WHEN	Sunday, September 19, 2021
WHERE	Lynchburg, Virginia | Osborne Stadium
TIME	1:00 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY	6-2, UNCG leading
LAST MEETING	0-1, L at Greensboro, N.C. September 8, 2016
RECORDS	UNCG: 1-2-4 Liberty: 4-3-1

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's soccer team wraps up its regular season non-conference play tomorrow, Sunday, September 19, 2021, with a road trip to Lynchburg, Virginia to face Liberty University with a 1:00 p.m. start time.

ABOUT THE SPARTANS

• Senior Nicole Souply leads the Spartans with two goals and four points, while junior Maddy Gilhool follows with one goal and one assist for three points.
• Senior Aiyanah Tyler-Cooper returns in net for UNCG, as she was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week for back-to-back shutouts to open the season and then earned the honor again last week for two more clean sheets.  
• Among the conference, Tyler-Cooper is ranked first in saves per game (6.11) and shutouts (4), second in saves (49), third in save percentage (.907), and fifth in goals against average (0.69).
• UNCG was picked to finish fifth in the SoCon Preseason Poll.
• Senior Kayla Campbell was the lone Spartan to be named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-SoCon team. She led all defenders in 2019 with five goals, while being a force on the back line helping UNCG to six clean sheets. 

SPARTANS' LAST TIME OUT

• On a night when the UNC Greensboro women's soccer team recognized its 10 seniors, the Spartans recorded their fourth shutout of the season on Sunday. UNCG and Campbell University played to a 0-0 double overtime draw in non-conference play at the UNCG Soccer Stadium.
• The Spartans' senior goalkeeper, Aiyanah Tyler-Cooper, in the 64th minute, tallied her 300th-career save off a shot by Campbell's Amber Liston. She totaled six in the game to move her up to third in UNCG record books with 304 career saves. Tyler-Cooper is also third in career shutouts with 22.
• This was the fourth overtime game for the Spartans this season.

SCOUTING LIBERTY

• Liberty remains unbeaten in its last four contests.
• Sophomore Meredith King leads the Lady Flames with three goals and two assists for eight points.
• Senior Kasey Jamieson and sophomore Maddy Oliver follow with two goals each.
• Senior Randi Palacios has seen the most time in net playing in six games, giving up eight goals with 19 saves and one shutout.
• The Lady Flames were picked to finish fourth in the ASUN Conference.
• Liberty is coming off its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance, winning the 2021 Spring ASUN Tournament.

LADY FLAMES' LAST TIME OUT

• Liberty remains unbeaten in its last four contests as the Lady Flames and UNC Wilmington tied, 0-0, Thursday night at Osborne Stadium. Liberty is now 4-3-1 on the season.
• Randi Palacios recorded her fourth-straight shutout this season and 14th of her career, while tallying six saves.

UP NEXT

• UNCG opens SoCon play next Friday, September 24 as they travel to Tennessee to face the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a 6:00 p.m. kick off, followed by a 1:00 p.m. game at Samford University on Sunday, September 26 in Birmingham, Alabama.
• Liberty also begins conference play next week as they host Jacksonville State University on Thursday, September 23.