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Liberty Flames and Lady Flames
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University Liberty University
Conference Conference USA (primary)
Big East (field hockey)
ASUN (women's lacrosse, women's swimming & diving)
OVC (men's soccer)
NCAA Division I (FBS) (FBS)
PresidentDondi Costin
Athletic director Ian McCaw
Location Lynchburg, Virginia
Varsity teams20 (9 men's, 11 women's)
Football stadium Williams Stadium
Basketball arena Liberty Arena (primary)
Vines Center
Ice hockey arenaLaHaye Ice Center
Baseball stadium Liberty Baseball Stadium
Softball stadium Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium
Soccer stadiumOsborne Stadium
NatatoriumLiberty University Natatorium
Tennis venueLiberty Tennis Complex
Indoor track and field venueLiberty Indoor Track Complex
Other venues LaHaye Ice Center
MascotSparky
NicknameFlames (men)
Lady Flames (women)
Marching bandSpirit of the Mountain
Fight song Fan the Flames!
ColorsRed, white, and blue [1]
     
Website libertyflames.com
Liberty Flames wordmark.svg
Conference USA logo in Liberty's colors CUSA logo in Liberty Flames colors.svg
Conference USA logo in Liberty's colors

The Liberty Flames and Lady Flames are the athletics teams of Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. They are a member of the NCAA Division I level in 20 sports. As of July 1, 2023, LU is a member of Conference USA (CUSA) for most sports, joining that league after five years as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).

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The field hockey team was a member of the Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference before that league's demise after the 2014 season. After playing the 2015 season as an independent, the team joined the Big East Conference in 2016. [2] Women's lacrosse remains in the ASUN, [3] and women's swimming & diving joined the ASUN when it effectively absorbed the swimming & diving side of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association after the 2022–23 season. [4] Men's soccer competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. [5] In football, Liberty had participated in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent before joining CUSA. [6]

Liberty University is the second youngest school in NCAA Division I, founded in 1971 (the youngest, Florida Gulf Coast University, was founded in 1991 with instruction starting in 1997). [n 1] As a member of the Big South Conference, Liberty regularly competed for the Sasser Cup, which is the trophy for the university which has the best sports program among the member institutions. Liberty won the Sasser Cup 14 times, the most in Big South Conference history. [7]

On February 16, 2017, the NCAA approved Liberty's football program move to the FBS for the 2018 season. Liberty has competed as an FBS independent since that time. On May 17, 2018, it was announced that the Flames would move from the Big South to the ASUN starting in 2018. [8]

In November 2021, Liberty was announced as a new member of CUSA, which took effect for the 2023–24 school year. [9]

Conference affiliations

Athletics

Men's sportsWomen's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross countryField hockey
Football Lacrosse
GolfSoccer
Soccer Softball
TennisSwimming
Track and field†Tennis
Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Baseball

The baseball program began in 1974 and has seen four alumni enter Major League Baseball, including Doug Brady, Sid Bream, Lee Guetterman, and Randy Tomlin. [10] Liberty Baseball has appeared in three NAIA Baseball World Series, finishing fifth in 1980, 1981, and 1982. The Flames made their first appearance in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Tournament in 1993, after the university moved athletics to NCAA Division I in 1989. The program has since appeared in the tournament in 1998 and 2000. [11] The program made it to the regional tournament finals in 2013 for the first time before falling to tournament host South Carolina.

Basketball

Men's basketball

Liberty Flames men's basketball in 2008, in Vines Center LU Flames Basketball.JPG
Liberty Flames men's basketball in 2008, in Vines Center

The Liberty Flames men's basketball program began in 1972 under head coach Dan Manley. The Flames finished 13-14 in the inaugural season. As of the 2009–10 season, the Flames have had 8 different head coaches of their men's team (Dan Manley (1972–77), Harley Swift (1977–78), Dale Gibson (1978–81), Jeff Meyer (1981–97), Randy Dunton (1997–98 and 2003–07), Mel Hankinson (1998–03), Ritchie McKay (2007–09 and 2015–present) and Dale Layer (2009–2015). As of the start of the 2019-2020 season, the Flames have an overall record of 691–723. [ citation needed ]

