Liberty Set to Host Charlotte Tuesday
4/27/2026 7:32:00 PM | Baseball
Series Coverage
Game:Â Charlotte at Liberty
Location:Â Lynchburg, Va.
Stadium: Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium
TV: ESPN+ (Matt Warner & Joe Healy)
LYNCHBURG, VA. - The Liberty Flames will welcome the Charlotte 49ers to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for the only meeting between the two teams this season on Tuesday.
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames will close out a four-game homestand by hosting the Charlotte 49ers  on Tuesday at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The contest is the only meeting between the two teams this season and will be Charlotte's first-ever visit to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• This past weekend, Liberty won the final two games of its series with Delaware to move to 15-6 in conference play and into sole possession of second place in the league standings.Â
• Liberty is 17-8 at home this season, with six home games, including Tuesday's contest remaining.
• Liberty head coach Bradley LeCroy is in his second season. LeCroy has led the Flames to a 61-40 record. LeCroy, who has been a head coach for four years, captured his 100th career coaching victory with Liberty's 10-7 victory over Hofstra on March 1.
Flames at Home
•  With its 14-4 win over Delaware on Sunday, Liberty moved to 17-8 at home this season.
• After this evening, the Flames have five home games left in 2026.Â
• The Flames posted a 20-13 record at the facility last season. Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium also hosted the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship.
• Since the facility opened in 2013, Liberty has posted a 269-116 (.699) record at the stadium.
Swiping Bases
• This season, the Flames have stolen 81 bases this season, the most by a Liberty team since the 2013 team swiped 89. Liberty is 81-97 in steal attempts this season.
• Shortstop Tanner Marsh leads the Flames with 18 stolen bases. He is tied for 4th in CUSA in stolen bases.Â
• Outfielder Nick Barone has 17 bases. He is 17-for-18 in stolen base attempts. He enters Tuesday tied for seventh in the Conference USA in stolen bases.
Jaffe Named CUSA Hitter of the Week
• Liberty third baseman Jordan Jaffe has been selected the CUSA Hitter of the Week for April 27.  He becomes the first Flame to be named Hitter of the Week and the second Liberty player to receive a weekly honor, as right-hander Ben Blair has been named CUSA Pitcher of the Week three times this season.
•Jaffe hit .500 (10-for-20) with 14 RBI and four runs scored for the Flames. He had four doubles and a triple, posting a .478 on-base percentage and an .800 slugging percentage.  He had at least one hit in all five games during the week and had two or more hits in each of the last four games. The senior also upped his team-leading reached base safely streak to 32 consecutive games.
•The Moorpark, Calif., native started the week with a hit and two RBI in the Flames' come-from-behind 13-10 win over Duke at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this past Tuesday. Liberty scored seven runs in the eighth inning to take the lead en route to the victory.
• On Wednesday, Jaffe had two hits and a stolen base at Virginia and then followed with two hits, a double and two RBI on Friday evening against Delaware.  On Saturday, the senior had a two-run triple, an RBI double and a sacrifice fly, which scored a run in Liberty's 11-5 win over Delaware at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. He also scored two runs.
• Jaffe finished the week by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and a season-high six RBI in the Flames' 14-4 win over Delaware. He also walked, stole a base and scored twice in the game. His six RBI tied outfielder Nick Barone, who had three hits, all home runs, in a 17-7 victory at Duke on April 14, for the most RBI in a game by a Flame this season.
• On the season, Jaffe has .326 with 22 RBI and 27 runs scored in 34 games. He has six doubles, a triple and two home runs on the season.Â
Harrington on Stopper of the Year Watch List
• Liberty right-hander Cooper Harrington is one of 61 of the nation's top relief pitchers named to the 2026 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List on April 22.
• Harrington enters the week with a 2-1 record with a 4.04 ERA and seven saves over 35 2/3 innings in 16 appearances and two starts. He has struck out 44 and walked seven, averaging 11.12 strikeouts per nine innings. As a reliever, the sophomore is 1-1 with a 4.10 ERA and seven saves over 26 1/3 innings in 14 appearances.
• Harrington has converted seven of his eight save opportunities and recorded a win since taking over the closer role for the Flames in a 9-3 victory over Missouri State on March 15.Â
• In addition, he has allowed only one of the six runners he has inherited this season to score. Currently, Harrington is third in CUSA and 22nd in the country in saves. Â
• The right-hander is one save shy of joining Jonathan Schnieder (2002) and Doug Smith (1980) for sixth on the Liberty single-season save list with eight.
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Game:Â Charlotte at Liberty
Location:Â Lynchburg, Va.
