Category: Sports

This weekend’s football game hosting Syracuse will be one of the biggest — if not the biggest — Liberty football games in school history. Saturday will be the first time Liberty has ever welcomed a Power Five and nationally-ranked school into Williams Stadium and the first game Liberty plays with new Head Coach Hugh Freeze. The Liberty ticket office is […]

After battling injuries last fall, redshirt sophomore Felix Kandie looks to carry a fantastic end to the outdoor track season into the cross-country season this semester for the Liberty Flames. During the fall 2018 cross-country season, Kandie injured his back, hindering his ability to perform to expectations. Kandie regained his health and came into form during the outdoor track season, […]

The Liberty women’s soccer team spent its offseason focusing on one aspect of their team philosophy: building a culture where everyone believes each game is an attainable victory.  Despite a demanding season schedule where non-conference powerhouses are listed regularly, including Duke, North Carolina and the University of Virginia, the players are confident in their ability to compete and win because […]

The Liberty Flames field hockey team seem primed for regular season action after concluding their preseason with a dominant 5-2 victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Saturday. Junior midfielder Jill Bolton ignited the Flames attack with two goals and an assist, and forwards Victoria O’Keefe, Daniella Rhodes and Olivia Klopp each notched a goal for a Flames offense that […]

Despite baseball still being hailed as America’s pastime, other sports have replaced baseball in American culture. The criticism is easy to spot by simply scrolling through social media posts and comments. People think it is slow, boring and unathletic. I played baseball for 14 years, and I fully agree with every complaint thrown against the sport. I dread when the […]

It was just like a movie. Down to their last out, the home team was trailing, their best hitter up to bat with the bases loaded and the game on the line.  Liberty senior second baseman Amber Bishop stepped to the plate and delivered a game-winning grand slam home run over the right field fence that culminated a seven-run comeback  […]

Though the end of finals week sees most students leave campus for the summer, athletic events keep Liberty buzzing throughout the summer months, attracting thousands of visitors to Lynchburg.  State Games of America In one of the highlights of the summer, an expected 14,000 athletes and fans will flood Liberty’s campus for the State Games of America, a national-level amateur […]

Consistency. For a basketball player, consistency is putting out the same quality of performance every time he steps on the court. Consistency is what separates Derrick Rose, who played at an MVP level for two weeks in 2018, from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who displayed an MVP-level performance for the entire 2018-19 season. For a basketball referee, consistency means calling fouls fairly […]

Baseball has long been considered America’s national pastime. Since the late 19th century, crowds of all ages have flocked to stadiums to behold one of the most entertaining games ever created by mankind.  Baseball possesses an unwritten code that players are expected to follow, creating a culture of sportsmanship. Players are expected to not argue balls and strikes, run the […]

In its inaugural season in the ASUN, Liberty athletics has taken its new conference by storm, finishing first or second place in some of the most high-profile sports. Liberty’s men’s and women’s tennis teams have done their part, both finishing second in the ASUN.  “This has been a good step for the whole athletic department,” men’s tennis Head Coach Derek […]

At 5-foot-7, senior attackman Sam Gregory is shorter than all but one of his Liberty University Flames men’s lacrosse teammates.  But his diminutive stature has not prevented Gregory from standing tall in crucial moments for the Flames over the past four years. The most recent example: Gregory scored twice, including an instrumental second-half goal, in a hard-fought 9-8 victory at […]

Jeff Maren’s tennis career began with a loss to his mom. During the summer before his freshman year of high school, Maren was challenged to a tennis match by his mother, who was a former tennis player. Much to his surprise, she easily defeated him, which sparked an ambition for the sport inside of him. “I was so upset that […]