In Liberty University’s first year as a member of Conference USA, eight of its NCAA Division I teams were crowned conference champions, highlighted by the Flames Football team’s first-ever FBS conference title and bid to a New Year’s Six bowl game.
- FOOTBALL: The host Flames amassed 712 yards of total offense, including 393 yards on the ground, and broke open a tie game with two unanswered touchdowns in a 49-35 CUSA Championship triumph over New Mexico State.
- SOFTBALL: The top-seeded Lady Flames beat No. 2 seed Western Kentucky on a walk-off double in the ninth inning to earn the CUSA title and clinch their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I tournament bid. The team advanced to the Athens (Ga.) Regional where they knocked off No. 25 Charlotte and No. 11 Georgia before falling twice to Georgia in the Regional Final.
- GOLF: The Flames won the 2024 CUSA title in a playoff against No. 4 UTEP, earning their eighth-straight NCAA Regional appearance.
- SOCCER: The Lady Flames upset No. 1-seeded New Mexico State 2-1 to earn their first CUSA conference crown. The team fell to No. 4-ranked Georgia 2-1 in the NCAA Division I opener.
- TRACK & FIELD: The men’s and women’s teams swept both indoor and outdoor CUSA championships this spring. Both the indoor and outdoor men’s teams hold the nation’s longest active conference win streaks for NCAA Division I (27 for indoor; 17 for outdoor). The Lady Flames earned their third-straight indoor crown and won their fourth outdoor title in five years.
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- SWIMMING & DIVING: The Lady Flames swam to their sixth straight conference title in their first season competing in the ASUN Championship. Jake Shellenberger (swimming) and Andrew Helmich (diving) were named ASUN Coaches of the Year.
- SKI & SNOWBOARD: Liberty swept all four men’s and women’s ski & snowboard USCSA Mid-Atlantic Regional titles and won team gold medals in men’s snowboard Rail Jam and Slopestyle as well as women’s snowboard Rail Jam, Slopestyle, and Boardercross to become the overall champions at the USCSA National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.
- MEN’S LACROSSE: The Flames captured their second Atlantic Lacrosse Conference championship in four years, defeating Virginia Tech in the semifinals and Tennessee in the final before advancing to the MCLA Division I Final Four for the second year in a row in Round Rock, Texas.
- MEN’S SWIMMING: After winning their fourth consecutive Eastern Regional Championship, the Flames posted a second place showing at the College Club Swimming (CCS) National Championships in Indianapolis, where freshman Drew Baxter won the 200-yard backstroke.
- WRESTLING: The men’s team rolled to its 12th consecutive Mid-Atlantic Conference Tournament championship, and the women won their sixth title in a row. The Flames finished runner-up at both the NCWA National Duals in Iowa and the NCWA Grand Nationals in Louisiana for the second year. Josiah Murphy (235 pounds) and Rick Weaver (285) both won their third straight individual national titles.
- DISC GOLF: For the first time in program history, the men’s and women’s teams swept the four divisions of the Flamethrower Regional Championships and all three singles titles. The teams won the Division I women’s and Division III men’s titles at the College Disc Golf National Championships.
- WOMEN’S DIVISION I HOCKEY: The Lady Flames reclaimed their Women’s Midwest College Hockey tournament championship. In the ACHA national tournament, the team fell to Minot State in double overtime in the semifinals.
