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‹ 1 › WOMEN’S LACROSSE 2018 GAME NOTES @libertywlax Bill Smith, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant · Office: (434) 592-5414 · Cell: (847) 363-0642 · E-mail: [email protected] NO. 2 SEED LIBERTY TO FACE NO. 3 WINTHROP, FRIDAY IN BSC SEMIS NO. 2 SEED LIBERTY FLAMES (13-4) VS 2018 TEAM STATS GAME CENTRAL Day/Time: Friday | 7 p.m. Location: Vert Stadium (2,500) High Point, N.C. 2018 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (EST) Feb. 10 at Mercer Macon. Ga. W, 14-7 Feb. 18 at No. 7 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 4-23 Feb. 21 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. W, 15-4 Feb. 25 vs. Robert Morris Lynchburg, Va. W, 14-9 Feb. 28 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. W, 14-12 March 3 at Richmond Richmond, Va. L, 8-12 March 13 vs. Butler Lynchburg, Va. W, 17-8 March 20 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. W, 15-5 March 23 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. L, 10-11 March 28 vs. William & Mary Lynchburg, Va. W, 11-7 March 31 vs. Presbyterian* Lynchburg, Va. W, 21-5 April 4 vs. Gardner-Webb* Lynchburg, Va. W, 19-8 April 7 at No. 19/25 High Point* Charloe, N.C. L, 4-13 April 11 vs. Longwood* Lynchburg, Va. W, 22-7 April 14 vs. Winthrop* Lynchburg, Va. W, 12-11 April 18 at Radford Radford, Va. W, 19-9 April 21 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. W, 13-9 May 4 No. 3 seed Winthrop High Point, N.C. 7 p.m. May 6 Big South Championship High Point, N.C. 12 p.m. No. 2 seed Liberty women’s lacrosse will begin its journey for a Big South title on Friday evening, as the Lady Flames take on No. 3 seed Winthrop in the semifinals of the 2018 Big South Women’s Lacrosse Championship. First draw between the Lady Flames (13-4) and Eagles (13-5) is slated for 7 p.m. at Vert Stadium in High Point, N.C. Liberty is enjoying its most successful year in program history with 13 wins and posted a 6-1 mark in conference play to earn the No. 2 seed and a bye into the semifinal round. Meanwhile, Winthrop finished 5-2 in the league in drawing the No. 3 seed. The Eagles defeated Longwood, 22-6, in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. The winner of Friday night’s contest will move on to face either No. 1 seed High Point (15-2), the host site of the tournament, or No. 4 seed Campbell (9-9) in the championship on Sunday at noon. The Panthers and Camels will square off at 4 p.m., Friday, prior to the Liberty-Winthrop contest. LADY FLAMES NEWS AND NOTES Liberty averages 14.29 caused turnovers per game (No. 1 in nation) and has nine games of 15 or more, this year (season high was 19 caused turnovers vs. PC, March 31). Liberty is currently No. 37 in the NCAA Lacrosse RPI, its highest ranking in program history. The Lady Flames finished as the 87th-ranked team in the final RPI standings a year ago. As a team, Liberty is No. 2 in the country in ground balls per game (24.06), No. 5 in shots per game (36.00), No. 9 in shots on goal per game (25.88), No. 15 in scoring defense (9.41), No. 15 in win percentage (.765), No. 20 in assists per game (6.41), No. 20 in scoring margin (4.24) and No. 20 in save percentage (.486). The Lady Flames matched a program record with seven Big South All-Conference selections in 2018: Brianna McCaffrey (first team), Carly White (first team), Kayla Foster (second team, All-Academic team), Lindsey McNamara (second team), Mia Toscano (second team), Michaela Rich (honorable mention) and Hannah Quast (honorable mention). McCaffrey is No. 4 in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.82) and No. 17 in ground balls per game (3.12) while leading the Lady Flames with 40 goals. On the offensive end, Liberty features a balanced aack, with eight players having 13 or more goals and seven players with 24 or more points. KEY LIBERTY PLAYERS GAME INFORMATION LIVE STATS Live Stats TWITTER @libertywlax WATCH hps://bit.ly/2KzeVgZ @libertywlax NO. 3 SEED WINTHROP EAGLES (13-5) vs. 13-4 W-L 13-5 232 GOALS 280 13.65 GPG 15.56 .719 SOG% .731 36.0 SPG 31.4 50-131 FPG-FPA 76-162 .382 FP% .469 24.06 GB/GM 17.6 14.29 CT/GM 9.22 .785 CLEAR % .846 Brianna McCaffrey Junior Midfielder Four-time BSC Defensive POW, All-Big South first team Kayla Foster Junior Aacker Team points leader (62) Katherine Widrick Junior Goalkeeper 6-1, 7.52 GAA, 91 SV, .548 SV Pct.

