#Risewithus

  Record  : 13-14 RPI : 150 Home : 10-8 Away : 3-6 SOS : 110 Quad 1 : 0-8 Quad 2 : 4-1 Quad 3 : 1-3 Quad 4 : 8-2 CUSA - 5-1 T1st with DBU Last 10 - 7-3 Teams Stats : ERA 4.95, Fielding % .968, BA .279 Liberty got out the brooms and swept a Sam Houston State club that rolled into Lynchburg top 40 in the RPI.  Liberty has played much better baseball the last 3 weeks but have still had a couple late inning defensive miscues or bullpen issues that cost the Flames the VCU and Wake games.  The lineup was excellent all weekend long.  Horton and Foster have caught fire as each have raised their BA nearly 100 pts in the last 2 weeks.  Dye & Marsh have become stabilizing forces in the lineup as well.  Troyer has shown signs of life lately as well to go along with his stellar defense.  Hudson has provided big time pop from the left hand side.  When and if the Flames can get Rabon back the lineup will have length unlike any other we've had in my memory.  Further, Simmons has provided so

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

    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

  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