ALL-TIME ROSTER 2007 WOMEN S SOCCER

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1 ALL-TIME ROSTER Conner, Cheryl Cozart, Claire Crosby, Kara Curtis, Michelle DDDD Davis, Alicia Davis, Jenny Davis, Nancy Davis, Sarah Dayton, Jennifer Deur, Jody Deur, Lisa Douros, Meldoy Durham, Becky Dippery, Denise WOMEN S SOCCER Kim Althouse AAAA Adams, Katie Aldridge, Beth Allen, Addy Allen, Lori Alonge, Christine Althouse, Kim Anderson, Julie Andrews, Mary Angleberger, Jennifer Auckland, Melinda Avilez, Nina BBBB Baker, Travis Baldwin, Janette Ball, Barbara 1990 Balmer, Megan Baroni, Daniella 2004 Barringer, Paula Bartholomew, Kendall Beckford, Valerie 1994 Bell, Erin Bench, Brittney Bendzlowicz, Rachel Bengds, Kendra Blesch, Jenni Bowling, Heather Braam, Ashley Branyan, Vicki Burch, Carolyn CCCC Camlin, Debbie Camlin, Traci Caulley, Kelly Cheek, Paige Chronister, Jodi EEEE Eayres, Claudia 1990 Edwards, Suzanne Endlich, Kelly Erskine, Tammy 1990 Erving, Ally FFFF Fatkin, Megan Faulk, Leanne Faxon, Kristin Fisher, Ruth Foster, Sarah GGGG Gabrielli, Julie Gantner, Sarah Garcia, Lisa Giani, Dana Gibson, Makaela Sarah Gantner Kimberly Hawkins Giles, Paula Golden, Opal Goodman-Williams, Christie Gottshaik, Krista Grau, Gigi Green, Heather Griffis, Julie HHHH Hamilton, Naomi Hallmark, Kristen Handweker, Cheryl Hassler, Cindy Hawkins, Kimberly Hayward, Sarah Helbling, Alyssa Hetrick, Rachel Hodges, Jennifer Hoff, Sarah 2000 Hohnarth, Alaina Holloway, Ginny 1995 House, Emily Hunsberger, Andrea Hutchison, Shannon IIII Ingalls, Amy Ingalls, Robin JJJJ Jacinto, Breanna Jackson, Jennifer Jennings, Felicia Jess, Jennifer Jones (Williams), Cheryl

2 ALL-TIME ROSTER KKKK Kamphuis, Lauren Kauffman, Bonnie Kemmerling, Kim Kepani, Dawn Kerth, Jessica Kizer, Karen Kopka, Holly LLLL Lawrence, Amber Lee, Teri Lightbody, Holly Limmage, Mandi Lockie, Melinda Lucido, Jerri Lyndon, Rachel Shubin, Emily Siegel, Carrie Small, Michelle Smark, Phyllis Smith, Juli Stanford, Karen Stanton, Renee Stump, Abby Stump, Sarah Sullivan, Hannah Swindler, Carol Ann TTTT Tallman, Cori Tarazona, Jennifer Thienes, Brenda Tyson, Brittany MMMM Martin, Heather Mastronardi, Corinne 1989 Mayer, Natalie Mays, Kirsten McCarthy, Vicki 1989 McDonald, Christina 2006 Miller, Carly Miller, Tammy Munson, Sonya Mobley, Tonyika Mott, Abby Moxley, Amy NNNN Neff, Katherine Neff, Mallory Breanna Jacinto Jennifer Rapp OOOO Oberlin, Amy O'Kresik, Anne Oliveras, Jenice Ontiveros, Alisa Osman, Lacy Owens, Beth PPPP Payne, Tanya Pendley, Vickey Popoff, Christina Portanova, Cara Porter, Tracie RRRR Rander, Stacy Randell, Dawn Rapp, Jennifer Reccord, Christy Reinwald, Julie Rich, Michelle Roby, Debra 1989 Rodriguez, Sonia Roesch, Suzette Rosson, Cara Riffe, Michell Romans, Bethany 1995 Rudolph, Liz SSSS Saczawa, Darleen Schantz, Heidi Schultz, Jennifer Seiple, Elena Seiple, Katie 1991 Serran, Zabrina WWWW Wade, Kacey Walters, Rebekah Webb, Kristy Weissenger, Jennifer West, Hope (Judd) Wheelock, Mandee White, Krista Williams, Amy Willis, Jennifer Wisehart, Rachel Witten, Janette Woodrow, Katie Woody, Maggie ZZZZ (Coffey) Zealand, Lauren Zwart, Mary Beth Current Players in Bold Katie Woodrow MEDIA GUIDE 39

