Liberty Blanks VMI 3-0

LEXINGTON, VA. – The Liberty Flames fashioned their first road shutout of the season, downing the VMI Keydets 3-0 Thursday afternoon at Patchin Field.

After the match was delayed an hour due to lightning, the Flames quickly took control of the contest on Sam Farner's third goal of the season during the 10^th minute of play. Later in the first half, Zach Lifferth followed up a deflection of a shot by Kai Tamashiro for his first goal of the year as visiting Liberty took a 2-0 lead into halftime.

Leo Conneh, who had several shots turned away in the first half, broke through in the second half for his third goal of the season to close out the Flames' scoring.

The Liberty defense was solid throughout the contest, recording its second shutout of the year behind Tyler Beck, who made several solid saves.

Liberty remains unbeaten on the season, upping its record to 3-0-1. VMI drops to 1-3-1.

Scoring Summary
10' – LIBERTY – Sam Farner (Assisted by Perry Blay)
43' – LIBERTY – Zach Lifferth (Assisted by Kai Tamashiro)
66' – LIBERTY – Leo Conneh (Assisted by Jayden Ramos)

Men's Soccer Recap - Game 4 at VMI

Key Stats & Notes

Liberty outshot VMI, 18-8, in the match. The Flames put nine shots on goal, while the Keydets had four shot attempts on net.
VMI held a 4-2 advantage over Liberty in corner kicks.
The victory was the Flames' first victory on the road. Liberty tied Radford at Radford last Thursday.
Liberty records its second shutout of 2025. The Flames blanked Regent at home on Aug. 28 to begin the season.
With goals this afternoon, Conneh and Farner tied defender Lucas Kelly for the Flames' lead with three goals.
Farner leads the Flames in scoring with eight points, three goals and two assists.
Lifferth scored his second goal of the season. He is one of five Flames with two or more goals in 2025.
Perry Blay, Kai Tamashiro and Jayden Ramos each had an assist in the game.
Goalkeeper Tyler Beck recorded four saves over the 90 minutes for Liberty. VMI goalkeeper Zack Murphy made six saves.
Beck's four saves are a career-high for the sophomore.

Next Up
Liberty returns to Osborne Stadium for a stretch of three home games. The Flames begin the span by hosting the Longwood Lancers on Tuesday evening. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

BIG SAVE by Tyler Beck ???? keeps Flames on top 1-0! pic.twitter.com/Uw1NuuiNiY
— Liberty Men's Soccer (@LibertyMSoccer) September 4, 2025

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Team Stats

Leo Conneh

Sam Farner

Zach Lifferth

Kai Tamashiro

Players Mentioned

Tyler Beck

Perry Blay

Leo Conneh

Sam Farner

Lucas Kelly

Zach Lifferth

Jayden Ramos

Kai Tamashiro