North Carolina A&T (0-3) vs. No. 21 Liberty (2-1)
Date: Wednesday, February 23 
Time(s): 4 p.m.
Facility: Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium 
Place: Lynchburg, Va. 

A&T Batting Leaders
 Batting Average: Alec Seaton (.400)
 Home Runs: Alec Seaton (1)
 Doubles: Chet Sikes & Anthony Hennings (2)
 Triples: Xavier Bussey (1)
 RBI: Seaton & Bussey (3)
 Slugging Percentage: Seaton (.800)
 On-Base Percentage: Canyon Brown (.615) 

A&T Pitching Leaders 
ERA: Peyton Winebarger (0.00) 
Strikeouts: Winebarger and Jaheim Brown (7) 
Innings Pitched: Winebarger (5.0) 
Saves: N/A 

 A&T Big South Leaders (Top-25) 
Batting Average: Hennings (.667) – 1st; Seaton (.400) – 12th; Canyon Brown (.375) – 17th 
Home Runs: Seaton (1) – 6th  
Doubles: Hennings (2) – 2nd; Sikes (2) – 8th; Seaton (1) – 11th; Brown (1) – 22nd 
Triples: Bussey (1) – 5th 
RBI: Bussey (3) – 13th; Seaton (3) – 15th 
Slugging Percentage: Hennings (1.000) - 2nd; Seaton (.800) – 9th 
On-Base Percentage: Hennings (.714) – 5th; Brown (.615) – 8th; Seaton (.500) – 15th; Cameran Brantley (.500) – 21st 

A&T National Leaders (Top-100) 
Triples: Bussey (1) – t-9th 
Base on Balls: Brantley (4) – 98th 

PROBABLE STARTER: RHP Evan Demurias (0-0, 2.0 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 2 K) 

LAST MEETING: These two teams last met almost exactly a year ago on Feb. 24 in Lynchburg, a 16-2 loss for A&T.

 WHO'S HOT: Graduate infielder Alec Seaton got off to a quick start in his A&T career, smacking a double in his first at-bat and following that with a two-run home run in his second plate appearance. The Mount Olive transfer leads A&T in batting average, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage. 

AGGIES OVERVIEW: A&T is coming off a tough weekend series against Dayton in which they lost all three games by a combined seven runs. This past weekend, seven of the nine players in their lineup made their Aggie debuts.    

A&T is looking to capitalize on opportunities. The Aggies have left 34 runners on base through their first three games. They also had runners eliminated from the base paths on pick-off plays. However, the Aggies had some excellent moments on the mound. Freshman right-hander Jaheim Brown pitched 4.1 innings against the Flyers, allowing zero runs on five hits with a team-high seven strikeouts. 

The bats haven't been too shabby, either, as the Aggies sit third in the Big South in batting average (.260), but they are batting .152 with runners in scoring position. 

A&T head coach Ben Hall is now in his eighth year at the university. He is 141-193 (.422) during his tenure. 

FLAMES OVERVIEW:  The Flames are coming off a huge weekend series win at No. 9 Florida. Liberty dropped the Friday matchup but bounced back with two big wins on Saturday and Sunday to clinch the series. As a result, the Flames cracked the top-25 in the D1 Baseball.com poll (21) and the Baseball America poll (18).  

Junior catcher Gray Betts leads the team with his .364 batting average that earned Atlantic Sun player of the week honors. He has four hits on the year, including a double, with three RBI and two runs scored. He also sports a .429 on-base percentage. 

The pitching staff, comprised of 12 participating players this season, has combined for a 4.50 ERA through their first three games. 

Head coach Scott Jackson is coming off back-to-back NCAA postseason berths (2019, 2021) and, in his sixth year, has a 160-94 (.630) overall record. 

QUOTABLE: "It's going to be a big challenge. Playing Liberty always is. Coach Jackson and his staff always produce a high-level team, and, ranked or not, you know they're going to be tough. But, we are excited for another opportunity to compete against the best and take steps forward in our program." 

Head coach Ben Hall ahead of A&T's first midweek game of the year 

 News & Notes: 

• The Aggies went 0-6 in midweek games last season. 
• A&T's last win over a ranked opponent came on March 26, 2019, when the Aggies shut out No. 24 South Carolina, 2-0, in Columbia, S.C. 
• A&T is 1-3 against Liberty under Hall. Their lone win came on the tail-end of a weekend series, an 8-2 victory on April 20, 2019.
• Big South head coaches picked the Aggies to finish 10th in the conference preseason poll.  
• On the other hand, Liberty was picked to win the A-SUN for the third-straight year. 
• Liberty also saw four players receive preseason all-conference honors (Betts, sophomore pitcher Trey Gibson, senior outfielder Aaron Anderson and senior designated hitter Brady Gulakowski.