LCA football player battles more than just other players under the lights For Dylan Cumbo, a football player for Liberty Christian Academy (LCA), the pressure and expectations that come with playing football under the lights on Friday nights are not the biggest challenge he has to face when he laces up his cleats for the Bulldogs. Dylan Cumbo’s challenge is […]
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Flames snap four-game losing streak with big win Liberty mens soccer’s stout defense earned a 2-0 shutout off the Campbell Camels on a cloudy night in front of hundreds of cheering fans at Osborne Stadium Oct. 14. Campbell dropped to 2-3 in the Big South and 5-6 overall while the Flames improved to 2-2 in conference play and 5-7-1 on […]
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Defensive lineman chasing records Juwan Wells has raised his game to another level in his first two seasons on the Liberty Flames defensive line. Wells, a sophomore, was named Big South Defensive player of the week after recording 12 tackles in the Flames’ 41-7 victory over Robert Morris Saturday, Oct. 1. The Colonials were held to a season low 204 […]
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The Liberty University women’s soccer team (7-7) defeated Winthrop University (3-9) at Osborne Stadium Oct. 12 by a final score of 2-0 to mark their third consecutive victory at Osborne Stadium. The Lady Flames led the game 1-0 at the end of the first half. Freshman forward Gabrielle Farrell pushed the ball into the box from the right corner and […]
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Flames are 1-0 in Big South and ready for tougher conference competition After the first half of the season, the Liberty University football team (3-3, 1-0) looks to not only play competitively during conference play, but to also bring home another Big South Conference title. After defeating the Robert Morris Colonials (1-5) by 34 points, the Flames had a bye […]
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Leah Clayton has been a big contributor for the Lady Flames volleyball team The Big South Conference recently named freshman outside hitter Leah Clayton Volleyball Freshman of the Week after her impressive performance with the Liberty University women’s volleyball team. “I’ve grown to get along with and focus on other people on the court,” Clayton said. “I rely on the […]
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Attention Tennessee fans everywhere: I will try to make this as simple as possible, so that you can comprehend it. The Volunteers are posers. They still don’t have a quality victory — no offense, Georgia. Tennessee barely managed to beat the now-unranked Bulldogs thanks to a last-second hail-mary made possible by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Georgia for a guy […]
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Liberty reporter returns to the rink Monika McKenzie, news-writer-turned-broadcaster, followed a path laden with unexpected turns to arrive at the position she now prizes. McKenzie graduated in May with a degree in digital media with a concentration in performance, but her major was not always broadcasting. She started out in the print journalism program until she noticed something at the […]
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Flames fall in final seconds against Bulldogs The Liberty Flames men’s soccer team (4-5-1) lost its first conference game of the year Saturday afternoon at Osborne Stadium 4-3 against the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville (3-8). The Flames tied the game at 3-3 with a goal by freshman Rigoberto Rojas in the 87th minute. The Bulldogs responded with the game-winning goal […]
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Buckshot leads the Flames to 41-7 victory over RMU Just a week prior, a dejected Liberty Flames football team left the field after suffering a blowout loss verses the No. 3 FCS team in the nation, Jacksonville State (JSU). Heads hung low as the Flames were statistically outclassed and ultimately outscored by redshirt senior quarterback Eli Jenkins’ Gamecocks. With a […]
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Flames get rolled by Alabama during midnight game Whether it was punishing body checks, broken glass or 80s classics, the Flames Midnight Mayhem hockey game had everything one could ask for except a Flames victory. The Flames Division I hockey team fell 7-5 to the Alabama Frozen Tide in the first matchup of its two-game series. According to the ACHA […]
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Barr sisters look to finish what Natalie started four years ago on the field Graduate Assistant Coach Natalie Barr, senior defender Serena Barr and senior midfielder Bethany Barr began playing field hockey together long before they were on the Liberty University roster. The three sisters began their training in the front yard of their home in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. “We […]
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Lady Flames crush the Blue Hose 7-1 to get back to .500 on the season The Liberty University women’s soccer team (6-6) defeated Presbyterian College (2-9) 7-1 at Osborne Stadium Oct. 1. The Presbyterian defense could not stop the Lady Flames from scoring. The first half ended with the Flames leading 4-0. Liberty attempted 20 shots in the game — […]
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Freshman golfer wins first tournament All the way from Harare, Zimbabwe, freshman Kieran Vincent is not only ready to play, but ready to win. Vincent claimed the first-place title in his first golf tournament at the 2016 Rod Myers Invitational to begin the 2016 season at Liberty University. “I felt relieved because this year I’ve had so many near-misses,” Kieran […]
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The King is gone. No, not LeBron James. Not even Pete Rose. I am talking about Arnold Palmer. The king of golf. Palmer passed away at age 87 in Pittsburgh where he was awaiting cardiac surgery, according to CNN. Arnie was a legend. He made golf cool long before guys like Tiger Woods. And he was a family man. He […]
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