2021 Liberty Flames baseball team

2021 Liberty Flames baseball
Atlantic Sun regular season champion
NCAA tournament, Knoxville Regional
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Division	Division 1
Record	41–16 (19–2 ASUN)
Head coach	Scott Jackson (5th season)
Home stadium	Liberty Baseball Stadium
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2021 ASUN Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Liberty  x‍‍‍y	19	–	2		.905			41	–	16		.719
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			29	–	22		.569
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			18	–	29		.383
Bellarmine  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			13	–	36		.265
North Alabama  ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			7	–	40		.149
South
Florida Gulf Coast  x‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			28	–	20		.583
North Florida  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			22	–	23		.489
Stetson  ‍‍‍	10	–	8		.556			26	–	23		.531
Jacksonville  ‍‍‡‍y	3	–	15		.167			16	–	34		.320
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

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

Further information: 2020 Liberty Flames baseball team

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)
Regular season (35–12)
February (2–5) Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ASUN Record February 19 5:00 p.m. at Campbell* Jim Perry Stadium Buies Creek, North Carolina 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. North Carolina A&T* Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia W 16–2 Hand (1–0) Winebarger (0–1) — 250 2–2 — February 26 7:30 p.m. at No. 10 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 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 —
March (14–2) Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ASUN Record March 2 4:00 p.m. Radford* 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 Orlando, Florida 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 Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 8–7 Erickson (3–0) Pry (0–2) Riley (3) 800 7–5 — March 12 4:00 p.m. North Alabama 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 Richmond, Virginia 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 Bellarmine Knights Field Louisville, Kentucky 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 Durham, North Carolina L 4–5 Allen (2–1) Hand (1–1) Loper (4) 0 16–7 —
April (12–4) Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ASUN Record 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. Lipscomb 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 Florence, Alabama 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 Charlottesville, Virginia 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
May (7–1) Date Time Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ASUN Record 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. Kennesaw State 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 Kennesaw, Georgia 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
Post-season (6–4)
ASUN Tournament (4–2) Date Time Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ASUNT Record May 21 6:00 p.m. (4N) Bellarmine Quarterfinal Series – Game 1 (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 Quarterfinal Series – Game 2 (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 Second Round (1N) Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, Florida 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 Losers Semifinal (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) North Florida Losers Final (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 Finals – Game 1 (1N) Harmon Stadium L 3–7 Adams (2–4) Hand (1–2) — 423 39–14 4–2
NCAA Knoxville Regional (2–2) Date Time Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 4 12:00 p.m. vs. (2) No. 19 Duke Regional First round (3) Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee 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 Regional semifinal (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 Losers Regional final (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 Regional final – Game 1 (3) Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 1–3 Heflin (3–3) Ellard (0–1) Hunley (8) 3,941 41–16 2–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled Bold = Liberty team member

Schedule source: ^[2]

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches' [3]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
Baseball America [4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [5]	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
NCBWA† [6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
D1Baseball [7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

ASUN Season Awards Player Award Date Awarded Ref. Trevor Delaite ASUN Pitcher of the Year May 20, 2021 [8] Cam Locklear ASUN Defensive Player of the Year May 20, 2021 Trey Gibson ASUN Freshman of the Year May 20, 2021 Scott Jackson ASUN Freshman of the Year May 20, 2021

All-ASUN Player Position Team Trevor Delaite SP 1 Fraser Ellard RP 1 Gray Betts C 1 Will Wagner 2B 1 Trey Gibson SP 2 Trey McDyre 3B 2 Cam Locklear SS 2 Brady Gulakowski DH 2 Reference: [8]

References

1. "ASUN Conference Standings". asunsports.org. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "2021 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). Liberty University Athletics. June 6, 2021.
3. Baseball Coaches Poll
4. Baseball America College: Top 25
5. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
6. NCBWA Division I poll
7. D1 Baseball
8. "@ASUNBSB All-Conference Awards Announced; UNF's Kachler, Liberty's Delaite Garner Top Honors". ASUNSports.org. May 20, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.