Liberty to Face Coastal Carolina, Queens in ASUN Road Contests
4/5/2023 10:35:19 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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Liberty sets its sights on a pair of ASUN road contests this week, taking on Coastal Carolina and Queens.
The Lady Flames will square off with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-3, 1-0 ASUN), Thursday afternoon in Conway, S.C. First draw is scheduled for noon at Brooks Stadium. Liberty will then head to Charlotte, N.C. for an ASUN matchup with the Queens Royals (6-4, 1-0 ASUN). Game time is noon on Saturday at the Queens Sports Complex.
Liberty is coming off a momentous victory this past Saturday. The Lady Flames downed No. 21 Jacksonville 12-10 on the road in the ASUN opener, their first-ever top-25 win and first triumph over the Dolphins in program history. Liberty, Coastal Carolina and Queens are the only three 1-0 teams in league play at present in the early portion of the conference season.
Coastal Carolina topped Kennesaw State 17-7 in its ASUN opener, last Friday. Meanwhile, Queens knocked off Lindenwood 14-5 last Friday in its inaugural ASUN game.
Lady Flames News and Notes
• Liberty goalkeeper Taylor Gallarello was named ASUN Defensive Player of Week by the league office, Tuesday afternoon. The sophomore made a career-best 14 saves in the win over JU and scooped up a career-high and team-best five ground balls as well.
• The Lady Flames are 7-3 all-time against the Chanticleers. Liberty is 3-0 against Coastal Carolina when both teams have been in the ASUN (2-0 regular season, 1-0 postseason). The Lady Flames bested the Chanticleers 18-11 last year at Brooks Stadium (April 16, 2022).
• This is the first-ever meeting between Liberty and Queens. The Royals are in their first season in the ASUN and first since at the Division I level. In its last season at the Division II level in 2022, Queens posted a 21-1 overall record and reached the semifinals of the Division II Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
• Liberty is currently No. 8 in the country with 11.10 caused turnovers per game.
• The Lady Flames’ Lizzy Ferguson ranks fifth in the nation with 8.70 draw controls per game. Ferguson’s 87 draw controls this season are already a single-season program record. She set the new program record with her first draw control last Saturday at JU. The previous program record for a season was 79.
• Ferguson has been named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week two times this season and has one ASUN Player of the Week honor.
• Liberty has faced a strong schedule so far this spring with six top-25 opponents in its first 10 games.
