Category: Sports

The Liberty Flames fans rose to their feet in applause as Chase Burton beat his chest and let out a battle cry that resounded throughout the arena. Burton pumped his fist, acknowledging and encouraging the crowd to continue to erupt in approval. “We compare it to war,” Burton said. “And you’re soldiers and brothers in arms. There’s an adrenaline rush […]

Senior Nico Bellarde, captain of the Liberty men’s soccer team, is ready to lead his team to victory during his final season. In 2017, Bellarde was made team captain as well as named to the Big South All-Academic Team. This season he hopes to continue his success with the team. “I obviously want to make this season the best that […]

Junior Allison Schaefer came out of the gates strong this season, being nominated for Big East defensive player of the week after totaling 15 saves and having a save percentage of .750 against James Madison University and Duke University. “It was really cool to be nominated and picked for that,” Schaefer said. “But it is still only the beginning of […]

The recent expansion to Williams Stadium includes a new video board, better Wi-Fi speed, and higher seating capacity. Concessions were also updated, bringing a faster, tastier experience for fans. The East side of the stadium previously offered a general concession stand with eight registers. Since the opening of the new stadium, the East wing now offers Auntie Anne’s, Dunkin Donuts […]

The Lady Flames softball team is optimistic about the future of their program with the successful season they had in the spring. The Flames ended their season with a record of 49-14, the best record that the Lady Flames program has ever had. The team is looking forward to next season with a new mindset. “The theme for the year […]

The Liberty University women’s field hockey team is two games into their season and have already made a big splash, with senior Agui Moroni being awarded the national offensive player of the week for her performance in their first game at James Madison University. Moroni scored a hat trick during the 6-1 rout of JMU on August 24. The hat […]

Flames fans will notice something different when looking at the Liberty Women’s volleyball team this season, and these changes are all from new head coach Trevor Johnson. Johnson is starting his tenth season coaching and is taking on the women’s volleyball team this fall, and the girls are taking the leadership he is providing them and running with it.  Johnson […]

Liberty University Track & Field athletes had a different summer experience than most. In addition to NCAA competition lasting until June, a group of the team competed in the inaugural Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire America Games held in Sau Paulo, Brazil from July 20-29. Liberty Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Brant Tolsma was chosen to coach […]

The Liberty Flames routed the Old Dominion University Monarchs in a 52-10 win Saturday night after a nearly two-hour rain delay. The Flames could not be quenched as they took on the Monarchs in their historic Football Bowl Subdivision debut. Williams Stadium was packed with its fourth-largest crowd in school history of 20,425 fans. “I want to say ‘to God […]

Led by new coach Trevor Johnson, the Liberty University women’s volleyball team enters the 2018-19 season with high hopes and a renewed focus on personal growth and progress both on the court and off. For Johnson, who is a back-to-back National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national title winner as both a player and a coach, the Lady Flames’ ability to […]

Coming off their 2018 ACHA Championship last season, the Liberty University women’s DI hockey team took down the Hamilton Hawks 3-1 at Lahaye Ice Center Saturday afternoon. The Flames got off to a slow start to begin the season opener, which sophomore forward Shelby Bradford attributed to first game nerves. “The first game, [we] had to get the rust off,” […]

It was 9 a.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Liberty Mountain Intramural Sports Complex, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. Sixty-four athletes representing a dozen schools from all along the East Coast were ready to begin a full day of beach volleyball in the sun. Over eight hours later, the National Collegiate Sand Volleyball Association Mid-Atlantic […]