2021-22 Liberty Flames Annual Report

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NATIONAL TITLE RUN Liberty’s First-Ever National Title Game Appearance

NCAA Field Hockey Championship Runner-Up

First Final Four in program history

First team in Liberty Athletics history to reach a Division I Final Four and Division I National Championship Game

20 wins is the most in school history, 7-0 record is first unbeaten record in BIG EAST play for Liberty

First BIG EAST title in program history

Only team in the nation with 20 or more wins during the fall 2021 season

Nation’s longest winning streak of the season, 17 straight victories from Sept. 17-Nov. 19

Ranked first in the country in goals per game (3.48), scoring average (3.38), points per game (9.96) and assists per game (3.00)

-Finished No. 6 in the final NCAA Field Hockey RPI and was ranked among the top-10 teams in the country in each of the final six national coaches’ polls

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20-3 OVERALL RECORD

WON BIG EAST TITLE 1-0 OVER UCONN

7-0 BIG EAST RECORD

DEFEATED RUTGERS 3-2 (4-2 IN PENTALY STROKES) IN ELITE 8

DEFEATED SAINT JOSEPH’S 2-0 IN SWEET 16

FACED NORTHWESTERN IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

DEFEATED MARYLAND 3-2 IN DOUBLE OT IN FINAL FOUR

JILL BOLTON NAMED NFHCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR


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