Liberty Wraps up Regular Season Saturday Hosting Jacksonville
4/26/2024 2:13:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lady Flames hope to conclude the regular season on a high note, welcoming Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon. Liberty plans to honor its graduating senior class in a pregame ceremony. The contest is set for a 1 p.m. first draw at the Liberty Lacrosse Field.
Liberty (6-10, 3-2 ASUN) looks for its third consecutive victory when it hosts Jacksonville (7-8, 5-0 ASUN). The Lady Flames have won their past two conference matchups, topping Kennesaw State 15-12 (April 13) and Lindenwood 14-10 (last Saturday). Both victories came on the road.
In a pregame ceremony, the Lady Flames are set to honor their 2024 senior class of six graduates. This year's class includes Mia Blackburn, Olivia Glaze, Katelyn Weissend, Kelly Scott, Mackenzie Lehman and Jordan Sheive.
The Lady Flames currently sit as the No. 4 seed in the ASUN standings after securing two consecutive conference triumphs. With a Queens (3-2 ASUN) loss to Lindenwood (2-3 ASUN) on Saturday, Liberty would secure the No. 3 seed regardless of the result of the contest against Jacksonville. Both Liberty and Jacksonville have clinched positions in the 2024 ASUN Women's Lacrosse Championship, held in Jacksonville May 2-4. The Dolphins have clinched the No. 1 seed and the 2024 ASUN regular season title.
Midfielder Olivia Glaze looks to build off one of her most productive performances from last Saturday. The senior led Liberty with six points, tallying four goals and assisting on two more. Glaze made an impact all over the field with four draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Glaze leads the team and the ASUN and No. 11 nationally with 36 caused turnovers and 2.31 per game.
Liberty and Jacksonville have become common foes of late, meeting multiple time for the past four full seasons. Liberty owns a 1-11 all-time record against Jacksonville. The Lady Flames picked up their first-ever win over the Dolphins, a 12-10 road triumph in 2023, but Jacksonville responded with a victory in the 2023 ASUN Championship title game, 14-13 in OT.
Lady Flames News & Notes
Liberty (6-10, 3-2 ASUN) looks for its third consecutive victory when it hosts Jacksonville (7-8, 5-0 ASUN). The Lady Flames have won their past two conference matchups, topping Kennesaw State 15-12 (April 13) and Lindenwood 14-10 (last Saturday). Both victories came on the road.
In a pregame ceremony, the Lady Flames are set to honor their 2024 senior class of six graduates. This year's class includes Mia Blackburn, Olivia Glaze, Katelyn Weissend, Kelly Scott, Mackenzie Lehman and Jordan Sheive.
The Lady Flames currently sit as the No. 4 seed in the ASUN standings after securing two consecutive conference triumphs. With a Queens (3-2 ASUN) loss to Lindenwood (2-3 ASUN) on Saturday, Liberty would secure the No. 3 seed regardless of the result of the contest against Jacksonville. Both Liberty and Jacksonville have clinched positions in the 2024 ASUN Women's Lacrosse Championship, held in Jacksonville May 2-4. The Dolphins have clinched the No. 1 seed and the 2024 ASUN regular season title.
Midfielder Olivia Glaze looks to build off one of her most productive performances from last Saturday. The senior led Liberty with six points, tallying four goals and assisting on two more. Glaze made an impact all over the field with four draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Glaze leads the team and the ASUN and No. 11 nationally with 36 caused turnovers and 2.31 per game.
Liberty and Jacksonville have become common foes of late, meeting multiple time for the past four full seasons. Liberty owns a 1-11 all-time record against Jacksonville. The Lady Flames picked up their first-ever win over the Dolphins, a 12-10 road triumph in 2023, but Jacksonville responded with a victory in the 2023 ASUN Championship title game, 14-13 in OT.
Lady Flames News & Notes
- The 2024 Senior Class has helped the Flames achieve great success since joining the team for the 2021 season. The class helped lead Liberty to a 16-4 ASUN record, its first-ever ranked victory (April 1, 2023 vs. Jacksonville), an ASUN regular season title and three finishes as the ASUN runner-up.
- Liberty holds a 2-7 record at home in 2024 and has lost its past four contests at the Liberty Lacrosse Field.
- The Lady Flames lead the country in both caused turnovers with 16.75 per game and 268 total and ground balls with 23 per game and 368 total. Liberty has four players within the top 20 nationally in caused turnovers per game. Madeleine Klunder leads Liberty, the ASUN and ranks No. 14 in the country with 49 ground balls this season.
- Attacker Jordan Sheive leads the team with 30 goals, 17 assists and 47 points this spring.
- Midfielder Katie Colavito paces the team with 54 draw controls this season.
- Goalkeeper Mara Tellers has started the past eight contests for the Lady Flames. The junior received the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week award on April 16 following a 16-save performance against No. 5 Notre Dame.
- Olivia Glaze's 36 caused turnovers is tied for the fourth most in a single-season in program history with Sarah Steenson (2017-21). Briana McCaffrey (2016-19) holds the top two program record with 56 caused turnovers in 2019 and 49 in 2018.
- Liberty ranks No. 24 in the country with 32.25 shots per game but sits at No. 69 nationally with 11.50 goals per game.
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