Saturday, October 7
Miami, Fla.
6:00 PM ET
Liberty University
11-1-1, 2-1-1
0
at
0
FIU
7-3-3, 2-0-2
| Team | 1 | 2 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FIU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberty Earns a Point in 0-0 Draw at FIU Saturday
10/7/2023 9:26:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MIAMI, Fla. – The Liberty women's soccer team secured a crucial point in the Conference USA standings in Saturday night's match at FIU with a 0-0 draw.
Following the result, Liberty moves to 11-1-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the CUSA standings. The Panthers remain one point ahead of Liberty with a 2-0-2 CUSA record (7-3-2 overall).
Liberty had chances to score throughout but could not maintain consistent pressure or push one through. The Lady Flames forced FIU to make six saves in the match.
Ivy Garner had a chance with just minutes remaining. The forward breezed by her defender on the outside of the penalty box, but she put her shot just high over the crossbar.
The Liberty defense denied many Panther's attacks and excelled at clearing the box in front of the goalkeeper Ainsley Leja. The junior keeper was forced to make just two saves on Saturday night.
Quote from Head Coach Lang Wedemeyer
"It was a hard-fought game, a very gritty game. There was not a lot of flow to it. We created enough chances to win, but we were not able to finish it off. We will take the point and regroup for next week."
Lady Flames News & Notes
Up Next
Liberty returns to Lynchburg for a meeting with Jax State on Thursday at 6 p.m. The Lady Flames then head out for its longest road trip in 2023, heading to El Paso, Texas to take on UTEP on Sunday 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. MT.
Following the result, Liberty moves to 11-1-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the CUSA standings. The Panthers remain one point ahead of Liberty with a 2-0-2 CUSA record (7-3-2 overall).
Liberty had chances to score throughout but could not maintain consistent pressure or push one through. The Lady Flames forced FIU to make six saves in the match.
Ivy Garner had a chance with just minutes remaining. The forward breezed by her defender on the outside of the penalty box, but she put her shot just high over the crossbar.
The Liberty defense denied many Panther's attacks and excelled at clearing the box in front of the goalkeeper Ainsley Leja. The junior keeper was forced to make just two saves on Saturday night.
Quote from Head Coach Lang Wedemeyer
"It was a hard-fought game, a very gritty game. There was not a lot of flow to it. We created enough chances to win, but we were not able to finish it off. We will take the point and regroup for next week."
Lady Flames News & Notes
- Liberty outshot FIU 12-11 in the game, with shots on goal favoring the Lady Flames 6-2.
- Ten different Lady Flames recorded a shot, paced by Garner and Ava Goodman with two shots each. FIU's Noemi Paquin led all players with six shots.
- The draw is Liberty's first since the ASUN Championship final against FGCU (Nov. 4). The match was tied 2-2 after 90 minutes and was resolved in a shootout after two overtime periods. FGCU advanced on penalty kicks 4-3.
- Leja recorded her ninth shutout of the season. The keeper is one shy of tying her mark of ten shutouts recorded in the 2022 season.
- The goalkeeper's goals against average (GAA) improves to 0.38 and her save percentage increases to .853 for 2023.
- Four Lady Flames – Leja, Lena James, Rebekah Earnest and Sallie Garner – played a full 90 minutes in Saturday's match. Leja has played every minute of the 2023 season.
Up Next
Liberty returns to Lynchburg for a meeting with Jax State on Thursday at 6 p.m. The Lady Flames then head out for its longest road trip in 2023, heading to El Paso, Texas to take on UTEP on Sunday 3 p.m. ET/1 p.m. MT.
Team Stats
LIB
FIU
Goals
0
0
Shots
12
11
Shots on Goal
6
2
Saves
2
6
Corners
4
2
Fouls
8
11
Game Leaders
fwd
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
def
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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