3 WOMEN S SOCCER BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS 2000 Big South Champions Expectations Realized; Lady Flames Capture Program's First Ever Big South Championship As the 2000 season began, expectations were high for the Liberty Lady Flames women's soccer team. Coming off the most successful season in the school s history in which the Lady Flames posted their first-ever winning record, the team won its first-ever Big South Tournament game and advanced to the championship of the Big South tournament for the first time before falling 3-2 in a heartbreaking overtime loss to Elon, head coach James Price's squad set the highest goals ever for the program - a Big South Championship. After posting a 4-2 Big South regular season record, Liberty entered the Big South Championships at Radford, Va. as the number two seed drawing seventh-seed UNC Asheville in the first round. After a sluggish first 20 minutes in which the Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead, the Lady Flames quickly took control of the game as junior forward Nancy Davis tied the score on an unassisted goal and less then 70 seconds later took a feed from senior Cheryl Jones for another tally. After that, Liberty never looked back on its way to a 3-1 victory. Junior Breanna Jacinto added a goal in the second half. In the semifinals, the Lady Flames used sophomore midfielder Emily Shubin's early first half unassisted tally and strong defense to shut out Charleston Southern, 1-0. With the win, Liberty moved to the championship game to meet the top-seeded Elon Phoenix for the second-straight season. Neither team could manage a goal in the first half as they went to intermission knotted in a scoreless tie and it remained deadlocked for the next 36 minutes of the second half. In the game's 81st minute, sophomore forward Katie Woodrow slipped behind the Elon defense and was hauled down in the penalty area, resulting in a penalty shot. Davis would put the shot just inside the right post for a 1-0 lead with only nine minutes left. The Phoenix made an offensive push in an attempt to even the score when a neutral zone turnover set up a corner Nancy Davis kick for Liberty. On the kick from the right of the Elon keeper, Jones sent a cross which Davis blasted from five yards out through a sea of players to seal a 2-0 victory and the program's first-ever Big South Championship. The Lady Flames had proved they were up to the task. Goalie Amy Moxley earned her second shutout in two straight days and her fourth of the season in the win. Davis, who tallied four of Liberty's six tournament goals, was named the MVP. Jacinto, Sarah Gantner and Jenny Davis also were named to the all-tournament team. The team entered new territory for a Liberty team as it hosted Tennessee Tech in an NCAA Play-In game in hopes of earning the program's firstever NCAA Tournament berth. Senior Makaela Gibson, playing on her home field for the final time, scored the game's lone goal in the 31st minute off a cross from Nancy Davis and the Lady Flames would make it stand up for third straight shutout, 1-0, to secure the program's first NCAA Tournament berth. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Liberty fell to ACC power Wake Forest on their home field, 6-1, to end the season. Despite the loss, it failed to diminish the magical season by the Lady Flames as they posted a school-best 15-7 record, the program's first Big South championship and its first berth to the NCAA Tournament. They proved they could meet expectations.

4 After having the best season in the history of the program by capturing the team's first-ever Big South Conference Championship and securing the program's first NCAA Tournament berth, the Lady Flames entered 2001 with determination to improve upon the prior season. Not only did the team want to repeat as Big South Champions, something no team had done since the beginning of the tournament in 1993, but they also wanted to win the program's first NCAA Tournament game. With a majority of 2000's team returning, optimism was high on Liberty Mountain for the program. Facing the toughest schedule in the program's history, not only would James Price's squad have a tough conference slate to maneuver through, but they would also face some strong 2001 Big South Champions An Encore! Lady Flames Become The First Team to Repeat as Big South Champions teams nationally in Central Florida, Virginia, UNC Wilmington and Wake Forest in non-conference match-ups. After getting off to a mark in conference play and winning six of eight October games, the team dropped its last two games of the regular season, including a 1-0 decision at Charleston Southern, to end its conference schedule. The loss would send the defending conference champions to the tournament at Charleston, S.C. as the number three seed and a first round match with High Point, a team which had beaten the Lady Flames earlier in the year. Lauren Zealand's breakaway goal down the middle of the box at the 6:25 mark avenged an earlier regular season defeat as Liberty advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 victory. Host Charleston Southern, the second seed, awaited the Lady Flames in the semifinals. Once again, defense was the key as Liberty limited Charleston Southern, a squad which had beaten the Lady Flames the previous weekend, to only seven shots in its second 1-0 win of the tournament. Katie Woodrow provided the match's only goal in the 10th minute of play. In the championship game, the Lady Flames took on top-seeded Elon for the third year in a row. The two teams were scoreless late into the match until Liberty broke 2001 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS through with two quick scores. Off a corner kick in the tight contest, Jenny Davis found net by heading in Emily Shubin's cross at the 82:51 mark. The duo followed it up less than a minute later at 83:35 as Davis once again headed a Shubin corner kick in for a 2-0 lead. Freshman goalkeeper Natalie Mayer and the defense held on for their third shutout as the Lady Flames repeated as Big South Champions. With the victory, Liberty became the first Big South team since the tournament began in 1993 to repeat as champion. Davis earned Tournament MVP honors and was joined by teammates Mayer, Zealand and defender Sarah Gantner on the all-tournament team. Next up was a NCAA Tournament first-round match with Virginia, which the Lady Flames dropped in a 3-0 decision. However, it could not dampen the accomplishments of the 2001 Lady Flames. Determined and committed, the team did something no other Big South squad had done before, repeat as Big South Champions and set the bar high for future Lady Flame soccer teams. Jenny Davis MEDIA GUIDE 41

