Liberty women’s hockey entered the LaHaye Ice Center at 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, as the second ranked team in the ACHA. Sixteen hours later, they left the building winners of two straight games over number one Adrian College and prepared to defend their national championship. The Lady Flames came into the weekend series with the top-ranked Bulldogs knowing […]
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It is not often that the significance of a coach’s 450th win is eclipsed by his players. Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Lady Flames achieved just that in their 74-60 victory over the Lipscomb Bisons. Liberty Head Coach Carey Green celebrated his 450th , but the milestone was outshone by redshirt sophomores Emily Lytle and Ria Gulley. Green said the record […]
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This past weekend I watched the newest startup professional football league, the Alliance of American Football (AAF). The league is comprised of eight teams with the majority of them residing in cities that do not have a professional football team such as Orlando and San Antonio. AAF rules are similar to the NFL except for a couple of small tweaks […]
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The Liberty University Lady Flames basketball team is a historically successful program with one of the winningest coaches in women’s basketball. But none of that mattered to start this season. Nobody was looking at the fact that they only have had one losing season under Head Coach Carey Green. Their opponents do not care that they finished in second place […]
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The Liberty men’s wrestling team accomplished something previously unaccomplished in club wrestling on the weekend of Jan. 25 and 26 in Mesquite, Nevada. The Flames became the first team to repeat as champions in the annual NCWA Duals Tournament, engineering a dramatic come from behind, 28-18 victory over second seeded The Apprentice School. It was the second time that the […]
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When the Liberty Flames men’s hockey team got onto the ice, the crowd roared with excitement. On Friday and Saturday night Feb. 15-16, the Flames played against the University of Delaware in games filled with nonstop anticipation. Liberty has played Delaware before this season, and the previous games were close, so before this game started, the Flames knew they needed […]
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The Liberty University Flames needed someone to put out a fire. On the road against ASUN Conference powerhouse Lipscomb University Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Flames had let their 16-point second half advantage evaporate to a single possession lead. With under 90 seconds left, Liberty senior guard Lovell Cabbil started to penetrate the Lipscomb defense before kicking it out to junior […]
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The men’s lacrosse team opened its spring season with a thumping 17-6 win over University of Central Florida Saturday, Feb. 16, lashing in seven goals during the second quarter as the Flames rapidly outpaced the Knights. Dominating throughout Saturday’s game, the Flames outscored the Knights in every quarter, putting 10 goals past UCF goalie Christopher Cacciatore in the first half […]
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In their first matchup against Lipscomb Jan.29, the Flames were dominated 79-59 in a game marked by messy, seemingly immature play. The Flames hope to reverse that loss Wednesday evening with a victory over the Lipscomb Bisons. The Flames will compete Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Allen Arena, in Nashville. The Flames look to reclaim the top spot […]
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Becoming a fast runner is no easy feat, and neither is holding 2019’s fastest 500m time in the world. Alejandro Perlaza Zapata, Liberty’s top 400-500m runner has done just that and more. Zapata grew up in Colombia and began running at a young age, but did not start participating in track and field until 2010. He recognized the need to […]
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The Lady Flames basketball team fell short Tuesday, Feb. 5, to the Stetson Hatters 68-56. Tuesday was Liberty’s first loss since Jan. 12 after winning their previous five games. Turnovers were a factor throughout the game. Liberty had trouble controlling the ball, and when they turned the ball over, it led to points for Stetson. In the first quarter, Stetson […]
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The student section at Flames basketball games has a new identity: The Fire Pit. The Fire-Pit-student section has brought renewed life the Vines. And it’s all thanks to a pair of Liberty sport management students and a Twitter page. The students, junior Jordan Elliott and senior Austin Needels, originally met in their sport management classes together. Elliott hopes to become […]
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The Flames survived a late scare against Stetson Tuesday, Feb. 5, scraping a 57-54 win at the Vines Center in Liberty’s first game this season decided by a single possession. When junior guard Caleb Homesley dunked with 2:22 left on the clock, the score was 57-48, in favor of the Flames. Liberty would not score again, however, and Stetson’s relentless […]
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They crawled back from an 11-point deficit and were in position to steal a huge upset victory. Down by one point with 1.9 seconds remaining, the Liberty Lady Flames basketball team took a timeout to set up an inbounds play from beneath their own basket. After a few seconds of scrambling as the Lady Flames attempted to get open, sophomore […]
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The Vines Center was alive with Midnight Mayhem at 11:59 p.m., Feb. 1, when the Flames men’s volleyball team took down the Virginia Tech Hokies 3-1. The win was Liberty’s first game of the spring semester after coming out of a strong 16-2-3 fall season. Tech came on strong in the first game, barely pulling out the win 27-25 as […]
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