Liberty Set to Host Stetson and North Florida, Thursday and Saturday
4/3/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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The Lady Flames tennis team will play their second and third matches of a five-match homestand, taking on ASUN opponents Stetson and North Florida on Thursday and Saturday.
Liberty (10-6), winner of seven of its last matches overall and currently in second place in the ASUN, will welcome the Stetson Hatters (10-6, 1-2 ASUN) to town. First serve is pegged for 11 a.m. at the Cook Tennis Center.
The Lady Flames will then welcome first place North Florida (10-6, 3-0 ASUN) to Lynchburg for an 11 a.m. match on Saturday at the Cook Tennis Center.
Liberty is coming off a 4-3 victory on Saturday at home over Lipscomb in its inaugural ASUN home match. The Lady Flames' victory was their third straight and ended the Bisons' six-match winning streak. The win was also the 100th career victory at Liberty for Lady Flames head coach Jeff Maren. Maren is the winningest coach in program history and holds a 100-62 overall mark and 45-11 record in conference matches.
Stetson enters the match with a 1-2 mark in the ASUN. The Hatters most recently earned a 4-3 triumph over Florida Gulf Coast at home, last Saturday.
The UNF Ospreys are the only remaining unbeaten ASUN squad at 3-0 in the league. They have defeated FGCU, Stetson and NJIT in conference matches, this spring. The Ospreys bested NJIT on the road by a 4-3 count, last Saturday in Newark, N.J.
Both Stetson and North Florida are first time opponents for the Lady Flames.
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Liberty Athletics Communications will provide live scoring for both contests. Additionally, Saturday's match against UNF will have a live stream. Find the links for stats and video on the schedule page of LibertyFlames.com/womenstennis.
Also, follow @LibertyWTennis on Twitter and Instagram (libertywtennis) for periodic updates during both matches.
Lady Flames News and Notes
- Liberty's Maria Medina was named the ASUN Women's Tennis Player of the Week, Wednesday by the conference office. The senior, along with partner Lara Soares, clinched the doubles point for the Lady Flames against Lipscomb, last Saturday. She also provided Liberty its match-clinching fourth point with a singles victory in the 4-3 victory over the Bisons.
- Medina and junior Kalani Soli (March 20) have received two of the conference's last three player of the week recognitions. Medina's previous weekly award recognition came when she received Big South Player of the Week recognition on Feb. 14, 2018.
- The Lady Flames are currently in the middle of a stretch of five home matches in 13 days. Following this weekend's matches, the Lady Flames will play two non-conference matches next week against William & Mary (Monday) and Marshall (April 11).
- Liberty is 30-12 overall (.714) in spring doubles matches and 49-36 (.576) in spring singles matches. The Lady Flames are 8-1 (.889) in ASUN doubles and 14-7 (.667) in ASUN singles bouts.
- Senior Anna Dollar has the best winning percentage (.833, 10-2) in singles and has won nine consecutive matches. Dollar is currently tied for fifth in program history with 64 career singles triumphs. The Lady Flames' most successful doubles teams have been Medina and Soares (11-2) and Grace Hashiguchi and Soli (7-1).
- North Florida was picked as the preseason co-favorite along with Liberty. The Ospreys are currently the four-time defending ASUN champions. Stetson was picked to finish fifth in the conference in the 2019 ASUN Conference Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll.
