FB: Liberty League

[ICGrad]

Ithaca College just announced the addition of Women's Flag Football, starting Spring 2028.

https://athletics.ithaca.edu/news/2026/10/15/ithaca-college-to-add-womens-flag-football-in-2027-28.aspx

Are they the first LL school to offer this? I notice it isn't a sanctioned LL sport yet; are any other schools looking to add the sport?

ETA: Read the article more closely; looks like St Lawrence, Union, and William Smith already offer the sport at the varsity level. So 4 LL teams now...that's pretty impressive.

[Bartman]

Ithaca College just announced the addition of Women's Flag Football, starting Spring 2028.

https://athletics.ithaca.edu/news/2026/10/15/ithaca-college-to-add-womens-flag-football-in-2027-28.aspx

Are they the first LL school to offer this? I notice it isn't a sanctioned LL sport yet; are any other schools looking to add the sport?

ETA: Read the article more closely; looks like St Lawrence, Union, and William Smith already offer the sport at the varsity level. So 4 LL teams now...that's pretty impressive.

Yes, William Smith was the first LL school to announce and starts this Spring . We hired Rusty Virkler from Owego who took his  high school team to the World Championship and made the semi finals with a 19-1 record and brought a few players with him to HWS. I overheard a few of the girls having a discussion at a recent Hobart game and they have a high football IQ. Should be fun.

[Machiavelli]

Amazing and overly impressive #24 Rowan survives one of the NJAC beasts, Kean, by 3. Rowan has shown time and time again that they are easily top 15. Show some damn respect. 😂😂😂

[UfanBill]

Union announced the formation of a women's flag football team over a year ago and named a longtime local Section #2 high school flag  football coach Frank Rogers as their first coach. https://www.union.edu/news/stories/202510/union-launch-womens-flag-football-program-spring-2027 ..."A typical roster contains 25 players. Teams compete in a 7-on-7 format on an 80' x 40' field, with games consisting of four 12-minute quarters." The Garnet Chargers will play their home games at Frank Bailey Field at Bertagna-Class of 1985 Stadium.

The women have been practicing for weeks in anticipation of their initial season beginning in 2027. They have their first scrimmage open to the public today 10/18 at 3:30. https://www.instagram.com/p/DefIOK7mGaq/ 

They will be part of a league formed by the ECAC in conjunction with the NY Jets and a million dollar donation by owner Woody Johnson. They've actually already concluded the inaugural season this spring with Marymount emerging as the first champ.  ...https://unionathletics.com/news/2025/12/2/ecac-to-launch-colleges-largest-womens-flag-football-league.aspx ...Four Liberty League schools have announced plans to participate. Union, William Smith, St Lawrence and Ithaca,