Liberty Faces Eastern Kentucky in ASUN Tournament
10/27/2021 9:32:42 AM | Women's Soccer
Liberty will enter the ASUN Championship as the No. 2 seed from the ASUN East Division and will face the No. 3 seed from the West Division, Eastern Kentucky, in the ASUN Quarterfinals at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. This will be the first meeting ever between the Lady Flames and the Colonels as the matchup features two of the top five offenses in the ASUN Conference as Liberty ranked No. 1 in goals scored (35) and EKU ranks No. 5 scoring 24 goals this season.
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No.2E Liberty vs. No. 3W Eastern Kentucky
Game Date: Friday, Oct. 29
Game Time: 7 p.m. (EST)
Location: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Live Video: YouTube
Liberty Notables
- Liberty has scored 35 goals this season, the most by a Liberty team since 2016 (41 goals).
- Liberty ranks first in the ASUN in goals scored.
- Liberty tied its record for most ASUN wins in a single season (Six in 2019).
- Fourteen players have scored for Liberty this season, the most for a Liberty team since 2013.
- Liberty ranks No. 75 in the RPI, the highest ranked team in the ASUN.
- Liberty has won 10 games in a season for the first time since 2019.
- Liberty ranks No. 58 in the country in goals against average (0.807).
- Randi Palacios ranks No. 71 in the country in goals against average (0.857).
- Liberty has two players ranked in the top five in goals scored this season in the ASUN Conference. Maddy Oliver ranks No. 4 (8) while Kasey Jamieson ranks No. 5 with six goals.
- Oliver is tied for No. 77 in the Nation in goals scored this season.
- Oliver and Jamieson rank No. 4 in the ASUN with 18 points this season.
- Liberty is 8-1-1 the last two seasons when Meredith King records a point.
- Coach Wedemeyer became the 86th active Division I coach to reach 200 career wins on Sept. 23.