The Liberty Flames baseball team has advanced to the 2026 CUSA Baseball Championship following the conclusion of the regular season. The CUSA Tournament will begin with pool play Wednesday, May 20-Friday, May 22 before the top four teams advance to the single elimination semifinals on Saturday and the championship on Sunday. All games will be played at the newly built Mickey Dunn Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as Kennesaw State is the tournament host.
After finishing the regular season with a 38-18 overall record and 21-9 mark in conference play, Liberty is the #2-seed in this week’s tournament. The Flames open tournament play in the morning Thursday, facing #8-seed Sam Houston with first pitch scheduled for approximately 10 a.m. The Flames and Bearkats did not play this season. Also in Liberty’s pool is #5-seed Louisiana Tech who swept the Flames in three games at Liberty Baseball Stadium just last week.
Here’s the final look at the CUSA standings following the conclusion of the 2026 regular season:
CUSA STANDINGS
Jax State……………..23-7, 42-13
Liberty…………………21-9, 38-18
Missouri State………20-10, 32-18
Dallas Baptist……..19-11, 31-24
Louisiana Tech…….19-11, 33-23
Western Kentucky…14-16, 29-26
Kennesaw State……13-17, 25-26
Sam Houston……….13-17, 24-32
Middle Tenn………….12-18, 26-29
FIU………………………9-20, 18-35
NMSU…………………..9-20, 20-33
Delaware………………7-23, 19-35
The top nine finishers of the conferences 12 teams at the end of the regular season will advance to the CUSA Baseball Tournament from the 12 team league. The regular season champion will obtain the No. 1 seed followed by seeds 2-9. These nine teams will be split up into three pools consisting of three teams each. Teams will play two games in pool play, one against each team in its pool. Four teams will then advance to the semifinals with the two semifinal winners advancing to meet for the CUSA Championship and automatic berth into the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Pool A will consist of three teams, seeded 1, 6, and 9. Pool B will consist of three teams, seeded 2, 5, and 8 with Pool C consisting of seeds 3, 4, and 7. The three pool winners will advance to the semifinals as will the team with the next best record with the tiebreaker based on higher seed. The semifinals and championship will be single-elimination.
POOL A – No. 1 Jax State, No. 6 Western Kentucky, No. 9 Middle Tennessee
POOL B – No. 2 Liberty, No. 5 Louisiana Tech, No. 8 Sam Houston
POOL C – No. 3 Missouri State, No. 4 Dallas Baptist, No. 7 Kennesaw State
Here’s the schedule for this year’s CUSA Tournament with all games scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+ except for the winner take all championship game which is on CBS Sports Network:
Wednesday, May 20 – ESPN+
Game 1: #5 Louisiana Tech vs #8 Sam Houston, 10 a.m.
Game 2: #6 Western Kentucky vs #9 Middle Tennessee, 1:30 p.m.
Game 3: #4 Dallas Baptist vs #7 Kennesaw State, 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 21 – ESPN+
Game 4: #2 Liberty vs #8 Sam Houston, 10 a.m.
Game 5: #1 Jax State vs #9 Middle Tennessee, 1:30 p.m.
Game 6: #3 Missouri State vs #7 Kennesaw State, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 22 – ESPN+
Game 7: #2 Liberty vs #5 Louisiana Tech, 10 a.m.
Game 8: #1 Jax State vs #6 Western Kentucky, 1:30 p.m.
Game 9: #3 Missouri State vs #4 Dallas Baptist, 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 – ESPN+
Semifinal 1, 11 a.m.
Semifinal 2, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 24 – CBS Sports Network
Championship Final, 1 p.m.
