Category: Sports

Keeping focus through a 14-month offseason is not easy. As frustrating as COVID-19 cancellations have been for Liberty’s men’s soccer team, however, the time off has been a rebuilding period that Liberty Coach Kelly Findley knew they needed.  The Flames finally stepped back on the field Feb. 6, trouncing Belmont Abbey 4-0 in a game only added to the schedule […]

Liberty’s women’s volleyball team dropped its second consecutive match to Lipscomb in four sets on Sunday to start the season at 0-3, leaving the Lady Flames winless in Liberty Arena since its opening.  In the first set, momentum shifted consistently, with no team scoring a run longer than four points. Outside hitter Trinity Watts spearheaded the Lady Flames attack, tallying […]

The Lady Flames swimming and diving team will be looking to win its third straight conference title when it hosts the Costal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Championship Feb. 15-17.  Unlike normal seasons, the Lady Flames little opportunity to prepare for the CCSA Championship by competing in other meets. “The biggest challenge was the lack of competition,” junior diver Lauren Chennault […]

When it comes to the Super Bowl, spectacle is everything. Every year, the February football game claims international attention, but most people at your Super Bowl party hardly care about the game at all. The drama of the game – the touchdowns, the sacks, the dropped catches – it’s all just a magnet for the glitz and glamor of the […]

In the months since the ASUN announced in August that it would be postponing the fall 2020 season, LU’s women’s soccer team has been patiently waiting to return to action.  Due to the global pandemic, the ASUN conference decided that fall teams would instead play in the spring. This meant that student-athletes would wait over a year in between seasons […]

After losing the end of their season to COVID-19 in March 2020, Liberty’s men’s tennis team has finally returned to action – and the Flames have come back with a bang, gaining experience against nationally-ranked sides and staying undefeated at home as they wait for their new tennis center to officially open.   With all the uncertainty of cancellations and […]

Liberty kicker Alex Barbir breathed a sigh of relief – he would have another chance. His field goal attempt had just been blocked and returned for a touchdown in the dying seconds of a historic matchup against Virginia Tech, but he knew he had heard a call for a timeout.  In a mistake that would define the game, Tech’s coach […]

With the exception of football, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the season for all of Liberty’s fall NCAA sports. All fall sports were slated to play spring seasons alongside the regular spring sports, but coordinating the logistics for a massive combined spring season has presented an unexpected challenge for Liberty’s athletic department. Between the beginning of the spring semester in January […]

Sidelined due to both COVID-19 and a leg injury, Liberty Head Coach Carey Green was finally reunited with his players on the court Saturday and Sunday for an ASUN conference doubleheader against Jacksonville.  Thirteen days after their last game, the Lady Flames (11-3, 7-0 ASUN) hosted the Jacksonville Dolphins (2-9, 0-6 ASUN) Jan. 30 in the new Liberty Arena. Although […]

The Liberty Flames Division I men’s ice hockey team opened its 2021 spring season Jan. 22-23, splitting a two-game series with an NCAA Division I opponent: the Long Island Sharks.  After COVID-19 cut the Flames fall season to only three games and canceled their spring season opening series against Maryville University, Head Coach Kirk Handy was grateful to have his […]

After a season marked by game rescheduling and COVID outbreaks, the Super Bowl is actually happening, with the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 7, will mark the beginning of Super Bowl 55. The game will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. This is the first […]

After almost a year eagerly waiting for tournament play, Liberty’s golf team excelled at the Timuquana Collegiate Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, onJan. 25-26.  Due to COVID-19, the team’s competitions were cut short in early spring 2020, and according to Head Coach Jeff Thomas, the long hiatus from competition left many players feeling nervous and excited.  “Having the chance to play […]