We're back again with a look at teh week that was in LU Sports:
Baseball
LU took two of three from Big East member St Johns winning 9-1 and 12-9 before falling in the finale 7-6 on Sunday. On Friday the Flames were led by freshman Josh Richardson who finished 2-4 with three runs scored. Tyler Bream went 1-3 and drove in one and Shawn Teufel remained unbeaten on the 2010 season as he went six innings allowing four hits and striking out five. Saturday was teh PJ Jimenez show as the senior transfer from CA went 4-5 with three runs scored. Tyler Bream went 2-4 with three RBIs and Curran Redal and Trey Wimmer hit home runs to back Keegan Linza who also remained unbeaten on the year as he went 6 1/3 innings allowing six hits and four runs (only one earned) while striking out 6 although he did not factor in the decision. CHris Roach, a junio college transfer from NJ, pitched 1 2/3 innings to pick up his first victory of the season in relief. On Sunday the Red Storm were able to salvage a win in the last game of the series by rallying from down three to force extra innings and pushed one across in the 11th to pick up a 7-6 win. Curran Redal and Tyler Bream both went 3-6 for the Flames and Steven Evans had another fine start going seven innings allowing two runs on three hits and striking out four, but the bullpen could not hold the lead as the loss went to Dane Beakler, coming back after a year off from an injury. LU's record fell to 11-2 on the year with the loss while St Johns improved to 8-5. LU has a couple midweek contests with JMU and Duke before returning to the friendly confines of Worthington Stadium for a three game set with Manhattan.
Softball
the Lady Flames took a trip to Alabama after a successful weekend in GA to face the #10 Crimson Tide, 2009 Women's College World Series participant. The bats came alive early as they dropped a five spot in the second inning, thanks to a grand slam by Ashley Bensinger. The Tide rallied, scoring six runs in their half to tie the game, and then took the lead for good following a storm delay with three runs in the fifth inning and held on for a 10-7 win. Danielle Howard went 2-3 for the Flames, launching a home run of her own while Kelly Strickland extended her hit streak to six games with a home run. Tiffani Smith took the loss.
Then it was off to Tennessee where the Flames would take on Tennessee Tech before heading to Rocky Top for the Tennessee Spring Classic where they would face CAmpbell, Tennessee Tech and the 19th ranked Lady Vols. They got off to a good start as they picked up their first win over Tennessee Tech by a score of 6-2 Kelly Strickland went 2-2, and Cassie Hendrix went 2-3 with a home run to back freshman hurler Katie Warrington and junior Tiffani Smith, who got teh win going 3 2/3 allwoing one hit and striking out seven. After their first matchup with Tennessee was cancelled due to heavy rains in the area, teh Lady Flames picked up another win over teh Golden Eagles, this time by a 4-1 score. Jenny Law stepped up and led the way for teh victors, going 2-3 with a double, while Kelly Strickland added another home run and Smith picked up her second win in as many games, this time going four innings while allowing one hit and striking out seven.
Next up was the Campbell Camels, former Big South foe and teh Camels were able to jump out early with four runs in the second inning and four more in the sixth on the way to a 10-4 win. Kelly Strickland upped her hit streak to nine games with a home run and senior J'nae Jefferson also went deep for Liberty. Freshman Katrina Johnson took the loss. The ladies rebounded and took their third straight over Tennessee Tech, once again by a 6-2 score. Kelly Strickland upped her streak to ten straight games with a hit while Katie Warrington earned her fourth win in the circle. Finally the Flames got their chance to face teh Lady VOls and they showed why they were the 19th ranked team in the country as Ivy Renfroe went four no hit innings and the VOls won by a score of 10-0. J'nae Jefferson and Amber DePasquale had hits for the Lady Flames while Kelly Strickland went 0-2 to end her streak at ten games. Tiffani Smith took the loss in the circle. The ladies conclude their spring break run with a doubleheader today against East Tennessee State before jumping into Big South Conference play against Radford.