Liberty has reached the postseason eight times in its NCAA Division I history. The Flames fell to North Carolina (71–51) in the first round of the 1994 NCAA tournament after winning the Big South tournament. Liberty lost to St. Joseph's (82–63) in the 2004 NCAA tournament after defeating High Point (89–44) to claim its second Big South Conference tournament championship. Upon falling in the semi-finals of the Big South Conference tournament in the 2008–09 season, the Flames were invited to the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Liberty defeated Rider in the first round before falling to James Madison in the quarterfinals. Their next postseason appearance was in 2013, when they won the Big South tournament and followed it with a loss to North Carolina A&T in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. The 2016–17 season was the first of four consecutive seasons in which the Flames advanced to the postseason, with another CIT appearance. The Flames defeated Norfolk State and Samford before losing to UMBC (which would go on to score a historic upset of Virginia in the next season's NCAA tournament). They again made the CIT in 2018, defeating North Carolina A&T and Central Michigan before losing to UIC. In the Flames' first ASUN season of 2018–19, they won the ASUN Tournament and scored their first NCAA tournament win in an upset over Mississippi State. They lost in the second round to Virginia Tech. The Flames won the ASUN Tournament again in 2020, but the NCAA tournament was not held due to COVID-19.

Women's basketball

The University gained some media attention in the winter of 2005 when their women's basketball team, the Lady Flames led by Katie Feenstra, made the Sweet Sixteen of the 2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, being labeled a "Cinderella" team. After defeating fourth-seeded Penn State and fifth-seeded DePaul, the Flames' winning streak was halted by top-seeded LSU. Feenstra was later drafted by the San Antonio Silver Stars (now Las Vegas Aces) of the WNBA. The Lady Flames competed for the Big South's 2012 regular season and tournament championships. In the regular season, the Lady Flames went 16-2 in conference play to clinch the Big South's regular season title. [12] In addition, the Lady Flames won the Big South Conference Tournament, beating High Point University 81-73. [12]

Football

Liberty Flames football in 2007 BigSouthChampions.JPG
Liberty Flames football in 2007

Liberty's football program is headed by Jamey Chadwell. Liberty plays its home games at Williams Stadium.

2007 Big South Conference champions

The Liberty Flames captured their first Big South Conference football championship with a 31-0 victory over Gardner–Webb University. The Flames capped off their second year under head coach Danny Rocco with an 8-3 record and a 4-0 Big South record to claim the title. The same week, The Liberty University men's soccer team beat Radford University, 2-1, to capture the Big South Conference soccer title and its first appearance in the national tournament. Also that same week, the Liberty Women's Volleyball team shutout Winthrop in the finals of the Big South Volleyball tournament. it was the first conference championship for the volleyball team since 2001. The Liberty Men's and Women's cross country teams also won the Big South Championship with Josh McDougal, Jordan McDougal and Jarvis Jelen sweeping the top 3 positions in the men's race for the third straight year. [13] [14]

2008 Big South Conference champions

Topping its 2007 performance, Liberty ran its unbeaten Big South streak to 11-straight games, finishing back-to-back conference championship seasons with a 30-10 victory over Gardner–Webb. The Flames finished with a 10-2 record on the year and finished the conference slate unbeaten at 5-0. Liberty's victory allowed the Flames to become the first team in Big South history to win five conference games in a season and to join Gardner–Webb as the only two teams to post consecutive unbeaten seasons. Liberty finished ranked 15th in the FCS Coaches Poll and 14th in the Sports Network Poll. [15] [16] [17]

2024 Conference USA champions

Jamey Chadwell took over the Liberty football program ahead of the 2023 season and lead it to unprecedented heights. In their first year in CUSA, the Flames finished a perfect 12-0 regular season, including an 8-0 conference record that allowed them to host the 2023 Conference USA Championship Game. The Flames defeated New Mexico State 49-35 to claim the CUSA title in their first season in the league. As a result, the Flames received the Group of 5 berth in the New Year's Six bowl games, before falling to Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl [18] and finishing the season with a 13-1 record and ranked 25th in the final AP poll. Quarterback Kaidon Salter was named CUSA Most Valuable Player while Linebacker Tyler Dupree won Defensive Player of the Year, Running back Quinton Cooley won Newcomer of the Year, and Coach Chadwell won Coach of the Year. [19]

Track and field

Championships

Sam Chelanga holds the NCAA record for the 10,000 meters run with a time of 27:08.49 set at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Palo Alto, California on May 1, 2010. [20] Competing in cross country and the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, between 2009 and 2011, he won four NCAA Division I championship gold medals and three silvers. Josh McDougall won the cross country title in 2007, after finishing third the previous year.

In 2016, Head Coach Brant Tolsma notched his 100th conference championship over a 31-year coaching career with the Flames. Tolsma received Women's Coach of the Year honors, his 63rd Big South Coach of the Year Award. The Lady Flames cross country team won their first conference title since 2012. That year the Liberty's men's cross country squad finished runner-up behind Campbell University. The Flames were runner up three years in a row and have posted 14 consecutive top-two Big South finishes. [21]

Clarence Powell is a decorated track and field athlete who competed for Liberty University from 2008 to 2011, specializing in the triple jump, long jump, and high jump. Over his collegiate career, Powell earned 16 All-Big South honors and won six Big South Conference individual titles.

