The 2026 Liberty Flames baseball team represented Liberty University during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Flames played their home games at Liberty Baseball Stadium as members of Conference USA They were led by second-year head coach Bradley LeCroy.

Previous season

The Flames are coming off a 30–27 (10–17) season. The Flames went 0–2 as the eight seed in the 2025 Conference USA baseball tournament.

Preseason Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on January 29, 2026. Liberty was selected to finish seventh in the conference.

Coaches' Poll 1 Dallas Baptist 144 (9) 2 Louisiana Tech 111 (1) 3 Kennesaw State 108 4 Jacksonville State 102 (1) 5 Western Kentucky 97 6 Missouri State 90 7 Liberty 85 8 FIU 56 9 New Mexico State 45 (1) 10 Middle Tennessee 38 11 Delaware 37 12 Sam Houston 26

Awards and honors Preseason CUSA awards and honors Preseason All-CUSA Team Player No. Position Class Designation Tanner Marsh 00 INF Yr First Team

Personnel

Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 20 Lance Trippel Senior 1B 9 Eli Thomas Freshman 2B 3 Bradke Lohry Senior 3B 10 Jack Lutz Freshman SS 1 Jevin Relaford Senior LF 18 Jake Kulikowski Junior CF 27 Ryan Pruitt Senior RF 6 Jacob Green Senior DH 26 Nathan Earley Senior

Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 19 Michael Senay Freshman Saturday 44 Edwin Alicea Junior Sunday 32 Landen Yorek Senior

