Whether getting Chipotle or playing soccer, the Liberty men’s DII hockey team always has a unique way of preparing to hit the ice before a game. For the 2019 season, the DII team is 13-1-0 in division play, keeping the goal of winning nationals in the back of their mind. While it is easy for a team with their […]
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The Liberty men’s and women’s cross-country teams celebrated second-place finishes at the ASUN cross-country championship meet Saturday. The Flames saw three top-five finishers with redshirt sophomore Felix Kandie coming in second in the men’s 8K race and freshman Adelyn Ackley and sophomore Callie Parlier making a 1-2 finish in the women’s 5K. Ackley set a program record 5K time of […]
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Back in 2017, quarterback Stephen Buckshot Calvert broke the program’s previous record for passing yards in a game, amassing 447 yards against Baylor. Calvert threw the ball 60 times in that game and completed his last pass with less than 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Against UMass (1-8) Saturday, Nov. 2, Calvert shattered his own record, throwing for […]
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Daniella Rhodes received the right-side feed from Maddie Hosler and forced the ball into the goal in the 48th minute to seal the deal, spurring the Lady Flames to their first field hockey victory over a ranked opponent in the 2019 season. The goal was Liberty’s second in a 2-0 victory over Providence Friday, Nov. 1. The Lady Flames outshot […]
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The Lady Flames basketball team dominated the Big South for nearly two decades before joining the ASUN last season. The expectations for the team were high. But the team struggled through an up-and-down season before finally losing in the ASUN conference title game against Florida Gulf Coast. This season, the team is looking to fully settle into its new conference […]
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Many freshmen experience their first months away from their homes and families when they come to college. But Flames freshman goalie Cedric LeSieur is older than most freshmen, and has been away from home since he graduated high school. LeSieur spent a few years after graduating high school playing for a junior hockey team on Vancouver Island, on the opposite […]
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The Liberty women’s soccer team is looking to close out its strong season the way it started, emphasizing team comradery, chemistry and competition. As the postseason approaches, the team continues to improve daily, and their goal at the beginning of the season to cultivate a winning culture remains the same. Head Coach Lang Wedemeyer commented on how the team has […]
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On October 19 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman surrendered a walk-off home run to Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve in the bottom of the ninth inning to lose the game 6-4. With one swing of the bat, Altuve and the Astros eliminated the Yankees from the playoffs and catapulted […]
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The No. 4 Liberty Flames men’s hockey team suffered its first losses of the season this weekend when they traveled to take on No. 1 Adrian College in a two-game weekend series. The Bulldogs trampled the Flames 7-3 Friday night in a show of offensive power and defensive strength, holding the Flames to less than four points for the first […]
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When Liberty Flames (5-3) football traveled to Rutgers (2-6), it was clear after the first half that the first team to make a defensive stop was going to win the game. Rutgers snapped the Flames five-game win streak with a 44-34 victory over Liberty Saturday, Oct. 26. For the second week in a row, the Flames gave up 44 points […]
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The No. 17 Liberty women’s field hockey team lost a tough home game against the No. 3 UConn Huskies during Liberty’s inaugural breast cancer awareness game Oct. 26. The Lady Flames fell to a record of 9-5 with a 4-2 record in the Big East as conference rival UConn won the back-and-forth contest 6-3. Both teams came out strong […]
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The Houston Astros grinded throughout the 2019 season, winning 107 games and securing home field advantage over the Washington Nationals in the World Series. But it turns out playing home games is the last thing either team wants to do in this year’s Fall Classic. Through the first five games of the Fall Classic, neither the Astros nor the Nationals […]
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Being a freshman on campus can be challenging and even intimidating to any college student. But for freshman tennis player Tiffany Nguyen, that challenge is only multiplied by being thousands of miles from her home and family. Born and raised in Vietnam, Nguyen had no idea that she would one day end up playing collegiate tennis in America. “Growing up […]
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For many kids, representing their nation at the Olympics is the greatest dream imaginable. For those more academically-minded, getting a doctorate in neuroscience is the height of academic achievement. Victoria Hendrix not only has both goals, but a good chance of accomplishing both. Victoria, 18, is a freshman on Liberty’s shooting team. She came to Liberty as the reigning Junior […]
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Collegiate paintball remains outside the knowledge of most sports fans. However, Kyle Babb, a first-year assistant coach for Liberty’s club paintball team, gives perhaps the best summary of paintball for those unfamiliar with the sport. “It’s a game of chess with guns,” Babb said. For most of the past decade, the Flames have mastered the collegiate scene and regularly challenged […]
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