Friday, September 27
Lynchburg, Va.
6:00 PM ET
Liberty University
9-1-2, 1-1-0
0
vs
3
FIU
7-3-0, 2-0-0
1
2
F
FIU
2
1
3
Liberty
0
0
0
Liberty Falls to FIU 3-0 for First Loss of 2024
9/27/2024 9:07:00 PM | Women's Soccer
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The unbeaten season for Liberty women's soccer came to a close on Friday with FIU recording a 3-0 shutout victory at Osborne Stadium Friday night. Liberty (9-1-2, 1-1 CUSA) dropped its first game of the season to conference foe FIU (7-3, 2-0 CUSA).
The two teams battled through rain in the first half of the contest. The Panthers jumped ahead early in the first minute of the contest on a free kick that deflected to Catherine Rapp. The FIU midfielder put in a goal that Liberty goalkeeper, Grace Workman had little time to adjust to.
Liberty received a few chances in the first half, but could not connect. FIU boosted its lead to 2-0 in the 41' minute with a dart from Noemi Paquin who blasted a shot from well outside the 18-yard box.
FIU wasted little time to start the second half as Paquin shook off her defender and sent in a low shot that beat the outstretched arm of reserve goalkeeper Peyton Huber.
Scoring Summary
1' – FIU – Catherine Rapp
42' – FIU – Noemi Paquin
49' – FIU – Noemi Paquin
Lady Flames News & Notes
Up Next
Liberty will look to get back into the win column when the Lady Flames continue Conference USA action against UTEP on Thursday evening at Osborne Stadium. The game gets underway at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
The two teams battled through rain in the first half of the contest. The Panthers jumped ahead early in the first minute of the contest on a free kick that deflected to Catherine Rapp. The FIU midfielder put in a goal that Liberty goalkeeper, Grace Workman had little time to adjust to.
Liberty received a few chances in the first half, but could not connect. FIU boosted its lead to 2-0 in the 41' minute with a dart from Noemi Paquin who blasted a shot from well outside the 18-yard box.
FIU wasted little time to start the second half as Paquin shook off her defender and sent in a low shot that beat the outstretched arm of reserve goalkeeper Peyton Huber.
Scoring Summary
1' – FIU – Catherine Rapp
42' – FIU – Noemi Paquin
49' – FIU – Noemi Paquin
Lady Flames News & Notes
- Liberty drops its first game of the season in the 12th contest after building a 9-0-2 record. Liberty also lost its perfect season in 2023 its 12th game of the season after collecting an 11-0 record.
- Liberty registered 20 shots on Friday to 12 from FIU. The Lady Flames recorded 13 shots in the second half and six total shots on goal.
- The Lady Flames suffered its second shutout of the season, both coming in the last three contests (0-0 against UNCG on Sept. 15).
- Liberty falls to 0-1-1 all-time against FIU and have yet to score against the Panthers.
- Liberty's Ivy Garner and FIU's Noemi Paquin shared a game-high five shots.
- The Lady Flames goalkeepers Grace Workman (start)and Peyton Huber split time in goal for the tenth time this season.
- Three Lady Flames, Elise Graf, Briana Myers and Lauren Littleton, played a full 90 minutes on Friday.
Up Next
Liberty will look to get back into the win column when the Lady Flames continue Conference USA action against UTEP on Thursday evening at Osborne Stadium. The game gets underway at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
FIU
Flames
Goals
3
0
Shots
12
20
Shots on Goal
6
6
Saves
6
3
Corners
2
6
Fouls
8
9
Scoring Plays
Catherine Rapp (2)
GOAL by FIU Rapp, Catherine.
00:44
Noemi Paquin (8)
GOAL by FIU Paquin, Noemi.
41:52
Noemi Paquin (8)
GOAL by FIU Paquin, Noemi.
48:49
Game Leaders
fwd
Shots
5
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
fwd
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Soccer
MF
/ Women's Soccer
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