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Page 1: WOMEN’S LACROSSE...May 6 Big South Championship High Point, N.C. 12 p.m. No. 2 seed Liberty women’s lacrosse will begin its journey for a Big South title on …

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE2018 GAME NOTES @libertywlax

Bill Smith, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant · Office: (434) 592-5414 · Cell: (847) 363-0642 · E-mail: [email protected]

NO. 2 SEED LIBERTY TO FACE NO. 3 WINTHROP, FRIDAY IN BSC SEMIS

NO. 2 SEED LIBERTY FLAMES(13-4)

VS

2018 TEAM STATS

GAME CENTRAL

Day/Time: Friday | 7 p.m.Location: Vert Stadium (2,500) High Point, N.C. 2018 SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (EST)Feb. 10 at Mercer Macon. Ga. W, 14-7Feb. 18 at No. 7 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 4-23Feb. 21 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. W, 15-4Feb. 25 vs. Robert Morris Lynchburg, Va. W, 14-9Feb. 28 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. W, 14-12 March 3 at Richmond Richmond, Va. L, 8-12March 13 vs. Butler Lynchburg, Va. W, 17-8March 20 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. W, 15-5March 23 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. L, 10-11March 28 vs. William & Mary Lynchburg, Va. W, 11-7March 31 vs. Presbyterian* Lynchburg, Va. W, 21-5April 4 vs. Gardner-Webb* Lynchburg, Va. W, 19-8April 7 at No. 19/25 High Point* Charlotte, N.C. L, 4-13April 11 vs. Longwood* Lynchburg, Va. W, 22-7April 14 vs. Winthrop* Lynchburg, Va. W, 12-11April 18 at Radford Radford, Va. W, 19-9April 21 at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. W, 13-9May 4 No. 3 seed Winthrop High Point, N.C. 7 p.m.May 6 Big South Championship High Point, N.C. 12 p.m.

No. 2 seed Liberty women’s lacrosse will begin its journey for a Big South title on Friday evening, as the Lady Flames take on No. 3 seed Winthrop in the semifinals of the 2018 Big South Women’s Lacrosse Championship.

First draw between the Lady Flames (13-4) and Eagles (13-5) is slated for 7 p.m. at Vert Stadium in High Point, N.C. Liberty is enjoying its most successful year in program history with 13 wins and posted a 6-1 mark in conference play to earn the No. 2 seed and a bye into the semifinal round.

Meanwhile, Winthrop finished 5-2 in the league in drawing the No. 3 seed. The Eagles defeated Longwood, 22-6, in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals.

The winner of Friday night’s contest will move on to face either No. 1 seed High Point (15-2), the host site of the tournament, or No. 4 seed Campbell (9-9) in the championship on Sunday at noon. The Panthers and Camels will square off at 4 p.m., Friday, prior to the Liberty-Winthrop contest.

LADY FLAMES NEWS AND NOTES• Liberty averages 14.29 caused turnovers per game (No.

1 in nation) and has nine games of 15 or more, this year (season high was 19 caused turnovers vs. PC, March 31).

• Liberty is currently No. 37 in the NCAA Lacrosse RPI, its highest ranking in program history. The Lady Flames finished as the 87th-ranked team in the final RPI standings a year ago.

• As a team, Liberty is No. 2 in the country in ground balls per game (24.06), No. 5 in shots per game (36.00), No. 9 in shots on goal per game (25.88), No. 15 in scoring defense (9.41), No. 15 in win percentage (.765), No. 20 in assists per game (6.41), No. 20 in scoring margin (4.24) and No. 20 in save percentage (.486).

• The Lady Flames matched a program record with seven Big South All-Conference selections in 2018: Brianna McCaffrey (first team), Carly White (first team), Kayla Foster (second team, All-Academic team), Lindsey McNamara (second team), Mia Toscano (second team), Michaela Rich (honorable mention) and Hannah Quast (honorable mention).

