Category: Sports

The Liberty men’s lacrosse team ended its regular season Saturday night at the Liberty Lacrosse Fields with an 11-8 win over Virginia Tech, avenging their loss to Clemson last week. The win propelled the Flames to 5-2 on the season, tied for first place in the ALC standings, while the Hokies went back to Blacksburg sitting at 3-3. Neither team […]

Liberty club sports men’s swimming Coach Heath Grishaw has emphasized keeping his players mentally strong all year. That toughness was tested April 9-11 when Liberty hosted the Liberty Collegiate Cup – and Grishaw’s athletes shone through, with numerous athletes setting personal records.  “The big thing we talked about at the beginning of the year with our athletes was something we […]

After 34 years the Liberty men’s tennis team won its first conference title in program history after sweeping the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the finals of the 2021 ASUN Men’s Tennis Championship.  With a win over the Eagles, the Flames received an automatic bid into the 2021 Division I Men’s Tennis Championship, which will begin May 7. “Looking back […]

As time expired at the Proving Grounds, Liberty’s field hockey players knew their season was all but over. Their fate was sealed Saturday, April 24, when they missed the cut for the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Tournament.  After a season full of promise and a chance at playoff redemption, the Lady Flames came up short once again against bitter […]

Liberty men’s club DI hockey team started strong in its first game in the ACHA national championship, decimating the Maryville Saints 9-0 Friday, April 16, in Chesterville, Missouri. Despite playing the Saints on their home ice in a critical win-or-go-home game, the Flames refused to be intimidated and proved that they deserved a spot in the tournament. The team acknowledged […]

On another bright, sunny day in Lynchburg, Liberty prepared to face nationally-ranked Virginia Tech (No. 17) as the sun began to hide behind the mountains April 13. In a game underlining the pedigree of this Flames team, senior pitcher Dylan Cumming led Liberty to an 8-2 win over yet another ACC program.  Through three innings of pitching, in his first […]

While the Flames crashed out of the ASUN tournament in the quarterfinals, they were able to restore a bit of their pride with a 2-1 victory over nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina.  Though the matchup was not originally on this year’s schedule, the Flames and the Chanticleers added the game midweek, playing April 17 in Conway, South Carolina.  With Coastal Carolina already […]

The Liberty University club sports disc golf team finished its year April 7-10 with the College Disc Golf National Championship. “In the four days, I think I walked 32 miles,” Coach Steve Bowman said.  Forty-two schools came together to compete at the North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina, with a total of 72 men’s teams and eight […]

The Lady Flames beach volleyball club team opened the LU Beach NCAA Duals April 17 with a sweep of the Stevenson Mustangs and Spartanburg Methodist Junior College, winning both matches 5-0.   The Liberty pairs dominated the sand early in the morning against Stevenson, winning all but two games in under three matches.  The NCAA Division III Mustangs kept it […]

Several reports confirmed Wednesday that the NCAA will be passing legislation that would allow several major sports to allow undergraduate players who transfer schools to immediately be eligible to play for their new team. Previous restrictions required players to redshirt for one season, meaning they were not eligible to play until they had sat out a year. But this change […]

Another quiet day for William Byron ended in his seventh-straight top-10 finish in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday, placing him a career-high fourth in the points standings.  The defining moment of the race for Byron came after a caution on lap 142 for a spin involving the No. 6 of Ryan Newman during a pit […]

The Lady Flames lacrosse team honored its winningest class in program history Friday with a 17-6 win against Kennesaw State on the team’s senior day. Friday’s win was No. 43 for the class of ’21, highest among all lacrosse classes at Liberty. Liberty’s win moves the team’s record to 7-6 overall and sends Kennesaw State down to 5-7 on the […]

The Lady Flames tennis team has not lost a conference match since starting ASUN play March 19, taking six straight wins in conference play. Even with the team starting to hit a rich vein of form, however, few players have shone like sophomore Esther Lovato this season.  Lovato, who hails from Austin, Texas, has dominated in singles play, winning 20 […]