Each spring, Liberty polls its players to decide its team captains for the upcoming season.

Liberty offensive line coach Scott Wachenheim rushed down the field like a proud father during Thursday night’s practice at Williams Stadium.

When Liberty football coach Danny Rocco came to Corey Rasberry last year with the idea, he expected at least a modicum of resistance.

There was no sense in mincing words after this one.

Liberty football coach Danny Rocco has certain criteria for scheduling games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents.

Lately, Liberty’s batting practices have been filled with situational hitting drills. Two strikes? Keep fighting until you can find something you can put into play. That’s been a major issue of late for a Flames team that has made a habit out of stranding baserunners in clutch situations.

Baseball at Liberty has rarely been an event. The school usually draws several hundred fans to Worthington Stadium — a decent gathering, yes — but nothing special.

For the first time in school history, baseball will be played under the lights at Liberty’s Worthington Stadium.
Wiring was completed Thursday for the newly installed standards ringing the field, and the lights will come on today in time for the 7 p.m. first pitch of the Flames’ Big South opener against Coastal Carolina.

Danny Rocco took a moment Wednesday to reflect on his first spring as Liberty’s football coach.
The Flames had two quarterbacks on the roster, neither of whom would actually still man the position in the fall. The offensive line was a mess. Depth was non-existent.

NORFOLK — Liberty’s women’s basketball team might have been able to survive one season-ending knee injury late in the year. But two such injuries were too many to overcome.
As Old Dominion pounded away on the inside in an 82-62 first-round NCAA tournament victory over the Flames on Sunday night at the Constant Center, Liberty forwards Moriah Frazee and Rebecca Lightfoot sat on the bench in street clothes, wondering what could have been. Liberty’s coaching staff felt the same way.