Lady Flames and Tribe to Play Early April Non-Conference Match, Monday
4/7/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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Liberty's third home match in five days will pit the ASUN-leading Lady Flames against the William & Mary Tribe, Monday at the Cook Tennis Center.
First serve between the Lady Flames (12-6, 5-1 ASUN) and Tribe (7-11, 3-0 CAA) in set for 10 a.m. The match was originally scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. but was moved up three hours due to the possibility of inclement weather on Monday afternoon.
This is Liberty's first non-conference match since a 7-0 neutral-site sweep of Chattanooga, March 14 in Fort Myers, Fla. Liberty is a perfect 4-0 at home in 2019. The Lady Flames are 7-5 in non-conference matches, this season.
Liberty enters the match on a five-match winning streak and winners of nine of its last 10. The Lady Flames topped four-time defending ASUN champion North Florida 4-3 on Saturday at home, officially clinching a berth in the 2019 ASUN Women's Tennis Championship (April 18-20) and moving into first place in the conference.
Meanwhile, William & Mary edged James Madison 4-3 on Sunday on the road to improve to 3-0 in the CAA.
This is the second meeting between the two schools. The teams met for the first time on Feb. 28, 2016, a 6-1 win by the 42nd-ranked Tribe in Williamsburg, Va.
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Liberty Athletics Communications will provide live scoring for the match. Find the link for live stats on the schedule page of LibertyFlames.com/womenstennis. Also, follow @LibertyWTennis on Twitter and Instagram (libertywtennis) for periodic updates during the contest.
Lady Flames News and Notes
- The Lady Flames have earned a spot in the upcoming ASUN Women's Tennis Championship, which will be held at Stetson in DeLand, Fla., April 18-20. Liberty (5-1) is currently in first place, a half game ahead of Lipscomb (4-1) and North Florida (4-1). Florida Gulf Coast (3-3), Stetson (2-3), NJIT (1-4), North Alabama (1-4) and Kennesaw State (1-4) round out the standings.
- Liberty is 9-1 in its last 10 matches. During that stretch, the Lady Flames are 42-15 (.737) in singles and 19-4 (.826) in doubles.
- Junior Kalani Soli has led the charge with a perfect 10-0 record in her last 10 singles bouts. Senior Anna Dollar is 9-1, while seniors Ashley Bongart and Marina Medina are each 6-3. In doubles, all three of Liberty's doubles pairings (Medina/Lara Soares, Soli/Grace Hashiguchi and Bongart/Dollar) have only lost one time apiece.
- William & Mary competed at the ITA Atlantic Regional, hosted by Liberty in the fall from Oct. 12-16. The Tribe's Natalia Perry reached the final of the singles main draw at the Cook Tennis Center. Lady Flames senior Lara Soares made the deepest run of any Liberty player, reaching the round of 16.
- Following Monday's match, Liberty will wrap up its 2019 home slate with another non-conference contest against Marshall on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Cook Tennis Center. That match will be Senior Day for the program, where the Lady Flames will honor their five seniors prior to the start of the match.
