Lady Flames Fall to No. 9 Penn State 3-0

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Three second-half scores resulted in a 3-0 defeat for Liberty (4-2-2) towards No. 9 Penn State (4-2-1) on Sunday afternoon.

The two applications performed an excellent first half. The Lady Flames managed the tempo of play at occasions, producing a number of scoring possibilities. Despite 5 photographs between the groups, no workforce registered a shot on aim within the first half. Penn State’s Amelia White got here closest, beating Liberty goalkeeper Ainsley Leja, however ringing her shot off the put up.

The Nittany Lions broke the sport open within the 55′ minute, scoring straight after a damaged nook try. The ball was kicked out to Penn State’s Julia Raich, who unleashed a strike that struck the underside of the crossbar and into the online.

Penn State managed the sport after taking the lead. The Nittany Lions added a second aim from Lilly Burger 5 minutes later, within the 60′ minute. With 10 minutes remaining, Penn State added a tally from Aubrey Kulpa.

Liberty falls to 1-2-1 at house with each losses coming to ranked opponents (2-0 loss vs. No. 17 Virginia). The Lady Flames nonetheless search their first victory towards the Nittany Lions, now 0-2 all-time towards Penn State.

Scoring Summary
55′ – Penn State – Julia Raich (3) – Molly Martin
60′ – Penn State – Lilly Burger (1) – Riley Gleason
80′ – Penn State – Aubrey Kulpa (6) Riley Gleason

Lady Flames News & Notes

• With 14 photographs within the second half, Penn State held a 19-12 benefit in photographs with a 7-2 benefit in photographs on aim.
• Leja (3-2-2) made 4 saves whereas her counterpart, Mackenzie Gress, made two saves.
• Penn State held a 7-4 edge in nook makes an attempt.
• Liberty falls to 0-5 all-time towards top-10 ranked opponents (0-4 vs. Virginia).
• Three Lady Flames, Halle Engle, Lauren Flax and Avenley Monteith, recorded three photographs. Penn State’s Aubrey Kulpa totaled a game-high 5 photographs.
• Leja, Elise Graf and Kayla Magee, every performed a full 90-minute efficiency.

Up Next
Liberty wraps up its non-conference schedule with two house matchups this week. The Lady Flames host UNCG (1-5) on Thursday at 6 p.m., and welcome No. 22 Kansas on Sunday at 12 p.m. Sunday’s contest might be streamed dwell on ESPN+.