A total of 33 schools traveled to Liberty University’s campus on April 1 and 2 to compete in the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, the first of two outdoor track meets that the Flames host. With wind speeds from the northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 20 mph, hundreds of fans were seated in the stands wrapped in coats and blankets.
Read moreAfter a successful start, Liberty Golf eyes big end to 2010-2011 season The golf team and its members’ rankings are rising and awards are being given while they strive for a Big South title and domination at nationals. Liberty’s golf team is currently ranked No. 33 out more than 250 NCAA Men’s Division I teams in the Golfstat rankings. “While […]
Read moreLiberty University Athletic Director Jeff Barber announced Tuesday that Liberty’s wrestling program would be reclassified as a club sport, due to the institutional decision to move toward the proportionality method of meeting the federal gender equity regulations known as Title IX. This particular method of gender equity regulations calls for university athletic programs to allow female athletes the same opportunities […]
Read moreTitle IX was created in 1972 to require gender equity in all educational programs that receive funding from the government. One of the largest aspects of Title IX is athletics, and most accusations involving Title IX involved gender equity in athletics. The Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights are responsible for assuring that athletic programs stay in […]
Read moreThe sun is high about noon on a Sunday. A gentle breeze plays with a relaxing American flag hanging lazily from its pole. An unseen jet rumbles overhead. It’s April. Someone offers an invitation for wiffle ball after church and chicken, just to pass the time before the Red Sox game. Perfect. It is something they forgot to put in […]
Read moreMen’s basketball Liberty University men’s basketball head coach Dale Layer announced Tuesday that sophomore guard Evan Gordon has played his last season at Liberty. He will transfer at the end of the semester. According to LibertyFlames.com, Layer said that Gordon wants to play a different position than the guard position he has been playing for the Flames. Gordon, Liberty’s 26th […]
Read moreIt was aggression, along with a fast-paced and skilled offense, that helped the Hokies achieve an 18-2 win over the Lady Flames Tuesday evening, March 29 at Osborne Stadium. “They’re really aggressive,” a watching Flames fan said. She was referring to the players from the Virginia Tech Hokies lacrosse team, which accumulated a total of 22 fouls in last week’s […]
Read moreGoalie Kristen Masullo No. 1 in NCAA Division 1 The Lady Flames lacrosse team had a victorious week winning Tuesday’s, Friday’s and Sunday’s home games 14-13, 15-10 and 19-9 respectively, triumphing in their first conference game and housing a No. 1 ranked goalie to boot. It was announced after the team’s Tuesday game that Liberty goalie, freshman Kristen Masullo, is […]
Read moreStrong pitching, solid defense kept Friday’s double header close Steven Evans trotted off the mound, blew some warm breath over his fingers and nodded to the crowd applauding his six-strikeout effort in game three of Liberty’s weekend series against Winthrop. Three innings later he watched the final out recorded and Liberty’s record improve to 14-11 (5-1 BSC) as the Flames […]
Read moreWith temperatures hovering in the 30s, rowers and spectators cocooned themselves in blankets to keep warm, but as launch time for Liberty’s first home regatta approached, crew members suited up and hit the water rowing. Saturday marked the first William and Mary/Liberty University Duel Regatta, held at Ivy Lake in Lynchburg. Both teams plan for this to be an annual […]
Read moreOn an unusually cold spring Saturday afternoon, the Liberty Flames softball team hosted the Radford Highlanders in a doubleheader. The Lady Flames lost the first leg despite a furious late game rally. Early in the game, Radford excelled to a 4-0 lead scoring two runs in the second inning and scored twice in the top of the third inning off a two-run homer.
Read moreMarch 1, my bracket looked like this: TCU, Auburn, Oregon, Wisconsin, LSU, Stanford Arkansas and Boise State going to the Elite Eight. My tournament proceeds as follows: TCU wins everything. Auburn’s leading point guard is involved in a $500,000 scandal, Andrew Luck hits the game winning shot for Stanford in the Final Four round and Oregon records the first ever […]
Read moreSenior night for Dymond Morgan, Rachel McLeod and Kittery Maine ended with an exclamation point to usher out the trio’s careers. The Lady Flames topped UNC Asheville 72-58 in the second to last home game of the season. The Bulldogs opened the game on a 13-4 run favoring execution to the Lady Flames emotion. “There was a lot of emotion […]
Read moreLiberty Flames track and field hurdled over the competition February 24 and 25 in the Big South Indoor Track Championships in Clemson, S.C. “The 2010 Liberty track and field team is, I believe, the strongest track team in Liberty history,” head coach Brant Tolsma said. “We would like to finish out the year with our best performances, many school records […]
Read moreThe beginning of a season starts with a clean slate. No games, no crowds. No goals, no assists. No wins, no losses. Every team starts over at the beginning of a new season, no matter what happened during last season. The Lady Flames lacrosse team knows what it feels like to have a disappointing season, but they realized that a […]
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