Stadium: Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium
TV: ESPN+ (Matt Warner & Joe Healy)
- Tuesday, April 28Â - 6Â p.m. - ESPN+ Broadcast Link
- Tuesday, April 14 - 6Â p.m. - Audio Broadcast Link
LYNCHBURG, VA. - The Liberty Flames will welcome the Charlotte 49ers to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for the only meeting between the two teams this season on Tuesday.
Quick Hits
• The Liberty Flames will close out a four-game homestand by hosting the Charlotte 49ers  on Tuesday at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The contest is the only meeting between the two teams this season and will be Charlotte's first-ever visit to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
• This past weekend, Liberty won the final two games of its series with Delaware to move to 15-6 in conference play and into sole possession of second place in the league standings.Â
• Liberty is 17-8 at home this season, with six home games, including Tuesday's contest remaining.
• Liberty head coach Bradley LeCroy is in his second season. LeCroy has led the Flames to a 61-40 record. LeCroy, who has been a head coach for four years, captured his 100th career coaching victory with Liberty's 10-7 victory over Hofstra on March 1.
Flames at Home
•  With its 14-4 win over Delaware on Sunday, Liberty moved to 17-8 at home this season.
• After this evening, the Flames have five home games left in 2026.Â
• The Flames posted a 20-13 record at the facility last season. Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium also hosted the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship.
• Since the facility opened in 2013, Liberty has posted a 269-116 (.699) record at the stadium.
Swiping Bases
• This season, the Flames have stolen 81 bases this season, the most by a Liberty team since the 2013 team swiped 89. Liberty is 81-97 in steal attempts this season.
• Shortstop Tanner Marsh leads the Flames with 18 stolen bases. He is tied for 4th in CUSA in stolen bases.Â
• Outfielder Nick Barone has 17 bases. He is 17-for-18 in stolen base attempts. He enters Tuesday tied for seventh in the Conference USA in stolen bases.
Jaffe Named CUSA Hitter of the Week
• Liberty third baseman Jordan Jaffe has been selected the CUSA Hitter of the Week for April 27.  He becomes the first Flame to be named Hitter of the Week and the second Liberty player to receive a weekly honor, as right-hander Ben Blair has been named CUSA Pitcher of the Week three times this season.
•Jaffe hit .500 (10-for-20) with 14 RBI and four runs scored for the Flames. He had four doubles and a triple, posting a .478 on-base percentage and an .800 slugging percentage.  He had at least one hit in all five games during the week and had two or more hits in each of the last four games. The senior also upped his team-leading reached base safely streak to 32 consecutive games.
•The Moorpark, Calif., native started the week with a hit and two RBI in the Flames' come-from-behind 13-10 win over Duke at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this past Tuesday. Liberty scored seven runs in the eighth inning to take the lead en route to the victory.
• On Wednesday, Jaffe had two hits and a stolen base at Virginia and then followed with two hits, a double and two RBI on Friday evening against Delaware.  On Saturday, the senior had a two-run triple, an RBI double and a sacrifice fly, which scored a run in Liberty's 11-5 win over Delaware at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. He also scored two runs.
• Jaffe finished the week by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and a season-high six RBI in the Flames' 14-4 win over Delaware. He also walked, stole a base and scored twice in the game. His six RBI tied outfielder Nick Barone, who had three hits, all home runs, in a 17-7 victory at Duke on April 14, for the most RBI in a game by a Flame this season.
• On the season, Jaffe has .326 with 22 RBI and 27 runs scored in 34 games. He has six doubles, a triple and two home runs on the season.Â
Harrington on Stopper of the Year Watch List
• Liberty right-hander Cooper Harrington is one of 61 of the nation's top relief pitchers named to the 2026 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List on April 22.
• Harrington enters the week with a 2-1 record with a 4.04 ERA and seven saves over 35 2/3 innings in 16 appearances and two starts. He has struck out 44 and walked seven, averaging 11.12 strikeouts per nine innings. As a reliever, the sophomore is 1-1 with a 4.10 ERA and seven saves over 26 1/3 innings in 14 appearances.
• Harrington has converted seven of his eight save opportunities and recorded a win since taking over the closer role for the Flames in a 9-3 victory over Missouri State on March 15.Â
• In addition, he has allowed only one of the six runners he has inherited this season to score. Currently, Harrington is third in CUSA and 22nd in the country in saves. Â
• The right-hander is one save shy of joining Jonathan Schnieder (2002) and Doug Smith (1980) for sixth on the Liberty single-season save list with eight.
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