• McCaffrey is No. 4 in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.82) and No. 17 in ground balls per game (3.12) while leading the Lady Flames with 40 goals.

• On the offensive end, Liberty features a balanced attack, with eight players having 13 or more goals and seven players with 24 or more points.

KEY LIBERTY PLAYERS

GAME INFORMATIONLIVE STATSLive Stats

TWITTER@libertywlax

WATCHhttps://bit.ly/2KzeVgZ

@libertywlax

NO. 3 SEED WINTHROP EAGLES(13-5)

vs.

13-4 W-L 13-5232 GOALS 280

13.65 GPG 15.56.719 SOG% .73136.0 SPG 31.4

50-131 FPG-FPA 76-162.382 FP% .469

24.06 GB/GM 17.614.29 CT/GM 9.22.785 CLEAR % .846

Brianna McCaffreyJunior Midfielder

Four-time BSC Defensive POW, All-Big South first team

Kayla Foster Junior Attacker

Team points leader (62)

Katherine WidrickJunior Goalkeeper

6-1, 7.52 GAA, 91 SV, .548 SV Pct.

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LIBERTY NOTESSERIES HISTORY/CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Liberty is 2-5 all-time against Winthrop but defeated the Eagles, 12-11, on Senior Day on April 14 in per-haps the most exciting game of the season. In that contest, freshman midfielder Mia Toscano scored the game-winning goal with 3:31 left, and junior Katherine Widrick saved a shot from the nation’s leading goal scorer, Nicole Beatson, with less than 10 seconds to play to preserve victory.

Sophomore Jenna Joyal paced the team with three goals in the contest, while Brianna McCaffrey and Toscano each tallied two goals. The win allowed the Lady Flames to finish unbeaten (7-0) at home for the first time in program history. Senior Abby Britton’s behind-the-back goal in the second half garnered national attention.

The Lady Flames hold a 3-5 all-time record in the Big South Championship. They won two games in 2015 in making their only title game appearance in program history and defeated Longwood a year ago in the quarterfinals.

Liberty is the No. 2 seed in the Big South Women’s La-crosse Championship for the second time ever (other: 2015) but received a bye to the semifinal round for the first time ever.

SCOUTING WINTHROP The Eagles, who won conference titles in 2015 and 2016, are led by senior attacker Nicole Beatson. Beatson leads the nation in goals with 82 and broke the Big South single-season goals and points records, last Saturday against Longwood. Beatson is fifth in the country in points (101) for a Winthrop team that is 13th in DI in scoring offense (15.56).

Head coach Julika Blankenship’s squad features four players with 50 or more points on the year. Kristen Shriver ranks fifth in the country in assists (50). The Eagles are 8-2 all-time in the Big South Championship and 1-0 versus Liberty.

Key offensive players: Nicole Beatson (82 g, 19 a, 101 pts), Kristen Shriver (29 g, 50 a, 79 pts), Katie Clark (43 g, 12 a, 55 pts), Katherine Judge (49 g, 3 a, 52 pts)

Key defensive players: Mackenzie Cunningham (18 gb, 16 ct), Jordyn Elliot (17 gb, 15 ct)

Goalkeeper: Alaina Girani (13-5, 11.51 GAA, .474 SV Pct. 164 SV)

2018 BIG SOUTH RECAP Liberty, who was has tabbed to finish fourth in the Big South preseason poll, finished second in the conference at 6-1. The Lady Flames outscored their conference foes, 110-62, in seven games. The 6-1 mark is the best record Liberty has ever had in a conference regu-lar-seaosn slate in program history.

Foster led the squad with 31 points on 11 goals and 20 assists. Rich paced the squad with 18 goals in confer-ence play, while goalkeeper Katherine Widrick was 3-0 with a .560 save percentage and 42 saves against league competition.

RICH THOUGHTS “What I am looking forward to most about this week-end is playing in the Big South Conference tournament. I am just so excited to finally play after a two week stretch of hard work and preparation.” Redshirt Senior Captain Michaela Rich

HISTORIC SEASON Liberty is having its best season ever at 13-4 heading into the Big South Championship. The Lady Flames have the 15th-best winning percentage (.765) in the country currently and head into the tournament on a four-game winning streak.

