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‹ 1 › FIELD HOCKEY 2017 GAME NOTES @LibertyFH Bill Smith, Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant· Office: (434) 592-5414 · Cell: (847)363-0642 · E-mail: [email protected] LADY FLAMES SET TO HOST FRIARS AND NO. 2 BLUE DEVILS LIBERTY FLAMES (5-8, 3-2 BIG EAST) VS 2017 TEAM STATS GAME CENTRAL Location: Liberty Field Hockey Field (750) 2017 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (EST) Aug. 26 vs. No. 19 James Madison Lynchburg, Va. L, 1-3 Sept. 1 at No. 11 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. L, 0-3 Sept. 8 at Longwood Farmville, Va. W, 3-2 Sept. 10 vs. No. 6 Delaware Lynchburg, Va. L, 2-3 Sept. 16 vs. Villanova* Lynchburg, Va. W, 3-0 Sept. 17 vs. Kent State Lynchburg, VA. W, 7-2 Sept. 22 at Quinnipiac* Hamden, Conn. L, 0-1 Sept. 24 at Yale New Haven, Conn. L, 0-1 OT Sept. 29 vs. Old Dominion* Lynchburg, Va. W, 3-1 Oct. 1 at No. 13 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 3-4 Oct. 6 at Georgetown* Washington, D.C. W, 3-0 Oct. 8 at No. 17 Maryland College Park, M.D. L, 1-4 Oct. 14 vs. No. 1 Connecticut* Lynchburg, Va. L, 0-3 Oct. 20 vs. Providence* Lynchburg, Va. 3 p.m. Oct. 22 vs. No. 2 Duke Lynchburg, Va. 1 p.m. Oct. 27 at Temple* Philadelphia, Pa. 5 p.m. Oct. 29 vs. North Carolina Lynchburg, Va. 1 p.m. Nov. 3-5 BIG EAST Championship Providence, R.I. TBA * Denotes BIG EAST Conference game Games listed in EST time The Liberty field hockey team will host BIG EAST opponent Providence on Friday, followed by a Sunday matchup against No. 2 Duke. The Lady Flames (5-8, 3-2 BIG EAST) and Providence Friars (10-5, 4-1 BIG EAST) will play at 3 p.m. on Friday at the Liberty Field Hockey Field. Sunday is Senior Day at Liberty. The Lady Flames will host the No. 2 team in the nation, the Duke Blue Devils (12-2, 3-2 ACC), on Sunday at 1 p.m. Prior to the contest, the Liberty field hockey program will honor its six seniors with a special ceremony. Liberty is coming off a 3-0 setback to No. 1 UConn, last Saturday. Providence defeated Georgetown, 4-3, last Friday and Dartmouth, 3-1, last Sunday to improve to 9-5 on the season. No. 2 Duke defeated No. 12 Wake Forest, 2-1, and Miami (Ohio), 2-0, last weekend. SERIES HISTORY Liberty is 3-0 all-time against Providence and 0-3 against Duke. The Lady Flames bested the Friars twice in 2016. LADY FLAMES NEWS AND NOTES Sophomore midfielder Agueda Moroni is among the nation’s leaders in goals per game (No. 12, 0.92) and points per game (No. 16, 2.15). She leads the Lady Flames in goals (12) and points (28). Sophomore goalkeeper Allison Schaefer currently has 197 career saves, needing nine more to surpass Mallory Cuccio (206 saves, 2012-15) for the all-time program mark for career saves. Schaefer is 26th in the country in saves per game (5.62) and 32nd in save percentage (.730) while ranking 39th in goals-against-average (2.06). The Lady Flames are third in the BIG EAST in goals- against-average (2.06). Among seniors, Alynn Richardson is the leader in career goals with 16. The Lady Flames hold a 3-3 record in front of its home crowd, compared to a 2-5 mark away from the Liberty Field Hockey Field. Liberty is No. 28 in the NCAA Field Hockey RPI. PROJECTED LIBERTY STARTERS PROVIDENCE FRIARS (10-5, 4-1 BIG EAST) GAME INFORMATION LIVE STATS Friday Live Stats Sunday Live Stats TWITTER @LibertyFH WATCH Friday: hp://bit.ly/2ysk08d Sunday: hps://www.btn2go.com/ @libertyfieldhockey BOLTON 25 KNOEBEL 1 DYKEMA 14 PAONE 19 BEST 18 MORONI 17 BREMNER 16 SCHAEFER 00 JULIUS 10 A. ROBERTS 4 FORTENBAUGH 15 RICHARDSON 28 NO. 2 DUKE BLUE DEVILS (12-2, 3-2 ACC) vs. 5-8 W-L 10-5 12-2 26 GOALS 31 38 2.00 GPG 2.07 2.71 85-164 SOG-ATT. 104-177 149-238 .518 SHOT % .588 .626 12.6 SPG 11.8 17.0 58 PENALTY- CORNERS 101 74 0-0 PENALTY STROKES 1-1 1-3 25-4-0 CARDS (G-Y-R) 19-2-0 16-2-0

