Category: Sports

Liberty Flames softball welcomed the Kennesaw State Owls into town for a three-game weekend series April 9-10. The Flames then proceeded to defeat the Owls in all three games.  The Lady Flames opened the double-header with a dominant offensive performance when they scored eight of their 17 total runs from the weekend. Sophomore catcher Caroline Hudson put on a show, […]

The Liberty Flames baseball team won its three-game series against conference opponent Florida Gulf Coast, following a stretch in which the Flames lost six of nine.  Liberty started the season off hot, going 11-1 over its first 12 games with wins over top-25 opponents Florida and North Carolina, before dropping nine of 15 to fall out of the top-25.  The […]

Liberty women’s lacrosse made quick work of Stetson April 9, beating the Hatters 22-9.  Midfielder Mackenzie Lehman, Liberty’s leading scorer, led the pack once again with six goals. Attacker Jordan Shieve wasn’t too far behind with four goals and three assists of her own.  “We did a really good job of sharing the ball,” Head Coach Kelly Nangle said. “We […]

No record is safe for Liberty track and field this season. Five ASUN records fell in two days as the Flames competed in the Stanford Invitational and VertKlasse Meeting at High Point University April 1-2. A number of distance athletes traveled to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where Liberty athletes broke the ASUN records in the men’s and women’s […]

The Liberty Flames football team completed its 15th and final spring practice April 9 as the annual spring game took place inside Williams Stadium. Flames fans rushed in to get their first glimpse of the 2022 roster’s promising talent, loaded with fresh faces and some good old healthy competition.  While all eyes were anticipated to be on the quarterback situation […]

Hosting the 10th annual “Midnight Mayhem” game, the No. 3 Liberty men’s lacrosse lost 12-11 to the No. 1 BYU Cougars April 8, coming one goal shy of a spectacular comeback. Head Coach Kyle McQuillan started the “Midnight Mayhem” tradition in 2012. Held at the Liberty Lacrosse Fields, the event has become a Liberty favorite with students and College For […]

The Liberty Flames football team has added 22 new players to its 2022 recruiting class, including 11 via the NCAA’s Transfer Portal.  The Flames emphasized adding transfers to the offensive side of the ball, adding eight players as opposed to just three defensive players.  Three transfers are on the offensive line, including mid-year enrollees Reggie Young II, Naasir Watkins and […]

The Liberty Flames are coming off their first loss against club competition on the season after going 4-1 in the EVCA South Championships. The Flames swept NC State, UNC Greensboro, James Madison and UNC-Chapel Hill before losing to No. 9 Virginia Tech in three sets. “We played well, but they just played better,” senior middle hitter Lucas Manuel Marine said. […]

William Byron came back from early struggles to finish third while leading 122 laps in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway April 3.  Byron qualified in second, putting him on the outside of the front row to start the race. Stage one was uneventful for Byron as he sat in second and finished there to end the stage. During […]

The Liberty men’s lacrosse team came out firing in its 22-2 victory over the University of Connecticut Huskies April 2. The Flames No. 4 ranked MCLA squad relied on the prolific performances of graduate Carter Elliot and sophomore Keaton Mohs in the offensively dominate win. Entering the 5 p.m. matchup with the Huskies at the Liberty Lacrosse Fields, the Flames […]

Spring football is in full swing for the Liberty Flames as they completed their ninth of fifteen scheduled practices March 28.  Fresh off the biggest Pro Day in Liberty football’s program history, players could still feel the excitement of the previous week’s events lingering in the practice facility. A team of energized players came ready to work, putting on a […]

Following a fourth-place finish at The Hayt March 27-28, the No. 43 Liberty Flames golf team continued its busy stretch at the 2022 Mason Rudolph Championship hosted by No. 3 Vanderbilt April 1-3. The three-day, 54-hole event included a 15-team field with eight of the teams being ranked inside the top 75 in the country.  At the Flames’ previous tournament, […]

Liberty field hockey Head Coach Nikki Parsley-Blocker has assembled one of the most ferocious offenses in the country, which helped guide her team to its first Big East title in school history and a trip to the National Championship game. The Lady Flames’ offense finished the year first in the country in goals per game (3.48), scoring average (3.38), assists […]

Getting in the right mental state is everything for Liberty’s rifle team as it finished third in both smallbore and air rifle competition at the ASSA Intercollegiate Rifle Club National Championship in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 2-3. “We’re really focusing on our mental game, for them to go in there and just go in mentally strong and just go through […]