Category: Sports

For the first time since 2014, Liberty field hockey advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Flames received an automatic bid into the tournament after defeating UConn in a 1-0 slugfest with senior forward Jill Bolton’s lone goal in the third period. When the clock hit triple zeros, the Lady Flames dropped their sticks, running toward each other, jumping, hugging and […]

After nearly a month on the road, Liberty men’s Division I hockey was back in action at LaHaye Ice Center with a fired- up Flames team notching a 3-1 win over Stony Brook Nov. 5. The first 15 minutes of play were mostly quiet until the first goal of the game came from Josh Fricks on a cross crease pass […]

Ole Miss defeated Liberty 27-14 in a game that was not as close as the score line suggests, but how did the game affect the draft stock of two top-tier quarterbacks? Liberty quarterback Malik Willis and Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral ranked in the top of Mel Kiper Jr.’s draft-eligible quarterback rankings after four games this season. Since then, Willis […]

Liberty men’s basketball opens its season this week against non-NCAA opponent Regent University.  Thursday’s opener will mark the first time the Liberty Arena has been open to full capacity for men’s basketball; the last game without capacity restrictions was the ASUN championship vs. Lipscomb in the Vines Center in 2019 where the Flames exploded for a 73-57 win.  The Flames […]

A slow start for the Liberty volleyball team allowed Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) to earn a 3-0 sweep of the Lady Flames Nov. 6, helping  the Eagles to remain undefeated in conference play.  Early in the match, FGCU recorded several consecutive kills and blocks, and the Lady Flames found themselves in a scoring deficit they could not overcome. The […]

The No. 24 Liberty women’s cross country team successfully defended its title as  the ASUN  conference champions, and the men placed second at the ASUN Cross Country Championship Oct.30. Senior Calli Doan claimed double gold for  the Lady Flames, winning her first individual cross country title in a new program-record time of 16:57.4 for the 5K. She edged out Jacksonville’s […]

ASUN tournament play was not kind for the No. 5 Liberty Flames men’s soccer team as it saw its season come to an end with a crushing 3-0 loss Nov. 5 to the No. 4 Stetson Hatters.  The game started out slow as both teams were efficient on defense while the offense was also able to spread the ball around.  […]

William Byron held his head high despite a 17th place finish in the Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway Nov. 7 as he finished a career-best season.  Byron began the day on a solid note, starting in third after a good qualifying run. He spent most of stage one running inside the top 10, finishing in sixth. Stage two […]

In only its second matchup against an SEC team, Liberty’s football team fell 27-14 to the No. 12 Ole Miss Rebels in Head Coach Hugh Freeze’s emotional return to Vaught Hemingway Stadium. Freeze served as the head coach for the Rebels from 2012-2016 prior to joining the Flames in December 2018.  What was predicted to be a battle of two […]

The women’s soccer team’s ASUN title dreams came to an end Oct. 29 when the team fell to Eastern Kentucky 1-0 in the ASUN quarterfinals in heartbreaking fashion.  For the vast majority of the game, the teams seemed evenly matched. Neither team generated many exceptional scoring opportunities. All signs pointed to an overtime finish as the score sat at 0-0 […]

The Liberty women’s swimming and diving team split matches at home Oct. 29-30 against Penn State University and Eastern Carolina University. The Lady Flames beat Eastern Carolina University 339 to 73 but was outscored 301 to 178 by a strong Penn State team. The Nittany Lions won 21 out of 23 events over the two-day contest with ECU and Liberty […]

Liberty plays Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi Nov. 6. Currently, the Ole Miss Rebels are ranked No. 15 in the country. Quarterback Matt Corral has a shot at the Heisman trophy. He and Liberty quarterback Malik Willis are projected to go high in the draft if they both declare, and they could possibly be the first two quarterbacks taken. Currently, […]

The Lady Flames clinched the Big East regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs Oct. 29 when they beat No. 15 Old Dominion 2-1. The victory came behind senior midfielder Lizzie Hamlett’s two goals.   Hamlett’s first goal of the game occurred in the second period around the 16-minute mark. Hamlett notched her eighth goal of […]

Conference realignment only happens on a grand scale around once or twice a decade, and the latest cycle has proved to be divisive. Everything began when Oklahoma and Texas decided to leave the Big 12. The Big 12 is one of the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12).  Their destination? The SEC, which boasts dominant […]