UP NEXT If the Lady Flames were to win on Friday over the Ea-gles, they would face either No. 1 seed High Point (15-2) or No. 4 seed Campbell. Liberty fell to High Point in the regular season at Vert Stadium, while they defeated Campbell, 13-9, in the regular-season finale on April 21 in Buies Creek, N.C.

Sunday’s championship game, scheduled for a noon start, will be streamed live on ESPN3, and High Point Communications will be providing live stats as well for the contest.

LADY FLAMES BY THE NUMBERS1: Liberty is No. 1 in the country in caused turnovers

per game (14.29).

5: Over the last four seasons, five or more Liberty players have received all-conference accolades. The Lady Flames matched a program record with seven all-conference selections in 2018.

10: The Liberty women’s lacrosse team is living by its “Team 10”, this spring. The team describes this as, “Our mission is to live, love and lead through our Team 10 and to have the courage to consistently hold every member of our family to our standards.”

11: Kayla Foster broke the school record for points in a single game last year (April 12, 2017), with her three-goal, eight-assist performance in a 21-7 Big South win at Gardner-Webb. She matched that per-formance with an 11-point (1 goal, 10 assists) effort this season (April 11) at Longwood.

13: Liberty has a program-record 13 wins in 2018. The Lady Flames’ previous high was nine wins (2015). Liberty has improved by seven wins from a year ago (6-13 in 2017).

16: The Lady Flames scored 16 or more goals five times in 2017 and five times in 2018. They have gone 10-0 in those contests.

20.06: Liberty is averaging 20.06 points per game in 2018, the most it has ever averaged in a season. The Lady Flames score 13.65 goals per contest, also the most they have ever averaged in a season.

24: Liberty features seven players with 24 or more points, led by Kayla Foster’s 62.

37: The Lady Flames are No. 37 in the NCAA Lacrosse RPI out of 115 teams, the best ranking in program history.

52: Katy Pridemore holds the program record for sin-gle-season goals with 52, which she accomplished in 2015.

70: Morgan Becker set the program record for points in a season with 70 in 2015. Kayla Foster (62) is clos-ing in on the record this year.

675: Former Lady Flame Kristen Masullo (2011-14) accumulated 675 career saves. Junior goalkeeper Katherine Widrick is the program’s active leader with 288 for her career.

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MCCAFFREY MARKERS Junior midfielder Brianna has McCaffrey scored 40 goals in both 2017 and 2018. She has 93 goals in three years, ranking No. 7 in program history. The junior earned first team all-conference honors for the first time in her career in 2018 and was also named Big South Defensive Player of the Week four times.

FOSTER, MCCAFFREY MAKING HISTORY Junior attacker Kayla Foster has put up 178 points in her first three seasons She is 10 away from passing Morgan Becker (187 points) for the most points in program history.

Meanwhile, junior midfielder Brianna McCaffrey is now the program’s all-time leader in both draw controls (181) and caused turnovers (90).

Rank Player (Years Played) Points1. Morgan Becker (2012-15) 1872. Kayla Foster (2016-Present) 1783. Nina Dunay (2011-15) 1754. Kallie Britton (2013-16) 1665. Sam Struss (2012-15) 163

Rank Player (Years Played) DC1. Brianna McCaffrey (2016-Present) 1812. Morgan Becker (2012-15) 1683. Jen Moyer (2011-14) 1284. Nina Dunay (2012-15) 1225 Kayla Foster (2016-Present) 96

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE STANDINGS

RANK SCHOOL/OVERALL RECORD BIG SOUTH RECORD

1 No. 17/18 High Point 7-02 Liberty 6-13 Winthrop 5-24 Campbell 4-35 Radford 3-46 Longwood 2-57 Gardner-Webb 1-68 Presbyterian 0-7

BIG SOUTH OVERALL STANDINGSRANK SCHOOL CURRENT

RECORD1 No. 17/18 High Point 15-22 Liberty 13-43 Winthrop 13-54 Campbell 9-95 Longwood 7-116 Radford 6-117 Gardner-Webb 3-148 Presbyterian 2-15

BIG SOUTH PRESEASON HONORSOffensive Player of the Year: Darla Poulin, High PointDefensive Player of the Year: Erica Perrotta, High Point