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Page 1: FIELD HOCKEY - Liberty University · to God!” Senior Goalkeeper Monica Hernick ... -Zosia Roberts (exercise science) -Rachel Suter (family and consumer science) ... 3-5. The Lady

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FIELD HOCKEY2017 GAME NOTES @LibertyFH

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

LADY FLAMES SET TO HOST FRIARS AND NO. 2 BLUE DEVILS

LIBERTY FLAMES(5-8, 3-2 BIG EAST)

VS

2017 TEAM STATS

GAME CENTRALLocation: Liberty Field Hockey Field (750) 2017 SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (EST)Aug. 26 vs. No. 19 James Madison Lynchburg, Va. L, 1-3Sept. 1 at No. 11 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. L, 0-3Sept. 8 at Longwood Farmville, Va. W, 3-2Sept. 10 vs. No. 6 Delaware Lynchburg, Va. L, 2-3Sept. 16 vs. Villanova* Lynchburg, Va. W, 3-0Sept. 17 vs. Kent State Lynchburg, VA. W, 7-2Sept. 22 at Quinnipiac* Hamden, Conn. L, 0-1Sept. 24 at Yale New Haven, Conn. L, 0-1 OTSept. 29 vs. Old Dominion* Lynchburg, Va. W, 3-1Oct. 1 at No. 13 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. L, 3-4Oct. 6 at Georgetown* Washington, D.C. W, 3-0Oct. 8 at No. 17 Maryland College Park, M.D. L, 1-4Oct. 14 vs. No. 1 Connecticut* Lynchburg, Va. L, 0-3Oct. 20 vs. Providence* Lynchburg, Va. 3 p.m.Oct. 22 vs. No. 2 Duke Lynchburg, Va. 1 p.m.Oct. 27 at Temple* Philadelphia, Pa. 5 p.m.Oct. 29 vs. North Carolina Lynchburg, Va. 1 p.m.Nov. 3-5 BIG EAST Championship Providence, R.I. TBA

* Denotes BIG EAST Conference game

Games listed in EST time

The Liberty field hockey team will host BIG EAST opponent Providence on Friday, followed by a Sunday matchup against No. 2 Duke.

The Lady Flames (5-8, 3-2 BIG EAST) and Providence Friars (10-5, 4-1 BIG EAST) will play at 3 p.m. on Friday at the Liberty Field Hockey Field.

Sunday is Senior Day at Liberty. The Lady Flames will host the No. 2 team in the nation, the Duke Blue Devils (12-2, 3-2 ACC), on Sunday at 1 p.m. Prior to the contest, the Liberty field hockey program will honor its six seniors with a special ceremony.

Liberty is coming off a 3-0 setback to No. 1 UConn, last Saturday. Providence defeated Georgetown, 4-3, last Friday and Dartmouth, 3-1, last Sunday to improve to 9-5 on the season. No. 2 Duke defeated No. 12 Wake Forest, 2-1, and Miami (Ohio), 2-0, last weekend.

SERIES HISTORY • Liberty is 3-0 all-time against Providence and 0-3

against Duke. The Lady Flames bested the Friars twice in 2016.

