Category: Sports

Flames Nation stretches far beyond simply the Hill City. The Flames Club, Liberty’s organization contributing to student athletes all over campus, recently announced it now has a member from every state, with New Mexico being the last and final state to be represented.  For many students around campus, they hear about the Flames Club but might not fully understand what […]

Over the winter break, an experience that was over three years in the making finally came to fruition.  The five-time ACHA National Champion women’s D1 hockey team had the opportunity to make a difference on more than just the ice as the players spent nine days on a mission trip in Hämeenlinna, Finland.  While the trip was twice delayed due […]

The Liberty Flames men’s basketball team hosted crosstown opponent Virginia University, Lynchburg, for the first time Dec. 7. The Flames greeted their neighbors as most people would: by dunking on them repeatedly. They opened their home court to the visiting Dragons and sent them home with a lovely parting gift, a loss by a score of 101-49. Liberty and VUL […]

In the country of Qatar, The United States Men’s National Soccer Team participated in its first World Cup since 2014.  After an unacceptable loss to Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup Qualifier in 2017, the United States made sweeping changes, including hiring a new head coach in Gregg Berhalter. The U.S. set out to work immediately afterward, and the […]

The opening weekend of the track season welcomed fresh new competition at Liberty University’s Indoor Track Complex.  With several teams from around the state of Virginia gathering to take part in this Liberty Kickoff, excitement buzzed with each event, and at the end of the weekend, Flames  players shattered records en route to a solid opening performance.  One of those […]

The Lady Flames volleyball team ended its season with an overall record of 23-9 and a conference record of 14-2.  The team also finished the regular season as champions, entering the ASUN tournament as the No. 1 seed. They traveled to the Allen Arena at Lipscomb in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Flames started in the quarterfinals against No. 8 Stetson, […]

The Liberty Flames swimming and dive team battled against the nation’s best Dec. 2-3 at the 2022 Toyota U.S. Open.  Six Lady Flames swimmers, Jessica Schellenboom, Heather Gardner, Genna Joyce, Abbie Shaw, Sydney Stricklin and Kaycee Cannings, made their mark on the bright stage.  Following her top-10 finish last year, Joyce competed in both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke and […]

A hush fell over Williams Stadium as the Flames looked extinguished trailing New Mexico State 28-7 at halftime.  News broke shortly before kickoff that Auburn University had made Liberty Head Coach Hugh Freeze the top candidate to be its next head football coach. Freeze had been linked to having interests in several jobs during his time at Liberty, but this […]

Liberty hockey has posted dominant performances this year. The women’s Division 1 hockey team is still boasting its undrafted streak and the No. 1 position in the nation, and the men’s Division 1 team is following the trend.  After going into the desert and defeating one of the best teams in the nation — the University of Nevada, Las Vegas […]

The Liberty men’s D1 hockey team squared off against Maryville University for the final Midnight Mayhem matchup of the first semester on Dec. 2.  Liberty came into the game following two huge victories over UNLV, which propelled the Flames in the rankings to the second spot in the ACHA. Liberty was looking to further its dominance against Maryville, another team […]

After a stretch of three games in five, the basketball team enjoyed a five-day break before welcoming the University of Maryland Eastern-Shore to Liberty Arena on Friday, Dec. 2.  The Flames, coming off a blowout win over Delaware State, overcame a sluggish offensive start to knock off the Hawks 79-59.  Liberty found itself down 8-3 early before a Kyle Rode […]