Preseason All-Conference Team

ATT Darla Poulin, Sr., High Point

ATT Kayla Reilly, Sr., Campbell

ATT Nicole Beatson, Sr., Winthrop

MF Erica Perrotta, Sr., High Point

MF Melissa Placek, Jr., Campbell

MF Katherine Judge, Sr., Winthrop

MF Carly White, Soph., Liberty

MF Emma Rogers, Jr., Radford

D Megan Reilly, Sr., Campbell

D Olivia Nostrant, Sr., High Point

D Shea Swingle, Soph., Radford

GK Alaina Girani, R-Jr., Winthrop

AL Kayla Foster, Jr., Liberty

AL Molly Barkman, Soph., Longwood

AL Jill Rall, Soph., High Point

Foster

LIBERTY NOTES (CONT.)QUICK FACTSMEDIA INFORMATIONSchool ........................................................ Liberty UniversityLocation ..........................................................Lynchburg, Va.Founded ........................................................................... 1971Enrollment ...................................................................15,000Nickname ................................................................... FlamesColors ........................................................ Red, White & BlueAffiliation ....................................................... NCAA Division IConference ............................................................ Big SouthHome Facility ............................ Liberty Lacrosse Field (750)President ...................................................... Jerry Falwell Jr.Director of Athletics .............................................Ian McCawMEDIA INFORMATIONHead Coach .................................. Kelly Nangle (5th Season)Alma Mater ....................................... Mount St. Mary’s, 2006Career Record ...............................................................51-75Liberty Record ..............................................................35-57Big South Record .......................................................... 20-16Email ...................................... [email protected] Coach ...................................................Nina DunayAlma Mater ........................................................ Liberty, 2015Assistant Coach .................................................... Tori Quinn Alma Mater ......................................................Canisius, 2015Director of Operations .....................................Courtney HallAlma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011Strength & Conditioning Coach ......................... Karyl WieseAlma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011MEDIA INFORMATION2017 Overall Record ........................................................ 6-132017 Big South Record/Finish ....................................4-3/4thStarters Returning/Lost .................................................. 9/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................................16/8Newcomers .......................................................................... 8Big South Tournament Championships ...............................0Big South Regular Season Championships .........................0Big South Freshman of the Year Recipients.........................2Big South All-Tournament Team Honorees ..........................7Inside Women’s Lacrosse All-Rookie Team Honorees ..........3

MEDIA INFORMATIONWomen’s Lacrosse Contact .....................................Bill SmithOffice Phone ..................................................(434) 582-2294Email .................................................. [email protected] Address .................................... 1971 University Blvd. .............................................................Lynchburg, VA 24502Website ....................................................LibertyFlames.comLiberty Athletics Facebook ............./LibertyFlamesAthleticsLiberty Athletics Twitter ............................. @LibertyFlamesLiberty Athletics Instagram .......................... @libertyflamesLiberty Women’s Lacrosse Twitter................... @libertywlaxLiberty Women’s Lacrosse Instagram ............ @libertywlaxMEDIA INFORMATIONCredentials All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the Big South Conference in gov-erning the issuance of credentials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts.

E-mail Releases, game notes and advisories are emailed to media that cover Liberty on a regular basis. Media wishing to be added to the email list for a particular sport should contact [email protected]

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY• Liberty was founded in 1971 and is located in Lynchburg, Virginia.• Pastor Jerry Falwell Sr. founded the university. • The university sponsors 20 sports as of the 2017-18 academic year.• Liberty is nearing completion of a billion dollar campus transformation.• Liberty has been approved for its FBS Reclassification process.

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Kelly Nangle was named the second head coach in the history of Liberty’s women’s lacrosse program in June of 2013.

Since taking over the fledgling program, Nangle has coached 22 Big South All-Conference team members, two Big South Conference Freshman of the Year (Kayla Foster, 2016, Carly White, 2017) award winners and five Big South All-Tournament Team selections in her time at Liberty.

Additionally, she has seen nine of her players named to the VaSID All-State team and a VaSID Rookie of the Year selection (Kayla Foster, 2016). Nangle has also fostered academic success, with four Big South All-Academic honorees and six IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selections. Nangle has also seen three of her players earn inclusion on the Inside Women’s Lacrosse All-Rookie team.

