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Women's Soccer

Women's soccer hosts Liberty in Big South opener

Women's Soccer

Women's soccer hosts Liberty in Big South opener

Match Information
Opponent: Liberty (4-5-0)
When: Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.
Where: Vert Stadium, High Point, N.C.
Follow: @HPUWSoccer1999 on Twitter
Live Stats: highpointpanthers.com (LINK)
Live Video: Big South Network (LINK)
 
High Point Notes:
            • High Point rallied from down 2-0 to pick up a 3-2 win in overtime against William & Mary on Thursday night to improve to 4-4-1 on the season.  The win ended a four-game losing streak for HPU. 
            • Redshirt-sophomore Meredith Dunker and redshirt-senior Kelsey Perrell each registered goals in regulation and sophomore Tyler Gordon scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Panthers.
            • Perrell was named Offensive Player of the Week for the Big South after registering a goal and assist in High Point's comeback at William & Mary.
            • The game against William & Mary was High Point's sixth-straight contest on the road. HPU went 2-4-0 in the six road games with all four losses coming at Power 5 opponents.
            • Perrell leads HPU with seven points on three goals and one assist and redshirt-junior Bailey Beattie is close behind with six points on two goals and two assists.  All told, eight players have combined to score 13 goals for High Point.
            • Junior Alex Hank has started all nine games for HPU in goal and has a 2.00 goals-against average and at .709 save percentage with a total of 39 saves.
 
Liberty Notes:
            • Liberty enters the contest against High Point with a 4-5-0 record following back-to-back loses to Florida Gulf Coast and VCU last week.
            • Isabella Habuda leads Liberty with three goals through nine games and is tied for team lead in points with Gabrielle Farrell who has two goals and two assists.
            • Big South Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Holly Van Noord is 4-4-0 in goal for the Flames with a 1.15 goals-against average and an .830 save percentage. She is tied for the Big South lead with three shutouts in eight games.
            • Liberty was picked first in the Big South Preseason Poll, just ahead of HPU, after claiming the regular season and tournament championships in 2015.
            
Series Notes:
            • High Point is 10-16-3 in 29 all-time meetings with Liberty.
            • The Panthers went 0-2 with against the Flames last season with a 1-0 loss in the regular season and a 2-1 loss in the Big South semi-finals.

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Players Mentioned

Bailey Beattie

#27 Bailey Beattie

F
5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
Meredith Dunker

#8 Meredith Dunker

F
5' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
Tyler Gordon

#13 Tyler Gordon

F
5' 6"
Sophomore
Kelsey Perrell

#29 Kelsey Perrell

F
5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
Alex Hank

#0 Alex Hank

GK
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Bailey Beattie

#27 Bailey Beattie

5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
F
Meredith Dunker

#8 Meredith Dunker

5' 3"
Redshirt Sophomore
F
Tyler Gordon

#13 Tyler Gordon

5' 6"
Sophomore
F
Kelsey Perrell

#29 Kelsey Perrell

5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
F
Alex Hank

#0 Alex Hank

5' 7"
Junior
GK