Category: Sports

Although the Liberty men’s soccer team ended their season early with a loss in the first stages of the Big South tournament, they have much to look forward to this season and have told the Liberty Champion that they are hungry for success. With a talent of eight seniors, Liberty men’s soccer will field an experienced and more seasoned squad, […]

The Liberty men’s basketball team was able to take an exciting trip overseas this summer to play against six European teams and finished with a 4-2 record. The team spent nine days total in Europe, visiting parts of Belgium, Switzerland […]

As students return to campus, attend their first classes and hit the books, the Lady Flames soccer team has been hard at work training for their upcoming season. After a disappointing end to their 2010 season with a penalty kick loss to Gardner […]

Here’s a trivia question for students in light of returning to school. What offers a great opportunity to interact with friends, make new ones, stay in shape and compete at a comfortable level, all with little commitment? This week, intramural registration deadlines come up for broomball and table-tennis on Aug. 31 and soccer on Sept. 1. Intramural sports make an […]

Josh McDougal returns to Liberty to don a whistle rather than spikes Earlier this month, Liberty welcomed back one of their most decorated cross-country runners, Josh McDougal, as an assistant cross country and track and field coach. Head coach Brant Tolsma was exuberant about the hire of the 2007 National Champion and said, “ We believe Josh, who himself put […]

Over the past couple of years the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has seen a thickening array of allegations surrounding college athletics. Within a couple of years, the NCAA has swiftly passed judgment to many universities across […]

When the news that the NFL lockout had officially ended on Aug. 5, there was undoubtedly a large demographic that was more excited to play fantasy football again than about the upcoming season itself. This year’s season could have a slightly different feel to the beginning of it. The long summer layoff could adversely affect every team’s chemistry, specifically the […]

NFL was locked out, but not NCAA Not long ago, every newspaper in America had the same headline. “Football is back,” or some variation thereof. Ask Danny Rocco, Mike Brown or Asa Chapman and they’ll tell you football never left. Not for them or the other hundred or so Liberty football players who have been living in weight rooms, camping […]

The Liberty University women’s volleyball program officially started its fall season with a three-game road trip to Athens, Georgia. The Lady Flames played three games in the Hotel Indigo Bulldog Invitational over the weekend posting a 1-2 record. Liberty started slowly against University of Georgia. Liberty fell to Georgia in three games (25-21, 25-21, 25-20). Sophomore outside hitter Lillie Happel […]

Liberty won all four of its games in its weekend tournament. The Flames played a grueling four games in three days over the weekend in the Liberty Tournament where it hosted the Le Moyne Dolphins and the New Orleans Privateers at Worthington Stadium.

The Liberty University Club Sports department added three teams: men’s racquetball, men’s disc golf and women’s disc golf, which will be added for the 2011 fall semester. These new teams open up the possibility for Liberty students to be involved in a wider variety of competitive sports that are more officially run than the intramural teams and more similar to […]

Growing up, Leo Cardenas had one thing that was a constant in his life. It was always a part of him and something that he developed a passion for. That passion was for the game of football. Like most kids, Cardenas fell in love with the sport and dreamed of one day playing football on a big stage in front […]

This year’s 2011 draft was one of the most polarized drafts in recent history. Some teams drafted like it was the office fantasy league and others drafted like there was a Super Bowl to win. The Winners The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up to the No. 10 pick in the first round with a bulls-eye on Missouri product and obvious front-runner […]