Tom Brady has lost three Super Bowls, LeBron James has lost four NBA Finals, Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City” album lost out the 2014 best rap album Grammy to Macklemore, even Air Bud lost the 1998 Kids Choice Award for Favorite Animal Star to Salem the Cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. What I’m getting at is that all […]
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The Lady Flames softball team (36-12, 15-3) swept the Charleston Southern University Buccaneers (25-27, 6-12) in a three-game series Friday and Saturday. The series consisted of one game Friday evening and a double header Saturday afternoon. Liberty dominated the series by a cumulative score of 18-4. The three wins pushed the Lady Flames to first place in Big South play and […]
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Three years ago Ritchie McKay was an assistant coach to Tony Bennett, one of the most decorated coaches in college basketball, for the University of Virginia, one of the most successful teams in the ACC. Despite having secured an assistant coach position at one of the premiere teams in college basketball, he left UVA to return as head coach at […]
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Track star Kimone Green has done a lot to impress people since transferring from Abaline Christian University this past year — so much so that she was named the Big South Female Athlete of the Week this past week. But to the Jamaican native, it is not just about titles. “I just love running,” Green said. “I guess I […]
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Fighting is what the Liberty women’s tennis team does best, according to freshman Grace Hashiguchi. In her opinion, the team has been successful this season because each athlete is not simply fighting to win a match for themselves; they fight for each other, too. This freshman tennis standout’s favorite thing about her first year in college has been experiencing the […]
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The conference matchup between Liberty University and Presbyterian University Thursday, March 29, was just like every other game. The score went back and forth, and Liberty held a one-point lead following the fifth inning. But in the sixth inning, everything changed. As routine, Liberty’s sophomore pitcher Garrett Price briefly surveyed his surroundings before starting his wind-up. Presbyterian’s outfielder Nick Guimbarda […]
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Liberty Baseball won its second game of a double header handily during Military Appreciation Day Saturday, April 14. In their 9-1 victory over Charleston Southern University, the Flames saw a great pitching performance, a home run and a coach get tossed. Noah Skirrow, a freshman who was making his eighth career start for the Flames, came out and struck out […]
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As the cool wind blew Evangeline Crist’s hair in front of her face Sunday, April 8, the crowd rose to its feet in applause, realizing the magnitude of her accomplishment. Crist just set the Liberty University Lady Flames record for the most singles tennis wins in school history. Whether through interactions with professors, interviewing with reporters or talking with teammates, […]
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Julia DiMartino has been a pitcher ever since she can remember. Now, as a junior on Liberty’s softball team, she is leveraging her remaining time as an opportunity to further Liberty’s program. “I look back and see that two years flew by and that I really only have one full season left after this one,” DiMartino said. “It’s crazy to […]
Read moreThe Capitals are choking, Yankees fans are assuring their friends that this is their year and Gregg Popovich has every member of the media on edge. Ah yes, spring is in the air, and spring means playoff basketball. Here are my initial thoughts through game one of each matchup: Congratulations to the Warriors on winning their third championship in four […]
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While visiting Liberty University during his son’s move-in last summer, club shooting head coach Dave Hartman noticed a lack of adequate shooting ranges for his son to train at. Hartman sent emails asking when Liberty would be getting a shooting team, but his questions seemed to get nowhere. That is, until he sent another email saying he was going to […]
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With just a few months left before the start of fall camp, Liberty’s inaugural season in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is now in sight. College football is a year-long process. Fans only get to see a glimpse of what life is like for players and coaches. In reality, games are just the culmination of all the hard […]
Read moreHeading into the Collegiate Club Swimming and Diving National Championships, the Liberty Flames men’s swimming and diving team had endured an up and down season filled with a fair share of growing pains. But when the Liberty Flames men’s swimming and diving team entered the Georgia Tech arena for the Collegiate Club Swimming and Diving National Championships, none of it […]
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As he jumped over the boards for his first shift as a member of the Norfolk Admirals March 16, defenseman Zane Schartz quelled any nerves brought about by a whirlwind week. A few days earlier, he finished a season with the Liberty University Flames in which he was the highest scoring defenseman and sixth-leading scorer in the American Collegiate Hockey […]
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The Lady Flames hockey team (25-1) completed their near-perfect 2017-2018 season by securing the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship title, despite facing several new challenges. The ACHA championship victory was Liberty’s second national title for the women’s hockey program. Their first title was won in 2015 when the Lady Flames defeated the Miami University Redhawks. “It is exciting. It […]
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