University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldogs Face Liberty in Quarterfinals of Big South Tournament
10.29.2016 | Women's Soccer
THE MATCHUP
Teams: UNC Asheville (8-11-0, 3-6-0 BSC)
Liberty (11-7, 7-2 BSC)
Location: Osborne Stadium, Lynchburg, Va.
Time: October 30, 2:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The No. 7 UNC Asheville women's soccer team will travel to Lynchburg, Va. to face the No. 2 Liberty Flames in the Quarterfinals of the Big South Conference Tournament. The game is scheduled for Sunday, October 30 at Osborne Stadium, beginning at 2:00 p.m.
NOTABLES:
Last Time Out: Asheville will be seeking revenge from the last time out on the pitch. In their final regular season match, the Bulldogs fell 2-0 to the same Liberty squad they will be facing Sunday.
Scouting Liberty: Liberty finished the regular season with an 11-7 overall record, 7-2 in the Big South. The Flames are averaging 1.72 goals per game while only allowing 0.89 to their opponents. Liberty also outshoots their opponents 13.8 to 10.6 per match.
Scoring Drought: Over the past month the Bulldogs have struggled to find the back of the net. Asheville has not produced more than one goal in nine straight matches.
UP NEXT
The winner of the contest advances to play the winner of No. 3 seed Campbell and No. 6 seed Radford in the second semifinal game on Nov. 4 at Bryan Park in Greensboro, N.C.
