Liberty field hockey s Jill Bolton, Daniella Rhodes and Charlotte Vaanhold were each recognized on the Preseason All-BIG EAST team, announced on Thursday afternoon by the league office. Bolton also was named Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year. I m extremely happy for our athletes today. It s always special for the individuals and our program to be recognized by the rest of the BIG EAST, stated fourth-year Liberty Field Hockey Head Coach Nikki Parsley-Blocker. I m counting down the days until we get to show how we ve closed the gap over the past year.
The Lady Flames were voted to finish second in the preseason coaches poll. Liberty has now been selected to finish second in the BIG EAST five straight years. The Lady Flames received two first-place votes and 32 points in the poll. This is the first time in program history that Liberty will compete in a spring season after the fall season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lee Women Lose At Montevallo Saturday, January 30, 2021 Host University of Montevallo outscored the Lee women 25-17 in the final 10 minutes in posting a key GSC victory over the Lady Flames on Saturday afternoon. It is the second straight loss and dropped Lee to 6-4 and Montevallo improved to 6-3. This one hurts because we competed like crazy for the most part today. We ve still got a ways to go with this team, things that that we can control, said Lee Coach Marty Rowe. Montevallo just finished better down the stretch today. Tomorrow is a great opportunity for a change. The same two teams will battle again on Sunday, at 3 p.m.
The Liberty men s and women s indoor track & field teams will compete in their lone road meet of the 2021 regular season, the Bob Pollock Invitational, Friday and Saturday at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex in Clemson, S.C. The Flames and Lady Flames will square off against a number of ACC and SEC opponents, along with ASUN rival Kennesaw State.
Liberty s first event of the weekend will be the men s 60 hurdles prelims, set for Friday at 2:20 p.m. Saturday s events will get started with the women s shot put at 10:30 a.m.
How to Follow the Flames and Lady Flames Although the Bob Pollock Invitational is closed to the general public, there are several ways to follow the action in Clemson.
Liberty hosts first-year program Old Dominion on Friday at Liberty Arena. The Lady Flames opened Liberty Arena last Friday with a 3-0 setback to VCU, while the Monarchs (2-1) began the season with home wins over George Mason and Delaware State sandwiched around a 3-0 loss to VCU.
2021 Spring Sports Admissions/Tickets Due to COVID-19 and state regulations, capacity at all Liberty Athletics events is under a limited capacity of 250 patrons or 30 percent capacity, whichever is less based on social distancing protocols, per Virginia Governor Ralph Northam s current Phase 3 guidelines. With those guidelines in place, admission to each event has been adjusted per sport. For more information regarding availability, please click here.
January 22, 2021 : By Ted Allen - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Freshman men’s tennis player Deji Thomas-Smith (from left), freshman women’s volleyball player Trinity Watts, and senior baseball shortstop Cam Locklear will stay busy on their respective courts and field this spring.
The Spring 2021 semester in sports will be a season like no other for Liberty University Athletics, with all but one of its 20 programs (football) competing over the next four months.
“It will be a busy spring,” said Ian McCaw, Director of Athletics. “We are packing almost a year’s worth of competition into one semester, so that will stress our staff and our facilities and our COVID testing at a high level, but I think everyone is up for the challenge, and we are looking forward to it.”