Thursday, May 1
Lynchburg, Va.
4:00 PM ET
Liberty University
vs
No. 3 seed Lindenwood
No. 2 Liberty Opens ASUN Championship Hosting No. 3 Lindenwood
4/30/2025 1:06:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Serving as the host site for the 2025 Atlantic Sun Women's Lacrosse Championship, No. 2 Liberty (10-7, 5-1 ASUN) opens the event taking on No. 3 Lindenwood (10-5, 3-3 ASUN) on Thursday at 4 p.m. The tournament will be played at the Liberty Lacrosse Field and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Tickets for the ASUN Championship can be found at https://liberty.evenue.net/events/CUSA-HOME. All Atlantic Sun students will get in free with a valid ID of the school they attend. All children under the age of three (3) will be admitted for free all weekend.
The Lady Flames closed the regular season with an 18-10 loss at Jacksonville on Saturday. The Dolphins secured the No. 1 seed and the ASUN Regular Season Championship with the victory.
The winner of Thursday's contest will qualify for the ASUN Championship final on Saturday at 1 p.m. They will meet the winner of Thursday's semifinal matchup between No. 1 Jacksonville and No. 4 Coastal Carolina at 1 p.m.
Liberty previously met Lindenwood at home this season on April 9. Attacker Cami Merkel tallied nine points with four goals and five assists to lead the Lady Flames to a 23-12 triumph.
The Lady Flames featured eight in the 2025 ASUN Women's Lacrosse Postseason Honors. Midfielder Katie Colavito and defender Jenna Burrow take home the Midfielder and Defensive Player of the Year awards, headlining 10 total awards received including three All-ASUN first team and three All-ASUN second team selections.
Colavito, Burrow and attacker Taiva Reinertson represented Liberty on the All-ASUN first team. Attacker Mackenzie Lehman, midfielder/draw specialist Ava Menna and defender Madeleine Klunder were recognized on the All-ASUN second team. Midfielder Olivia Young and defender Ava McGlothlin were each named to the ASUN All-Freshman team. Two Lady Flames, Colavito and Lehman, received inclusion on the Academic All-ASUN Team.
Liberty looks to stay undefeated against Lindenwood, currently 3-0 all-time facing the Lions.
Lady Flames News & Notes
Record Chasers
Individual Single-Season Records
Points
1. 70 - Morgan Becker (37g, 33a) – 2015
5. 64 - Taiva Reinertson (49g, 15a) – 2025
7. 59 - Mackenzie Lehman (47g, 14a) – 2025
Goals
1. 52 - Katy Pridemore – 2015
3. 49 - Taiva Reinertson – 2025
4. 47 - Mackenzie Lehman – 2025
Draw Controls
1. 182 – Lizzy Ferguson – 2023
2. 147 – Ava Menna – 2025
Team Single-Season Records
Points
1. 381 (271g, 110a) – 2023
6. 360 (248g, 107a) – 2025
Goals
1. 271 – 2023
4. 248 – 2025
Assists
1. 124 – 2015
2. 112 – 2025
Draw Controls
1. 296 – 2023
2. 291 – 2025
Caused Turnovers
1. 302 – 2025
2. 300 – 2019
Tickets for the ASUN Championship can be found at https://liberty.evenue.net/events/CUSA-HOME. All Atlantic Sun students will get in free with a valid ID of the school they attend. All children under the age of three (3) will be admitted for free all weekend.
The Lady Flames closed the regular season with an 18-10 loss at Jacksonville on Saturday. The Dolphins secured the No. 1 seed and the ASUN Regular Season Championship with the victory.
The winner of Thursday's contest will qualify for the ASUN Championship final on Saturday at 1 p.m. They will meet the winner of Thursday's semifinal matchup between No. 1 Jacksonville and No. 4 Coastal Carolina at 1 p.m.
Liberty previously met Lindenwood at home this season on April 9. Attacker Cami Merkel tallied nine points with four goals and five assists to lead the Lady Flames to a 23-12 triumph.
