JACKSONVILLE, Ala. \u2013 Liberty hit a season-best .454 on Saturday, posting its second straight 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-14) sweep over Jacksonville State at Pete Mathews Coliseum.<\/p>\n
The Lady Flames improve to 11-5 with the win, including 3-1 in Conference USA play. Liberty has won seven out of its last eight matches. The Gamecocks fall to 3-13 with an 0-4 CUSA record.
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\n\tLiberty outhit Jax State .454-.125 for the match, with the Lady Flames leading in kills (50-24), assists (47-22), aces (9-2), digs (46-32) and blocks (5-4).
\n\tPaige Overcash<\/a> scored 11 kills at a .647 pace for the Lady Flames, while Carly O’Brien<\/a> totaled 11 kills (.429), three aces and nine digs. Jenna Otts<\/a> hit .450 with 10 kills, while Charli Crowson<\/a> (18 assists, six digs) and Alison Bierwagen<\/a> (18 assists, nine digs) combined for 36 assists and 15 digs. Melis Ural<\/a> collected 11 digs, while Laney Daniell<\/a> (.308, three aces) and Charli Morris<\/a> (.636) had seven kills each.
\n\tSophia Schweikert tied for the match lead with 11 kills for Jax State, while Sofia Varela dished out 18 assists. \u00a0
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\n\tLiberty dominated the first two sets, but Jax State came out fighting in the third. The Gamecocks led 11-10 during set three before the Lady Flames’ 4-0 run gave the visitors the lead. After a Jax State sideout, Liberty ended the match on an 11-2 run.
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\n\tLiberty’s .454 hitting percentage was its highest since hitting .461 (41-6-76) against Elon, Sept. 7, 2019 and is its highest in a true road match in the rally-scoring era.
\n\tLiberty leads Jacksonville State 6-2 all-time, including 6-0 since both teams joined Conference USA in 2023. The Lady Flames are 3-0 all-time at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
\n\tUral has collected 10 or more digs in each of the last 14 matches. That is the longest streak of 10-dig matches by a Lady Flame since Macy Phillips ended the 2019 season with 18 straight 10-dig contests.
\n\tMolly Littlefield<\/a> recorded her 1,000th career dig on Saturday. She has collected 1,000 combined digs in college between her time at Gardner-Webb (2023-24) and Liberty (2024-25).
\n\tThe last time Liberty posted back-to-back away sweeps was at Jacksonville State during the 2023 season.
\n\tToday marked the fifth time this season, and third match in a row, that Liberty has hit .300 or better in a match. The last time Liberty hit .300 or better in three straight matches came in November of 2022.\u00a0
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\nThe Lady Flames return to Lynchburg and will host New Mexico State, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. at Liberty Arena.
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