LADY FLAMES NEWS AND NOTES• Sophomore midfielder Agueda Moroni is among the

nation’s leaders in goals per game (No. 12, 0.92) and points per game (No. 16, 2.15). She leads the Lady Flames in goals (12) and points (28).

• Sophomore goalkeeper Allison Schaefer currently has 197 career saves, needing nine more to surpass Mallory Cuccio (206 saves, 2012-15) for the all-time program mark for career saves.

• Schaefer is 26th in the country in saves per game (5.62) and 32nd in save percentage (.730) while ranking 39th in goals-against-average (2.06).

• The Lady Flames are third in the BIG EAST in goals-against-average (2.06).

• Among seniors, Alynn Richardson is the leader in career goals with 16.

• The Lady Flames hold a 3-3 record in front of its home crowd, compared to a 2-5 mark away from the Liberty Field Hockey Field.

• Liberty is No. 28 in the NCAA Field Hockey RPI.

PROJECTED LIBERTY STARTERS

PROVIDENCE FRIARS(10-5, 4-1 BIG EAST)

GAME INFORMATIONLIVE STATSFriday Live StatsSunday Live Stats

TWITTER@LibertyFH

WATCHFriday: http://bit.ly/2ysk08dSunday: https://www.btn2go.com/

@libertyfieldhockey

BOLTON

25

KNOEBEL

1

DYKEMA

14

PAONE

19

BEST

18MORONI

17

BREMNER

16

SCHAEFER

00

JULIUS

10

A. ROBERTS

4FORTENBAUGH

15

RICHARDSON

28

NO. 2 DUKE BLUE DEVILS(12-2, 3-2 ACC)

vs.

5-8 W-L 10-5 12-2

26 GOALS 31 38

2.00 GPG 2.07 2.71

85-164 SOG-ATT. 104-177 149-238

.518 SHOT % .588 .626

12.6 SPG 11.8 17.0

58 PENALTY-CORNERS 101 74

0-0 PENALTY STROKES 1-1 1-3

25-4-0 CARDS (G-Y-R) 19-2-0 16-2-0

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LIBERTY NOTES

Parsley

NEW ERA OF LIBERTY FIELD HOCKEY Nikki Parsley is in her first season at the helm for Liberty field hockey. Parsley spent the 2016 season as an assistant coach for the Lady Flames and the two previous sea-sons (2014, 2015) as an assistant at Yale.

Parsley picked up her first career win as a head coach on Sept. 8. In three Liberty wins, the Lady Flames have outscored their opponents, 19-5.

SCOUTING PROVIDENCE The Friars feature a balanced attack, led by Manon van Weezel (4 g, 5 a, 13 pts), Mikayla Michals (5 g, 2 a, 12 pts) and Izzy Mendez (5 g, 1 a, 11 pts). Eleven different Friars have notched a goal, this season. Mary O’Reilly (2 g, 3 a, 7 pts) was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, Monday.

Goalkeeping responsibilities will be handled by se-nior Megan Guilbert (10-5, 1.79 GAA, 71 SV). Guilbert is No. 35 in the country in save percentage (.724) and No. 40 in saves per game (4.73). Providence is coached by 16th-year head coach Diane Madl.

SCOUTING DUKE Duke has played 11 matches against ranked oppo-nents, this year, holding an impressive 9-2 mark. The Blue Devils are led offensively by Rose Tynan (11 g, 3 a, 25 pts), Ashley Kristen (5 g, 5 a, 15 pts) and Erin Scherrer (7 g, 14 pts). As a team, they are No. 12 in the nation in scoring margin (1.66).

Duke’s stout defense is anchored by redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Sammi Steele (12-2, 0.97 GAA, 58 SV). Steele is No. 3 in DI in save percentage (.806) and No. 4 in goals-against average (0.97). The Blue Devils are coached by seventh-year head coach Pam Bustin.

