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March 18, 2024

Record : 8-11 RPI : 161 Home : 7-6 Away : 1-5 SOS : 89 Quad 1 : 0-7 Quad 2 : 0-0 Quad 3 : 4-4 Quad 4 : 7-3 CUSA RPI Conference Rank : 11th .50 ranking and 100-66 overall record. Liberty finished off the week 3 and 1 this week after taking 2/3 from Canisius and beating UNCA in the midweek. Overall, the Flames played their best baseball since the first week of the season but there are still issues to continue to work through. Offensively, the Flames had a great week aside from a weird Friday night that saw them get held to 3 hits and shutout. Sweatt has been steady both in the field and in the lineup where he's hit .324 with 2 HR's and 16 RBI's. Noah Rabon has also been a steadying force at .295 with 1 HR and 16 RBI's. The 2 transfers have been the Flames most consistent hitters in the early going. Kepley has been solid at .292 with 2 HR's and 9 RBI's. The 2 super freshman Tanner Marsha and Macaddin Dye have been excellent additions. They have held up w

March 04, 2024

Record : 5-6 RPI : 132 Home : 3-2 Away : 1-4 SOS : 93 Quad 1 : 1-6 Quad 4 : 4-0 Liberty finished off week 2 1-3 after posting a 2-1 11 inning win at UNCW and getting swept by Coastal. The Flames bats came to life at Coastal but they were unable to preserve sizeable leads in each of the first 2 games before getting shut out in the 3rd and final game. It won't get any easier with the midweek game at College of Charleston who is 7-3 and #203 in the RPI before heading back home for 3 with powerhouse ECU who sits at 7-4 and 36th in the RPI. Charleston was 7-0 before being swept by Nebraska over the weekend by 4 total runs. ECU won 2 of 3 in the annual Keith Laclair classic but dropped a stinker Sunday against SE Louisiana. So far the Pirates are 0-3 on the road. Liberty's big problem over the weekend was untimely errors and bullpen meltdowns that we hadn't seen thus far in the 2024 season. Many are hitting the panic button already that 2024 looks like 2023 and in so

March 03, 2024

It's hard to believe the Spring Football season is already gone and it's just the first week of March. HCJC had done this early schedule in his time at Coastal but wasn't able to last year with the roster situation. The weather ended up being perfect after it looked like rain all week. Offensively A lot of the veteran's like Salter & Cooley didn't play a lot of snaps and the Flames were down 4 WR's that should factor in the rotation in Lee, Jones, Smith & Rogers who came back after entering the portal. Overall, my biggest takeaway is with the QB room. Hampton seems to have taken a real step forward and Burger is a legitimate starting caliber option after coming over from App State. Further, Jayden Bradford gives the Flames the young QB of the future to develop. Bradford's best play of the day was a roll out the left and dropped a dime while going away from his body about 25 yards down field. Miles Mceachin was a Hampton transfer as well t

February 26, 2024

Record : 4-3 RPI : 230th Home : 3-2 Away : 0-1 SOS : 237 Quad 1 : 0-1 Liberty finished up a disappointing second week of the season just 1 and 3. They dropped a crisp midweek contest 4 to 2 to #12 Duke 4 to 2. Then Friday night saw starter Cole Hertzler have to leave the game after just 1 inning. Liberty got behind and came all the way back to tie it but a great piece of hitting by Rosso off Mathieson gave Hofstra the win. Horn dazzled Saturday with 6 scoreless innings and 9 strikeouts while Kepley & Foster drove in 7 combined. Sunday was a game the Flames really had to have to win the series against a team they expect to win against. Dolby wasn't able to give the Flames a quality start and then the bullpen faltered as well as the staff combined for 11 walks. There were a couple critical throwing errors that hurt the Flames in both losses as well. It's still too early to get a full read on what the Flames are going to be this year. However, I think the lineup

February 18, 2024

Record : 3 and 0 RPI : 59th Home : 3 and 0 SOS : 64 Liberty managed to do something immediately that they were unable to do the entire 2023 season in securing the season opening sweep of Quinnipiac. The Flames offensive attack was relentless in putting up 36 runs in the 3 game set. The top 3 in the order stuffed the stat sheet all weekend long. Sweatt, Kepley & Rabon had 7 hits each, 7 total doubles, and 14 RBI. Rabon had 9 RBI's alone on the weekend The Flames also stole 4 bags over the weekend. The Flames defense from the regulars was outstanding all weekend as well. The pitchers did have a couple throw a ways but they will get that cleaned up. Quinnipiac is going to win games on the offensive side of the ball this year. That being said the Liberty pitching fared pretty well over the weekend as well. Cole Hertzler looked every bit the part of an ace Friday with 6 strong scoreless innings. Horn & Dolby both showed flashes before getting hurt by the long ball b

February 12, 2024

Liberty will kick off the 2024 season by welcoming in Quinnipiac from the MAAC. The Bobcats will make their way down to Lynchburg coming off a 30-26 season that saw them go 13-17 on the road and finish #203 in the RPI. They went 1 and 12 against Quad 1 2 and 3 level teams. They are a northern team that's obviously got to deal with limited outdoor practice time with the weather so they can sometimes start slow but they're a pretty scrappy program that will usually keep non-conference games competitive. They finished in 8th place last year. They place 3 players on the pre-season All MAAC team including catcher Keegan O'Connor who had big time power and stats at .345 with 13 homers and 60 RBI's. 3B Sebastian Miller hit .311 with 18 HR's and 54 RBI's. RH SP Mason Ulish made the team despite a 5+ ERA in 2023 over 61 Innings. Bobcats are expecting big things from this young man. Flames will need to pitch carefully to O"connor and Miller and try to limi