2021 Liberty Flames baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | Liberty Flames |
| Conference: | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Division: | Division 1 |
| Short Conf: | ASUN |
| Record: | 41–16 |
| Conf Record: | 19–2 |
| Head Coach: | Scott Jackson |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Stadium: | Liberty Baseball Stadium |
| Champion: | Atlantic Sun regular season champion |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Knoxville Regional |
The 2021 Liberty Flames baseball team represented Liberty University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Flames played their home games at Liberty Baseball Stadium as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference They were led by fifth-year head coach Scott Jackson.
Previous season
The 2020 Liberty Flames baseball team notched a 10–7 (0–0) regular-season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game log
| 2021 Liberty Flames baseball game log (41–16) |
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| Regular season (35–12) |
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| February (2–5) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ASUN Record |
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| February 19 | 5:00 p.m. | at Campbell* | | Jim Perry Stadium
| W 4–1 | Erickson (1–0) | Cowan (0–1) | Ellard (1) | 70 | 1–0 | — | | February 20 | 3:00 p.m. | at Campbell* | | Jim Perry Stadium | L 3–17 | Chasse (1–0) | Gibson (0–1) | — | 70 | 1–1 | — | | February 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Campbell* | | Jim Perry Stadium | L 2–3 | Kuehler (1–0) | Fluharty (0–1) | Westlake (1) | 70 | 1–2 | — | | February 24 | 4:00 p.m. | | | Liberty Baseball Stadium
| W 16–2 | Hand (1–0) | Winebarger (0–1) | — | 250 | 2–2 | — | | February 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 10 TCU* | | Lupton Stadium
| L 1–4 | Green (1–0) | Delaite (0–1) | — | 2,206 | 2–3 | — | | February 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 10 TCU* | | Lupton Stadium | L 2–9 | King (1–1) | Meyer (0–1) | — | 2,101 | 2–4 | — | | February 27 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 10 TCU* | | Lupton Stadium | L 2–12 | Krob (1–0) | Gibson (0–2) | — | 2,101 | 2–5 | — | |
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| March (14–2) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ASUN Record |
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| March 2 | 4:00 p.m. | | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 5–1 | Erickson (2–0) | Bywaters (0–1) | — | 250 | 3–5 | — | | March 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at UCF* | | John Euliano Park
| W 2–1 | Delaite (1–1) | Gordon (1–1) | Riley (1) | 753 | 4–5 | — | | March 5 | 5:00 p.m. | at UCF* | | John Euliano Park | W 8–3 | Meyer (1–1) | Sinclair (0–1) | Erickson (1) | 753 | 5–5 | — | | March 7 | 11:00 a.m. | at UCF* | | John Euliano Park | W 3–2 | Gibson (1–2) | Jones (1–1) | Riley (2) | 736 | 6–5 | — | | March 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 18 North Carolina* | | Boshamer Stadium
| W 8–7 | Erickson (3–0) | Pry (0–2) | Riley (3) | 800 | 7–5 | — | | March 12 | 4:00 p.m. | | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 4–0 | Delaite (2–1) | Davidson (0–1) | — | 448 | 8–5 | 1–0 | | March 13 | 2:00 p.m. | North Alabama | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 7–0 | Meyer (2–1) | Best (0–3) | — | 600 | 9–5 | 2–0 | | March 14 | 1:00 p.m. | North Alabama | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 6–0 | Gibson (2–2) | Moore (0–3) | — | 475 | 10–5 | 3–0 | | March 16 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 14 North Carolina* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 8–4 | Erickson (4–0) | Quick (0–1) | Riley (4) | 550 | 11–5 | — | | March 20 | 2:00 p.m. | VCU | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 3–2 | Riley (1–0) | Watson (1–3) | — | 528 | 12–5 | — | | March 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at VCU* | | The Diamond