THOUGHTS FROM THE PLAYERS “The past four years at Liberty have been challenging, rewarding and all in all, the best college experience I could have asked for. This team and program are like none other in the country, and I am eternally grateful for my time here and all of the lessons I have learned along the way. I am certain Senior Day will bring a diverse amount of emotions while reflecting on our time here and celebrating what we as a class have accomplished in a short four years.” Senior Defender Rachel Suter

“Liberty is a uniquely special place where I have been taught, challenged, mentored, and loved. Senior Day is going to undoubtedly bring a mixture of emotions for me, as it signifies the culmination of my time as a LUFH team member. Above all, I’m thankful to have been a part of such an impactful program. Thanks be to God!” Senior Goalkeeper Monica Hernick

SENIOR DAY SUNDAY Sunday is Senior Day for the Liberty field hockey program. The Lady Flames will take time before their match against Duke to recognize the six graduating seniors for their contributions to the program. The players who will be recognized are: Cassidy Bremner, Monica Hernick, Summer Parker, Alynn Richardson, Zosia Roberts and Rachel Suter.

MAJOR SPOTLIGHT Liberty field hockey student-athletes, who regularly excel in the classroom, are engaged in a wide variety of fields and majors at Liberty. Here is a look at the Lady Flames seniors and their fields of study:

-Cassidy Bremner (obtained bachelor’s degree in human resources, pursuing MBA) -Monica Hernick (special education integrated studies & elementary education) -Summer Parker (studio and digital arts: graphic design) -Alynn Richardson (elementary education) -Zosia Roberts (exercise science) -Rachel Suter (family and consumer science)

SISTER ACT Current Libery field hockey sophomores Annika Roberts and Zosia Roberts are sisters.

Assistant coach Natalie Barr and former Liberty field hockey players Bethany and Serena Barr (2013-16) are sisters. Natalie Barr also played for the Lady Flames from 2012-15.

Last Wednesday, Serena Barr was selected as a Top 9 Honoree for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics will choose the 2017 Woman of the Year from the nine finalists, which will be announced at a ceremo-ny in Indianapolis, Ind., on Sunday.

Sophomores(L-R) - Jenny Kurlej, Annika Roberts, Merich Frizzell, Allison Schaefer, Sydney Baffone,

Mallory Fortenbaugh, Kendra Jones

Juniors(L-R) - Lindsay Pratt, Pippa Best, Agueda Moroni, Greer Wilson, Moniek van Aarle

Seniors(L-R) - Alynn Richardson, Cassidy Bremner, Monica Hernick, Summer Parker,

Rachel Suter, Zosia Roberts

Freshmen (L-R) - Alexis Paone, Jordyn Keller, Ashley Dykema, Jill Bolton, Kennedy Luke, Ali Raha,

Victoria O’Keeffe, Carolyn Haase

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BIG EAST UPDATE UConn, the No. 1 team in the country, is 14-0 overall and leads the BIG EAST with a 5-0 record. Provi-dence (4-1) holds second place. Liberty (3-2) and Old Dominion share the No. 3 spot in the standings, although the Lady Flames took the head-to-head-matchup, earlier this fall. Villanova (2-3) and Quinnipiac are in fifth place, while Georgetown (1-4) and Temple round out the standings.

The top four teams in the final conference standings will qualify for the 2017 BIG EAST Field Hockey Cham-pionship, which will be contested at Providence, Nov. 3-5. The Lady Flames finished runner-up to UConn at the 2016 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship, which was contested at Temple in Philadelphia, Pa.

MORONI MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE WEEKLY AWARDS Liberty sophomore midfielder Agueda Moroni has been named the NFHCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 4) and the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week while garnering inclusion on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on three occassions, this season.

SCHAEFER CHASING HISTORY/TOP CA-REER GOAL SCORERS The sophomore currently has 197 saves and needs 10 more saves to surpass Mallory Cuccio (2012-15) for the all-time program mark for saves in a career. Agueda Moroni is the team’s active leader with 22 career goals, followed by senior Alynn Richardson with 16 goals.

