Liberty Receives At-Large Bid to NCAA Athens, Ga. Regional
5/25/2026 12:52:00 PM | Baseball
LYNCHBURG, VA. – The Liberty Flames received an at-large selection to the NCAA Baseball Tournament and will play in the NCAA Athens, Ga., Regional, the NCAA Selection Committee announced earlier this afternoon.
The Flames, 41-19, garner their first NCAA Regional selection under second-year head coach Bradley LeCroy and their first since being selected to play in the 2022 NCAA Athens, Ga., Regional.
Liberty, seeded No.3 in the regional, will face the No. seed 2 Boston College (36-21) in their opening road game on Friday at Foley Stadium, the home of regional host Georgia, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Georgia, the national overall No. 3 seed, and LIU will join the Flames and Eagles in the regional. The regional matchups and seeds were announced on ESPN.
Liberty will make its ninth appearance in an NCAA Regional. The Flames have participated in an NCAA Regional in 1993, 1998, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021 and 2022.
This season, the Flames have posted a 41-19 overall record and a 21-9 mark, finishing in second place in the Conference USA standings. Liberty advanced to its first CUSA Championship title yesterday, falling to No. 1 seed Jacksonville State.
The Flames are one of seven Liberty teams to post 40 or more wins in a season. The last team to accomplish the feat was the 2021 team, which won 41 games. The 1983 (40), 2010 (43), 2013 (41), 2014 (41) and 2019 (43) teams also won 40 or more games in a season.
Liberty enters the week with the sixth-best road record in the country. The Flames have gone 19-6 on the road this season.
The Flames, 41-19, garner their first NCAA Regional selection under second-year head coach Bradley LeCroy and their first since being selected to play in the 2022 NCAA Athens, Ga., Regional.
Liberty, seeded No.3 in the regional, will face the No. seed 2 Boston College (36-21) in their opening road game on Friday at Foley Stadium, the home of regional host Georgia, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Georgia, the national overall No. 3 seed, and LIU will join the Flames and Eagles in the regional. The regional matchups and seeds were announced on ESPN.
Liberty will make its ninth appearance in an NCAA Regional. The Flames have participated in an NCAA Regional in 1993, 1998, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021 and 2022.
This season, the Flames have posted a 41-19 overall record and a 21-9 mark, finishing in second place in the Conference USA standings. Liberty advanced to its first CUSA Championship title yesterday, falling to No. 1 seed Jacksonville State.
The Flames are one of seven Liberty teams to post 40 or more wins in a season. The last team to accomplish the feat was the 2021 team, which won 41 games. The 1983 (40), 2010 (43), 2013 (41), 2014 (41) and 2019 (43) teams also won 40 or more games in a season.
Liberty enters the week with the sixth-best road record in the country. The Flames have gone 19-6 on the road this season.
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