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Liberty will play its final regular season game at ASUN foe Kennesaw State on Saturday afternoon. First draw is noon at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga.

Liberty (9-7) and Kennesaw State (11-5) both bring 3-1 ASUN marks into the weekend. The winner of the game will receive the No. 2 seed for next weekend’s 2022 ASUN Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

Meanwhile, the loser will be the No. 3 seed. Regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s game, the two squads will meet in the semifinals of the ASUN Tournament, next Thursday (4 p.m.) at Jacksonville’s Rock Stadium. No. 22 Jacksonville (11-3, 5-0 ASUN) has secured the ASUN regular season title and the No. 1 seed for the tournament. The No. 4 seed will be determined by Saturday’s game between Coastal Carolina (5-10, 1-3 ASUN) and Stetson (4-10, 1-3 ASUN).

Lady Flames News and Notes
• Liberty is 3-0 all-time versus Kennesaw State. The two teams met twice in 2021, with the Lady Flames winning both meetings. Liberty defeated KSU 23-11 in last year’s ASUN semifinals at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The Lady Flames also topped the Owls 17-6 in the regular season matchup.
• Liberty is 3-1 all-time in games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The Lady Flames’ other win was a 16-12 triumph over the Owls in their inaugural ASUN game on March 16, 2019. Liberty fell 13-8 to No. 17 Jacksonville in the 2021 ASUN Championship title game at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
• In two games last season versus the Owls, Mackenzie Lehman and Brooke Bryan scored seven goals each, and Lehman paced the squad in draw controls as well with 13. Lehman had five goals in the ASUN semifinal game, and Bryan had four in that contest.
• Liberty ranks second in the country in caused turnovers per game (12.81) and seventh in ground balls per game (20.44). Individually, defender Alexa Evernham leads the ASUN and ranks 19th nationally with 1.75 caused turnovers per game. Midfielder Mia Toscano is first in the ASUN and No. 24 in the nation in ground balls per game (2.67).
• A win over KSU would give the Lady Flames their fourth double-digit win season (excluding shortened 2020 campaign).
• Liberty has faced four top-25 teams this year, three at home: No. 7 Duke (home, March 29), No. 11 James Madison (road, April 13), No. 12 Florida (home, March 9) and No. 22 Jacksonville (home, last Saturday). The Lady Flames also squared off with Richmond (currently No. 18) and Virginia Tech (receiving votes) earlier this spring.