| W 6–1 | Gibson (3–2) | Dailey (0–1) | — | 282 | 13–5 | — | | March 24 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 10–2 | Erickson (5–0) | Wyatt (1–1) | — | 597 | 14–5 | — | | March 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at | | Knights Field
| W 5–2 | Delaite (3–1) | Miley (3–3) | Ellard (2) | 50 | 15–5 | 4–0 | | March 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at Bellarmine | | Knights Field | L 7–8 | Barringer (2–3) | Erickson (5–1) | Ethington (2) | 80 | 15–6 | 4–1 | | March 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at Bellarmine | | Knights Field | W 5–1 | Gibson (4–2) | Nagel (0–1) | — | 80 | 16–6 | 5–1 | | March 30 | 4:00 p.m. | at Duke* | | Durham Bulls Athletic Park
| L 4–5 | Allen (2–1) | Hand (1–1) | Loper (4) | | 16–7 | — | |
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| April (12–4) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ASUN Record |
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| April 2 | 2:00 p.m. | VCU* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 9–3 | Erickson (6–1) | Ellis (3–1) | — | 189 | 17–7 | — | | April 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at VCU* | | The Diamond | L 2–4 | Davis (5–1) | Gibson (4–3) | Chenier (2) | 197 | 17–8 | — | | April 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 8–4 | Meyer (3–1) | McNamee (3–1) | — | 546 | 18–8 | — | | April 9 | 6:00 p.m. | | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 4–1 | Delaite (4–1) | Habegger (1–5) | Meyer (1) | 528 | 19–8 | 6–1 | | April 10 | 2:00 p.m. | Lipscomb | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 18–1 | Willard (1–0) | Van Treeck (2–1) | — | 492 | 20–8 | 7–1 | | April 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Lipscomb | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 5–4 | Gibson (5–3) | Bierman (1–3) | — | 517 | 21–8 | 8–1 | | April 13 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 Virginia Tech* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 8–2 | Cumming (1–0) | Okuda (2–2) | Ellard (3) | 591 | 22–8 | — | | April 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Alabama | | Mike D. Lane Field
| W 13–5 | Delaite (5–1) | Davidson (1–5) | — | 103 | 23–8 | 9–1 | | April 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at North Alabama | | Mike D. Lane Field | W 15–1 | Willard (2–0) | Best (1–7) | — | 112 | 24–8 | 10–1 | | April 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at North Alabama | | Mike D. Lane Field | W 15–0 | Gibson (6–3) | Moore (0–6) | — | 95 | 25–8 | 11–1 | | April 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Duke* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | L 0–7 | Nifong (2–3) | Cumming (1–1) | — | 548 | 25–9 | — | | April 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 7–2 | Delaite (6–1) | Abney (1–1) | — | 619 | 26–9 | — | | April 24 | 11:00 a.m. | Coastal Carolina* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | L 0–2 | Parker (3–3) | Willard (2–1) | Kruezer (2) | 475 | 26–10 | — | | April 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina* | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 6–4 | Erickson (7–1) | Barrow (0–2) | Riley (5) | 562 | 27–10 | — | | April 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | | Davenport Field
| L 5–6 | Schoch (2–0) | Hungate (0–1) | — | 323 | 27–11 | — | | April 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Bellarmine | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 15–3 | Delaite (7–1) | Miley (3–5) | — | 601 | 28–11 | 12–1 | |
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| May (7–1) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ASUN Record |
