Liberty Set For Home Contest With Virginia Tech
5/6/2025 3:09:00 PM | Baseball
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Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames and the Virginia Tech Hokies will meet for the second time this season on Wednesday. Liberty had a season-high 19 hits in a 13-4 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., eight days ago.
• The Flames are 7-4 in midweek games and 6-3 against teams from the ACC this season. Liberty enters Wednesday's contest with an 18-9 record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season. The Flames and Hokies have split the last six games (3-3) in Lynchburg since 2018.
• Liberty will be looking to return to the win column after dropping all three games of its CUSA series at Sam Houston this past season. The Flames have not lost more than three games in a row this season.
• After Wednesday evening's game, Liberty has seven games remaining in the regular season. The Flames will travel to FIU this weekend for their final three games of the regular season before returning home for four games next week.
• 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.
Among the CUSA Leaders
• Right fielder Camden Troyer is fifth in Conference USA with 48 runs scored and eighth with eight home runs.
• Shortstop Tanner Marsh is seventh in CUSA with 46 runs scored and 59 hits. He is also ninth in the conference with 16 stolen bases.
• Left fielder Nick Barone is sixth in Conference USA with 45 RBI and fourth in triples.
• First baseman Jaxon Sorenson is eighth in the conference with 44 RBI, 10th with 44 runs scored and third in walks.
• Pitcher Ben Blair is first in innings pitched (66.1), fifth in ERA (3.53), second in strikeouts (76) and eighth in wins (5).
• Pitcher Dylan Mathiesen is first in strikeouts (80) and fourth in innings pitched (63.2). He leads the nation in games started.
Home Standing
• Liberty has posted an 18-9 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• The Flames have five regular-season home games remaining. Liberty will host the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship, May 21-25, at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home contests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.
• Liberty has posted a 250-105 (.704) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the weekend among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames are second to Dallas Baptist in Conference USA and are fifth nationally with a 0.982 fielding
percentage.
• Liberty has committed 30 errors this season and did not commit an error in 28 games (58.3% of its games this season).
• 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.
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- Virginia Tech at Liberty (Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium)
- First pitch: Wednesday 6 p.m.
- Radio:Â LFSN Radio
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames and the Virginia Tech Hokies will meet for the second time this season on Wednesday. Liberty had a season-high 19 hits in a 13-4 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., eight days ago.
• The Flames are 7-4 in midweek games and 6-3 against teams from the ACC this season. Liberty enters Wednesday's contest with an 18-9 record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season. The Flames and Hokies have split the last six games (3-3) in Lynchburg since 2018.
• Liberty will be looking to return to the win column after dropping all three games of its CUSA series at Sam Houston this past season. The Flames have not lost more than three games in a row this season.
• After Wednesday evening's game, Liberty has seven games remaining in the regular season. The Flames will travel to FIU this weekend for their final three games of the regular season before returning home for four games next week.
• 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.
Among the CUSA Leaders
• Right fielder Camden Troyer is fifth in Conference USA with 48 runs scored and eighth with eight home runs.
• Shortstop Tanner Marsh is seventh in CUSA with 46 runs scored and 59 hits. He is also ninth in the conference with 16 stolen bases.
• Left fielder Nick Barone is sixth in Conference USA with 45 RBI and fourth in triples.
• First baseman Jaxon Sorenson is eighth in the conference with 44 RBI, 10th with 44 runs scored and third in walks.
• Pitcher Ben Blair is first in innings pitched (66.1), fifth in ERA (3.53), second in strikeouts (76) and eighth in wins (5).
• Pitcher Dylan Mathiesen is first in strikeouts (80) and fourth in innings pitched (63.2). He leads the nation in games started.
Home Standing
• Liberty has posted an 18-9 mark at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season.
• The Flames have five regular-season home games remaining. Liberty will host the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship, May 21-25, at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, the most home contests for the Flames since 2013, the year the facility opened.
• Last season, the Flames finished the year with a 16-14 record at home.
• Liberty has posted a 250-105 (.704) record at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium since the facility opened in 2013.
Among National Leaders in Fielding
• Liberty enters the weekend among the national leaders in fielding percentage. The Flames are second to Dallas Baptist in Conference USA and are fifth nationally with a 0.982 fielding
percentage.
• Liberty has committed 30 errors this season and did not commit an error in 28 games (58.3% of its games this season).
• 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.
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