Flames to Host CUSA Championship Beginning Wednesday
5/20/2025 8:43:00 PM | Baseball
CUSA Baseball Championship Coverage
Quick Hits
• With the regular season concluded, the No. 8 seed and championship host Liberty Flames will face the No. 1 seed and CUSA Regular Season Champion Dallas Baptist Patriots in Game 3 of the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The winner will advance to take on the winner of No. 4 seed Jax State and No. 5 Louisiana Tech, while the loser will play the loser of that game in an elimination game on Thursday.
• Liberty finished the regular season with a 10-17 record in CUSA and a 30-25 overall mark. The Flames have won 30 games in a season for the first time since 2023.
•The Flames are 20-11 at home this season. Liberty dropped two out of three games to DBU this past weekend at home to end the regular season.
• Bradley LeCroy was named the eighth head coach in Flames' history in July 2024. He is in his third year as a head coach after two years at VCU.
CUSA Baseball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1: #3 Kennesaw State vs. #6 FIU - 9 a.m
Game 2: #2 WKU vs. #7 New Mexico State - 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 Dallas Baptist vs. #8 Liberty - 4 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Jax State vs. #5 LA Tech - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
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: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 23
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 24
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 25
Game 15: Championship - 1 p.m.
Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium Hosts 3rd Championship
• Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the home of Liberty Baseball since 2013, will host its third conference baseball championship this week. The facility, completed in 2013, previously hosted the 2013 and 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Championships.
• In 2013, its first season in use, No. 5 seed Liberty downed No. 1 seed Campbell 2-1 in the title game to claim the Big South Championship and the conference's automatic bid.
• In 2018, Liberty's final season in the Big South, the stadium again hosted the Big South Championship. No. 1 seed Campbell defeated No. 2 seed High Point 7-5 in the title game.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the CUSA Baseball Championship among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames lead Conference USA and are tied for second nationally with a 0.983 fielding percentage. Ball State leads the nation with a 0.984 fielding percentage.
• Liberty has committed 33 errors this season and did not commit an error in 32 games (581% of its games this season).
• The Flames have made only four errors in their last 14 games (526 chances).
• The program record for fielding percentage in a season is .984, set by the 2021 Flames. Liberty led the nation in fielding percentage that season.
Troyer Posts a Strong April
• Since the beginning of April, right fielder Camden Troyer has been one of Liberty's leading run producers. The senior has 18 RBI and leads the Flames with 28 runs scored over the 26 games since April 1. The senior has scored five more runs than any other Flames during that span.
• The outfielder has posted a team-high .323 batting average and .415 on-base percentage over the 26 games since April 1. He has hit five of his career-high 10 home runs on the season, and he has a team-leading .535 slugging percentage during the span.
• Troyer has collected 11 multi-hit games during the stretch.
• The senior is among the CUSA leaders in runs scored. The outfielder leads Liberty and is sixth in Conference USA with 54 runs scored.
• He also has a career-high 44 RBI.
• He kicked off the month by going 4-for-4 and scoring four runs in Liberty's victory over Middle Tennessee on April 4.
•Troyer has been the toughest batter to strike out in CUSA this season. He has struck once every 10.3 at bats this season.
- TV: ESPN+ | Championship on CBS Sports Network
- Radio: LFSN Radio
- Championship Central
- Lynchburg, Va. - Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium
Quick Hits
• With the regular season concluded, the No. 8 seed and championship host Liberty Flames will face the No. 1 seed and CUSA Regular Season Champion Dallas Baptist Patriots in Game 3 of the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The winner will advance to take on the winner of No. 4 seed Jax State and No. 5 Louisiana Tech, while the loser will play the loser of that game in an elimination game on Thursday.
• Liberty finished the regular season with a 10-17 record in CUSA and a 30-25 overall mark. The Flames have won 30 games in a season for the first time since 2023.
•The Flames are 20-11 at home this season. Liberty dropped two out of three games to DBU this past weekend at home to end the regular season.
• Bradley LeCroy was named the eighth head coach in Flames' history in July 2024. He is in his third year as a head coach after two years at VCU.
CUSA Baseball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1: #3 Kennesaw State vs. #6 FIU - 9 a.m
Game 2: #2 WKU vs. #7 New Mexico State - 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 Dallas Baptist vs. #8 Liberty - 4 p.m.
Game 4: #4 Jax State vs. #5 LA Tech - 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
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: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 23
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 24
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 25
Game 15: Championship - 1 p.m.
Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium Hosts 3rd Championship
• Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the home of Liberty Baseball since 2013, will host its third conference baseball championship this week. The facility, completed in 2013, previously hosted the 2013 and 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Championships.
• In 2013, its first season in use, No. 5 seed Liberty downed No. 1 seed Campbell 2-1 in the title game to claim the Big South Championship and the conference's automatic bid.
• In 2018, Liberty's final season in the Big South, the stadium again hosted the Big South Championship. No. 1 seed Campbell defeated No. 2 seed High Point 7-5 in the title game.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the CUSA Baseball Championship among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames lead Conference USA and are tied for second nationally with a 0.983 fielding percentage. Ball State leads the nation with a 0.984 fielding percentage.
• Liberty has committed 33 errors this season and did not commit an error in 32 games (581% of its games this season).
• The Flames have made only four errors in their last 14 games (526 chances).
• The program record for fielding percentage in a season is .984, set by the 2021 Flames. Liberty led the nation in fielding percentage that season.
Troyer Posts a Strong April
• Since the beginning of April, right fielder Camden Troyer has been one of Liberty's leading run producers. The senior has 18 RBI and leads the Flames with 28 runs scored over the 26 games since April 1. The senior has scored five more runs than any other Flames during that span.
• The outfielder has posted a team-high .323 batting average and .415 on-base percentage over the 26 games since April 1. He has hit five of his career-high 10 home runs on the season, and he has a team-leading .535 slugging percentage during the span.
• Troyer has collected 11 multi-hit games during the stretch.
• The senior is among the CUSA leaders in runs scored. The outfielder leads Liberty and is sixth in Conference USA with 54 runs scored.
• He also has a career-high 44 RBI.
• He kicked off the month by going 4-for-4 and scoring four runs in Liberty's victory over Middle Tennessee on April 4.
•Troyer has been the toughest batter to strike out in CUSA this season. He has struck once every 10.3 at bats this season.
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