No. 25 High Point vs. Liberty
Date/Time: April 17, 2019 | 6 p.m.
Place: High Point, N.C. | Vert Stadium
All-Time Series: 10th Meeting, HPU leads, 8-1
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Live Video: ESPN+
 
HIGH POINT, N.C.—The No. 25 High Point University women's lacrosse team plays host to former-Big South foe Liberty Wednesday (April 17) in its regular season home finale. First draw from Vert Stadium is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
Last time out, the Panthers defeated Radford on the road, 21-4, Saturday (April 13) in Radford, Va. The win clinched at least a share of the Big South Regular Season Championship. High Point will earn a No. 1 seed with a win at Winthrop on Saturday (April 20) or a Winthrop loss to Radford on Wednesday.
 
Sophomore Abby Hormes scored a career-high seven goals and tied her career high with 10 points. Fellow sophomore Rachel Foster added five points with three goals and two assists, while senior Valerie Pelling had two goals and two assists. 
 
Three Panthers had two goals each, including senior Emory Gaeng, junior Kylie Holthaus and sophomore Nicole Pugh. Gaeng's first goal was her 100th career point.     
 
The Panthers are fourth in the country in scoring margin (+8.13), sixth in scoring offense (16.8 goals per game) and 11th in scoring defense (8.67 goals per game).
 
Sophomore Sarah Zeto was named Big South Defensive Player of the Week after making a career-high 15 saves against Campbell on Wednesday (April 10). 
 
Hormes leads the Panthers and is eighth in the nation with 77 points, 16th in the nation with 49 goals and 30th in the nation with 28 assists. She is three goals away from tying Samantha Brown (2014-17) for fifth all-time in career goals with 111.
 
Redshirt junior Meredith Chapman has 36 caused turnovers on the season, which averages to 2.33 per game, 10th-most in the country.
 
ON THE FLAMES
Liberty is 11-3 on the season, but dropped its last match, 19-6, at Jacksonville on Sunday (April 14). The Flames are led by Carly White, who has 50 points on 31 goals and 19 assists. Katherine Widrick is 11-3 on the season in net and has a 48.3 save percentage.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH LIBERTY
This will be the 10th meeting all-time between the programs, with HPU leading the series, 8-1. In Liberty's last season in the Big South in 2018, High Point won 13-4 on April 7, 2018.
 
NEXT UP
High Point travels to Winthrop on Saturday (April 20) for its regular season finale. First draw from Rock Hill, S.C., is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
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