Women's Soccer at Liberty on Wednesday

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's soccer team travels to Liberty on Wednesday afternoon for an early-season showdown with the defending Big South Conference champion, Lady Flames. Kick-off at Liberty will be at 3 p.m.

The Bulldogs (6-3-1, 1-0-1 BSC) look to remain unbeaten on the road this season (3-0-1) on Wednesday. However, the Lady Flames will be a stiff challenge for the Blue & White. Liberty is 5-3-1 on the young season and 1-0-1 in league play. The teams played to a scoreless tie at Greenwood Field last year.

Asheville is coming off a 2-2 tie at Presbyterian College Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs trailed 2-1 late in regulation until Paige Trent scored with five seconds left to knot the match at 2-2. Each team traded scoring chances in overtime before settling for the tie. Liberty opened league play with an impressive 4-1 win at Charleston Southern before tying Campbell, 0-0 on Saturday.

“We head into the Liberty game knowing this will be a very competitive game against a well-organized and athletic team,” stated Bulldog coach Michelle Demko. “I feel good about the soccer we are playing now. There is more fluidity to our attack and a greater team focus now that we are in conference play. This will be a good test for us with regard to playing on the road and having to battle for a result. I think we are up for the challenge."

The Bulldogs will be looking for their first regular-season win over Liberty since a 4-1 triumph in the 2005 season. The Flames lead the all-time series 14-8-2. Last year's tie gave Asheville its first point against LU since the 2006 campaign. The teams have met twice for Big South Conference championships with each team winning once. The Flames won the 2005 title with the Asheville winning the 2006 crown on penalty kicks.

Demko's club continues it three-game league road trip at Charleston Southern Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. The Blue & White return to Greenwood Field next week for home matches vs. Winthrop (Oct. 8) and Radford (Oct. 11).

Senior midfielder Amanda Dailor leads the Bulldogs in scoring with four goals, three assists and 11 points. Caroline Houser and Paige Trent are next with three goals each. Senior goalkeeper Heather Muller has three shutouts on the year and a 1.19 goals against average.

BULLDOG NOTES

The Bulldogs' six wins matches last year's win total of six.

Senior goalkeeper Heather Muller is the school's all-time leader in saves. She earned her 400^th career save at PC and has 405 in her career.

This is Asheville's best record after 10 matches since the 2006 season.

The Bulldogs are unbeaten this year on the road at 3-0-1.

Nine of Asheville's 10 matches have been either one-goal affairs or a tie.

Two of the Bulldogs last three matches have gone to overtime. In each match, Asheville scored with under 30 seconds left in regulation to send the game into OT.

Kennedy Garrett has scored two goals and both have been game-winners.