The fall sports athletic calendar is underway with several Liberty teams in action. We will provide weekly updates on all of Liberty’s NCAA Division I teams competing this fall.
CROSS COUNTRY
The Liberty women’s trio of Calli Doan, Ava Gordon, and Kayla Werner posted the three fastest 5K times in rpogram history during Friday’s Joe Piane Notre Dome Invitational. Their efforts helped the Lady Flames record a sixth place team finish. The men finished 16th in their race at Notre Dame.
Catherine Farrell recorded a runner-up finish as she shattered her 6K personal best set two weeks ago. She paced the group of Liberty runners who competed in Saturday’s Paul Short Run women’s open 6K race.
Liberty will again split its runners between two different meets on Oct. 15. The top Flames will head to Stillwater, Oklahoma to preview the 2022 NCAA national meet course at the Weis-Crockett Invitational. Another group of Liberty runners will head to Earlysville, Virginia for the Panorama Farms SC 23 Invitational.
FIELD HOCKEY (7-4, 3-0)
The Lady Flames posted a third straight shutout win at home on Friday morning, defeating Quinnipiac, 5-0, to move to 3-0 in Big East play. On Sunday, Liberty dropped to No. 1 North Carolina, 6-3. This week, Liberty travels to Villanova for a Friday afternoon conference match at 3 p.m. The Lady Flames will then face Louisville on Sunday at noon in Lynchburg.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (9-3-2, 5-0-1)
The win streak has reached five straight for the hottest team on campus. The Lady Flames knocked off Central Arkansas, 6-0, on Thursday before defeating North Alabama, 4-1, Sunday. Liberty is now 5-0-1 in ASUN play with just four regular season contests remaining. The Lady Flames welcome Queens to Lynchburg on Sunday at 1 p.m. in their only match of the week.
MEN’S SOCCER (2-3-4, 1-2-1)
On Saturday night, Liberty finished in a 2-2 draw against Stetson. The men will return to action this week, taking on Jacksonville in Florida on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Flames will then host VMI on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL (10-6, 3-1)
The Lady Flames ran their win streak to four with a 3-0 sweep of Kennesaw State on Friday night. The streak would be halted there as Liberty fell in five sets against Jacksonville State. Liberty will make the trip to Kentucky for games at Bellarmine on Friday evening and at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon this coming weekend.
