Author: Christian Shields

The women’s soccer team’s ASUN title dreams came to an end Oct. 29 when the team fell to Eastern Kentucky 1-0 in the ASUN quarterfinals in heartbreaking fashion.  For the vast majority of the game, the teams seemed evenly matched. Neither team generated many exceptional scoring opportunities. All signs pointed to an overtime finish as the score sat at 0-0 […]

The Liberty women’s swimming and diving team split matches at home Oct. 29-30 against Penn State University and Eastern Carolina University. The Lady Flames beat Eastern Carolina University 339 to 73 but was outscored 301 to 178 by a strong Penn State team. The Nittany Lions won 21 out of 23 events over the two-day contest with ECU and Liberty […]

Liberty plays Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi Nov. 6. Currently, the Ole Miss Rebels are ranked No. 15 in the country. Quarterback Matt Corral has a shot at the Heisman trophy. He and Liberty quarterback Malik Willis are projected to go high in the draft if they both declare, and they could possibly be the first two quarterbacks taken. Currently, […]

The Lady Flames clinched the Big East regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs Oct. 29 when they beat No. 15 Old Dominion 2-1. The victory came behind senior midfielder Lizzie Hamlett’s two goals.   Hamlett’s first goal of the game occurred in the second period around the 16-minute mark. Hamlett notched her eighth goal of […]

Conference realignment only happens on a grand scale around once or twice a decade, and the latest cycle has proved to be divisive. Everything began when Oklahoma and Texas decided to leave the Big 12. The Big 12 is one of the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12).  Their destination? The SEC, which boasts dominant […]

Liberty tennis was back in action Oct. 23 as the men’s and women’s teams competed in the ITA Atlantic Super Regional with positive efforts on both sides.   The men’s team competed at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk, Virginia, and the women competed at the Virginia Tennis Complex in Charlottesville, Virginia. The weekend gave both teams another chance to get […]

Energized and in front of a rowdy home crowd, the Lady Flames women’s volleyball team battled for five sets against the skilled Kennesaw State Owls but came up short in an emotional back-and-forth game Oct. 29.    The Lady Flames faced off against the seasoned  Kennesaw State Owls and took them to five sets. Liberty got off to a fast […]

After losing in the ASUN championship game last season and losing the team’s two top scorers, the Lady Flames women’s basketball program is confident in its depth and chemistry to achieve its goal of winning the ASUN championship. Head Coach Carey Green had no shortage of players to list when asked about potential key contributors for this season. Returning players […]

Fourteen seconds. That is how long it took for Liberty football to find the end zone. The crazy part is that the Flames’ offense did not even start with the ball. UMass struggled on both sides of the ball, and the Flames took full advantage to come away with a dominant 62-17 win Oct. 30. UMass’ first offensive play was […]

That was a close one. It looked like the Flames would lose to North Texas based off their first half performance, but the comeback brought on by Bennett and the return of Willis gave the Flames a 35-26 win. Now, they turn to UMass.   Luke Randle (6-2) The Flames were very poor to start, and the offensive line does […]

Only a week removed from an uncharacteristic loss to the 33-point underdogs Louisiana-Monroe, Liberty football prevented another upset by beating the University of North Texas 35-26 Oct. 23. Even though game projections favored the Flames, the team struggled early and placed itself in several rough positions throughout the game. Liberty trailed by six points at the half before the deficit  […]

Immaculate success continued at LaHaye  Ice Center this weekend as the Lady Flames Division I hockey team completed its weekend sweep of Indiana Tech with a 3-1 win Oct. 22. This win, alongside the 5-0 victory Oct. 23, were the Lady Flames’ sixth and seventh wins of the season.  Indiana Tech opened the scoring with 5:57 to go in the […]