[ATrain]

Season starts this weekend at the ECU tourney. Cleveland State, last year's Horizon League regular season champs, may be our toughest competition. The Vikings posted 26 wins last season. First serve is set for 4 P.M. GO LADY FLAMES!!!!!

[Vadim]

Good luck in the tourney ladies. Let's start the season 3-0.

[BJWilliams]

Liberty loses a tough opener in 5 sets to Cleveland State 25-22 24-26 21-25 25-22 15-11. Karyl Bacon led the way with 18 kills as four Lady Flames finished in double figures. Jade Craycraft finished with 50 assists in her collegiate debut (Courtney Boggs is recovering from knee surgery). Jackie Dabbelt led the victors with 17 kills. Neither team hit exceptionally well as CSU hit .186 while the Lady Flames hit only .161. Liberty next plays UNC Charlotte at 11 AM on Saturday

[BJWilliams]

Lady Flames get their first win of the year with a 4 set win over Charlotte 25-17 33-31 23-25 25-19. Karyl Bacon leads with 16 kills, Lillie Happel adds 15 of her own. Jade Craycraft with 48 assists. LU closes out against the host team tonight

[Stevev]

LU dominating ECU at the moment. 25-10, 25-15, and leads game 3 15-6. Our young team is off to a great start this year.

[Stevev]

Its a final now LU wins game 3 25-11 for the sweep. LU makes it look easy.

[BJWilliams]

ECU helps them out with 22 errors leading to a -.074 attack percentage

[ATrain]

Good start by our young Lady Flames VBall squad. While you don't want to claim moral victories, you have to be proud of our girls for fighting strong against a good Cleveland State team and then rebounding to claim wins over Charlotte and ECU, including ekking out a 33-31 win in set 2 against Charlotte which speaks volume as to the character of these ladies. In a tight match, these young women could've folded but rather they banded together and fought hard to win. GO LADY FLAMES!!! I am looking forward to tracking them the rest of the season.

[Vadim]

Great start to the season. Congratulations Lady Flames. We were going to try to make it to the match against ECU, but had a commitment we needed to meet here.