Liberty Welcomes High Point for 1st Midweek Contest of 2026
High Point at Liberty
First pitch: Wednesday – 4 pm
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
Stadium: Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium
TV: ESPN+ (Broadcast Team: Alan York and Matt Warner)
Radio: LFSN Radio (Play-by-Play: Nick Pierce)
Lynchburg, Va. – The Liberty Flames will welcome the High Point Panthers to Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium for the Flames’ first midweek recreation of the season on Wednesday. The contest is the fourth recreation of seven-game homestand.
Quick Hits
Liberty opened the house portion of its 2026 schedule in opposition to No. 25 West Virginia this previous weekend. The Flames received the second recreation of a doubleheader on Saturday to salvage one recreation of the three-game sequence.
• Liberty will play 14 out of its subsequent 17 video games at dwelling at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The Flames are at the moment 1-2 on their present seven-game dwelling stand.
• Liberty is coming off a 30-27 season in 2025, marking its first 30-win season since 2022 (37-23).
• Wednesday’s recreation is the primary midweek recreation for the Flames in 2026. Liberty had nice success in 2025, posting an 8-4 mark in midweek video games and a 20-10 file in opposition to groups exterior of Conference USA with wins over three ranked non-conference foes.
• Liberty head coach Bradley Le Croy is in his second season. LeCroy has led the Flames to a 33-30 file. LeCroy is 4 video games away from his a hundredth profession teaching victory.
Flames at Home
• Liberty is scheduled to play 31 video games at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium this season, with 14 of the Flames’ first 20 video games of the 2026 season at dwelling.
• Liberty opened its dwelling schedule, dropping two of three in opposition to No. 25 West Virginia this previous weekend.
• The Flames posted a 20-13 file on the facility final season. Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium additionally hosted the 2025 CUSA Baseball Championship.
• Since the power opened in 2013, Liberty has posted a 252-109 (.698) file on the stadium.
LeCroy Nears 100
• Liberty head coach Bradley Le Croy enters the weekend 4 wins shy of his milestone a hundredth profession victory.
• In three seasons as a head coach, LeCroy has a .536 profession profitable proportion (96-83).
• The Flames posted a 30-27 mark in LeCroy’s first season as head coach at Liberty. He beforehand spent two seasons at VCU, the place he led the Rams to a 63-53 file.
Marsh Set to Lead Flames Offense Again in 2026
• Liberty beginning shortstop Tanner Marsh is the Flames’ prime returning offensive menace from the 2025 season.
• Marsh, together with right-handed pitcher Ben Blairwas named to the CUSA Preseason All-Conference Team.
• The junior shortstop had a success in every recreation of Liberty’s sequence in opposition to No. 25 West Virginia this previous weekend. Marsh had a base-clearing triple in Liberty’s 4-1 victory
over the Mountaineers in recreation two of a doubleheader Saturday.
• He has reached base in all six Liberty video games and leads the Flames with 5 RBI in 2026
• Marsh has began each recreation at shortstop for the Flames since becoming a member of the Liberty roster in 2024.
• Last season, the infielder hit .295 with 52 runs scored, 22 RBI, 11 doubles, and two dwelling runs in 56 video games.
• He additionally stole a team-high 18 bases and led the Flames with 21 multi-hit video games.
• The Asheboro, NC, native walked 32 occasions and posted a .378 on-base proportion.
• One of the highest defenders in CUSA, Marsh had a .962 fielding proportion, committing 9 errors in 236 possibilities at shortstop. He completed third within the convention with 153 fielding assists.
