Category: Sports

Three quarterback changes, four overtime periods, and yet, the Liberty Flames still managed to claim victory over the Southern Miss Golden Eagles Sept. 3.  Anticipation had been building around this matchup for months. For the Flames, it was a question of identity. With a squad that was once defined by electric quarterback play, what would Hugh Freeze’s offense look like as […]

The Liberty Flamettes are the queens of campus, and they are finally getting the recognition they’ve worked hard for.  After being a completely student-run group since its creation in 2017, the Flamettes are officially a part of Liberty University Athletics as a Club Sports Team.  The Flamettes are a dance team that perform primarily at Liberty sporting events. As a […]

William Byron limped into the playoffs Sunday, Aug. 28 with a 34th place finish in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.  After persistent rain on Saturday night, NASCAR elected to postpone and reschedule the race for an unusual 10 a.m. ET start. Byron would start the race in 17th position after time […]

Beach volleyball season is underway at Liberty, and the men’s team is looking forward to a new season.   On Aug. 26 to 28, the Flames welcomed three teams to the East Campus Beach Courts, where they were hosts to the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Tournament.   Liberty opened tournament play early in the morning against Webber International University and […]

After an offseason of uncertainty at the quarterback position, a new leader has finally been named on the mountain.  Head Coach Hugh Freeze officially designated redshirt senior Charlie Brewer as the starting quarterback for the Flames Monday, Aug. 22.  Brewer had been in open competition for the job this offseason along with redshirt junior Jonathan Bennett, redshirt freshman Kaidon Salter […]

The Liberty men’s soccer team opened its season Aug. 25 at Osborne Stadium with a convincing 3-0 win over the Radford Highlanders.  Both teams traded shots on their first trips down the field before the game settled into a holding pattern for most of the first half. That changed in the 44th minute after Radford defenseman James Gardev was called […]

After being redshirted for the 2021-2022 season and not competing in any meets for Liberty, newcomer Desmond Coleman looks to tear through the competition as what could be Liberty’s newest track and field star.  Although Coleman has yet to compete as a Flame, the 19-year-old has amounted quite the list of accolades in men’s discus thus far — many of […]

As Liberty football gears up for the 2022 season, its home is going to look a little different. In the coming weeks, Liberty University plans to finish a series of renovations on Williams Stadium, the official football stadium for the Flames since its opening in 1989.  The renovations include 23 cabanas, berm seating in the south endzone and chairback seating […]

While long overdue, Malik Willis has finally found a landing spot in the NFL. Willis’ lifelong dream came true April 29 when he was drafted as the No. 86 pick in the third round by the Tennessee Titans. The Titans, the reigning AFC South Champions, traded pick No. 90 and No. 169 to the Las Vegas Raiders to get in […]

Four years, 1,864 points, two ASUN Player of the Year accolades, and yet, Darius McGhee isn’t quite ready to walk away.    The 5-foot-9-inch guard announced April 15 that his journey with Liberty men’s basketball remains incomplete, as he intends to use his COVID-19 year of eligibility and return to the team for the 2022-23 season.  “After talking with my […]

The Liberty Flames baseball team continued its recent hot streak, taking two out of three games on the road against the ASUN’s top team in Kennesaw State before heading back to Lynchburg to sweep North Florida.  The Flames traveled to Kennesaw, Georgia, in a battle against the ASUN’s top team, and won each of the first two games handily, including […]

The Liberty Flames golf team wrapped up its regular season schedule in Charlottesville at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial tournament April 11-12, placing eighth out of 13 teams on the first day of play and finishing sixth on the second day.  The outcome of this tournament moved the Flames into the No. 38 ranking, making them the highest-ranked team teeing off […]

The Liberty men’s tennis team has done it again. Concluding an impressive regular season campaign, the Flames managed to repeat as ASUN Conference Champions for the second straight year and second time in program history, besting Florida Gulf Coast University 4-2 to recapture the conference title.  Liberty entered the conference tournament in Fort Myers, Florida, as the top seed, opening […]