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Flames favored to defend ASUN championship title

March 25, 2021

Liberty’s baseball team returns seven starters from 2020, when the Flames started off 10-7 before having their season canceled by COVID-19.

The Flames were favored in the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll to defend the conference title, led by senior shortstop Cam Locklear, who was named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, and fellow ASUN preseason first-team selections Mason Meyer, a senior southpaw starting pitcher; junior outfielder Gray Betts; and redshirt junior first baseman Logan Mathieu.

After opening the 2021 season with a series at Campbell University, fifth-year Head Coach Scottie Jackson’s alma mater, on Feb. 19-21, the Flames began conference play against North Alabama on March 12-14 at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium, where they will also host ASUN series against Lipscomb (April 9-11), Bellarmine (April 30-May 2), and Kennesaw State (May 7-9).

Liberty will play home and away contests against five ACC opponents this season — Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest — and will host former Big South Conference rival Coastal Carolina, the 2016 College World Series champion, April 23-25.

The dates and location of the ASUN Championships, where the winner will clinch an autobid to the NCAA Regional tournament, have yet to be set. In 2019, the Flames won four elimination games, capped by a 4-3 victory over Stetson, to claim the title and reach the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2014.
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