University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Liberty
Bulldogs Fall to Liberty in Big South Conference Tournament
10.30.2016 | Women's Soccer
THE RUNDOWN
Asheville 0, Liberty 4
Teams: UNC Asheville (8-12-0, 3-6-0 BSC)
Liberty (12-7-0, 7-2-0 BSC)
Location: Osborne Stadium, Lynchburg, Va.
Time: October 30, 2:00 p.m.
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Lynchburg, Va. – The UNC Asheville women's soccer team fell 4-0 to No. 2 Liberty in the Quarterfinals of the Big South Conference Tournament Sunday afternoon at Osborne Stadium.
The two squads were deadlocked at 0-0 until Liberty's Jennifer Knoebel opened the scoring, giving the Flames a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute.
Liberty scored two quick goals following halftime, one from Isabella Habuda (48th minute) and another from Devon Jones (51st minute).
The Flames scored the final goal of the match in the 82nd minute when Erika Troutman was able to find the back of the net for a 4-0 Liberty victory.
NOTABLES
-Goalkeeper Keller Dixon compiled eight saves throughout the match.
-Liberty outshout Asheville 20 to 3.
-Paige Trent led the attack for the Bulldogs with two shots, both on target.
QUOTABLES
"It's disappointing not to display our best soccer on a bigger stage like the conference tournament. However, I am also very aware the bigger moments are where you learn the most and hopefully grow the most. I thought we fell short in the area of mentality today. We were afraid to make mistakes in our warm up which made us play tight and out of our element. There are also positives to take away from today. We never stopped working or fighting through the final whistle. We are also a young team, only losing two seniors so we have an opportunity to continue to train our team in the spring and keep getting better. A big thank you goes out to our seniors, Paige and Bethany. Those two have been instrumental in helping to build this program for the last five seasons. I have a great amount of respect for their buy in and investment in our program and teammates. We will take a week off and get right back to work. I still remain excited about the amount of talent we have in our program and where these players can take us."--Head Coach Michelle Demko
