Category: Sports

Coaching a team that finished last season undefeated, culminating in a CCSA title, could make some coaches complacent because of previous success. Instead, Head Coach Jake Shellenberger and the Liberty Lady Flames swim team remain locked in while integrating nine new freshmen into the team. Last year, Liberty went 15-0 on its way to its second CCSA swimming and diving […]

Few jobs require performing before thousands of screaming fans, receiving love for success and hatred for failure. But professional athletes live with that reality – and the pressure takes its toll on the men and women we pay to entertain us.  For NBA star Kevin Love, Nov. 5, 2017, was a day that changed his life. Then 29 years old, […]

Coming from an SEC powerhouse to Liberty University puts sophomore Macy Phillips in the position of meeting her teammates for the first time while already being one of the most accomplished and respected players on the Liberty women’s volleyball team.  Phillips transferred from the University of Florida, where she played 17 sets and made it to the NCAA Division I […]

Though Adelyn Ackley is only a freshman on the Liberty University women’s cross-country team, she has already made a mark on the program during her short time competing.  Her high school times placed her at the top of the country her senior year, including a fourth-place finish in the 2-mile race at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals meet. Ackley […]

Sophomore forward Josh Fricks earned his first goal of Thursday night’s hat trick when he careened across the ice and chipped the puck above the goalie’s shoulder and into the top of the net.  Fricks’ goal was the first of 10 for the Flames as they laid down another dominant performance Thursday night in a 10-2 victory over the IUP […]

The Liberty Flames women’s volleyball team grinded out an intense win in three sets over the ASUN conference-leading Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Tuesday night in the Vines Center.  The win lengthened the Flames win streak to three matches and maintained their dominance at home, where they remain undefeated in four matches. “I’m really proud of our resiliency and the way […]

When Ashley Dykema, a Liberty field hockey player, wrote her younger sister Bethany a letter of support as Bethany tried to choose a college, she did not know that letter would impact Bethany’s decision to eventually play with her sister at Liberty.  Growing up homeschooled in eastern Virginia, the Dykema sisters played on a club field hockey team at a […]

On Nov. 29, 2015, the Philadelphia 76ers lost their 28th consecutive game in the NBA. From March 27 to Dec. 1, the team did not win a single game as part of General Manager Sam Hinkie’s plan to purposely lose to acquire  top draft picks. From 2013 to 2016, the 76ers went 47-199, winning 19% of their games. While the […]

Fighting from behind twice within the first 90 minutes, Liberty women’s soccer held out for a dramatic winner in overtime Thursday night against James Madison (2-7), taking a 3-2 win after freshman Grace Spade turned home a loose ball in the penalty area to end the game.  Locked at 2-2 for most of the game after four goals in the […]

The train horn blared for the 11th time Friday night as Flames forward Josh Fricks wheeled around the side of Duquesne’s goal and nudged the puck in from behind the goal post, sending the visibly deflated Dukes skating back to the center of the ice for the game’s last faceoff. The LaHaye Ice Center was hot as the Liberty Flames […]

Twelve players flying around the rink with reckless abandon, using their physicality and sticks to hit each other at full speed into hard plexiglass boards, crashing into each other in front of the net in hopes of scoring – hockey is not for the faint of heart.  But Liberty senior forward Jordan Bochinski can be described as anything but the […]

College is a weird transition. You move into a new dorm, you meet entirely new people and you get started in a brand-new academic system. Joshua Quigg, a cinematic arts freshman and walk-on runner for the cross-country and track teams, knows this just as well as anyone else. Though Quigg graduated from Liberty Christian Academy and still has classes in […]

Liberty’s men’s DI Hockey team is hoping to remain at the top of their conference in 2019 while integrating eight new players to the roster.  Last year’s loss to Lindenwood University at the national championship left a bad taste in the team’s mouth, but with a fresh start this year, the team plans to keep its focus on this upcoming […]