Nangle collected her first win at the helm of the program on Feb. 21, 2014 when the Lady Flames defeated Elon, 13-9, at the Liberty Lacrosse Field.

Prior to coming to Liberty, Nangle spent two seasons at Central Connecticut State, helping the Blue Devils reach new heights during her tenure. She posted a 16-18 overall record and a 12-6 mark in Northeast Conference action.

Nangle guided Central Connecticut State to a program record tying seven victories in 2012, while setting new program standards with five NEC victories and six home wins. She was recognized for her efforts, by being named the 2012 NEC Coach of the Year. In addition, her senior keeper, Erin DeLancey, was selected the NEC Goalkeeper of the Year.

In 2013, Nangle’s squad finished second in the NEC with a 7-2 conference record. The Blue Devils made their first-ever appearance in the NEC Championship, advancing to the semifinal round.

Central Connecticut State posted a 9-9 overall record in 2013, surpassing the previous school record for overall wins. Six of Nangle’s players earned All-NEC honors, dramatically increasing the program’s number of all-conference honorees. Central Connecticut State had 11 total previous

all-conference honorees in program history.

Prior to her heading Central Connecticut State, Nangle spent three years as an assistant coach at Rutgers (2009-11). She oversaw the Scarlet Knights’ defense, while assisting with the program’s recruiting efforts and overseeing the team’s academics.

Rutgers posted a 27-21 record during her three seasons in Piscataway, N.J., maintaining a presence in the national rankings each year. The Scarlet Knights’ defense improved each season, spotlighted by a second-place finish in goals against average in the Big East during her final season with the program (9.06 in 2011).

In 2008, Nangle served as the head coach at St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick, Md. She helped the Vikings increase their win total by four times during her one season, as St. John’s Catholic was winless the year prior to her arrival. Two of her players earned all-conference honors, while two additional players received all-county recognition.

Nangle, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., played soccer and lacrosse at Mount St. Mary’s from 2001-06 and earned her bachelor’s degree in business.

ASSISTANT COACHESNINA DUNAYAssistant CoachEnters her 3rd season at Liberty. Dunay played at Lib-erty from 2012-15 and is the program’s all-time leader in goals (125) while ranking second in points (175).

TORI QUINNAssistant CoachEnters her 1st season at Liberty after a deco-rated four-year playing career and two-year coaching career at Canisius.

THE NANGLE FILEHEAD COACH Fifth Season as Head Coach at Liberty Alma Mater: Mount St. Mary’s, ‘06

COACHING RECORD Year School Record2018 Liberty 13-42017 Liberty 6-132016 Liberty 5-132015 Liberty 9-112014 Liberty 2-162013 Central Connecticut State 9-92012 Central Connecticut State 7-9

Career Record: 51-75Record at Liberty: 35-57Big South Record at Liberty: 20-16

COACHING LEDGER 2014-Present .............................Liberty (Head Coach)2012-13 ........Central Connecticut State (Head Coach)2009-11 .............................. Rutgers (Assistant Coach)

LIBERTY LACROSSE FIELD Serving as the home field for the Liberty wom-en’s lacrosse program, the Liberty Lacrosse Field opened in Feb. 2012. The facility has a seating capacity of 750 and features the Shaw Sportexe® PowerBlade™ HP+2.0 Monofilament Synthetic Turf System and has lines for both lacrosse and soccer competition. The field was resurfaced in Nov. 2016.