Rank Player (Years Played) Saves1. Mallory Cuccio (2012-15) 2062. Allison Schaefer 1973. Ann Jefferis (2011-13) 1784. Brooke Morley 47

Rank Player Goals

1. Agueda Moroni 222. Alynn Richardson 163. Abby Julius 94. Pippa Best 6

BIG EAST CONFERENCE STANDINGSRANK SCHOOL/OVERALL RECORD BIG EAST RECORD1 No. 1 Connecticut 5-02 Providence 4-13 Liberty 3-24 Old Dominion 3-25 Quinnipiac 2-36 Villanova 2-37 Georgetown 1-48 Temple 0-5

BIG EAST PRESEASON COACHES’ POLLRANK SCHOOL (FIRST PLACE VOTES) CURRENT

RECORD1 No. 1 Connecticut (7) 14-02 Liberty (1) 5-83 Old Dominion 6-84 Providence 10-55 Temple 4-106 Quinnipiac 4-117 Villanova 5-98 Georgetown 7-8

BIG EAST PRESEASON HONORSOffensive Player of the Year: Charlotte Veitner, UConnDefensive Player of the Year: Casey Umstead, UConn

Preseason ALL-BIG EAST Team

Fresco Bello, Villanova, Sr., F

Danielle Grega, Old Dominion, Sr., F *

Megan Hamilton, Providence, Sr., F/M

Barbara van den Hoogen, Connecticut, So., M

Abby Julius, Liberty, Jr., M *

Nina Klein, Connecticut, Sr., GK

Agueda Moroni, Liberty, So., M

Rachel Mueller, Temple, Sr., M

Floor Rozemeijer, Providence, So., D

Casey Umstead, Connecticut, Sr., D *

Charlotte Veitner, Connecticut, Sr., F *

*unanimous selection

Moroni

LIBERTY NOTES (CONT.)QUICK FACTSMEDIA INFORMATIONSchool ........................................................ Liberty UniversityLocation ..........................................................Lynchburg, Va.Founded ........................................................................... 1971Enrollment ...................................................................15,000Nickname ................................................................... FlamesColors ........................................................ Red, White & BlueAffiliation ....................................................... NCAA Division IConference .............................................................BIG EASTHome Facility ....................... Liberty Field Hockey Field (750)President ...................................................... Jerry Falwell Jr.Director of Athletics .............................................Ian McCawMEDIA INFORMATIONHead Coach ..................................Nikki Parsley (1st Season)Alma Mater ............................................. Northwestern 2014Career Record ................................................................. 5-8Liberty Record ................................................................. 5-8BIG EAST Record ...............................................................3-2Email ..................................................... [email protected] Coach ................................Jacki Bolt(6th Season)Alma Mater ................................................... Richmond 2004Assistant Coach .......................... Natalie Barr (2nd Season)Alma Mater .........................................................Liberty 2016Director of Operations .....................................Courtney HallAlma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011Strength & Conditioning Coach ......................... Karyl WieseAlma Mater .........................................................Liberty, 2011MEDIA INFORMATION2016 Overall Record ........................................................ 8-102016 BIG EAST Record/Finish ................................... 5-2/2ndStarters Returning/Lost ...................................................9/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................17/3Newcomers ........................................................................ 10Big EAST Tournament Championships ................................0BIG EAST Regular Season Championships ..........................0NorPac Tournament Championships.....................................2NCAA Tournament Appearances...........................................2Program All-Americans.........................................................2MEDIA INFORMATIONField Hockey 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 Field Hockey Twitter ...............................@LibertyFHLiberty Field Hockey Instagram ........... @libertyfieldhockeyMEDIA 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 is the largest Christian university , founded in 1971 and located in Lynch-

burg, 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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One year after joining Liberty’s staff as an assistant coach, Nikki Parsley was named the program’s second head coach on January 16, 2017.

Parsley joined Liberty’s staff as an assistant coach on May 1 in time for Liberty’s first season as a part of the BIG EAST Conference. Parsley becomes the second head coach in the history of the program, taking over for program founder Jodi Murphy, who left in December 2016.

During her first season with the Lady Flames, Parsley helped Liberty post an 8-10 record and finish in second place in the BIG EAST with a 5-2 conference mark. The Lady Flames squared off against 10 nationally ranked opponents in 2016, spotlighted by a 2-1 overtime victory against No. 20 American on Oct. 6.

Parsley helped instruct five of Liberty’s All-BIG EAST selections in 2016, including BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Allison Schaefer and BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year Serena Barr. Barr also went on to earn NFHCA Division I All-America second team honors, becoming the second All-American in program history.

