The Liberty Lady Flames softball is the team that represents Liberty University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team currently participates in the ASUN Conference. The Lady Flames are led by their head coach Dot Richardson. The team plays its home games at Liberty Softball Field located on the university's campus.
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.
Liberty in the NCAA Tournament 2002 0–2 Regional No. 1 2011 0–2 Knoxville Regional 2018 2–2 Columbia Regional 2021 2–2 Knoxville Regional 2022 1–2 Durham Regional 2023 2–2 Los Angeles Regional 2024 2–2 Athens Regional 2025 3–3 Eugene Super Regional 12–17
Year-by-year results SeasonConferenceCoachOverallConferenceNotes Games Win Loss Tie Games Win Loss Tie1979n/aDuke Barnes188100 -- -- -- --First year1980n/aBarbara Dearing2711160 -- -- -- --1981n/aBarbara Dearing3418160 -- -- -- --1982n/aBarbara Dearing4028120 -- -- -- --1983n/aBarbara Dearing3521140 -- -- -- --1984n/aBarbara Dearing4924250 -- -- -- --1985n/aBarbara Dearing5412420 -- -- -- --1986n/aMike Goad4330130 -- -- -- --Program Hiatus until 19941994Big SouthPaul Wetmore418330141130Program resumes / Joins Big South Conference (9th Place)1995Big SouthPaul Wetmore53242901411308th Place - Big South1996Big SouthPaul Wetmore5436180169705th Place - Big South1997Big SouthPaul Wetmore60362401612403rd Place - Big South1998Big SouthPaul Wetmore5633230168805th Place - Big South1999Big SouthPaul Wetmore6641250141130Tied 1st Place - Big SouthTournament Runner-Up2000Big SouthPaul Wetmore6334290109101st Place - Big South2001Big SouthPaul Wetmore6418460106406th Place - Big South2002Big SouthPaul Wetmore6328350104605th Place - Big South2002 Big South Conference Champions2003Big SouthPaul Wetmore511734011560Tied 4th Place - Big South2004Big SouthPaul Wetmore6319440124806th Place - Big South2005Big SouthPaul Wetmore542232012570 2006 Big South Paul Wetmore 64 41 23 0 12 7 5 0 2007 Big South Paul Wetmore 62 36 26 0 15 11 4 0 2008 Big South Paul Wetmore 61 20 40 1 15 5 10 0 2009 Big South Paul Wetmore 61 26 35 0 18 10 8 0 2010 Big South Paul Wetmore 57 39 18 0 18 13 5 0 2011 Big South Paul Wetmore 60 30 30 0 18 11 7 02011 Big South Conference ChampionsNCAA Regionals 2012 Big South Paul Wetmore 55 19 36 0 21 9 12 0 2013 Big South Paul Wetmore 57 20 37 0 24 8 16 0 Tied 6th Place - Big South2014Big SouthDot Richardson57114602442009th Place - Big South2015Big SouthDot Richardson592930024121204th Place - Big South2016Big SouthDot Richardson59312802416803rd Place - Big South2017Big SouthDot Richardson70462402116501st Place - Big SouthConference Tournament Runner up2017 NISC Tournament Champions2018Big SouthDot Richardson6349140211830NCAA Regionals2019Big SouthDot Richardson62402202116502020Big SouthDot Richardson23100000002021ASUNDot Richardson59441501816202021 ASUN Tournament ChampionsNCAA Regionals
See also List of NCAA Division I softball programs
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