Things are heating up on Liberty’s softball field as the team prepares for the spring season. So far, the Lady Flames have hosted two Division III schools in Averett and Roanoke College, but the highlight of the fall season has been the game against Longwood where the team showed promising performances. The Flames have seen home runs from outfielder Kara […]
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After winning the ACHA Championship in April, the Lady Flames Division I hockey team began its season with a 3–2 victory over the Washington Pride Sept. 25 at the LaHaye Ice Center. The Lady Flames were quiet in the first period, but by the third period, they had scored twice. A late-game rally by the Pride tied the game, but […]
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The 2021-22 swimming and diving season is underway for the Lady Flames as Liberty opened the season at Campbell with a 142-115 win. The win included Liberty victories in one relay and nine individual events. The victory was Liberty’s 18th straight win against Campbell, moving the Lady Flames up to a record of 18-2. Abbie Shaw took over the No. […]
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Well, we all got Syracuse wrong. Some of us mentioned that an upset was possible, but nobody actually went for it. For UAB, everyone correctly predicted Liberty to win, and Luke Randle came the closest to the score. Here are our predictions for Liberty’s homecoming game against Middle Tennessee. Luke Randle (4-1) The second half against UAB was the best […]
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The Lady Flames women’s tennis team was back in action Oct. 1-3 when it participated in the ITA Atlantic Regional at Liberty Tennis Complex. The team captured winning records in all categories, going 3-2 in doubles and 6-5 in singles, which combined for 9-7 overall. Liberty Head Coach Jeff Maren said fall play is a good time to get his ducks […]
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After a slow penalty-filled start that saw the Liberty Flames give up two goals, the men’s Division I hockey team stormed back to defeat Michigan-Dearborn 3-2 Oct. 1 at the LaHaye Ice Center. Slow starts have been a bit of a theme to start the season for the Flames, especially in the last two games. The first period ended with […]
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The No. 12 Lady Flames field hockey team defeated ACC opponent No. 20 Duke Oct. 3 at home, winning 5-2 to extend Liberty’s win streak to five games on the season. The Lady Flames got a gift early on when a shot rebounded to Daniella Rhodes, who scored the easiest goal of her career to put the Flames up 1-0. […]
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The men’s and women’s cross-country teams turned in some strong performances so far this season, highlighted by a Sept. 24 trip to the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a historically competitive race, the Flames performed well. The women’s team placed fourth and the men’s team placed 10th in the 21-team field. Junior Adelyn Ackley and senior Calli Doan […]
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From playing at an ice rink an hour’s drive from Liberty University to holding home games on campus in a packed-out arena, the Liberty hockey program has grown to great heights. Hockey has become one of the standout sports at Liberty. There are five Liberty hockey teams, and they all play in the same arena called the LaHaye Ice Center. […]
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After a rough outing last week against Syracuse, the Flames started slow before dominating the UAB Blazers in the second half to win 36-12 in UAB’s inaugural game Oct. 2 at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. This game marked the first time Liberty entered a game as the underdog this season, but the Flames refused to be intimidated. Led by an impressive […]
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Artistic visions and works create a sense of wonder that captivates and inspires people, and downtown Lynchburg’s Art Alley provides an outlet for people to experience that wonder firsthand. First conceptualized in early 2020, the Downtown Lynchburg Association staff and a small board committee founded the Alley at 1100 Commerce St. as a perfect opportunity to improve the public space […]
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It takes money to fight money. This is the mantra of the Mosaic Collective founder Jennifer Olson. Mosaic Collective provides a fair-trade shop where students and community members can come to buy fair-trade and handcrafted goods curated by survivors of human trafficking. The proceeds from these purchases go back to the people who made the items, helping to empower and […]
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One of the most pivotal moments of Carolina Chavarría’s life came in the form of an abrupt phone call from a friend informing her that she had an audition that could change her life in five minutes. Chavarría’s friend knew the Liberty sophomore had an incredible voice and made the decision to put Chavarría’s name on the LU Praise team’s […]
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Clear, lively notes of a fiddle pierce the silence of the darkened theater. A single spotlight slowly illuminates the source of the resonating melody: a shadowy figure perched atop a building – a fiddler on the roof. Alluvion Stage Company, Liberty’s professional theater company, opened its season Sept. 23 with a production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” First performed in […]
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One moment can change the course of your life. In a flash, things may be different, but life is not simply determined by the event that happened. Rather, it is how you pick up the cards you were dealt and play them. Lily Rhodes, age 20, is an amateur para-equestrian at the University of Lynchburg, who boards horses and holds […]
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