Category: Sports

Goalie 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 […]

Strong 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 […]

With 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 […]

On 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.

March 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 […]

Senior 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 […]

The 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 […]

After a rough start to the season, the Liberty Flames baseball team managed to improve its hitting and work against the time constraints of two seven-inning games to win two of its three first home games against Binghamton this past weekend at Worthington Stadium.

The Lady Flames tennis team played East Carolina on the Hershey Tennis Courts March 1 at 7 p.m. In their first home match of the season, the Lady Flames tied with the Lady Pirates in singles points, 3-3. The Lady Pirates secured the doubles points defeating Liberty overall, 4-3. Tuesday was the team’s ninth match of the season, bringing its […]

Liberty 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 […]

The month of July has plenty of sounds — like the sound of the ocean and the sound of laughter. But this July, the sound of skates cutting ice and hockey sticks slapping pucks will be heard at the Liberty University Christian Hockey School (LU-CHS), where hockey and the love of Christ come together.

The Flames men’s basketball team returns home to the Vines Center for the first round of the Big South Championship tournament after dropping their fourth-straight game in two weeks. The four-game slump marks the Flame’s bleakest stretch of the season. Far from home The Flames wrapped up their regular season play in Clinton, S.C., falling to Presbyterian 66-73. Dale Layer’s […]

Bars. Vault. Beam. Floor.  These terms are common words used every day, but when used together, few people understand their meanings.  These four words in tandem describe gymnastics events that athletes all over the country work every day on mastering. Liberty University’s gymnastics team works at perfecting these events to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC).  […]

Synchronized skating team represents the art in competitions The chill of the rink. The tingle of adrenaline. The audible slice of blades cutting the ice. The red fingers and numb noses. The bloody knees. The unforgiving audience. The glory. This is not hockey. It’s synchronized skating at Liberty University. Meet LU Radiance. Headed by captain Sarah LaRoche, and coached by […]

Crew comes to Liberty after 38 years As the slim, yet sturdy man powered boat approaches the finish line first, gasps of air, and cheers seem silent as team members hoist the coxswain — boat navigator — through the air and into the water in celebration of victory. It took Liberty University 38 years to put together a men’s and […]