Category: Sports

Three Liberty players left the field with hat tricks Friday afternoon, April 12, as the Flames women’s lacrosse team showed its attacking depth, outscoring Arizona State 6-2 in the second half to pull away for a comfortable 14-7 win.   With their seventh consecutive win, the Lady Flames improved to 11-2 (3-0 in conference) for the first time in program […]

Photo by Gabrielle Calhoun | Liberty News Service As a middle schooler in New Jersey, goalie Quinn Ryan allowed 12 goals in his first game as a starter. Now as a junior in college Ryan lived out a dream by playing against professional hockey players in the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Collegiate scouts traveled around the world in […]

Featured Photo: KJ Jugar | Liberty News Service Lady Flames Junior Jenna Joyal has grown familiar with sports throughout her life due to having three athletic brothers. “Sports were the thing to do,” Joyal said. “I think I’ve pretty much tried every sport.” Joyal excelled at lacrosse, diving and field hockey in her time at Canterbury Preparatory School in New […]

Your favorite athletics team is not a personality trait.  A personality trait is defined as a person’s patterns of thought, feelings and behaviors, as defined by the Diener Education Fund. Common traits can include introversion versus extroversion or optimism versus pessimism. There are all kinds of personality tests, from the Myers-Briggs to the Enneagram to the Big Five test to […]

The men’s lacrosse team stunned the University of South Carolina Gamecocks with a last-gasp winner in the final 10 seconds of Saturday’s game, March 30, grinding out a 12-11 win after a tightly-contested clash between the two nationally-ranked heavyweights. Though their one-goal margin of victory was their smallest of the season, No. 3 Liberty (10-0) remains undefeated as No. 6 […]

The morning rain was not enough to put out the Lady Flames fire Saturday, March 30, as the women’s tennis team battled to a 4-3 victory over the Lipscomb Lady Bisons. The match was the team’s first home ASUN match in school history and marked the 100th career win for Head Coach Jeff Maren. Following a 45-minute delay while the […]

The majority of transfer student-athletes are designated to a transition period of time to adjust to their new surroundings and learn about their new team and environment. Liberty Flames men’s tennis phenomenon Nicaise Muamba is not like most transfer students. Transferring to Liberty University after one year at the University of Tennessee, Muamba has developed into a difference-maker for the […]

Junior infielder Trey McDyre stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with only 17 at-bats on the season, and the Liberty Flames trailing by a run with no one on base.  McDyre connected with the pitch and the wind carried the ball deeper and deeper as UNF’s right fielder ran backward. McDyre watched the ball […]

Food, fun and football. That is what brought out families, students and even community members to William’s Stadium Saturday, March 30, for Liberty’s Spring Game, the first with Coach Hugh Freeze at the helm. This year’s spring football scrimmage looked different. While it still included the interactive tailgate games for people to enjoy, the game play itself ran a different […]

With spring in the air, the Liberty University track and field team recently transitioned from its indoor to outdoor season. Liberty Flames fans are anticipating that this spring awakening will continue to bring success. Paul Carmany, the sports information director for the team, said he is hopeful the team will be just as successful outdoors as they were indoors. “At […]

Despite experiencing a new conference, the Liberty Lady Flames basketball team found themselves in a familiar position when they made the ASUN conference championship game. The Lady Flames defeated the Jacksonville Dolphins in the first round 65-53. In the second round, Liberty handily beat the North Florida Ospreys 65-51. This set up a matchup against Florida Gulf Coast for a […]

 In light of the Liberty Flames unprecedented March Madness run I have been drawn to reflect upon the reason for man’s obsession with the underdog as well as share a story that comes to mind due to the similarity it bears to the Flames basketball team’s success. People witness incredible victories and watch seemingly impossible feats conquered and they integrate […]

While most Liberty students headed for warm weather and a relaxing vacation over spring break, four Lady Flames women’s hockey players boarded a plane for the blistering Siberian winter, where they represented their country playing the sport they love. Senior Lauren McDonald, juniors Vanessa DeMerchant and Dana McLeod and sophomore Shelby Bradford became the first Liberty women’s hockey players to […]

The Liberty Flames softball team completed a doubleheader sweep of the Lipscomb Bisons with a dominating 7-1 victory Saturday March 23 in the second game of the day.  The Flames took down the Bisons 4-1 in the first game behind Julia DiMartino’s strong pitching performance. The victory was a confidence booster for the Flames, who rebounded from their 1-0 loss […]

Following spring break and the halfway point of the semester, many students at Liberty University feel an increase in pressure as grades start coming in, assignments and exams pile up and the most relevant part of the semester arrives. In a similar way, the Liberty women’s ultimate frisbee team is gearing up to engage the most pivotal part of its […]