Category: Sports

After one of the most successful fall seasons in program history, the Liberty golf team is preparing to carry that momentum into the spring. The team is taking a few weeks off the course to rest after busy summer and fall practices and tournaments before getting ready for the spring season. The team wrapped up its fall season finishing third […]

As the minutes counted down and senior captain Karyl Bacon bumped, set, and spiked for the last time in the Vines Center as a Lady Flame, the Liberty Lady Flames volleyball team defeated UNC-Asheville, 3-2. “I would not have wanted to end the season any other way with any other team,” Bacon said. “These girls are awesome. They flew around. It was great to go out with a win.” It was an emotional game and the impact of Bacon completing her final regular season game hung bittersweet in the air.

Americans have been blessed with more freedom than any other nation in the world thanks to the selfless sacrifices of those charged with the defense of this nation. The 16,441 fans at Saturday’s Military Appreciation football game honored those men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. In like fashion, the Flames 40-14 victory was played in much of the same manner as our boys on the frontlines.

With nine weeks behind football fans in NFL play, things have changed quite a bit from the preseason predictions.  There have been plenty of disappointments, several surprises and lots upset fantasy team owners. Disappointments Dallas Cowboys:  The Cowboys were one of the several teams that experts said would head to the Super Bowl.  The Cowboys will be watching the Super […]

Fans heading out to the Vines Center this season can expect to see plenty of new faces on the men’s basketball team. The Flames welcome six new players to the team this season with the addition of five freshmen and one redshirt junior. Liberty will still have plenty of experience to help the newcomers adjust to the college environment. Junior […]

No excuses, rise above,” is not simply the motto of the women’s basketball team, but also motivation to redshirt sophomore Devon Brown. “It motivates us to have no excuses, and if we do have excuses to rise above them,” Brown said. The ‘no excuses’ attitude has helped Brown balance schoolwork and basketball. “It’s hard when you first come to college […]

Fast skating and aggressive play were showcased in the LaHaye Ice Center this weekend as Liberty University lost two hard-fought, unlucky competitions against the University of Delaware. Liberty faced an imposing challenge to try to outscore the notoriously speedy Delaware team that is undefeated in regulation time.

The overwhelming excitement of the final home swim meet this weekend was a special treat for CFAWers. Fans were on the edge of their seats cheering for the Lady Flames as they competed against Gardner-Webb and VMI. There were some close calls, but Liberty prevailed over VMI, but were unable to secure a win against Gardner-Webb. “We’ve definitely improved not […]

The Lady Flames soccer team’s season ended Saturday as they were making a push to win the Big South Tournament. Play started against Coastal Carolina on Friday. “Coastal is a physical team,” coach Jessica Hain said. “We want to take the referees out of the game and play well so one call doesn’t make or break the game.” The Lady […]

During the third quarter of Liberty’s football game against Gardner-Webb, 2007 Liberty alumni and Jacksonville Jaguar running back Rashad Jennings stopped by press row for an impromptu interview with Chris Lang of the News and Advance and Nate Brown of the Liberty Champion. Q: On injury? A: It’s a long season. You have to make sure you come back right. […]

The Lady Flames wowed the crowd on senior night Friday at home against Presbyterian College and edged out a 1-0 victory. Tied 0-0 going into the last five minutes of the game senior Maria Owen scored the goal (4) that put the Lady Flames up and sealed the deal.

“It was a great feeling to score the winning goal especially on senior night,” Owen said.” The beginning was a little shaky starting all of the seniors in the line up, but we adjusted.”

The locker room was tense and silent as each player’s mind raced about the upcoming game. In the middle of it all stood David Sills, the world’s greatest eighth-grade quarterback. On a college campus, the excitement of a high school football game under Friday night lights is forgotten in the wake of Saturday’s collegiate games. For the students of Liberty […]

With the start of the 2010-11 wrestling season quickly approaching, the Flames wrestling team continued preparation last week with the annual intrasquad wrestle off. The wrestle off gave the team the opportunity […]

Liberty entered the Big South Conference Cross Country Championships with the opportunity to tie records, end droughts and win big. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had significant goals to meet going into the competition in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday morning. The women’s team was looking for its second consecutive Big South cross-country title. Liberty’s women’s cross country aimed […]

Brad Perkins is a senior at Liberty University and regularly attends athletic events on campus.  Last year he purchased a $50 season pass to watch hockey games at LaHaye Ice Center. “I understand why we have to pay for hockey games because (that is) the way they have to cover costs,” Perkins said. “I [do not] mind paying because I […]