Liberty to Square Off with Incarnate Word to Open OVC Championship Sunday

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The No. 4 seed Liberty Flames will face the No. 5 seed Incarnate Word Cardinals in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Men's Soccer Championship on Sunday at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill. The contest will be the second match of the afternoon. The winner will advance to play the No. 1 seed and tournament host SIUE in a semifinal match on Wednesday.

The match will be the second meeting between the two teams in a week and the third this season. Liberty (7-6-3, 5-3-2 OVC) and UIW (5-5-6, 3-2-5 OVC) tied 2-2 in Lynchburg this past Sunday. The Flames defeated the Cardinals 2-0 in San Antonio, Texas earlier this season.

OVC Championship Central

Liberty News & Notes

In their second OVC men's soccer season, the Flames finished the regular season with a 5-3-2 record and 17 points.
Liberty finished the regular season with back-to-back ties at home against Houston Christian 0-0 on Thursday and UIW 2-2 on Sunday. The Flames are 2-1-2 over their last five games.
Last season, Liberty, the No. 3 seed, fell on penalty kicks to Eastern Illinois, the No. 6 seed, 3-1 in the OVC Quarterfinals.
The Flames enter the weekend having outscored their opponents, 33-17, in 2024. Head Coach Kelly Findley's team leads the OVC and is 20th nationally with a +16 goal differential. In conference play, Liberty outscored its opponents 20-8.
Liberty paces the OVC and is 21st in the nation in scoring offense (2.06 goals per game). The Flames' 33 goals are 23^rd in the country in total goals.
Liberty is 17th in the nation with a .480 shot accuracy. The Flames average 6.06 shots on goal per game.
Liberty enters the weekend with a 1.08 goals-against average. The Flames have six shutouts on the season.
15 different Flames have scored a goal this season. Forward Michael Huss leads the OVC and Liberty with a career-high 11 goals and 24 points. Midfielder Luke Eberle is second on the Flames with four goals, followed by midfielder Gabe Findley who has three goals. Leo Conneh and Aidan Morrison round out the Flames who have scored more than one goal this season.
Huss leads the Flames and the OVC with 11 goals and is second in the conference with 24 points. The senior leads the conference by averaging 1.50 points per game. He enters the weekend 16^th nationally in total goals, 18^th in goals per game and 25^th in points.
Findley is fourth in the OVC and leads the Flames with six assists. He is second on the Flames and eighth in the conference with 12 points (3 goals, 6 assists).
Midfielder Aidan Morrison was recently ranked 19^th among freshmen by TopDrawerSoccer.com. Morrison has scored two goals and assisted on three this season.
As a team, Liberty ranks 17^th in the nation with a .480 shot accuracy. Huss continues to be one of the most accurate shooters in the country. The senior leads the OVC and is second in the nation with a.657 shot accuracy. 23 of his 35 shots this season have been on goal.
Goalkeeper Owen Moore has started 15 of Liberty's 16 games. The junior has posted a 1.15 goals-against average and a career-high .746 save percentage. He has six shutouts.

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Liberty to Square Off with Incarnate Word to Open OVC Championship Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Leo Conneh

Luke Eberle

Gabe Findley

Michael Huss

Owen Moore

Aidan Morrison