Schedule 2026 Liberty Flames baseball game log (43–21) Regular season (38–18) February (6–3) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall C-USA February 13 ESPN+ at The Citadel* Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, SC W 7–3 Blair (1–0) Holmes (0–1) None 687 1–0 — February 14 ESPN+ at The Citadel* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park L 3–4 Gibson (1–0) Decker-Petty (0–1) None 739 1–1 — February 15 ESPN+ at The Citadel* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park W 5–4 Zayac (1–0) Brown (0–1) None 523 2–1 — February 20 ESPN+ No. 25 West Virginia* Liberty Baseball StadiumLynchburg, VA L 0–12 Cole (1–0) Blair (1–1) None 1,370 2–2 — February 21 ESPN+ No. 25 West Virginia* Liberty Baseball Stadium L 0–2 Yehl (1–0) Lucas (0–1) Perez (2) 2,390 2–3 — February 21 ESPN+ No. 25 West Virginia* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 4–1 Zayac (2–0) Montesa (1–1) Potts (1) 2,390 3–3 — February 25 ESPN+ * Liberty Baseball Stadium W 9–3 Smith (1–0) Silverste (0–2) None 740 4–3 — February 27 ESPN+ * Liberty Baseball Stadium W 7–2 Blair (2–1) Hamilton (0–2) Swink (1) 797 5–3 — February 28 ESPN+ Hofstra* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 13–2 (7) Lucas (1–1) Lacourcie (0–1) None 1,116 6–3 — March (13–6) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall C-USA March 1 ESPN+ Hofstra* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 10–7 August (1–0) Sanderoff (0–1) None 909 7–3 — March 3 ESPN+ at High Point* George S. Erath FieldHigh Point, NC W 8–0 Harrington (1–0) Wells (0–1) None 201 8–3 — March 6 ESPN+ * Liberty Baseball Stadium W 9–3 Blair (3–1) Colasante (0–3) None 1,142 9–3 — March 7 ESPN+ Harvard* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 11–7 Swink (1–0) Smith (0–1) None 1,033 10–3 — March 8 ESPN+ Harvard* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 5–4 Decker-Petty (1–1) Sams (0–1) None 852 11–3 — March 10 ESPN+ at * UNCG Baseball StadiumGreensboro, NC W 12–10 Dietrich (1–0) Hester (0–2) August (1) 201 12–3 — March 13 ESPN+ Liberty Baseball Stadium L 3–4 Ash (1–0) Swink (1–1) Charlton (2) 847 12–4 0–1 March 14 ESPN+ Missouri State Liberty Baseball Stadium L 11–12 Wade (1–1) Decker-Petty (1–2) Charlton (3) 873 12–5 0–2 March 15 ESPN+ Missouri State Liberty Baseball Stadium W 9–3 Zayac (3–0) Slater (2–2) Harrington (1) 715 13–5 1–2 March 17 ACCNX at No. 24 * David F. Couch BallparkWinston–Salem, NC L 0–11 (7) Bagwell (2–0) Potts (0–1) None 1,911 13–6 — March 18 ESPN+ No. 9 Virginia* Liberty Baseball Stadium L 12–14 Augustin (1–0) Decker-Petty (1–3) None 1,076 13–7 — March 20 ESPN+ at Fred Stillwell StadiumKennesaw, GA W 2–0 (10) August (2–0) Cain (2–1) Swink (2) 709 14–7 2–2 March 21 ESPN+ at Kennesaw State Fred Stillwell Stadium W 11–5 Potts (1–1) Summerville (0–1) Harrington (2) 634 15–7 3–2 March 22 ESPN+ at Kennesaw State Fred Stillwell Stadium L 3–4 Powell (4–1) Swink (1–2) None 548 15–8 3–3 March 24 ESPN+ UNC Greensboro* Liberty Baseball Stadium L 6–7 Colucci (1–0) Decker-Petty (1–4) Dear (1) 15–9 — March 27 ESPN+ Liberty Baseball Stadium W 4–3 Blair (4–1) Prince (2–1) Swink (3) 894 16–9 4–3 March 28 ESPN+ FIU Liberty Baseball Stadium W 7–1 Lucas (2–1) Enrique (4–1) None 1,018 17–9 5–3 March 29 ESPN+ FIU Liberty Baseball Stadium W 13–0 (7) Zayac (4–0) Mlodzinski (2–5) None 793 18–9 6–3 March 31 ACCNX at NC State* Doak FieldRaleigh, NC W 7–5 August (3–0) Heintz (0–1) Harrington (3) 2,907 19–9 — April (13–4) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall C-USA April 2 ESPN+ at Nick Denes FieldBowling Green, KY W 8–3 Potts (2–1) Serup (0–3) Harrington (4) 325 20–9 7–3 April 3 ESPN+ at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6–2 Blair (5–1) Robertson (1–2) None 359 21–9 8–3 April 4 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6–5 Decker-Petty (2–4) Lawson (2–2) Harrington (5) 235 22–9 9–3 April 7 ACCNX Virginia Tech* English FieldBlacksburg, VA W 11–4 Evans (1–0) Roe (2–1) None 749 23–9 — April 10 ESPN+ Liberty Baseball Stadium