HOW IT HAPPENED
Liberty was on the attack early, getting two shots on goal in the first 10 minutes, but goalkeeper Maddie Davis made the save on both. WKU's best scoring chance came in the 25th minute when the Hilltoppers were awarded a free kick around the midfield line. Davis took the kick for WKU and launched a rocket of a shot towards the goal. The Liberty goalkeeper was able to jump and punch the ball out just below the crossbar.
NOTABLES
- Maddie Davis had another impressive night with five saves for her fifth clean sheet of the season. She's now up to 13 career shutouts, which is fourth all-time at WKU and one away from tying for the third most.
- Coming into tonight's match, Liberty was the conference's best offensive and defensive team. The Flames have scored 41 goals this season along with a 0.600 goals against average, both top marks in the league. WKU is just the third team this season to hold Liberty scoreless in 17 games.
- Davis and the WKU defense turned away 17 total shots from the Flames.
- Alyvia Walls was the lone Hilltopper to get off multiple shots, taking two in the match.
- WKU is now 1-0-1 against Liberty all-time.
QUOTABLE
"We had a game plan tonight. They have some very good attacking players and we felt like we needed to shut those players down," said head coach Jason Neidell. "I thought our players did an excellent job of understanding and executing their individual roles and understanding our game plan as a team. We executed defensively very well tonight. I thought we were really disciplined in what we did."
NEXT UP
WKU will face first-place FIU on Sunday, Oct. 27 at noon in the final true road match of the regular season.