Track
The indoor season came to a close for the Flames and LAdy Flames as Sam Chelanga and Jaime Watson represented Liberty at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, AR. Chelanga finished second in the 5000 while Watson, making her first trip as a senior, finished eighth in the 800 meters. The rest of the team headed off to Conway, SC to kick off the outdoor season at rival Coastal Carolina. The Flames and Lady Flames had event winners on the weekend, as Ryan Smith won the shot put in dominating fashion, Kevin Reddington won the long jump, and Evans Kigen took the 3000 meter steeplechase. On the women's side, Alyssa Pegues sprinted (literally) to a victory in the 100 meters. Liberty is next in action this weekend as tehy stay in Conway for the Shamrock Invitational, also hosted by Coastal Carolina
Tennis and Golf
The Liberty mens and women's tennis teams both saw success down in Orlando, FL this past week as teh men won three matches over Fairfield, Northern Illinois and SOuthern Illinois-Edwardsville, while the women lost their first match to Fairfield but logged a win over the Lady Huskies of Connecticut. Chad Simpson was also honored by the Big South Conference as CO-Men's Tennis player of the week for his success in FL. Both teams will be in action this weekend as they conclude spring break with a trip to Clinton, SC to match up with the Blue Hose of Presbyterian.
The Liberty golf team continued its success as they took fourth place at the Palmetto Invitational hosted by USC Aiken last week. Sophomore RObert Karlsson led the way as he finished runner up in the individual competition. The Flames are in Florida this week for the Rio Pinar Invitational hosted by Central Florida.
Lacrosse
Finally this week, the Lady Flames lacrosse team was back in action as they headed to Jacksonville to face the Blackbirds of Long Island University (no that is not a misprint). Freshman Lauren See had a hat trick and keeper Rebekah Leutters had 11 saves but it wasnt enough as LIU jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back as they defeated Liberty 19-9. The ladies will remain in Jacksonville and face National Lacrosse Conference foe Jacksonville on Thursday.
That's it for a crazy busy week in LU sports...until next time,
Fan the Flames
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
LU Weekly Sports Review
We are back after a very busy last few days in Liberty Sports and here is a recap
Baseball:
The Liberty Flames baseball team equaled their best start in school history this weekend after they took three from the Delaware State Hornets by scores of 8-1, 16-0 and 10-1 in teh first series at Worthington Stadium for 2010. The Flames got going immediately on Friday as they put up a five-spot in the first inning. Tyler Bream went 1-4 with a run scored and an RBI while Curran Redal went 2-3 with 2 RBIs and Nate Thompson went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Shawn Teufel gave the flames another quality start pitching shutout ball over six innings while only allowing two hits and ringing up 8 DSU hitters. The dominance continued into Saturday as for the second consecutive game LU put 5 up in the first inning. PJ Jimenez went 2-4 with three runs scored, Tyler Bream went 1-3 and drove in four while Nate Thompson only went 1-2, but it was a big one, sending a towering home run well over Regents Parkway as the Flames rolled to a seven inning 16-0 victory. Keegan Linza ran his record to 3-0 on the year pitching six shutout innings, allowing only three hits and striking out a pair. Sunday continued the theme of fast starts as LU put up only four runs in the first inning but battered DSU starter Ryan Haas. NAte Thompson went 2-5 with another towering home run and drove in five while Michael Robertson went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI as LU went on to a 10-1 win. Amherst product Steven Evans pitched six strong innings, allowing the one DSU run while three relievers combined to shut them down the rest of the way.
The Flames welcomed the ODU Monarchs to town as they looked to set a record for the most wins to start a season in school history.
The Monarchs took control in the fifth and held on to end LU's streak at nine with a 5-3 victory. Curran Redal led the way at the plate going 2-3 with a run scored and Appomatox product Tim Dudley, making his first start for the Flames went four good innings, allowing two runs. Carter Browining was on the hook for the loss as he allowed two runs in only a third of an inning. Baseball is back in action this weekend as the Red Storm of St John's out of the Big East come to Worthington Stadium for the first time for a three game set.
