Kayla Foster has had a big impact in her first season with the Lady Flames Kayla Foster, a freshman women’s lacrosse player, recently earned the title of Big South Freshman of the Week for games between the dates of April 4-10. During that time span Foster notched four goals and three assists over the course of two games. Over the […]
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Liberty University paintball team places third in national championships Splat! The plastic of a paintball breaks, splattering paint on the uniform of a Liberty University Paintball Team member. The paintball team shoots between 36,000 and 48,000 paintballs per practice, launched at a rate of 10.5 balls per second — each ball traveling at about 280 feet per second toward its […]
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The always-smiling senior Brandt Grauss never lost a game on his home field A smiling presence on the dorm, ready to lend a helping hand or teach the gospel, yet a terror on the lacrosse field, senior defenseman Brandt Grauss played his final game at Liberty University, never losing on the home turf. Defeating the Virginia Tech Hokies April 15 […]
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Star freshman is money for the Lady Flames For some, sports are a hobby, something to kill time and have a good time with friends. For others, sports are a real passion. Flames true freshman tennis player Anna Dollar has the game of tennis running through her blood with both her sister and her mother playing the sport. Dollar’s parents […]
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For former student athletes, the job search in their field of study can be tough Student-athletes commit four, potentially five, years of their college careers to training, practicing and competing in a specific sport. Committing to training nearly year-round means less time for athletes to gain experience and credibility in their field of study. However, sometimes the character and skills […]
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Flames ready for Big South The Liberty Flames football team wrapped up its non-conference schedule Oct. 3 in the Georgia dome with a victory over Georgia State to give them a winning record, an FBS victory and a much easier upcoming Big South schedule. The Flames have had quite an eventful three weeks since playing West Virginia in Morgantown. Immediately […]
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Lady Flames look to build The Lady Flames volleyball team looks to add another chapter of success to its program history during the 2015 season after early exits in the Big South championship tournament in the past two seasons. Head coach Shane Pinder, the all-time winningest coach in Lady Flames volleyball history, heads into his 12th season at Liberty with […]
Read moreLayer’s annual training camp helps squad build conditioning “You have to go through something to be something.” Those words, spoken by Head Coach Dale Layer, are the heart of Liberty men’s basketball’s annual “boot camp” week. It is a tradition that marks the start of preseason each year: seven days of 5:55 — not to be confused with 6 — […]
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Field hockey continues winning ways, extends streak to five Lady Flames field hockey (6-4) continued an impressive homestand with a 5-0 defeat over the Ohio University Bobcats (2-6) Friday, Sept. 26 and a 2-1 upset of the No. 11 University of Louisville Cardinals (8-2), Saturday, Sept. 28. Liberty got off to a bit of a slow start in the first […]
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Lady Flames pass last year’s win total with victories over Virginia, Radford In the first match of Big South Conference play, the Lady Flames volleyball team (13-5, 1-0 Big South) defeated the defending conference champions, the Radford Highlanders (10-5, 0-1 Big South), in four sets (25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 25-13) Sept. 26. “It is always great to come out and start […]
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