Category: Sports

The Liberty Flames football team (4-2) will put its four-game winning streak on the line this Saturday when it takes on the Maine Black Bears (2-4) at Williams Stadium on homecoming weekend. The Flames scorching offense has scored almost 30 points per game this season, with a season-high 62 points coming against Hampton Sep. 21. Quarterback Stephen Calvert has recorded […]

The woman’s DI hockey team had a slow start when they took the ice Saturday, Oct. 12, but eventually found their grove and exploded during the third period.  During their first regular season game on home ice, they did not disappoint, bringing their record to 2-2 and finishing the game 5-1, dominating UMass in the final period.  “We played 30 […]

Many athletes have to scratch and claw for a starting spot, but this has not been the case for Liberty field hockey senior goalkeeper Allison Shaefer, who has started every game since her freshman year. In her freshman season, Shaefer excelled, winning Big East Rookie of the Year and recording two shutouts. Although her freshman year was impressive, her confidence […]

To some, life is a race. It has a start, a middle and an end. Senior cross-country runner Nick Doan knows what it takes to run this race and feels that just like when he is preparing for a race, life often takes training.  “I think a word of encouragement would be, perseverance and discipline are some of the best […]

Freshman Seth Clark endured 23 hours of flight time to come to Virginia from his homeland of Darfield, New Zealand. That was just one of the numerous sacrifices and adjustments he’s made to play soccer for Liberty.  It can be hard for someone who has never moved internationally to understand the many differences, like food, living and time changes, that […]

Hockey had never been a part of the Fricks family before – but brothers Jacob and Josh Fricks didn’t need much of a push to fall in love with the sport. Roller hockey in the garage as kids and NHL reenactments sped them toward dreams of playing NCAA DI hockey. And roller skates in their garage in Laguna Beach, California, […]

Coaching a team that finished last season undefeated, culminating in a CCSA title, could make some coaches complacent because of previous success. Instead, Head Coach Jake Shellenberger and the Liberty Lady Flames swim team remain locked in while integrating nine new freshmen into the team. Last year, Liberty went 15-0 on its way to its second CCSA swimming and diving […]

Few jobs require performing before thousands of screaming fans, receiving love for success and hatred for failure. But professional athletes live with that reality – and the pressure takes its toll on the men and women we pay to entertain us.  For NBA star Kevin Love, Nov. 5, 2017, was a day that changed his life. Then 29 years old, […]

Coming from an SEC powerhouse to Liberty University puts sophomore Macy Phillips in the position of meeting her teammates for the first time while already being one of the most accomplished and respected players on the Liberty women’s volleyball team.  Phillips transferred from the University of Florida, where she played 17 sets and made it to the NCAA Division I […]

Though Adelyn Ackley is only a freshman on the Liberty University women’s cross-country team, she has already made a mark on the program during her short time competing.  Her high school times placed her at the top of the country her senior year, including a fourth-place finish in the 2-mile race at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals meet. Ackley […]

Sophomore forward Josh Fricks earned his first goal of Thursday night’s hat trick when he careened across the ice and chipped the puck above the goalie’s shoulder and into the top of the net.  Fricks’ goal was the first of 10 for the Flames as they laid down another dominant performance Thursday night in a 10-2 victory over the IUP […]

The Liberty Flames women’s volleyball team grinded out an intense win in three sets over the ASUN conference-leading Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Tuesday night in the Vines Center.  The win lengthened the Flames win streak to three matches and maintained their dominance at home, where they remain undefeated in four matches. “I’m really proud of our resiliency and the way […]

When Ashley Dykema, a Liberty field hockey player, wrote her younger sister Bethany a letter of support as Bethany tried to choose a college, she did not know that letter would impact Bethany’s decision to eventually play with her sister at Liberty.  Growing up homeschooled in eastern Virginia, the Dykema sisters played on a club field hockey team at a […]