Last year, March 13 was the night the Flames’ national tournament campaign came to a disheartening end, losing in the ACHA Quarterfinal round to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels. Much has changed since those two battled for a berth in the Final Four. Yet, just over one year later, the Flames and Rebels would find themselves meeting on quarterfinal […]
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In game two of ACHA National Championship pool play, the Liberty Flames D2 Hockey team shut out the Utah State Aggies 5-0. Sadly, even with that bounce-back victory, the Flames weren’t able to advance to the Final Four of the tournament. After their loss to Iowa to open pool play, and Iowa’s victory over Northeastern the next day, the Flames, […]
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No win in the ACHA National Tournament comes easy. This sentiment rang true for the Lady Flames on March 18 as they engaged in an intense battle with the No. 10 Miami Redhawks, managing to pull away in the final minutes with a 3-1 victory. Entering the tournament as the No. 1 seed in women’s D1, it was anticipated that […]
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While the ACHA National Tournament is known for its intensity, thrilling victories and stunning defeats, one of the hallmarks of the tournament is the way it brings the hockey community together. With old and new faces gathering to watch the best of the ACHA battle it out, one familiar face to the Flames made an appearance in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Quinn […]
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After a season of ebbs and flows, the No. 5 Liberty Flames men’s D1 hockey team finally took the ice March 18 at the ACHA National Tournament in Marlborough, Massachusetts. While Liberty hadn’t seen game action since Feb. 25, the product on the ice didn’t suggest it, as the team put an impressive 7-2 route of the Pittsburgh Panthers on […]
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In its quest for the 2023 ACHA National title, the Liberty men’s D2 team dropped game one of pool play to the Iowa Hawkeyes 3-2. An immense flurry of shots on goal from the Flames proved insufficient to get by Iowa’s star sophomore goaltender, Justin Howard. In the first period, both teams seemed content to stare down the other and […]
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A Flames season with high expectations found a disappointing result March 5 in Kennesaw, Georgia, vanquishing Liberty’s dreams of a conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. The ASUN Final letdown, however, was not the end of the story for this team. Liberty received its first bid in program history to the National Invitational Tournament, and that meant its time on […]
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A cloud of smoke around the finish line cleared to reveal William Byron’s No. 24 car parked following the conclusion of Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway. Byron’s burnouts celebrated his second consecutive victory, just four races into the season. Sunday’s Phoenix finish resembled the Las Vegas race just a week prior. On lap two, Byron passed teammate Kyle Larson and […]
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Whether it be as player or as a coach, you may as well consider Josh Knapp and volleyball inseparable. Knapp is in the middle of his first season as head coach of Liberty’s men’s volleyball team after a dominant five-year playing career. “Being a player and developing my own craft has been a huge part of adding to the tools […]
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The Liberty Lady Flames softball team swept the Liberty Invitational this past weekend, defeating Iona, UConn and Radford two times in the span of two days. In the opening matchup against Iona, the Flames started off hot. With help from a two-run home run off the bat of Caroline Hudson and then another two-run home run from Mary Claire Wilson, […]
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Down the Atlantic Ocean, past the beaches and surrounded by the beautiful mountains of Puerto Rico, is where you will find the Liberty wrestling team as it takes on the national championship tournament this week. March 9-11, the Liberty Flames wrestling team will be in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as it fights for its fifth consecutive national championship title. Even […]
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Liberty Arena has seen its fair share of dedicated Flames fans this basketball season. The semifinal battle between Liberty and Eastern Kentucky March 2 brought a record breaking 4,043 fans to watch the Flames, one of which was J.J. McCracken. McCracken, however, is not your ordinary Liberty basketball enthusiast. The screech he emits from among the crowd is one he […]
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On a windy Wednesday night in Lynchburg, the Liberty Flames women’s basketball team advanced to the final round of the ASUN Championship after blowing out the Lipscomb Bison, 84-56. “That’s always the goal, to make it easy on us,” junior point guard Kennedi Williams said postgame. “But our goal was never to drop our heads and never to let up […]
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Finishing the regular season with 26 wins for the second consecutive year, the men’s D2 hockey team is poised for another ACHA National Tournament run. After suffering defeat in the final round of pool play in last year’s tournament, the Flames return to the postseason as the Southeast region’s No. 1 seed, set to go head-to-head with the University of […]
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Regular season hockey has concluded, and the ACHA National Tournament is all that awaits for Liberty hockey. The Flames will have three teams repping the red and blue in Boston March 16-21, as the men’s D1 and D2 teams, along with the women’s D1 team, will all make the trip to New England for postseason puck drops. For the Lady […]
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