Softball:
The Liberty University Lady Flames softball team had a very good weekend as they headed down to Woodstock, GA (home to First Baptist Church Woodstock and NOT the world famous music festival) for the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic, a 22-team tournament. LU opened the weekend with a dominating 11-0 win over Dartmouth. Danielle Howard went 2-2 with two RBIs while Kelly Strickland went 2-3 with a HR and three RBIs. Freshman Katie Warrington picked up her second win of the season going all five innings while striking out three.
On Saturday, LU proved that chicks not only dig the long ball, they can hit a few too as Howard and Strickland each hit a pair of home runs to back junior right hander Tiffani Smith as LU outslugged teh Kennesaw State Owls 8-5 (and giving LU its fourth straight win over KSU after the baseball team picked up three wins the previous weekend).
Later in the day, the ladies played a little small ball as they scored three runs, all in the second inning and then hung on to defeat the Akron Lady Zips 3-1 to maintain a perfect record at the tournament. Kelly Strickland, Bridgett Woods and Cassie Hendrix all had hits and Katie Warrington and Tiffani Smith made it stand up.
LU had one more game on Saturday as they faced the Rams of the University of Rhode Island and once again LU broke out the beatdown sticks as Kelly Strickland and Ashley Bensinger had doubles and Strickland also scored two runs to back freshman hurler Katrina JOhnson who picked up her first collegiate victory going all five innings allowing only two hits as the Lady Flames improved to 4-0 with an 8-0 victory.
Sunday morning the ladies got their first big test as they faced #23 Kentucky and despite a valiant effort, Big Blue was too much and they went on to a 7-0 win. Kelly Strickland went 1-3 to lead the way and Katrina JOhnson took the loss for the Lady Flames a day after getting her first collegiate win.
After a couple days to recover, the ladies took a trip down south to face the #6 Alabama Crimson Tide...the two teams slugged it out like heavyweight fighters but the Tide rallied from down 5 to pick up the 10-7 win. Ashley Bensinger went 1-3 with her first career grand slam while Kelly Strickland picked up another hit and drove in two (not abad way to celebrate being named Big South Conference Player of the Week). Tiffani Smith took the loss in the shootout and Danielle Howard added a home run as well.
The Lady Flames head off to Tennessee for spring break as they take part in the Tennessee Spring Classic in Knoxville where they will face the Lady Vols twice over the five games and then head off to face the Lady Bucs of East Tennessee State before diving into Big South play with a doubleheader against in state rival and defending champion Radford.
Lacrosse:
After falling in their first ever game to Longwood, the Liberty Lady Flames lacrosse team picked up the first win in program history in Washington DC as they knocked off Howard 17-16 in double overtime. Sophomore Kristin Crowley and Freshman Lauren See had five goals a piece and Rebekah Leutters made 10 saves. The ladies head down to teh Sunshine State for a pair of games at Jacksonville University against Long Island and Jacksonville before returning to Lynchburg for their first ever match at Osborne Stadium.
Itll be a busy spring break for LU Athletics and we'll have a rundown of all the events coming up next week.
Until next time,
Fan the Flames
Baseball:
The Liberty Flames baseball team equaled their best start in school history this weekend after they took three from the Delaware State Hornets by scores of 8-1, 16-0 and 10-1 in teh first series at Worthington Stadium for 2010. The Flames got going immediately on Friday as they put up a five-spot in the first inning. Tyler Bream went 1-4 with a run scored and an RBI while Curran Redal went 2-3 with 2 RBIs and Nate Thompson went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Shawn Teufel gave the flames another quality start pitching shutout ball over six innings while only allowing two hits and ringing up 8 DSU hitters. The dominance continued into Saturday as for the second consecutive game LU put 5 up in the first inning. PJ Jimenez went 2-4 with three runs scored, Tyler Bream went 1-3 and drove in four while Nate Thompson only went 1-2, but it was a big one, sending a towering home run well over Regents Parkway as the Flames rolled to a seven inning 16-0 victory. Keegan Linza ran his record to 3-0 on the year pitching six shutout innings, allowing only three hits and striking out a pair. Sunday continued the theme of fast starts as LU put up only four runs in the first inning but battered DSU starter Ryan Haas. NAte Thompson went 2-5 with another towering home run and drove in five while Michael Robertson went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI as LU went on to a 10-1 win. Amherst product Steven Evans pitched six strong innings, allowing the one DSU run while three relievers combined to shut them down the rest of the way.
