Friday, March 13
Lynchburg, Va.
3:00 p.m.
Missouri State University
11-6, 1-0
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Liberty
12-4, 0-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
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| Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Bullpen, Bergman’s Blast Lift Bears to Victory in CUSA Debut
March 13, 2026 | Baseball
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Missouri State relievers Ross Felder, Trent Ash and Tyler Charlton allowed just one unearned run in six innings and Carter Bergman hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Friday at Liberty Baseball Stadium to give the Bears a 4-3 victory over the Flames in the program's first ever Conference USA game.
The Flames (12-4, 0-1 CUSA) scored single runs in each of the first two innings and star right-hander Ben Blair kept the Bears (11-6, 1-0) off the scoreboard until Taeg Gollert slugged a solo home run in the sixth to make it 2-1.
The Bears then pulled even in the seventh when Logan Fyffe hit a leadoff double and eventually scampered home on Bryce Cermenelli's ground ball to shortstop, using an evasive slide to make it 2-2.
Ross Felder kept Mo State in the game with 3.2 innings relieving Michael Yusypchuk and was tagged for an unearned in the seventh thanks to a two-out error and RBI double that put Liberty back on top, 3-2.
Missouri State answered again in the eighth, with Gollert hitting a leadoff triple and Bergman launching his seventh home run of the year to end Liberty's 10-game win streak.
Trent Ash (1-0) fired a scoreless eighth as part of 1.1 hitless innings, and Tyler Charlton finished the ninth for his second save.
Gollert finished 3-for-5 and collected his 95th and 96th career extra-base hits, moving up to ninth place on Missouri State's career list. Curry Sutherland extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a first-inning single, and Jax Ryan and Cermenelli notched two hits each.
The series continues Saturday at 1 p.m. Central.
The Flames (12-4, 0-1 CUSA) scored single runs in each of the first two innings and star right-hander Ben Blair kept the Bears (11-6, 1-0) off the scoreboard until Taeg Gollert slugged a solo home run in the sixth to make it 2-1.
The Bears then pulled even in the seventh when Logan Fyffe hit a leadoff double and eventually scampered home on Bryce Cermenelli's ground ball to shortstop, using an evasive slide to make it 2-2.
Ross Felder kept Mo State in the game with 3.2 innings relieving Michael Yusypchuk and was tagged for an unearned in the seventh thanks to a two-out error and RBI double that put Liberty back on top, 3-2.
Missouri State answered again in the eighth, with Gollert hitting a leadoff triple and Bergman launching his seventh home run of the year to end Liberty's 10-game win streak.
Trent Ash (1-0) fired a scoreless eighth as part of 1.1 hitless innings, and Tyler Charlton finished the ninth for his second save.
Gollert finished 3-for-5 and collected his 95th and 96th career extra-base hits, moving up to ninth place on Missouri State's career list. Curry Sutherland extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a first-inning single, and Jax Ryan and Cermenelli notched two hits each.
The series continues Saturday at 1 p.m. Central.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ash, Trent (1-0)
L: Swink, Josh (1-1)
S: Charlton, Tyler (2)
Batting:
2B: Atkinson, Bobby 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1
3B: Gollert, Taeg 1
HR: Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Bergman, Carter 1
RBI: Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Bergman, Carter 2 ; Cermenelli, Bryce 1
SH: Roessler, Gabe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gollert, Taeg 2 ; Bergman, Carter 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1
Batting:
2B: Marsh, Tanner 1
3B: Marsh, Tanner 1
RBI: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Drumm, Ryan 1 ; Campos, Josh 1
SH: Swofford, Easton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marsh, Tanner 1 ; Sorenson, Jaxon 1 ; Campos, Josh 1
HBP: Drumm, Ryan 1 ; DeCandido, Riley 1
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