WOMEN’S SOCCER @LibertyWSoccer 2018 GAME NOTES @LibertyWSoccer Steven Gonzalez, Associate Director of Communications · Office: (434) 582-2294 · Cell: (602) 803-0521· E-mail: [email protected] LIBERTY FLAMES ( ) Head Coach: Joshua Walters Sr. (1st) 1-6 ASUN JAMES MADISON 1-6-0 Career Record Offensive Standout: Haley Crawford (So.) Head Coach: Lang Wedemeyer (2nd) V DUKES Leads JMU with seven points this season (2G, 3A) ( ) 172-136-42 Overall Record | 11-13-3 Record at Liberty S 1-6 CAA Defensive Standout: Hannah McShea (So.) Offensive Standout: Devon Sipala (Sr.) Has posted a 2.00 GAA this season Leads Liberty with two goals this season Defensive Standout: Cora Duininck (So.) 2017 First Team All-Big South selection SERIES HISTORY LIBERTY NOTABLES 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Liberty is 1-6 all-time against James Madison. • In seven games this season, Liberty has had six different starting lineups. OVERALL RECORD: 1-6 PROJECTED STARTERS • This will be the fourth straight year Liberty has ASUN: 0-0 | Non-Conference: 1-6 • faced James Madison. Home: 0-3 | Away: 1-3 | Neutral: 0-0 • • Liberty’s lone win (1-0) against JMU came in 2016. • The last four games between Liberty and James AUGUST Madison has been decided by one goal. 16 ELON L, 4-5 (OT) 7 KARDOS 8 FARRELL • This will be the third and final opponent Liberty 19 L, 1-2 (OT) faces from the Colonial Athletic Conference. GEORGE WASHINGTON 10 SIPALA 23 LSU L, 0-1 • Liberty is currently on a seven game road trip, which is the longest roadtrip in school history. 26 at Campbell W, 1-0 15 GAFFNEY • Liberty’s win over Campbell was the Lady Flames’ 30 at Charlotte CANCELLED first non-conference road win since Sept. 8, 2016 SEPTEMBER over UNCG (Defeated Florida Atlantic last year at 2 at William & Mary L, 1-2 25 WARREN 27 PERRSON neutral site). 6 at No. 6 Virginia L, 0-6 • Kelsey Adams is the first freshman to score in a game for Liberty since Gabrielle Farrell scored in 9 at Clemson L, 0-5 the Big South Championship on Nov. 6, 2016. 13 at James Madison 7 p.m. • Liberty enters its first season as a member of the 21 at Kennesaw State* 6:30 p.m. 9 ELLIS 22 JONES ASUN Conference. 23 NJIT* 1 p.m. 6 DUININCK 13 ERICKSON OCTOBER 1 JAYROE 2018 TEAM STATS 5 at North Alabama* 7 p.m. 7 at Lipscomb* 1 p.m. vs. 11 at Florida Gulf Coast* 7 p.m. 14 STETSON* 1 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 1-6 W-L 1-6 • Liberty lost at #6 Virginia 6-0. 19 JACKSONVILLE* 6 p.m. • Liberty’s roadtrip ended with a 5-0 loss at Clemson. 7 GOALS 9 21 NORTH FLORIDA* NOON 1.00 GPG 1.29 26 ASUN Quarterfinals# TBD WHAT’S NEXT 31-56 SOG-ATT. 31-65 28 ASUN Semifinals# TBD • Liberty will stay on the road to face Kennesaw State. .554 SHOT % .477 NOVEMBER • Liberty returns home to face ASUN opponent NJIT. 3 ASUN Championship# TBD 8.0 SPG 9.3 HOW TO FOLLOW 19 CORNER 26 Home Games in BOLD CAPS All times are listed in Eastern Time Listen Live ...................................Stretch Internet 0-0 PENALTY 0-0 * - ASUN Conference Game Live Stats ...............................JMU StatBroadcast 2-0 Y-R 5-0 # - ASUN Championship Twitter .....................................@LibertyWSoccer 1 SHUTOUTS 1 ‹ 1 › WOMEN’S SOCCER 2018 GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS LIBERTY NOTES MEDIA INFORMATION NEW ERA OF LIBERTY SOCCER DUININCK GOES SEMI-PRO On May 17, 2018 Liberty announced a new direction for Cora Duininck returns for her sophomore season after School ........................................................ Liberty University Location ..........................................................Lynchburg, Va. its athletics department as 17 of its programs will move playing for the Fortuna Tulsa in the WPSL this summer. Founded ........................................................................... 1971 to the ASUN Conference, starting with the 2018-19 ath- Duininck was a part of a defense that allowed just four Enrollment ...................................................................15,000 letics season. The ASUN Conference, headquartered goals during Big South play. The sophomore from Nickname ................................................................... Flames in Macon, Ga., includes Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Tulsa, Okla. was the only freshman to make First Team Colors ........................................................Red, White & Blue Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, NJIT, North Alabama, All-Big South. Duininck earned All-Freshman honors Affiliation .......................................................NCAA Division I Conference .............................................. ASUN Conference North Florida, and Stetson. after starting in the final 15 matches of the season. Home Facility ................................ Osborne Stadium (1,000) President ......................................................Jerry Falwell Jr. YEAR TWO FOR WEDEMEYER TOUGHEST NON-CONFERENCE EVER Director of Athletics .............................................Ian McCaw Lang Wedemeyer enters his second season This may be Liberty’s toughest non-conference MEDIA INFORMATION at the helm for Liberty women’s soccer as schedule in school history. This year’s non-conference he has continued to build on the winning Head Coach .........................Lang Wedemeyer (2nd Season) Wedemeyer includes six teams that finished in the top-90 of last tradition that the Lady Flames have built. season’s RPI and 11 teams in the top-166. In the first Alma Mater ..............................................Old Dominion, 1994 In his first year at Liberty going 10-7-3, Wedemeyer Career Record ......................................................172-134-42 United Soccer Coaches rankings for 2018, Liberty will Liberty Record ............................................................11-13-3 posted the second most wins by any Liberty coach in their first season at Liberty (Nate Norman went face one team in the top-10, Virginia who is ranked ASUN Record ............................................................... 0-0-0 No. 8, and also Clemson who received 31 votes for the Email .............................................flwedemeyer@liberty.edu 14-8 in 2016). Wedemeyer comes to Liberty following Assistant Coach ..............................................Kristin Eggert a highly successful 17-year run as the head women’s top-25 rankings. Alma Mater ....................................................Wheaton, 2008 soccer coach at South Dakota State. During his time Director of Operations .....................................Courtney Hall at the helm of the Jackrabbits’ program, Wedemeyer ASUN PRESEASON COACHES POLL Alma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011 led South Dakota State to four Summit League Strength & Conditioning Coach .........................Karyl Wiese championships and four trips to the NCAA Women’s RANK SCHOOL (FIRST PLACE VOTES) RECORD Alma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011 Soccer Championship (2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016). 1 FGCU (8) 14-4-1 MEDIA INFORMATION A WINNING TRADITION 2 Lipscomb (1) 9-7-3 3 LIBERTY 10-7-3* 2017 Overall Record .....................................................10-7-3 Winning and Liberty women’s soccer have been 2017 Big South Record/Finish ................................. 7-1-1/T1st 4 Stetson 9-4-3 Starters Returning/Lost .................................................. 6/5 synonymous with each other over the recent years. 5 North Florida 9-6-1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................................18/8 The Lady Flames have won 10-plus games in each of 6 Kennesaw State 8-7-4 Redshirts Returning.............................................................2 the last six seasons, the only team in the Big South 7 North Alabama 13-4-2** Newcomers ........................................................................ 10 Conference to do so during that span. 8 NJIT 9-8 ASUN Tournament Championship ...................................N/A 9 Jacksonville 5-11 ASUN Regular Season Championships ...........................N/A BIG SOUTH SUCCESS Big South Tournament Championships ...............................3 * Liberty’s conference record reflects their record in the Big South Regular Season Championships .........................4 The Lady Flames ended their Big South run proving to Big South Conference during the 2017 season be one the premier teams in the conference. Liberty MEDIA INFORMATION won six regular season titles including three in the ** North Alabama’s conference record reflects their record Women’s Soccer Contact ........................... Steven Gonzalez last four years and six tournament titles that sent the in the Gulf South Conference of Division II during the 2017 Office Phone ..................................................(434) 582-2294 Lady Flames to the NCAA College Cup. Liberty posted a season Email .................................................... [email protected] 98-84-15 record during its 26 seasons in the Big South. Mailing Address .................................... 1971 University Blvd. Not only did Liberty post a .535 winning percentage ...........................................................Lynchburg, Va., 24502 throughout those 26 years, since 2010 Liberty hasda ASUN CONFERENCE PRESEASON HONORS Website ....................................................LibertyFlames.com .696 conference winning percentage (52-21-6) Offensive Player of the Year: Marjorie Boilesen, FGCU Liberty Athletics Facebook ............./LibertyFlamesAthletics Defensive Player of the Year: Lindsey Patton, FGCU including three