HEAD COACH KELLY NANGLE

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NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN H.S. / PREVIOUS 1 Emily Browne M 5-2 Fr. Naples, Fla. Barron Collier HS3 Claire Bratchie D 5-2 Fr. Clarksville, Md. Our Lady of Good Counsel HS4 Brittany Tickle A 5-5 Jr. Fairfax, Va. Chantilly HS5 Sarah Steenson D 5-5 So. Haymarket, Va. Saint John Paul the Great Catholic HS 6 Brianna McCaffrey M 5-2 Jr. Boca Raton, Fla. Pope John Paul II HS7 Carly White M 5-4 So. Marietta, Ga. Walton HS8 Molly Blake M 5-5 So. Finksburg, Md. Gerstell Academy10 Faith Wells D 5-3 R-Jr. Haymarket, Va. Battlefield HS11 Hannah Quast M 5-7 So. Mullica Hill, N.J. Clearview Regional HS 12 Anna Keebler M 5-8 Fr. McKinney, Texas McKinney Christian Academy13 Grace Fletcher A 5-3 So. Springfield, Va. Bishop Ireton HS14 Maddi Little D 5-6 Fr. Malvern, Pa. Conestoga HS 15 Jenna Joyal A 5-5 So. New Fairfield, Conn. Canterbury School17 Kaitlyn Cassidy-Fischetti A 5-0 R-Jr. Toms River, N.J. Toms River North HS 18 Michaela Rich A 5-6 R-Sr. Monrovia, Md. Linganore HS 19 Rachel Johnson D 5-5 Jr. Ellicott City, Md. Glenelg HS20 Mia Toscano M 5-4 Fr. Peters Township, Pa. Peters Township HS21 Emily Wilhelm D 5-6 So. Baldwin, Md. McDonogh School 22 Paige Rhoderick D 5-6 Fr. Frederick, Md. Middletown HS23 Kayla Foster A 5-5 Jr. Sewickley, Pa. Quaker Valley HS24 Abby Britton A 5-2 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. Blue Valley Northwest HS25 Brooke Bryan A 5-6 Fr. Westlake, Calif. Oaks Christian HS27 Mackenzie Poist M 5-8 Fr. Hampstead, Md. Manchester Valley HS29 Lindsey McNamara D 5-0 Sr. Orlando, Fla. Olympia HS46 Aubrie Tarris GK 5-8 Jr. Sewickley, Pa. Quaker Valley HS55 Katherine Widrick GK 5-4 Jr. Camillus, N.Y. West Genesee HS

Head Coach: Kelly Nangle | Mount St. Mary’s (2006), 5th SeasonAssistant Coach: Nina Dunay | Liberty (2015), 3rd SeasonAssistant Coach: Tori Quinn | Canisius (2015), 1st SeasonStudent Volunteer Assistant Coach: Courtney Brown | Liberty (2017), 1st SeasonDirector of Operations: Courtney Hall | Liberty (2011)Strength and Conditioning Coach: Karyl Wiese | Liberty (2011)Athletic Trainer: Joey Lyons | Liberty (2014)Student Manager: Eden Bayuk

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 5 Sarah Steenson (Stenson)6 Brianna McCaffrey (Bree-ON-uh)11 Hannah Quast (QWAHst)15 Jenna Joyal (Joy-ALE)20 Mia Toscano (Me-uh Toe-SCAH-no)22 Paige Rhoderick (ROD-er-ick27 Mackenzie Poist (POY-st)46 Aubrie Tarris (TAIR-is)HC Kelly Nangle (Nayn-gull)AC Nina Dunay (DUH-nay)

ROSTER BREAKDOWNTotal: 26 players

BY GRADESenior ............................................................................ 3Junior ............................................................................ 8Sophomore ....................................................................7Freshman ...................................................................... 8

BY HOME STATEMaryland ........................................................................7 Pennsylvania ................................................................. 4 Virginia .......................................................................... 4Florida ........................................................................... 3New Jersey ................................................................... 2California ........................................................................1Connecticut ...................................................................1Georgia ..........................................................................1Kansas ............................................................................1New York ........................................................................1Texas ..............................................................................1

2018 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTER

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LIBERTY TV ROSTER

1 EMILY BROWNE 3 CLAIRE

BRATCHIE 4 BRITTANY TICKLE 5 SARAH

STEENSON 6 BRIANNA MCCAFFREY 7 CARLY

WHITE 8 MOLLY BLAKE

10 FAITH WELLS 11 HANNAH

QUAST 12 ANNA KEEBLER 13 GRACE

FLETCHER 14 MADDI LITTLE 15 JENNA

JOYAL 17 KAITLYN CASSI-DY-FISCHETTI

18 MICHAELA RICH 19 RACHEL

JOHNSON 20 MIA TOS-CANO 21 EMILY

WILHELM 22 PAIGE RHODERICK 23 KAYLA

FOSTER 24 ABBY BRITTON

25 BROOKE BRYAN 27 MACKENZIE

POIST 29 LINDSEY MCNAMARA 46 AUBRIE

TARRIS 55 KATHERINE WIDRICK

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE 2018 GAME NOTES

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2018 Liberty Women's LacrosseLiberty Combined Team Statistics