“From the moment I stepped on campus, I knew there was something unbelievably special about Liberty University and its field hockey program,” commented Parsley. “I truly believe Liberty is set apart from any other institution in the country to allow the school to glorify Jesus Christ. There is absolutely no place I would rather coach at than Liberty, and I’m blessed for the opportunity to lead such a unique group of young women.”

Parsley came to Liberty after spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons as an assistant coach at Yale.

Prior to her two-year stint at Yale, Parsley concluded a standout career at Northwestern in 2014, where she earned second team All-America honors as a senior. Parsley was a four-time All-West region pick and a three-time All-Big 10 selection.

A forward/midfielder, Parsley started 76 games, totaling 33

goals and 76 points. The Wildcats went 54-27 in Parsley’s playing career, earning a share of the Big Ten championship in 2014.

Parsley also has extensive experience with USA Field Hockey, including playing for the U.S. at the Four Nations Tournament in New Zealand in April 2013. She also played on the junior national team at the Junior World Cup in Germany in August 2013, helping the U.S. to a seventh-place finish, tied for the best in the team’s history.

In January 2013, Parsley played in the Australian Youth Olympics, and in September 2012 she played in the Junior Pan American Games in Mexico. She helped the U.S. to a third-place finish at the Junior Pan Am Games, leading the team with eight goals.

Parsley has also played for the U.S. U-21 team (on a tour of England in April 2012) and the U.S. U-19 team (on a tour of Chile in April 2011).

Parsley received her B.S. in education and social policy from Northwestern in 2014. She earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three times, was on the Dean’s List three times and was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Originally from Millford, Del., Parsley resides in Lynchburg.

ASSISTANT COACHESJACKI BOLTAssistant CoachEnters her 6th season at Liberty. Coached at Liberty for five years (2011-15) before spending one year at William & Mary (2016) before returning to Liberty

NATALIE BARRAssistant CoachEnters her 2nd season at Liberty after a dec-orated four-year playing career for the Lady Flames’ field hockey program.

THE PARSLEY FILEHEAD COACH First Season as Head Coach at Liberty Alma Mater: Northwestern, ‘14

COACHING RECORD Year School Record2017 Liberty 5-8

Career Record: 5-8Record at Liberty: 5-8BIG EAST Record at Liberty: 3-2

COACHING LEDGER 2017-Present ..............................Liberty (Head Coach)2016 .....................................Liberty (Assistant Coach)2014-15.......................................Yale (Assistant Coach)

Parsley Playing Career• Second team All-American honoree as a senior at

Northwestern• Four-time All-West region pick and three-time All-Big 10

selection• Made 76 career starts for the Wildcats, tallying 33 goals and

76 pointsBolt Playing Career• Standout goalie at Richmond who finished third-all time in

career GAA• Recorded six shutouts as senior and led team to A-10 title

and NCAA Tournament appearanceBarr Playing Career• NFHCA Division I All-America third team in 2015, the first

All-American in Liberty field hockey program history• Lady Flames’ all-time school leader in goals (54), points

(134), shots (308) and game-winning goals (10)

LIBERTY FIELD HOCKEY FIELDServing as the home field for Liberty’s field hockey program, the Liberty Field Hockey Field opened in Sept. 2011. The facility has a seating capacity of 750 and features a Poligras Olympia COOLPLUS turf system, a water-based surface preferred for field hockey competition.

