With a spot in the ASUN championship on the line, Blake Preston had four fouls with 4:31 left in the semifinal against Stetson. Head Coach Ritchie McKay had two choices: leave him in and risk him fouling out, or take him out of the game. McKay left Preston in – and it paid off. Preston went on to score […]
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March 8, 2021, marked a year to the day since Liberty’s basketball team clinched a second straight ticket to March Madness in front of a jam-packed Vines Center. On that day in 2020, Ritchie McKay’s players soaked up the joy of the moment, the thrill of a repeat ASUN championship against rivals Lipscomb – but they had no idea that […]
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Musa Morris has always done what he loves most: play soccer. Wherever he is, whether in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, under the hot Arizona sun or on Liberty’s green fields, soccer has always been woven into Morris’ life. “Soccer was just something I did growing up,” Morris said. “In Nigeria, I grew up playing in the streets. Everywhere you […]
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Since returning from a torn ACL, junior Brady Gulakowski has struggled to make an impact for Liberty baseball this season, batting at an .083 average. That is, until Tuesday night. As the sun set over Liberty’s baseball stadium, Gulakowski finally found his feet, leading Liberty to a 5-1 win over former Big South rival Radford for Liberty’s third win of […]
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A Liberty dean is leading the effort to create a football helmet prototype to reduce the impact of collisions to a player’s head. Following a strong showing at a competition put together by the NFL, he and his team are working toward the future of player safety. Dr. Mark Horstemeyer is the dean of Liberty University’s School of Engineering and […]
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The Lady Flames field hockey team came into their game Saturday against the Old Dominion Monarchs with only one thought on their minds: revenge. Liberty’s previous season ended abruptly against the Monarchs, when the Lady Flames lost 3-1 in the Big East Semifinals. But it did not take long for the Lady Flames to ignite in this game. Jill Bolton […]
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This weekend was a chance for the Lady Flames to banish some demons, beat ranked FGCU and move into the women’s basketball ASUN tournament on the front foot. Instead, FGCU’s status as Liberty’s bogeyman continued, with the Eagles sweep of Liberty March 5 and 6 leaving Head Coach Carey Green ruing what might have been. “When you’re playing a very […]
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Freshman third baseman Mary Claire Wilson dashed toward first base as soon as the ball left her bat. The ball flew past the outfielder and Wilson continued running until she safely reached home. Wilson’s rare inside-the-park home run also allowed leftfielder Emily Sweat to score after she was walked on the previous at bat, and it increased the Lady Flames […]
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William Byron rode the momentum of his big win at Homestead to a solid run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The day had its ups and downs, but Byron was able to earn an eighth-place finish with 25 laps led in the afternoon. Byron started the race on the outside of the front row and wasted no time getting to […]
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William Shakespeare remains notorious and celebrated for his lasting contributions to the theatre world as a playwright, despite his death occurring over 400 years ago. This year, Liberty’s theatre program is taking on one of his well-known classics, but this time, with a surprising twist. Director Neal Brasher said he has made it a mission in life to share Shakespeare […]
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Liberty University’s campus is a breeding ground for young creatives hoping to capture pieces of the world on camera in a way that reflects the beauty of the heavenly creator. Two Liberty students that embody this desire are juniors Katie Bridgman, 21, and Aliyah Burton, 20, who have each started their own photography businesses which are focused on capturing their […]
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Featured nearly every night on Instagram stories, Snapchat stories, VSCO posts, and Facebook, Virginia sunsets are a constant favorite for Liberty students. Here are eight of the best spots on Liberty’s campus to catch one of these famed sunsets. 1. The Monogram The Monogram draws crowds of sunset watchers almost every night and with good reason. Students can enjoy the […]
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Austin Farmerie walked across campus in a head-to-toe monochromatic outfit—a quality brown turtleneck with a zip-up hoodie overtop of it, paired with Stüssy track pants and chunky nude sneakers. “Clothes are my art and campus is my runway,” Farmerie said. Farmerie, a junior studying entertainment journalism, is part of a small but increasingly distinguished group of students at Liberty who […]
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“Mema wo akwaaba,” Rachel Naa Anyema Clottey said, welcoming students into the International Student Center. The phrase means “welcome” in Twi, the language of the Ashanti kingdom of Ghana that Clottey calls home. At the International Student Center’s (ISC) Lunch and Learn: Ghana event, students ate rice water, Nkatie Cake (a candy made of peanuts and coconut sugar) and other […]
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“We were moving out of our house before we even had a place to go,” Emma Claire Burns said. “We didn’t know what to do,” Jeremy Burns said. “Does the Lord want us to stay here, does he want us somewhere else?” Last year, the Burns family, originally from Boaz, Alabama, took a leap of faith when the Lord pressed […]
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