The Flames welcomed the ODU Monarchs to town as they looked to set a record for the most wins to start a season in school history.
The Monarchs took control in the fifth and held on to end LU's streak at nine with a 5-3 victory. Curran Redal led the way at the plate going 2-3 with a run scored and Appomatox product Tim Dudley, making his first start for the Flames went four good innings, allowing two runs. Carter Browining was on the hook for the loss as he allowed two runs in only a third of an inning. Baseball is back in action this weekend as the Red Storm of St John's out of the Big East come to Worthington Stadium for the first time for a three game set.
Softball:
The Liberty University Lady Flames softball team had a very good weekend as they headed down to Woodstock, GA (home to First Baptist Church Woodstock and NOT the world famous music festival) for the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic, a 22-team tournament. LU opened the weekend with a dominating 11-0 win over Dartmouth. Danielle Howard went 2-2 with two RBIs while Kelly Strickland went 2-3 with a HR and three RBIs. Freshman Katie Warrington picked up her second win of the season going all five innings while striking out three.
On Saturday, LU proved that chicks not only dig the long ball, they can hit a few too as Howard and Strickland each hit a pair of home runs to back junior right hander Tiffani Smith as LU outslugged teh Kennesaw State Owls 8-5 (and giving LU its fourth straight win over KSU after the baseball team picked up three wins the previous weekend).
Later in the day, the ladies played a little small ball as they scored three runs, all in the second inning and then hung on to defeat the Akron Lady Zips 3-1 to maintain a perfect record at the tournament. Kelly Strickland, Bridgett Woods and Cassie Hendrix all had hits and Katie Warrington and Tiffani Smith made it stand up.
LU had one more game on Saturday as they faced the Rams of the University of Rhode Island and once again LU broke out the beatdown sticks as Kelly Strickland and Ashley Bensinger had doubles and Strickland also scored two runs to back freshman hurler Katrina JOhnson who picked up her first collegiate victory going all five innings allowing only two hits as the Lady Flames improved to 4-0 with an 8-0 victory.
Sunday morning the ladies got their first big test as they faced #23 Kentucky and despite a valiant effort, Big Blue was too much and they went on to a 7-0 win. Kelly Strickland went 1-3 to lead the way and Katrina JOhnson took the loss for the Lady Flames a day after getting her first collegiate win.
After a couple days to recover, the ladies took a trip down south to face the #6 Alabama Crimson Tide...the two teams slugged it out like heavyweight fighters but the Tide rallied from down 5 to pick up the 10-7 win. Ashley Bensinger went 1-3 with her first career grand slam while Kelly Strickland picked up another hit and drove in two (not abad way to celebrate being named Big South Conference Player of the Week). Tiffani Smith took the loss in the shootout and Danielle Howard added a home run as well.
The Lady Flames head off to Tennessee for spring break as they take part in the Tennessee Spring Classic in Knoxville where they will face the Lady Vols twice over the five games and then head off to face the Lady Bucs of East Tennessee State before diving into Big South play with a doubleheader against in state rival and defending champion Radford.
