2020 Liberty Flames baseball team

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2020 Liberty Flames baseball
Liberty Flames wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Sun
Record10–7 (0–0 ASUN)
Head coach
Home stadiumLiberty Baseball Stadium
Seasons
 2019
2021  
2020 ASUN Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stetson  00 114 .733
Lipscomb  00 115 .688
Liberty  00 107 .588
Florida Gulf Coast  00 97 .563
Kennesaw State  00 108 .556
Jacksonville  00 99 .500
NJIT  00 610 .375
North Florida  00 412 .250
North Alabama  00 313 .188
Tournament champion
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Liberty Flames baseball team represented Liberty University in the sport of baseball for the 2020 college baseball season. The Flames competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The team was coached by Scott Jackson, who was in his fourth season at Liberty.

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Previous season

The 2019 Flames finished 40–19 overall, and 15–9 in the conference. In the 2019 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament championship game, they beat the Stetson Hatters to win their first ever ASUN title. They lost in the Chapel Hill Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Schedule and results

2020 Liberty Flames Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordASUN Record
February 14 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Clemson, SC
3–5Gilbert (1–0)Meyer (0–1)Spiers (1)4,6570–10–0
February 15ClemsonDoug Kingsmore Stadium0–1Sharpe (1–0) Skirrow (0–1)Clayton (1)4,5920–20–0
February 16ClemsonDoug Kingsmore Stadium2–6Clark (1–0)Adametz (0–1)None4,1090–30–0
February 19 Radford Liberty Baseball Stadium
Lynchburg, VA
4–2M. Hand (1–0)H. Williams (0–1)L. Riley (1)1,5351–30–0
February 21 Seton Hall Liberty Baseball Stadium4–5McLinskey (1–0)Meyer (0–2)Sawyer (1)1,5831–40–0
February 22Seton HallLiberty Baseball Stadium3–2Skirrow (1–1)Thompson (0–1)L. Riley (2)1,7022–40–0
February 23Seton HallLiberty Baseball Stadium5–3G. Price (1–0)Festa (1–1)T. Britts (1)1,5373–40–0
February 25 Longwood Liberty Baseball Stadium16–6M. Hand (2–0)A. Melnyk (0–1)None1,3534–40–0
February 28 Marist Liberty Baseball Stadium4–3Meyer (1–2)Pansini (0–1)L. Riley (3)1,3525–40–0
February 29MaristLiberty Baseball Stadium6–4L. Riley (1–0)Pichardo (0–3)None1,3636–40–0
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordASUN Record
March 1MaristLiberty Baseball Stadium4–3G. Price (2–0)Van Beusekom (0–1)None1,3777–40–0
March 3 Elon Liberty Baseball Stadium3–0M. Hand (3–0)Evans (0–3)L. Riley (4)1,2618–40-0
March 4 East Carolina Clark-LeClair Stadium
Greenville, NC
0–11Saylor (2–0)Haga (0–1)None2,7318–50-0
March 6 Kent State Liberty Baseball Stadium2–3Albright (2–2)Meyer (1–2)Zimmerman (1)1,3048–60-0
March 7Kent StateLiberty Baseball Stadium7–2L. Riley (1–0)C. Romel (1–1)None1,5429–60-0
March 8Kent StateLiberty Baseball Stadium7–0Adametz (1–1)Lane (2–1)G. Price (1)1,31610–60-0
March 11 West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark
Morgantown, WV
0–7T. Strechay (2–1)M. Hand (3–1)None97410–70-0
March 13 Ohio State Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Columbus, OH
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) [1]
March 14Ohio StateNick Swisher Field at Bill Davis StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 15Ohio StateNick Swisher Field at Bill Davis StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 18 High Point Liberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 20 Florida Gulf Coast Liberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 21Florida Gulf CoastLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 22Florida Gulf CoastLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 24 Virginia Tech English Field
Blacksburg, VA
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 27 UNC Wilmington Brooks Field
Wilmington, NC
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 28UNC WilmingtonBrooks FieldCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
March 29UNC WilmingtonBrooks FieldCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordASUN Record
April 1 North Carolina Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Chapel Hill, NC
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 3 Lipscomb Dugan Field
Nashville, TN
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 4LipscombDugan FieldCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 5LipscombDugan FieldCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 9 Jacksonville Liberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 10JacksonvilleLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 11JacksonvilleLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 14 Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field
Richmond, VA
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 17 Kennesaw State Liberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 18Kennesaw StateLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 19Kennesaw StateLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 21 Virginia Davenport Field at Disharoon Park
Charlottesville, VA
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 24 NJIT Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium
Newark, NJ
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 25NJITBears & Eagles Riverfront StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 26NJITBears & Eagles Riverfront StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 29Virginia TechLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordASUN Record
May 1 North Florida Harmon Stadium
Jacksonville, FL
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 2North FloridaHarmon StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 3North FloridaHarmon StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 8 North Alabama Liberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 9North AlabamaLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 10North AlabamaLiberty Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 12Radford Radford Baseball Stadium
Radford, VA
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 14 Stetson Melching Field at Conrad Park
DeLand, FL
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 15StetsonMelching Field at Conrad ParkCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 16StetsonMelching Field at Conrad ParkCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
Post-Season
ASUN Tournament
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordASUNT Record
May 20–23 Swanson Stadium
Fort Myers, FL
Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled
Bold = Liberty team member
Schedule source: [2]

References

  1. "ASUN Conference Cancels Remainder of Spring Sport Seasons". Liberty University Athletics. March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021.
  2. "Defending ASUN Champion Flames Announce 2020 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). Liberty University Athletics. October 24, 2019. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.