Liberty Lady Flames softball
{{for|all Liberty University sports|Liberty Flames}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2015}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox college softball team
|CurrentSeason =
|logo = Liberty Flames wordmark.svg
|logo_size = 130
|university = Liberty University
|conference = ASUN Conference
|conference_short = ASUN
|division =
|city = Lynchburg
|stateabb = VA
|state = Virginia
|coach = Dot Richardson
|tenure = 9th
|stadium = Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium
|nickname = Lady Flames
|national_champion =
|wcws =
|super_regional = 2025
|ncaa_tourneys = 2002, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
|conference_tournament = Big South: 2011, 2018
ASUN: 2021, 2022
Conference USA: 2024, 2025
|conference_champion =
}}
The Liberty Lady Flames softball team represents Liberty University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the ASUN Conference. The Lady Flames are currently led by head coach Dot Richardson. The team plays its home games at Liberty Softball Field located on the university's campus.{{cite web| title=Liberty Softball Field |publisher=LibertyFlames.com| url=http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm?PID=16991|accessdate=2012-11-03}}
History
During the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament, Liberty eliminated Texas A&M in the College Station regional, to advance to their first Super Regional in program history This marked the first time a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament failed to advance to the Super Regionals since the NCAA tournament began seeding in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/45217647/liberty-eliminates-no-1-texas-reach-super-regionals |title=Liberty beats Texas A&M to reach softball super regionals |website=ESPN.com |date=May 18, 2025 |access-date=May 18, 2025}}
Liberty in the NCAA Tournament
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Liberty Flames|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}} |
| 2002
| 0–2 | {{Winpct|0|2}} |
| 2011
| 0–2 | {{Winpct|0|2}} |
| 2018
| 2–2 | {{Winpct|2|2}} |
| 2021
| 2–2 | {{Winpct|2|2}} |
| 2022
| 1–2 | {{Winpct|1|2}} |
| 2023
| 2–2 | {{Winpct|2|2}} |
| 2024
| 2–2 | {{Winpct|2|2}} |
| 2025
| 3–3 | {{Winpct|3|3}} |
| {{center|TOTALS}}
| 12–17 | {{Winpct|12|17}} | |
Year-by-year results
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| rowspan=2|Season
! rowspan=2|Conference ! rowspan=2|Coach ! colspan="4"|Overall ! colspan="4"|Conference ! rowspan=2|Notes |
|---|
| Games
! Win ! Loss ! Tie ! Games ! Win ! Loss ! Tie |
| 1979{{Cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/media/1911/softball/records/Liberty_Softball_year-by-year_results.pdf|title=Liberty Softball Year-by-Year results|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}
|n/a |Duke Barnes |18 |8 |10 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |First year |
| 1980
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |27 |11 |16 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1981
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |34 |18 |16 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1982
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |40 |28 |12 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1983
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |35 |21 |14 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1984
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |49 |24 |25 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1985
|n/a |Barbara Dearing |54 |12 |42 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1986
|n/a |Mike Goad |43 |30 |13 |0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |Program Hiatus until 1994 |
| 1994
|Paul Wetmore |41 |8 |33 |0 |14 |1 |13 |0 |Program resumes / Joins Big South Conference (9th Place) |
| 1995
|Paul Wetmore |53 |24 |29 |0 |14 |1 |13 |0 |8th Place - Big South |
| 1996
|Paul Wetmore |54 |36 |18 |0 |16 |9 |7 |0 |5th Place - Big South |
| 1997
|Paul Wetmore |60 |36 |24 |0 |16 |12 |4 |0 |3rd Place - Big South |
| 1998
|Paul Wetmore |56 |33 |23 |0 |16 |8 |8 |0 |5th Place - Big South |
| 1999
|Paul Wetmore |66 |41 |25 |0 |14 |11 |3 |0 |Tied 1st Place - Big South |
| 2000
|Paul Wetmore |63 |34 |29 |0 |10 |9 |1 |0 |1st Place - Big South |
| 2001
|Paul Wetmore |64 |18 |46 |0 |10 |6 |4 |0 |6th Place - Big South |
| 2002
|Paul Wetmore |63 |28 |35 |0 |10 |4 |6 |0 |5th Place - Big South |
| 2003
|Paul Wetmore |51 |17 |34 |0 |11 |5 |6 |0 |Tied 4th Place - Big South |
| 2004
|Paul Wetmore |63 |19 |44 |0 |12 |4 |8 |0 |6th Place - Big South |
| 2005
|Paul Wetmore |54 |22 |32 |0 |12 |5 |7 |0 | |
| 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/teamcumesb.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=2006-05-13 |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 64 | 41 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/sb2007tm.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=2007-05-11 |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 62 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/sbteamcume-2008.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 61 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/teamcume09sb.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=2009-12-15 |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 61 | 26 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/teamcume2010LUSBfinal.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date=2010-05-19 |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/teamcumePOST%20GATECH.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 60 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 |2011 Big South Conference Champions |
| 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/lusb1255c.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 55 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.liberty.edu/wwwadmin/globals/templates/1912/docs/stats/lusb1357c.htm |title=Liberty - Season Statistics |publisher=Liberty.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-04-16}}
| Paul Wetmore | 57 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | Tied 6th Place - Big South |
| 2014
|57 |11 |46 |0 |24 |4 |20 |0 |9th Place - Big South |
| 2015
|Dot Richardson |59 |29 |30 |0 |24 |12 |12 |0 |4th Place - Big South |
| 2016
|Dot Richardson |59 |31 |28 |0 |24 |16 |8 |0 |3rd Place - Big South |
| 2017
|Dot Richardson |70 |46 |24 |0 |21 |16 |5 |0 |1st Place - Big South |
| 2018
|Dot Richardson |63 |49 |14 |0 |21 |18 |3 |0 |
| 2019
|Dot Richardson |62 |40 |22 |0 |21 |16 |5 |0 | |
| 2020
|Dot Richardson |23 |10 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |
| 2021
|ASUN |Dot Richardson |59 |44 |15 |0 |18 |16 |2 |0 |2021 ASUN Tournament Champions |
See also
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