The Lady Flames featured eight in the 2025 ASUN Women's Lacrosse Postseason Honors. Midfielder Katie Colavito and defender Jenna Burrow take home the Midfielder and Defensive Player of the Year awards, headlining 10 total awards received including three All-ASUN first team and three All-ASUN second team selections.
Colavito, Burrow and attacker Taiva Reinertson represented Liberty on the All-ASUN first team. Attacker Mackenzie Lehman, midfielder/draw specialist Ava Menna and defender Madeleine Klunder were recognized on the All-ASUN second team. Midfielder Olivia Young and defender Ava McGlothlin were each named to the ASUN All-Freshman team. Two Lady Flames, Colavito and Lehman, received inclusion on the Academic All-ASUN Team.
Liberty looks to stay undefeated against Lindenwood, currently 3-0 all-time facing the Lions.
Lady Flames News & Notes
- Liberty leads the nation in both caused turnovers per game (17.35) and ground balls per game (22.41).
- ASUN Defensive Player of the Year, Burrow leads Liberty in caused turnovers per game (2.06, 40 total) and is second on the team with 2.53 per game (43 total), while Klunder paces the team in ground balls per game (2.65, 45 total).
- Liberty ranks No. 20 in the country in scoring with 14.59 goals per game (248 total). They rank No. 9 nationally with 34.71 shots per game
- Taiva Reinertson leads the team in goals (49) and points (64), along with 15 assists. Lehman trails behind her with 47 goals, 61 points and 14 assists.
- Ava Rajala paces the team with 22 assists, along with tallying 30 goals and 53 points.
- Rajala leads all attackers nationally with 27 caused turnovers.
- Liberty ranks No. 10 in the country with 17.12 draw controls per game and No. 36 with a 0.541 winning percentage.
- Menna, a draw specialist, ranks No. 13 nationally with 8.59 draws per game (147 total).
- Goalkeeper Rachel Hines (9-7) has made all but one start in the crease. She has accrued a 14.51 goals-against average and 0.333 save percentage on 428 shots faced.
- Hines ranks No. 6 in the ASUN with 41 ground balls, along with collecting 19 caused turnovers.
- ASUN Midfielder of the Year Colavito tallied 29 goals and 16 assists for 45 points during the regular season. She finished second in ASUN with 31 caused turnovers (1.82 per game) and was second on Liberty and seventh in ASUN with 60 draw controls while collecting 33 ground balls.
Record Chasers
- The Lady Flames are on pace to set multiple single-season program records. Mackenzie Lehman and Taiva Reinertson both hold per-game marks (at least 10 games) in points (Lehman – 3.81, Reinertson – 3.76) and goals (Lehman – 2.94, Reinertson – 2.88) that would unseat the current records in a similar total of games played.
- Ava Menna (147 draw controls, 8.65 per game) is threatening to unseat Lizzy Ferguson (182 draw controls, 9.58 per game) for the single-season draw control crown.
- Liberty bested the single-season caused turnover record with 302 caused turnovers, besting 2023's mark of 300.
- The team is on pace to claim multiple records, including points, goals, assists and draw controls.
Individual Single-Season Records
Points
1. 70 - Morgan Becker (37g, 33a) – 2015
5. 64 - Taiva Reinertson (49g, 15a) – 2025
7. 59 - Mackenzie Lehman (47g, 14a) – 2025
Goals
1. 52 - Katy Pridemore – 2015
3. 49 - Taiva Reinertson – 2025
4. 47 - Mackenzie Lehman – 2025
Draw Controls
1. 182 – Lizzy Ferguson – 2023
2. 147 – Ava Menna – 2025
Team Single-Season Records
Points
1. 381 (271g, 110a) – 2023
6. 360 (248g, 107a) – 2025
Goals
1. 271 – 2023
4. 248 – 2025
Assists
1. 124 – 2015
2. 112 – 2025
Draw Controls
1. 296 – 2023
2. 291 – 2025
Caused Turnovers
1. 302 – 2025
2. 300 – 2019
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