HEAD COACH NIKKI PARSLEY

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NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN H.S. / PREVIOUS 00 Allison Schaefer GK 5-9 So. Millersville, Pa. Penn Manor HS1 Greer Wilson M 5-4 Jr. Brisbane, Australia Vermont3 Lindsay Pratt F 5-2 Jr. West Chester, Pa. West Chester East HS4 Annika Roberts D 5-5 So. Landenberg, Pa. Wilmington Christian HS5 Jordyn Keller M/F 5-9 Fr. Yorktown, Va. York HS6 Summer Parker M 5-3 Sr. Suffolk, Va. Lakeland HS7 Kendra Jones F 5-1 So. Mohnton, Pa. Twin Valley HS8 Zosia Roberts M 5-8 So. Landenberg, Pa. Wilmington Christian HS10 Abby Julius M 5-7 Jr. Hummelstown, Pa. Lower Dauphin HS11 Merich Frizzell F 5-9 So. Tulsa, Okla. Holland Hill HS14 Ashley Dykema D 5-11 Fr. Newport News, Va. Homeschooled15 Mallory Fortenbaugh D 5-9 So. Millerstown, Pa. Greenwood HS16 Cassidy Bremner M/D 5-2 Sr. Delta, British Columbia Delta Secondary HS17 Agueda Moroni M 5-4 So. Cordoba, Argentina University of Belgrano HS18 Pippa Best D/F 5-4 Jr. Lisburn, Northern Ireland The Royal School, Armagh19 Alexis Paone M 5-6 Fr. Marmora, N.J. Ocean City HS20 Jenny Kurlej F 5-4 So. Hockessin, Del. Wilmington Christian HS21 Carolyn Haase M/D 5-4 Fr. Worthington, Ohio Worthington Kilbourne HS22 Moniek van Aarle F 5-7 Gr. Schijndel, Netherlands Maastrict University23 Sydney Baffone M/F 5-7 So. Newark, Del. Wilmington Christian HS24 Ali Raha D 5-10 Fr. Newport News, Va. Homeschooled25 Jill Bolton D/M 5-10 Fr. Souderton, Pa. Dock Mennonite Academy26 Victoria O’Keeffe F 5-7 Fr. Wellington, New Zealand Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

28 Alynn Richardson M/F 5-3 Sr. Glendale, Mo. Homeschooled30 Rachel Suter D 5-3 Sr. Millersville, Pa. Penn Manor HS72 Kennedy Luke GK 5-6 Fr. New Hope, Pa. New Hope-Solebury HS86 Monica Hernick GK 5-7 Sr. Moorestown, N.J. Moorestown HS

Head Coach: Nikki Parsley | Northwestern (2014), 1st SeasonAssistant Coach: Jacki Bolt | Richmond (2010), 6th SeasonAssistant Coach: Natalie Barr| Liberty (2016), 2nd Season

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Annika Roberts (AH-ni-ka)Zosia Roberts (ZOSH-uh)Merich Frizzell (MAIR-ick Fri-ZELL)Ashley Dykema (DIE-ka-ma)Mallory Fortenbaugh (Fort-en-BAW)Agueda Moroni (AH-ghee)Pippa Best (Pip-UH)Alexis Paone (PAY-own)Jenny Kurlej (Kur-LAY)Carolyn Haase (Haase rhymes with race)Moniek van Aarle (MOW-neek van Air-LAY)Sydney Baffone (Bah-PHONE)Ali Raha (RAH-hah)Alynn Richardson (UH-lynn)Rachel Suter (SUE-ter)

ROSTER BREAKDOWNTotal: 27 players

BY GRADEGraduate ........................................................................1Senior ............................................................................ 5Junior ............................................................................ 4Sophomore ................................................................... 8Freshman ...................................................................... 9

BY HOME STATE/COUNTRYArgentina .......................................................................1Australia..........................................................................1Canada ...........................................................................1Delaware ....................................................................... 2Missouri .........................................................................1Netherlands ...................................................................1New Jersey.....................................................................2New Zealand....................................................................1Northern Ireland.............................................................1Ohio ................................................................................1Oklahoma .......................................................................1Pennsylvania ................................................................10Virginia............................................................................4

