Category: Sports

Late Sunday evening, the Liberty field hockey team awaited the announcement of who would advance into the NCAA 2023 Division I Field Hockey Championship tournament. After suffering a loss in the Big East Championship game, the Flames did not receive an automatic spot in the tournament and would need to be selected via an at-large bid to advance.  While eagerly […]

The Liberty Flames women’s volleyball team swept the Louisiana Tech Nov. 2-3, winning in straight sets on both days against a CUSA rival.  “(It was a) good two wins for us,” Liberty Head Coach Trevor Johnson said after Friday’s win. “(I) was proud to see their resiliency and response after that not so great first set.” The two-game series versus […]

As its fall season came to a close, the Liberty women’s tennis team welcomed six teams to the Liberty Tennis Complex for the second Flames Hidden Dual of the season Nov. 3-5. Liberty was joined by Georgetown, Marshall, UNC Greensboro, Richmond, VCU, and William & Mary for the three-day event, which began Friday.  On the tournament’s opening day, Liberty went […]

For the Liberty men’s and women’s crew team, the balance of spending time competing and making time for academics is drastically different compared to other sports.  “We practice five days a week,” Head Coach Debbie Prowse said, regarding what competing on the team entails. “We like to get out on the water usually on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays early in […]

As the sun beamed down on the Robert Mack Caruthers Field in Ruston, Louisiana, the Liberty Flames women’s soccer team took to the pitch to face off against the New Mexico State Aggies in the long-awaited Conference USA Championship match.  Having suffered a disappointing 2-0 loss to New Mexico State in Lynchburg earlier in the season, Liberty looked to take […]

Coming off a disappointing series split with Delaware last weekend, the Liberty men’s D1 hockey team headed back to the LaHaye Ice Center seeking redemption Nov. 4-5 against 18th-ranked Stony Brook Seawolves.  The uncharacteristic series against Delaware, which consisted of a 6-3 loss and a narrow 3-2 victory, dropped the Flames to No. 15  in the ACHA National Rankings — […]

Liberty field hockey traveled to Philadelphia to begin the Big East Championship tournament on Friday, Nov. 2. The Flames entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and faced the No. 4 seed – Villanova University for their first game.  An early corner in the first quarter gave the Flames hopes for a quick lead, however, the first quarter ended […]

The Liberty women’s soccer team traveled to Louisiana this weekend to play LA Tech in its final game of the regular season. The Flames defeated the Bulldogs 4-1, to securing the two seed and the bye week that comes with it in the Conference USA Women’s Soccer Championship.  In the first ever meeting between the LA Tech Bulldogs and the […]

The Liberty University men’s soccer team fell to the University of Incarnate Word the evening of Oct. 29 2-0, with both goals coming in in the first half. The win places UIW as the No. 2 seed and ensures them a first-round bye in the Ohio Valley Conference postseason tournament starting next week. Liberty sits just below them at No. […]

Across the pond in London, England sits the childhood home of Liberty  tennis player Deji Thomas-Smith. This is the place in which Thomas-Smith was born, raised and lived until he moved to the States to pursue a college tennis career.  Introduced to the game at just 8 years old, Thomas-Smith was instantly enchanted by the sport and decided to pursue […]