make a serious run the next couple weeks or they will be relegated to have to...