5 WOMEN S SOCCER CHAMPIONS It had been four years since the Liberty Lady Flames had hoisted their second Big South Championship trophy. After enduring a rigorous stretch to begin the season, the Lady Flames seemed to be coming together as a team when they entered the 2005 Big South Championship with a 5-3 regular season conference record and the tournament's No. 3 seed. On a rampage, they had won the final four matches of the season, three of them against conference rivals. In what head coach James Price later called the team's best all-around performance of the season, the Lady Flames opened the tournament with a bang in their first-round contest Thursday afternoon, overpowering the sixth-seeded Birmingham-Southern Panthers, 4-1, on the power of two second-half goals from the foot of Rachel Hetrick. Ashley Braam got the scoring started at the 32:47 mark, off an assist from defender Tanya Payne. The tally gave the Lady Flames a 1-0 lead at half. Midway through the second half, Brittney Bench chose a perfect time to score her first goal of the year, putting the ball into the back of the net at the 61:24 mark off a pass from midfielder Mandee Judd. At 77:35, Hetrick scored her first goal of the tournament to make the score 3-0, off a pass into the box by Sarah Davis. The Panthers mustered 2005 Big South Champions On a Roll; Lady Flames Come Together to Win Record Third Big South Championship their only goal of the game with less than 10 minutes remaining in the match to cut the score to 3-1. However, 1:10 later, Hetrick notched her second goal of the match off a pass from Amy Oberlin, giving the Lady Flames a 4-1 victory. In their only night game of the tournament Friday, Liberty faced No. 7 seed Radford, who had upset No. 2 seed High Point the previous day, in a semifinal match-up. On a hazy and humid night, the Lady Flames took it to the Highlanders in a physical match much closer than the two teams' meeting earlier in the season. In the early stages of the match, neither team could muster much offense, as the two teams combined for just seven shots in a scoreless first half. Early in the second half, the Lady Flames would trail for the first and only time during their tournament run as Radford netted its lone goal in the contest's 54th minute. However, the 1-0 deficit was shortlived as less than two minutes later, Oberlin rocketed a header past the Highlander keeper off a cross from Rachel Bendzlowicz, knotting the game at 1-1. The tie quickly disappeared as Bench put Liberty up for good in the 61st minute on a cross from Payne. The Lady Flames held on for a 2-1 decision. Appearing in their fourth conference Rachel Bendzlowicz championship game and the first since 2001, Liberty squared off against No. 1 seed UNC Asheville Sunday afternoon. In their previous meeting in early October in Asheville, the high-scoring Bulldogs had controlled play throughout the game on their way to a 4-1 win. However, this day was different as the Lady Flames' defense shut down UNCA en route to a shutout victory. After playing to a scoreless stalemate in the first half, Payne put Liberty on the board in the match's 48th minute by placing a penalty kick into the right corner of the net for a 1-0 Lady Flames advantage. Liberty extended its lead in the game's 65th minute as a racing Judd split two defenders and broke up the middle, blasting home a rebound of her own shot which the Bulldog keeper saved, but couldn't control and clear. Judd added her second goal just minutes later off of a Hetrick corner kick, giving Liberty its seventh straight win, 3-0, and its third Big South Conference championship. Bendzlowicz was named the tournament's MVP, while three other Lady Flames - Bench, Oberlin and Hetrick - were named to the all-tournament team. Liberty advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament, where it fell to site host and nationally-ranked Virginia, but that did not take away the renewed hope and enthusiasm surrounding the program after breaking through for another Big South title.