The Lady Flames tennis season has been a tale of two halves. Fans that followed tennis prior to spring break would have barely recognized the team of girls that took to the courts Friday in their 4-3 victory over the visiting Campbell Fighting Camels. Prior to spring break the Lady Flames had only managed a 1-9 record, but since the […]
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It was a close match-up as Winthrop defeated Liberty’s men’s tennis team in four of six singles matches Saturday. Following the loss, Liberty is 13-6 and 2-3 in the Big South. Liberty senior Mandeep Yadav won the only singles match for Liberty, 6-0, 6-2 against Winthrop sophomore Chase Altieri. The Flames benefitted from Winthrop defaults in their doubles matches as […]
Read moreGymnastics finished first at UNC Liberty University’s gymnastic teams traveled to the University of North Carolina and captured multiple first-place finishes. Both men’s and women’s teams finished first overall at the meet that featured Clemson University, the University of Maryland, James Madison University, Virginia Tech and UNC, among others. Strong floor performances by senior captain David Tighe and senior Stephen […]
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Liberty University continued its hunt to get inside the national Top 25, winning a three-game series with the visiting Gardner-Webb Bulldogs. Liberty took both Friday games, 4-3 and 8-0, respectively, but fell in Saturday’s finale, 5-4. Game One In the first game of the evening, the bats were quiet but the defense was solid. Liberty scored first at the bottom […]
Read moreFor every college sport, changes in the roster are inevitable. Players graduate, they move to another school and some even decide to pursue another career. At the same time, the team is stock-piled again with fresh recruits, each bringing in depth and a different dimension for their teams. The Liberty Men’s Hockey team held a CFAW recruitment camp over this […]
Read moreApparently, John Cusack and the ancient Mayans were not to far off with their description of the worlds predicted apocalyptic end in 2012.This is the only logical explanation I can come up with to explain what has happened in the world of college basketball this past week. To say this has been an unpredictable first two rounds would be a […]
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A weekend sweep of the Lady Bulldogs gave Liberty much-needed confidence The Lady Flames snapped an 11-game skid while visiting Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, N.C. Head coach Paul Wetmore’s squad swept the Lady Bulldogs, winning the first game of a Saturday double header 4-0 and the second 8-3, and completing the series Sunday with a 7-5 win. Liberty collected 11 […]
Read moreWith eight matches remaining in the regular season and coming off of a seven match winning streak, the Liberty University men’s tennis team has already matched their win total of last season with a record of 10-4. Much of the Flames success has to be attributed to junior Siim Tuus. The reigning Big South Player of the Week has carried […]
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It’s official. Peyton Manning has found a new team. On March 20, the Denver Broncos announced the quarterback as their newest member, signing him to a five-year, $96 million contract. As Denver’s former Hall-of-Fame quarterback John Elway, the team’s Vice President Football Operations, held up the orange and white jersey to signal Manning’s entrance, it was still hard for people […]
Read moreLiberty University became officially recognized by the secular sports entertainment industry as a major player in collegiate athletic coverage when the Flames Sports Network was recently awarded two bronze Telly Awards. The awards, which were earned for FSN’s coverage of the Big South Championship football game against Stony Brook University and the weekly “Flames Sports Desk” program, are the first […]
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Omotola career high 22 points and key free throws late, help the Lady Flames put away the Highlanders Perhaps it was due to the 35 minute delay to the start of the game, or perhaps it was because Liberty already owned the top seed for the upcoming Big South tournament going into Friday’s contest, but Liberty did not play its […]
Read moreHe was the Rookie of the year, a four-time all-star, a four-time silver slugger, a member of the 30-30 club and the National League Most Valuable Player. Ryan Braun has accomplished plenty during his five years of service to Major League Baseball. But in December, a couple of months after winning the MVP, Braun went under scrutiny from the MLB. […]
Read moreThird consecutive double-crowning for indoor teams Another year meant another title for the Liberty Flames track and field team. The Flames recently claimed the top spot on both the men’s and women’s side at the 2012 Big South Indoor Track and Field Championships, marking the third consecutive year that both teams were crowned champions at the conference title meet. The […]
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Liberty University’s feasibility study analyzing the implications and requirements of jumping to an FBS program will be presented to the powers that be March 20. I really hope Liberty gets the green light to announce its intentions to court bigger conferences because, quite frankly, the Big South is feeling awfully repetitive lately. We’ll call it the Bryce Harper Phenomenon. You […]
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Frigid temperatures, fog, rain and Reinhardt University could not stop Liberty University men’s lacrosse team Friday night as the Flames trounced the Eagles 20-11. “Tonight was an opportunity for us to showcase what we have been working on,” head coach Kyle McQuillan said. “We got to try a lot of different things and see what kind of depth we have […]
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