All games (as of Apr 21, 2018)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 13-4 7-0 6-4 0-0CONFERENCE 6-1 4-0 2-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 7-3 3-0 4-3 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att.Feb 10 at Mercer W 14-7 218Feb 18 at #7 North Carolina L 4-23 405Feb 21 at ECU W 15-4 176Feb 25 ROBERT MORRIS W 14-9 313Feb 28 at ODU W 14-12 110Mar 03 at Richmond L 8-12 261Mar 13 BUTLER W 17-8 176Mar 20 at Arizona State W 15-5 391Mar 23 at San Diego State L 10-11 202Mar 28 WILLIAM & MARY W 11-7 260

* Mar 31 PRESBYTERIAN W 21-5 313* Apr 04 GARDNER-WEBB W 19-8 143* Apr 07 at #19 High Point L 4-13 412* Apr 11 LONGWOOD W 22-7 278* Apr 14 WINTHROP W 12-11 337* Apr 18 at Radford W 19-9 214* Apr 21 at Campbell W 13-9 137

TEAM STATISTICS LIBERTY OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 232-612 160-400 Goals scored per game 13.65 9.41 Shot pct. . 3 7 9 . 4 0 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 440-612 311-400 SOG pct. . 7 1 9 . 7 7 7 S h o t s / G a m e 36.0 23.5 A s s i s t s 109 70 Free position Made-Att 50-131 54-136 Free position pct. . 3 8 2 . 3 9 7GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 232 160 F r e e - p o s i t i o n 50 54 U n a s s i s t e d 123 90 O v e r t i m e 0 0 Goals scored average 13.65 9.41GROUND BALLS 409 328DRAW CONTROLS 230 193TURNOVERS 333 403CAUSED TURNOVERS 243 161CLEARS 255-325 252-388 Clear Pct. . 7 8 5 . 6 4 9ATTENDANCE T o t a l 1820 2526 Dates/Avg Per Date 7/260 10/253 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh GB DC TO CT23 FOSTER, Kayla 17 25 37 62 87 29 70 39 1318 RICH, Michaela 17 34 15 49 86 18 0 32 86 MCCAFFREY, Brianna 17 40 7 47 107 53 62 35 487 WHITE, Carly 17 25 13 38 56 44 56 39 2015 JOYAL, Jenna 17 24 11 35 50 22 2 32 1311 QUAST, Hannah 17 22 5 27 53 22 6 18 1520 TOSCANO, Mia 17 14 10 24 36 32 20 24 1824 BRITTON, Abby 16 13 1 14 27 4 3 7 112 KEEBLER, Anna 17 9 3 12 34 10 5 17 613 FLETCHER, Grace 17 9 3 12 32 12 0 10 41 BROWNE, Emily 14 9 0 9 18 7 3 6 1225 BRYAN, Brooke 11 4 0 4 11 1 0 2 08 BLAKE, Molly 9 4 0 4 9 0 0 2 04 TICKLE, Brittany 6 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 017 CASSIDY-FISCHETTI, K 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 029 MCNAMARA, Lindsey 17 0 1 1 0 32 0 17 2714 LITTLE, Maddi 17 0 0 0 1 20 2 4 1855 WIDRICK, Katherine 17 0 0 0 0 36 0 6 746 TARRIS, Aubrie 15 0 0 0 0 24 0 6 522 RHODERICK, Paig 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 321 WILHELM, Emily 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 319 JOHNSON, Rachel 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 STEENSON, Sarah 16 0 0 0 0 12 0 11 113 BRATCHIE, Claire 16 0 0 0 0 21 0 6 9

Total 17 232 109 341 612 409 230 333 243Opponents 17 160 70 230 400 328 193 403 161

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T55 WIDRICK, Katherine 17 598:23 75 7.52 91 . 5 4 8 6-1-046 TARRIS, Aubrie 15 421:37 85 12.10 60 . 4 1 4 7-3-0

Total 17 1020:00 160 9.41 151 . 4 8 6 13-4-0Opponents 17 1020:00 232 13.65 208 . 4 7 3 4-13-0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 113 119 232Opponents 97 63 160

Saves by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 75 76 151Opponents 117 91 208

Shots by Period 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 328 284 612Opponents 219 181 400

Shots on Goal 1st 2nd TotalLiberty 230 210 440Opponents 172 139 311