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| May 1 | 4:00 p.m. | Bellarmine | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 8–7 | Erickson (8–1) | Ethington (2–3) | Ellard (4) | 553 | 29–11 | 13–1 | | May 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Bellarmine | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 9–8 | Riley (2–0) | Davis (0–4) | — | 460 | 30–11 | 14–1 | | May 7 | 6:00 p.m. | | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 4–0 | Delaite (8–1) | Rice (8–1) | — | 545 | 31–11 | 15–1 | | May 8 | 4:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 6–5 | Cumming (2–1) | Torbert (5–4) | Ellard (5) | 541 | 32–11 | 16–1 | | May 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State | | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 4–1 | Gibson (7–3) | Kennedy (6–1) | — | 477 | 33–11 | 17–1 | | May 14 | 5:00 p.m. | at Kennesaw State | | Fred Stillwell Stadium
| W 3–1 | Delaite (9–1) | Rice (8–2) | — | 120 | 34–11 | 18–1 | | May 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kennesaw State | | Fred Stillwell Stadium | W 12–11 | Cumming (3–1) | Torbert (5–5) | Ellard (6) | 120 | 35–11 | 19–1 | | May 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Kennesaw State | | Fred Stillwell Stadium | L 4–7 | Kennedy (7–1) | Gibson (7–4) | — | 120 | 35–12 | 19–2 | |
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| Post-season (6–4) |
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| (4–2) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Seed | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | ASUNT Record |
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| May 21 | 6:00 p.m. | (4N) Bellarmine
| (1N) | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 5–2 | Delaite (10–1) | Nagel (2–5) | Ellard (7) | 476 | 36–12 | 1–0 | | May 22 | 4:00 p.m. | (4N) Bellarmine
| (1N) | Liberty Baseball Stadium | W 12–6 | Cumming (4–1) | Ethington (2–6) | — | 483 | 37–12 | 2–0 | | May 27 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. (4S) Jacksonville
| (1N) | Harmon Stadium
| L 1–2 | Santana (5–7) | Cumming (4–2) | McCoy (5) | 347 | 37–13 | 2–1 | | May 28 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. (2N) Kennesaw State
| (1N) | Harmon Stadium | W 6–0 | Delaite (11–1) | Kennedy (8–2) | — | 213 | 38–13 | 3–1 | | May 28 | 7:20 p.m. | at (2S)
| (1N) | Harmon Stadium | W 5–2 | Meyer (4–1) | McKinley (4–6) | Fluharty (1) | 331 | 39–13 | 4–1 | | May 29 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. (4S) Jacksonville
| (1N) | Harmon Stadium | L 3–7 | Adams (2–4) | Hand (1–2) | — | 423 | 39–14 | 4–2 | |
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| (2–2) |
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Seed | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | NCAAT record |
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| June 4 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. (2) No. 19 Duke
| (3) | Lindsey Nelson Stadium
| W 11–6 | Delaite (12–1) | Carey (4–3) | — | 3,951 | 40–14 | 1–0 | | June 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at (1) No. 2 Tennessee
| (3) | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | L 3–9 | Tidwell (9–3) | Cumming (4–3) | Sewell (2) | 4,006 | 40–15 | 1–1 | | June 6 | 2:45 p.m. | vs. (2) No. 19 Duke
| (3) | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | W 15–4 | Meyer (5–1) | Stinson (3–4) | — | 3,941 | 41–15 | 2–1 | | June 6 | 6:45 p.m. | at (1) No. 2 Tennessee
| (3) | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | L 1–3 | Heflin (3–3) | Ellard (0–1) | Hunley (8) | 3,941 | 41–16 | 2–2 | |
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled
Bold = Liberty team member | |
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Schedule Source:[1]
Rankings
See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
Awards and honors
ASUN Season Awards| Player | Award | Date Awarded | Ref. |
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| ASUN Pitcher of the Year | | [2] |
| ASUN Defensive Player of the Year | |
| ASUN Freshman of the Year | |
| ASUN Freshman of the Year | | |
All-ASUN| Player | Position | Team |
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| SP | 1 |
| RP | 1 |
| C | 1 |
| 2B | 1 |
| SP | 2 |
| 3B | 2 |
| SS | 2 |
| DH | 2 |
| Reference: | |
Notes and References
- 2021 Baseball Schedule. Liberty University Athletics. June 6, 2021.
- Web site: @ASUNBSB All-Conference Awards Announced; UNF's Kachler, Liberty's Delaite Garner Top Honors . ASUNSports.org . July 17, 2021 . May 20, 2021.
