Third consecutive double-crowning for indoor teams Another year meant another title for the Liberty Flames track and field team. The Flames recently claimed the top spot on both the men’s and women’s side at the 2012 Big South Indoor Track and Field Championships, marking the third consecutive year that both teams were crowned champions at the conference title meet. The […]
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Liberty University’s feasibility study analyzing the implications and requirements of jumping to an FBS program will be presented to the powers that be March 20. I really hope Liberty gets the green light to announce its intentions to court bigger conferences because, quite frankly, the Big South is feeling awfully repetitive lately. We’ll call it the Bryce Harper Phenomenon. You […]
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Frigid temperatures, fog, rain and Reinhardt University could not stop Liberty University men’s lacrosse team Friday night as the Flames trounced the Eagles 20-11. “Tonight was an opportunity for us to showcase what we have been working on,” head coach Kyle McQuillan said. “We got to try a lot of different things and see what kind of depth we have […]
Read moreIt hasn’t taken long for coach Steve Bowman and the Liberty University disk golf team to make their mark on the sport. In their first year as an organized club team, the Flames men’s and women’s teams have already qualified for the National Tournament and Saturday, March 3, hosted a National Qualifying Tournament. The winner got an automatic bid in […]
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Adrian College knocked out Liberty University in the second round of the ACHA Nationals, 6-3. Liberty took the lead in the game on a goal by Jake Hannon, but it was quickly equalized by the Bulldogs. Fourteen minutes into the second period, the game was still tied 1-1. Thirty seconds later, the score turned, 2-1, Adrian College. The game started […]
Read moreLiberty University women’s hockey team played the Reston Raiders and defeated them 8-2. Just minutes into the first period, Liberty’s Stacy Christiaans had already put the first score on the board and lit up the board moments later with an assist from Sarah Stevenson. Keeping with the motif, Amanda Grainger scored with an assist from Autumn Kucharczk. In the midst […]
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Liberty outscores Coppin State 29-1 in their three-game series Liberty showed off all phases of its game in a weekend sweep of Coppin State. Shutdown pitching and defense in game one and sizzling bats in games two and three resulted in an overall 29-1 margin. Game 1 Hot off of a big win against the University of Virginia’s 14th ranked […]
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Heavy snow was falling, the temperature was far below freezing and the event was held on a slope-style course, but this was not enough to keep Liberty University’s Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Team from qualifying for the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association nationals at last week’s Mid-Atlantic Regionals. The event was held at West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort, […]
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With teammates’ help, the seniors finish with a win When the buzzer reached zero, a celebration erupted in the Vines Center. The Liberty men’s basketball team defeated Campbell 49-41 and clinched the fifth seed in the Big South tournament. However, the win was sweeter for four seniors. With John Brown sidelined, guards David Minaya, Jesse Sanders and forward Tanner Hoyt […]
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The Liberty women’s basketball team defeated the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs 76-44 Saturday. For the Lady Flames, seeing their teammates and friends, seniors Avery Warley and Danika Dale, going out with a victory was every bit as important as clinching the number one overall seed of the Big South Tournament. “It was a goal to clinch the number one seed, and it […]
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Handy and co. are well-poised for a deep run It’s been two years since Liberty University last went to the ACHA National Tournament. Last season, Liberty narrowly missed a chance to compete in the tournament they’ve been regulars in, but this year, the Liberty men’s Division I hockey team is coming back to the national scene much improved. “We didn’t […]
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After playing together for 12 years, Jesse and John Caleb Sanders have formed a dangerous backcourt duo They have scored 1,706 points together at Liberty, which places them in third as far as Big South brother-scoring combinations go. Currently this season, the brothers from Sugar Land, Texas, both average over double-digits in scoring. Jesse Sanders is tied for the team […]
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Liberty University’s men’s club lacrosse team upended the Mountaineers of Appalachian State on a frigid Saturday afternoon 16-11 behind the play of sophomore Kurt Tobias and freshman John Ferris. Ferris led the way for the Flames with five goals and an assist while Tobias added two goals and four assists. “Today we were able to get (Tobias) and (Ferris) in […]
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Michael Robertson and Zack Haley provided key hits in victories Saturday and Sunday afternoon Jim Toman’s Flames baseball team split a Saturday series with visiting Siena College, taking the first game, 1-0 and dropping the second, 7-9. Sunday, the Flames picked up another win. Game 1 The first game of the Flames baseball team’s Saturday home doubleheader against the Siena […]
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Avery Warley – Started 126 games – No. 1 in Liberty history and Big South history with 1209 rebounds – No. 3 in Liberty program history with 154 + XX blocked shots – No. 5 in Liberty program history with 1385 – Received bachelor’s degree in psychology last May and is working on a master’s degree in counseling. – Virginia […]
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