Baseball in regional
The Flames make their 5th all-time and 2nd consecutive regional appearance this weekend in Charlottesville. Liberty got the #3 seed and will face #2 seed Arkansas Friday night at 7pm on ESPNU. The pitching matchup tonight features Big South pitcher of the year Trey Lambert (11-2, 2.10 ERA) against Arkansas’ Chris Oliver (8-4, 2.45 ERA). This will be the first ever matchup between the 2 programs. Liberty is 6-21 all-time against SEC opponents with a 1-0 mark this season. The Flames beat Missouri 2-1 on February 25th earlier this year.
The Flames have never advanced to a Super Regional and are 3-8 all-time in regional play.
Hartman transfers to Liberty
You may have seen the news on Thursday as head coach Turner Gill announced the addition of former LCA standout Tanner Hartman. Hartman spent last season with Penn State where he redshirted. The 6’6″, 290 pound offensive lineman will have 4 years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2014 season.
Walt signs with the Dolphins
Aikens officially became a member of the Miami Dolphins last weekend as he signed his contract with the Dolphins. Walt was selected in the 4th round of the NFL Draft.
Walt aikens @Walt_Aikens signing his first contract of many!! Lets get it walt! pic.twitter.com/VZwCTP0DWL
— Chris Turnage (@UAagents) May 23, 2014
New Poll
We have a new poll on our site – Which nonconference game are you most looking forward to? Vote now to let us know your thoughts!
FlameFans thread of the week
We already have an active thread discussing regional play this weekend, and we’ve had several Arkansas Razorbacks join the board this week. Join the action in this week’s thread of the week, 2014 NCAA Tournament.
