Lady Flames Set to Host Liberty Mountain Madness
9/2/2026 2:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty (2-2) opens its 2026 home schedule with Liberty Mountain Madness, welcoming Lamar (0-3) and three-time defending Big South champion High Point (1-2) to Liberty Arena this weekend.
Liberty's Weekend Matches
Friday, Sept. 4 - 6 p.m. Liberty vs. Lamar
Sunday, Sept. 6 - 2 p.m. Liberty vs. High Point
Quick Hits
Liberty won the last meeting against High Point, topping the Panthers 3-2 on Aug. 31, 2023.
Liberty and High Point are tied for the Big South record with seven tournament titles each, with the only Big South final meeting between these two schools going to High Point in 2010.
Last season, only three Lady Flames (Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash) recorded at least one double-digit kill match. Through four matches this year, Liberty has already gotten at least one 10-kill match from six players (Layla Collins, Laney Daniell, Addison Hart, Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash).
During his time at Southeastern Louisiana, Jeremy White's teams posted a 7-2 record against Lamar, sweeping the last four meetings combined in 2023 and 2024. Southeastern Louisiana fell to High Point 3-2 on Aug. 30, 2024.
After beating ETSU, 3-2, on Saturday, Liberty is 10-2 in five-set matches under Coach White.
After returning just 16.3 percent of its point production from 2024 to 2025, the Lady Flames bring back 86.8 percent of their point production from 2025 into this season.
- Liberty received Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honors each of the first five weeks of the 2025 season, in Paige Overcash (three times), Carly O'Brien (Sept. 22) and Jenna Otts (Sept. 29). Laney Daniell earned CUSA Offensive Player of the Week in week one this year.
- Liberty was one of nine NCAA Division I volleyball programs who ended the 2025 regular season with a first-year head coach and 20 or more wins.
- Liberty's Carly O'Brien and Kayla O'Brien are the first pair of sisters to play for Liberty volleyball during the same season since Abby and Kate Phillips in 2021.
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Liberty's Weekend Matches
Friday, Sept. 4 - 6 p.m. Liberty vs. Lamar
Sunday, Sept. 6 - 2 p.m. Liberty vs. High Point
Quick Hits
- The Lady Flames defeated 2025 SoCon regular-season champion ETSU in five sets on Saturday to wrap up a 2-1 opening weekend. Liberty then took set one from Virginia 25-17 on Tuesday before falling in four.
- Lamar went 0-3 at the Abilene Christian Invitational, while High Point posted a 1-2 record at the Penn State Invitational. The Panthers fell in five sets to No. 10 Penn State on Sunday.
- Liberty was predicted to finish second in the 2026 CUSA Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll. 2025 CUSA All-Conference second-teamers Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash were all voted to the CUSA Preseason All-Conference Team.
- Sophomore middle blocker Laney Daniell was named CUSA Offensive Player of the Week, Monday. She has reached double-figures in kills in each of the last three matches and leads Liberty in kills per set (2.75) and hitting percentage (.381) so far this season.
- Liberty has won its home opener each of the last four seasons, including a 3-2 victory over Radford, Sept. 15, 2025.
- Freshman libero Melis Ural collected a season-high 18 digs at ETSU on Saturday and followed up with 17 digs, Tuesday at Virginia.
- On Tuesday at Virginia, Carly O'Brien (15), Jenna Otts (11), Laney Daniell (10) and Paige Overcash (10) all reached double-figures in kills, the second match in a row in which Liberty had four 10-kill players.
- The Lady Flames are 4-1 in sets decided by two points this year, including 2-0 in extended sets. That included a 32-30 set-three win and 18-16 set-five win, Saturday.
Liberty won the last meeting against High Point, topping the Panthers 3-2 on Aug. 31, 2023.
Liberty and High Point are tied for the Big South record with seven tournament titles each, with the only Big South final meeting between these two schools going to High Point in 2010.
Last season, only three Lady Flames (Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash) recorded at least one double-digit kill match. Through four matches this year, Liberty has already gotten at least one 10-kill match from six players (Layla Collins, Laney Daniell, Addison Hart, Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash).
During his time at Southeastern Louisiana, Jeremy White's teams posted a 7-2 record against Lamar, sweeping the last four meetings combined in 2023 and 2024. Southeastern Louisiana fell to High Point 3-2 on Aug. 30, 2024.
After beating ETSU, 3-2, on Saturday, Liberty is 10-2 in five-set matches under Coach White.
After returning just 16.3 percent of its point production from 2024 to 2025, the Lady Flames bring back 86.8 percent of their point production from 2025 into this season.
- Liberty received Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honors each of the first five weeks of the 2025 season, in Paige Overcash (three times), Carly O'Brien (Sept. 22) and Jenna Otts (Sept. 29). Laney Daniell earned CUSA Offensive Player of the Week in week one this year.
- Liberty was one of nine NCAA Division I volleyball programs who ended the 2025 regular season with a first-year head coach and 20 or more wins.
- Liberty's Carly O'Brien and Kayla O'Brien are the first pair of sisters to play for Liberty volleyball during the same season since Abby and Kate Phillips in 2021.
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