Bucs wrap up home stand Sunday against Liberty
  
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 24, 2024) – The ETSU women's soccer team concludes its season-long three-game home stand on Sunday when the Buccaneers host Liberty. Game time is set for 1 p.m. at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (1-2) vs. Liberty (3-0)
Sunday, Aug. 25 • 1 p.m.  • Summers-Taylor Stadium • ESPN+ • Live Stats
            *Free admission for all home ETSU soccer matches
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU sits 1-2 after its first three games of the season
• The Blue & Gold are coming off a hard-fought 1-0 setback to Tennessee on Thursday night at Summers-Taylor Stadium
• The 1-0 result was the closest the Bucs have played Tennessee in the nine all-time meetings … The second-fewest goals the Bucs allowed to the Vols was back on Aug. 22, 2009, when ETSU fell 2-0
• The Bucs' first three games this season have all been decided by one goal
• Grace Eatz has registered ETSU's lone goal on the season, coming in its 1-0 win over Eastern Kentucky last Sunday
• Eatz and Reagan Fitzgerald have combined for 15 of ETSU's 40 shots through its first three games
• Ashton Blair moved her career saves total to 142, which ranks eighth all-time in program history … Blair needs three move saves to move into a tie for seventh all-time with Lauren Fannon (1999-2000)

ABOUT LIBERTY

• Liberty enters Sunday's non-conference match with a perfect 3-0 record
• The Flames have wins over High Point, Old Dominion and VCU this season
• Liberty, the reigning Conference USA champion, was picked as the league favorite this season as the Flames tallied eight first-place votes
• Junior forward Ivy Garner was named CUSA Offensive Player of the Year, while Sallie Garner was tabbed Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
• The Flames have outscored their opposition 7-2 through the first three games
• Halle Engle leads the team with three goals and one assist, while Peyton Huber and Grace Huber have split time in goal for Liberty

SERIES HISTORY

• ETSU and Liberty have met three previous times on the pitch
• The Flames have won all three games in the series
• The last meeting came on Aug. 21, 2022, when Liberty won 4-0 in Lynchburg

WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU hits the road for three straight games starting Thursday night when the Bucs play at Davidson.
 
For more information on Buccaneer women's soccer, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer tab.