L 4–8 McDougall (3–0) Blair (5–2) Sleeper (2) 2,090 23–10 9–4 April 11 ESPN+ Jacksonville State Liberty Baseball Stadium W 7–6 Harrington (2–0) Hutto (3–3) None 1,717 24–10 10–4 April 12 ESPN+ Jacksonville State Liberty Baseball Stadium W 4–2 Zayac (5–0) Cash (4–2) Harrington (6) 1,120 25–10 11–4 April 14 ACCNX at * Jack Coombs FieldDurham, NC W 17–7 Evans (2–0) Bryan (1–2) None 548 26–10 — April 16 ESPN+ at Horner BallparkDallas, TX W 17–3 (8) Blair (6–2) Watt (5–2) None 1,628 27–10 12–4 April 17 ESPN+ at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark L 6–7 Luzarraga (2–0) Harrington (2–1) Kroll (8) 900 27–11 12–5 April 18 ESPN+ at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark W 9–8 August (4–0) Jenkins (2–3) Harrington (7) 1,051 28–11 13–5 April 21 ESPN+ Duke* Liberty Baseball Stadium W 13–10 Evans (3–0) DiGiacomo (1–1) None 1,456 29–11 — April 22 ACCNX at No. 10 Virginia* Davenport FieldCharlottesville, VA L 4–5 Stewart (1–0) Potts (2–2) Kapa (10) 3,539 29–12 — April 24 ESPN+ Liberty Baseball Stadium L 4–5 Callaway (5–0) Blair (6–3) McLaughlin (1) 1,502 29–13 13–6 April 25 ESPN+ Delaware Liberty Baseball Stadium W 11–5 Lucas (3–1) Marose (1–5) Dahlman (1) 1,115 30–13 14–6 April 26 ESPN+ Delaware Liberty Baseball Stadium W 14–4 (8) Zayac (6–0) Bryan (0–1) None 1,002 31–13 15–6 April 28 ESPN+ * Liberty Baseball Stadium W 12–2 Evans (4–0) Jones (2–3) None 951 32–13 — May (6–5) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall C-USA May 1 ESPN+ at Presley Askew FieldLas Cruces, NM W 15–4 Swink (2–2) Sneddon (1–4) None 762 33–13 16–6 May 2 ESPN+ at New Mexico State Presley Askew Field W 9–7 August (5–0) Ramos (1–1) Harrington (8) 341 34–13 17–6 May 3 ESPN+ at New Mexico State Presley Askew Field W 7–4 Zayac (7–0) Price (3–4) Harrington (9) 388 35–13 18–6 May 6 ESPN+ Virginia Tech* Liberty Baseball Stadium L 4–8 Grim (2–4) Dahlman (0–1) None 1,452 35–14 — May 8 ESPN+ Liberty Baseball Stadium L 3–9 Nichols (2–2) Blair (6–4) Allen (4) 1,541 35–15 18–7 May 9 ESPN+ Louisiana Tech Liberty Baseball Stadium L 6–9 Rowan (5–3) Lucas (3–2) Fisher (5) 1,328 35–16 18–8 May 10 ESPN+ Louisiana Tech Liberty Baseball Stadium W 3–2 Zayac (8–0) Fontenot (0–3) Harrington (10) 1,044 36–16 19–8 May 12 Wake Forest* Liberty Baseball Stadium L 5–7 Bosch (1–1) Dahlman (0–2) Bowie (2) 1,505 36–17 — May 14 ESPN+ at Reese Smith Jr. FieldMurfreesboro, TN L 1–8 Horn Jr. (4–5) Blair (6–5) None 927 36–18 19–9 May 15 ESPN+ at Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field W 10–2 Swink (3–2) Alderman (2–4) None 904 37–18 20–9 May 16 ESPN+ at Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field W 8–7 August (6–0) Beranek (1–3) Harrington (11) 949 38–18 21–9 Postseason (5–3) (3–1) Date TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall C-USAT May 21 ESPN+ vs. (8) Sam Houston (2) Mickey Dunn StadiumKennesaw, GA W 10–4 Blair (7–5) Hickman (2–4) Harrington (12) 39–18 1–0 May 22 ESPN+ vs. (5) Louisiana Tech (2) Mickey Dunn Stadium W 6–0 Potts (3–2) Rowan (6–4) None 40–18 2–0 May 23 ESPN+ vs. (3) Missouri State (2) Mickey Dunn Stadium W 7–5 Zayac (9–0) Lucas (6–5) Harrington (13) 605 41–18 3–0 May 24 CBSSN vs. (1) Jacksonville State (2) Mickey Dunn Stadium L 0–10 (7) Files (2–0) Swink (3–3) None 552 41–19 3–1 (2–2) Date TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT May 29 ESPN+ vs. (2) Boston College (3) Foley FieldAthens, GA W 4–3 August (7–0) Soares (1–3) Harrington (14) 2,781 42–19 1–0 May 30 ESPN+ at (1) No. 3 Georgia (3) Foley Field L 2–6 Scott (7–0) Zayac (9–1) Byrd (7) 3,633 42–20 1–1 May 31 ESPN+ vs. (2) Boston College (3) Foley Field W 8–3 Potts (4–2) Miller (2–4) None 2,867 43–20 2–1 May 31 ESPN+ at (1) No. 3 Georgia (3) Foley Field L 1–6 Aoki (9–1) Harrington (2–2) Brown (2) 3,633 43–21 2–2 Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold = Liberty team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll or NCAA tournament seeding for postseason play.

Rankings

References

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