In his senior year (2011), Powell won the Big South indoor triple jump title for the third time and placed second in the long jump. In 2010, he had his best season, qualifying for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships and breaking Liberty and Big South triple jump records with a 52-1.25 (15.88m) effort. That year, he was named Big South Men's Outstanding Field Performer both indoors and outdoors. [22]

During his sophomore year (2009), despite injuries, Powell continued to excel, placing in multiple events at the Big South Championships and setting a new school indoor triple jump record. As a freshman in 2008, he was named Big South Men's Freshman of the Year and captured titles in the indoor and outdoor triple jump. Powell’s personal bests include 52-1.25 in the triple jump, 24-9.75 in the long jump, and 7-0.25 in the high jump.

Powell attended Cottondale High School, where he was a two-time Florida state champion in the triple jump. He graduated from Liberty with a major in graphic design. [23]

Club sports

Men's ice hockey

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Liberty Hockey Team

The men's ice hockey team competes at the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). The team plays at the LaHaye Ice Center.

Men's ice hockey finished the 2009–2010 season ranked 10th in the ACHA DI. LU went 23–3–3 and won a bid to the 2010 ACHA Division I Championships in Chicago, Illinois, The team lost 7–3 in the first round to Arizona State. [24] In addition to the ACHA DI team the University also fields JV teams playing at the ACHA DII and DIII levels.

Liberty won the University Hockey League Championship in the 2004–05 season. [25]

Men's wrestling

In 2011, Liberty announced that it would no longer sponsor a varsity wrestling team, citing Title IX concerns. [26] The team had competed as an independent NCAA Division I program from 2006–2011 since the Big South Conference does not host a wrestling championship. [27] Liberty University previously had wrestling teams from 1974 to 1994. The reinstatement of the wrestling program was aided by the support of the Liberty University Wrestling Foundation. Since its reclassification in 2012, the wrestling team has participated in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association [28] where it has won four national duals titles and four grand national titles. [29]

Facilities

The Liberty University track field in Lynchburg, Virginia Another view of Liberty University stadium IMG 4116.JPG
The Liberty University track field in Lynchburg, Virginia

Williams Stadium

Williams Stadium is the football stadium located on the campus of Liberty University. The stadium was built in 1989 and plays host to the football team. The stadium originally seated 12,000 fans. The first phase of a planned renovation was completed October 2, 2010. Williams Stadium now has a five-story press tower. In addition, 7,200 more seats were installed by adding a second deck to the home side of the stadium and lengthening both the east and west stands of the stadium. The seating capacity is currently 25,000.

Liberty Arena

Liberty Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena completed in 2020 that is now the primary home of the Flames and Lady Flames basketball teams, as well as women's volleyball. Located next to the Vines Center, the former home of the aforementioned teams, and connected to that facility by a tunnel, it was officially opened on November 23, 2020, with the first event, a Lady Flames basketball game, held on December 1. [30]

Vines Center

Vines Center is an 8,085-seat multi-purpose arena. It was built in 1990 and was home to the Flames and Lady Flames basketball teams, as well as women's volleyball, until the opening of Liberty Arena. The Vines Center was also home to men's wrestling until that program was downgraded from varsity to club status in 2011. It hosted the Big South Conference men's basketball tournament from 1995–98, and also all rounds of the tourney except for the first round in 2003 and 2004. In the fall of 2008 the Vines Center underwent a major renovation of all seating. New red-and-blue cushioned seats were installed and new blue plastic game seats were put in place. On August 28, 2009, university Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. announced that the University planned to upgrade seating in the Vines center from 8,000 to 11,000 for athletic contests and 12,000 for convocations.[ citation needed ] A further addition to the facility was completed in 2013, featuring new practice courts, locker rooms, and coaches' office for the basketball teams. [30] The Vines Center remains in use for university events, and will still be available for high-demand sporting events.

LaHaye Ice Center

LaHaye Ice Center was built in 2005 and opened in 2006. The Ice Center has a 3,000-seat capacity and is the home of the Flames and Lady Flames hockey teams.

Liberty Baseball Stadium

Liberty Baseball Stadium is a 2,500-seat baseball stadium opened in 2013. It is the home field of the Liberty Flames baseball team. [31]

Other

Footnotes

  1. ↑ While three other Division I members were officially founded after Florida Gulf Coast, all inherited their athletic programs from predecessor institutions that were D-I members.

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