Liberty Set For CUSA Baseball Championship Wednesday
5/21/2024 6:30:00 AM | Baseball
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Quick Hits
•  With the regular season concluded, the No. 5 seed Liberty Flames will face the No. 4 seed Sam Houston Bearkats in Wednesday's final game as the 2024 CUSA Baseball Championship begins at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. The winner will advance to take on the winner of No. 1 seed and tournament host Louisiana Tech and No. 8 seed Middle Tennessee, while the loser will play the loser of that game in an elimination game on Thursday. Liberty has never played a game in the state of Louisiana.Â
• Liberty, 22-32 overall, finished its regular season with an 11-13 conference record, tying FIU for fifth place in the CUSA standings.Â
The Flames received the double-elimination tournament's fifth seed due to winning their three-game series with FIU, 2-1.
• Liberty enters the week having hit 68 home runs on the year. The total is the fourth most in program history.
• Flames center fielder Kane Kepley enters the CUSA Championship as the conference leader with 23 stolen bases. He has only been caught twice in 2024. Kepley leads Liberty with a .332 batting average and enters the conference championship third in CUSA with an on base percentage of .481.
• Liberty third baseman Cam Foster and designated hitter/pitcher Todd Hudson were selected to the 2024 CUSA Baseball All-Academic team.
• Head Coach Scott Jackson is in his eighth season at Liberty. Jackson has led the Flames to a 244-179 (.577) record and three NCAA Regional appearances, the most of any coach in program history.
CUSA Baseball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, May 22
Game 1: #3 Western Kentucky vs. #6 FIU - 9 a.m
Game 2: #2 Dallas Baptist vs. Â #7 New Mexico State - 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 Louisiana Tech vs. #8 Middle Tennessee - 4 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Sam Houston vs. #5 Liberty - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 23
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 9 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 12:30 p.m.
Game7: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 - 4 p.m.
Game 8: #4 Sam Houston vs. #5 Liberty - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 - 2 p.m.
Game 10: : Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 25
Game 11: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game - 9 a.m.
Game 12:    Winner Game 8 vs. Winner  Game 10 - 12:30 p.m.
Game 13: if necessary
Game 14: if necessary
Sunday, May 26
Game 15: Championship - 1 p.m.
First Visit to the "Love Shack"
• This week will be Liberty's first to J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in program history.Â
• In addition, the Flames will play a game in the state of Louisiana for the first time.Â
• Until this season, Liberty had never met the host school Louisiana Tech on the baseball diamond.
Power Surge
• Liberty enters the CUSA Championship with 68 home runs. The Flames' season total ranks fourth all-time in program history.
•  Liberty's total is the second most by a Flames team over the past 22 years. The only other team since 2002 to hit more was Liberty's 2022 team which belted 74.
• The program record for home runs in a season is held by the 1998 Flames which hit 87.  The last Liberty team to hit more than 80 was the 2002 team. The Flames hit 86 in 2002.
• This season, Scott Jackson's team set a new program record by hitting eight home runs in a 25-9 win at Middle Tennessee on March 24.  The game ended after the seventh inning due to run rule.
• Left fielder Brayden Horton leads the Flames with 11 home runs on the season.  He has hit nine against CUSA opponents and finished the regular season tied for fourth in the conference.
• Designated hitter Todd Hudson is the second Flame with 10 or more home runs.Â
• Liberty, 22-32 overall, finished its regular season with an 11-13 conference record, tying FIU for fifth place in the CUSA standings.Â
The Flames received the double-elimination tournament's fifth seed due to winning their three-game series with FIU, 2-1.
• Liberty enters the week having hit 68 home runs on the year. The total is the fourth most in program history.
• Flames center fielder Kane Kepley enters the CUSA Championship as the conference leader with 23 stolen bases. He has only been caught twice in 2024. Kepley leads Liberty with a .332 batting average and enters the conference championship third in CUSA with an on base percentage of .481.
• Liberty third baseman Cam Foster and designated hitter/pitcher Todd Hudson were selected to the 2024 CUSA Baseball All-Academic team.
• Head Coach Scott Jackson is in his eighth season at Liberty. Jackson has led the Flames to a 244-179 (.577) record and three NCAA Regional appearances, the most of any coach in program history.
CUSA Baseball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, May 22
Game 1: #3 Western Kentucky vs. #6 FIU - 9 a.m
Game 2: #2 Dallas Baptist vs. Â #7 New Mexico State - 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 Louisiana Tech vs. #8 Middle Tennessee - 4 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Sam Houston vs. #5 Liberty - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 23
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 - 9 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 12:30 p.m.
Game7: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 - 4 p.m.
Game 8: #4 Sam Houston vs. #5 Liberty - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 - 2 p.m.
Game 10: : Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 25
Game 11: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game - 9 a.m.
Game 12:    Winner Game 8 vs. Winner  Game 10 - 12:30 p.m.
Game 13: if necessary
Game 14: if necessary
Sunday, May 26
Game 15: Championship - 1 p.m.
First Visit to the "Love Shack"
• This week will be Liberty's first to J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in program history.Â
• In addition, the Flames will play a game in the state of Louisiana for the first time.Â
• Until this season, Liberty had never met the host school Louisiana Tech on the baseball diamond.
Power Surge
• Liberty enters the CUSA Championship with 68 home runs. The Flames' season total ranks fourth all-time in program history.
•  Liberty's total is the second most by a Flames team over the past 22 years. The only other team since 2002 to hit more was Liberty's 2022 team which belted 74.
• The program record for home runs in a season is held by the 1998 Flames which hit 87.  The last Liberty team to hit more than 80 was the 2002 team. The Flames hit 86 in 2002.
• This season, Scott Jackson's team set a new program record by hitting eight home runs in a 25-9 win at Middle Tennessee on March 24.  The game ended after the seventh inning due to run rule.
• Left fielder Brayden Horton leads the Flames with 11 home runs on the season.  He has hit nine against CUSA opponents and finished the regular season tied for fourth in the conference.
• Designated hitter Todd Hudson is the second Flame with 10 or more home runs.Â
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