Lacrosse:
After falling in their first ever game to Longwood, the Liberty Lady Flames lacrosse team picked up the first win in program history in Washington DC as they knocked off Howard 17-16 in double overtime. Sophomore Kristin Crowley and Freshman Lauren See had five goals a piece and Rebekah Leutters made 10 saves. The ladies head down to teh Sunshine State for a pair of games at Jacksonville University against Long Island and Jacksonville before returning to Lynchburg for their first ever match at Osborne Stadium.
Itll be a busy spring break for LU Athletics and we'll have a rundown of all the events coming up next week.
Until next time,
Fan the Flames
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Hughes Brothers wrap
The Liberty Flames continued to swing hot bats this past weekend down in Wilmington NC at teh Hughes Brothers challenge hosted by UNC Wilmington. The Flames won all three games over teh weekend, 5-2 over Morehead State, 6-3 over Lehigh and busted out the whuppin sticks in defeating host UNC Wilmington 12-2.
LU 5, Morehead State 3
Tyler Bream celebrated being named Big South Baseball Player of the Week by going 2-4 and Nate Thompson launched his second HR of the year as part of a 3-3 day. Shawn Teufel pitched 6 innings but did not factor in the decision. Carter Browning pitched one inning in relief and got the win. J.J. McLeod pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.
LU 6, Lehigh 3
While Bream struggled through his first "0-fer" of the season, Sophomore Matt Williams stepped up and had a 4-5 day as the Flames scored two early runs and never looked back. Keegan Linza pitched 7 solid innings to score his second win in as many starts, striking out three. Josh Richardson pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of the year.
LU 12, UNC-Wilmington 2
Tyler Bream broke out of his little funk going 4-5 with a HR and Josh Richardson contributed at the plate after his save the previous day, hitting his first collegiate home run. Steven Evans had a quality outing, going 6 2/3 innings, giving up two runs and striking out 4. This is the longest winning streak to start the season under Head Coach Jim Toman and the first time in 15 years that LU started 6-0 (the FLames started 9-0 in 1995).
The FLames kick off their home season this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and look to match that 9-0 start as the Hornets of Delaware State come to Worthington Stadium. Game times are 3 PM, 2 PM and 1 PM. Also this weekend, the Lady Flames softball team will be in action down at Georgia Tech for the Buzz Classic, the women's tennis team will be opening Big South Play against Charleston Southern and the wrestling team will be looking for their fourth consecutive East Regional title up at Millersville. An action packed weekend ahead and we'll run it down for you next week.
Until next time,
Fan the Flames
LU 5, Morehead State 3
Tyler Bream celebrated being named Big South Baseball Player of the Week by going 2-4 and Nate Thompson launched his second HR of the year as part of a 3-3 day. Shawn Teufel pitched 6 innings but did not factor in the decision. Carter Browning pitched one inning in relief and got the win. J.J. McLeod pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.
LU 6, Lehigh 3
While Bream struggled through his first "0-fer" of the season, Sophomore Matt Williams stepped up and had a 4-5 day as the Flames scored two early runs and never looked back. Keegan Linza pitched 7 solid innings to score his second win in as many starts, striking out three. Josh Richardson pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of the year.
LU 12, UNC-Wilmington 2
Tyler Bream broke out of his little funk going 4-5 with a HR and Josh Richardson contributed at the plate after his save the previous day, hitting his first collegiate home run. Steven Evans had a quality outing, going 6 2/3 innings, giving up two runs and striking out 4. This is the longest winning streak to start the season under Head Coach Jim Toman and the first time in 15 years that LU started 6-0 (the FLames started 9-0 in 1995).
The FLames kick off their home season this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and look to match that 9-0 start as the Hornets of Delaware State come to Worthington Stadium. Game times are 3 PM, 2 PM and 1 PM. Also this weekend, the Lady Flames softball team will be in action down at Georgia Tech for the Buzz Classic, the women's tennis team will be opening Big South Play against Charleston Southern and the wrestling team will be looking for their fourth consecutive East Regional title up at Millersville. An action packed weekend ahead and we'll run it down for you next week.
Until next time,
Fan the Flames
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