Liberty Set For First ASUN Game at Kennesaw State on Saturday
3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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Liberty will wrap up its spring break trip with its inaugural ASUN Conference game at Kennesaw State on Saturday afternoon. First draw is scheduled for noon at Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw, Ga.
Liberty comes into the game with a 6-2 record. A win on Saturday would give the Lady Flames their best nine-game start in program history. Liberty defeated Furman 14-10, last Saturday, in Greenville, S.C. in its most recent contest.
Kennesaw State enters the contest with a 2-4 overall mark and has won two of its last three games. In their most recent game, last Sunday, the Owls fell to New Hampshire 16-13.
Liberty and Kennesaw State are meeting for the first time.
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Saturday's contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ Additionally, Kennesaw State Athletics Communications will feature live stats for the game. Find the link for live stats on the schedule page of www.LibertyFlames.com/womenslacrosse.
For live in-game updates from the match, follow @libertywlax on Twitter. Also, be sure to follow "libertywlax" on Instagram for updates from Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
Lady Flames News and Notes
- Liberty swept the ASUN weekly honors for a second time this season, Tuesday. Junior captain Carly White was selected as the ASUN Lacrosse Player of the Week for a second time this season. Junior Sarah Steenson earned ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career.
- The Lady Flames have received 60 percent (6-of-10) of the ASUN weekly awards through the first five weeks of the season.
- Liberty is second in the country in caused turnovers per game (16.25). The Lady Flames lead the ASUN in scoring defense (7.88, No. 8 in country), draw control percentage (.549), ground balls per game (22.38), save percentage (.496) and winning percentage (.750).
- Senior captain Brianna McCaffrey is second in the country in caused turnovers per game (3.38). Senior goalkeeper Katherine Widrick checks in at No. 6 in the nation in goals-against-average (7.94). White is 10th in the nation in free-position percentage (.750).
- Senior captain Kayla Foster has 199 points in her career, the 17th-most of all active DI players. McCaffrey ranks second among active players with 118 caused turnovers.
- The Lady Flames feature seven players who have 12 or more points on the season, led by White (29 points). Sophomore attacker Anna Keebler already has set a career mark for goals in a season with 12. She scored a career-best five goals against East Carolina, March 6.
- Liberty has won its last two conference openers (2017, 2018), with both victories coming against Presbyterian (Big South).
- The Lady Flames are 4-0 on the road this season and 10-4 overall away from Lynchburg over the past two seasons.
- Kennesaw State posted a 3-2 regular season mark in the ASUN a year ago and lost in the ASUN Championship semifinals to Coastal Carolina. Liberty went 6-1 last season in its final year in the Big South Conference, reaching the semifinal round as well.