2017 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTER

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LIBERTY TV ROSTER

00 ALLISON SCHAEFER 1 GREER

WILSON 3 LINDSAY PRATT 4 ANNIKA

ROBERTS 5 JORDYN KELLER 6 SUMMER

PARKER 7 KENDRA JONES

8 ZOSIA ROBERTS 10 ABBY

JULIUS 11 MERICH FRIZZELL 14 ASHLEY

DYKEMA 15 MALLORY FORTENBAUGH 16 CASSIDY

BREMNER 17 AGUEDA MORONI

18 PIPPA BEST 19 ALEXIS

PAONE 20 JENNY KURLEJ 21 CAROLYN

HAASE 22 MONIEK VAN AARLE 23 SYDNEY

BAFFONE 24 ALI RAHA

25 JILL BOLTON 26 VICTORIA

O’KEEFFE 28 ALYNN RICHARDSON 30 RACHEL

SUTER 72 KENNEDY LUKE 86 MONICA

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2017 Liberty Field HockeyLiberty Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 14, 2017)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 5-8 3-3 2-5 0-0CONFERENCE 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-6 1-2 1-4 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att.Aug 26 #19 JAMES MADISON L 1-3 512Sep 01 at #11 Michigan L 0-3 587Sep 08 at Longwood W 3-2 337Sep 10 #6 DELAWARE L 2-3 233

* Sep 16 VILLANOVA W 3-0 273Sep 17 KENT STATE W 7-2 412

* Sep 22 at Quinnipiac L 0-1 479Sep 24 at Yale L o t 0-1 122

* Sep 29 OLD DOMINION W 3-1 462Oct 01 at #13 Wake Forest L 3-4 258

* Oct 06 at Georgetown W 3-0 214Oct 08 at #17 Maryland L 1-4 227

* Oct 14 #1 UCONN L 0-3 372

TEAM STATISTICS LIBERTY OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 26-164 27-178 Goals scored per game 2.00 2.08 Shot pct. . 1 5 9 . 1 5 2 Shots on goal-Attempts 85-164 102-178 SOG pct. . 5 1 8 . 5 7 3 S h o t s / G a m e 12.6 13.7PENALTY CORNERS 58 72PENALTY STROKES 0-0 1-1PENALTIES Green cards 25 17 Yellow cards 4 3 Red cards 0 0ATTENDANCE T o t a l 2264 2224 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/377 7/318 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw ps-att dsv17 MORONI, Agueda 13 12 4 28 65 . 1 8 5 32 . 4 9 2 1 0 - 0 025 BOLTON, Jill 13 4 4 12 28 . 1 4 3 14 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 115 FORTENBAUGH, Mallor 13 2 4 8 5 . 4 0 0 3 . 6 0 0 0 0 - 0 026 O'KEEFFE, Victoria 13 2 1 5 7 . 2 8 6 4 . 5 7 1 2 0 - 0 010 JULIUS, Abby 13 1 3 5 15 . 0 6 7 7 . 4 6 7 0 0 - 0 022 VAN AARLE, Moniek 12 2 0 4 13 . 1 5 4 10 . 7 6 9 1 0 - 0 028 RICHARDSON, Alynn 13 2 0 4 11 . 1 8 2 3 . 2 7 3 1 0 - 0 06 PARKER, Summer 13 1 1 3 4 . 2 5 0 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 016 BREMNER, Cassidy 13 0 2 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 020 KURLEJ, Jenny 9 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 0 0 - 0 018 BEST, Pippa 13 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 - 0 08 ROBERTS, Zosia 3 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 03 PRATT, Lindsay 13 0 0 0 7 . 0 0 0 4 . 5 7 1 0 0 - 0 05 KELLER, Jordyn 12 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 - 0 019 PAONE, Alexis 13 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 01 WILSON, Greer 7 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 030 SUTER, Rachel 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 023 BAFFONE, Sydney 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 021 HAASE, Carolyn 5 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 014 DYKEMA, Ashley 13 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 04 ROBERTS, Annika 13 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1

Total 13 26 22 74 164 . 1 5 9 85 . 5 1 8 5 0 - 0 2Opponents 13 27 24 78 178 . 1 5 2 102 . 5 7 3 8 1 - 1 2

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho00 SCHAEFER, Allison 13 919:27 27 2.06 73 . 7 3 0 5-8-0 2/0

Total 13 919:27 27 2.06 75 . 7 3 5 5-8-0 2Opponents 13 919:27 26 1.98 59 . 6 9 4 8-5-0 4

Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT TotalLiberty 16 10 0 26Opponents 14 12 1 27

Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT TotalLiberty 85 77 2 164Opponents 87 88 3 178

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT TotalLiberty 33 41 1 75Opponents 26 32 1 59

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT TotalLiberty 26 32 0 58Opponents 32 39 1 72