HUNTSVILLE, Texas \u2013 Liberty (13-2-2, 6-0-1 CUSA) earned a point on the road at Sam Houston (5-5-6, 1-3-3 CUSA) on Sunday afternoon in a 0-0 draw. The tie snaps Liberty’s 11-game winning streak but extends its unbeaten streak to 12 games.<\/p>\n
With Sunday’s results, the Lady Flames will be the No. 1 seed in the 2026 CUSA Championship and have secured at least a share of the regular season title. The CUSA Championship will start on Nov. 8 in Newark, Del.
\nThe team prepares for the regular season finale on Sunday against Missouri State and can clinch the CUSA regular season title with a win.
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\nThe Lady Flames unleashed 18 shots. The Bearkats’ goalkeeper Hannah Stipp stood tall with 11 saves. Sam Houston recorded 10 shots in the game with seven on goal.
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\nLiberty’s winning streak ends at 11 games, along with its streak against CUSA foes at 12. Following the draw, they still sport a 22-game unbeaten streak against CUSA opponents.
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\nThe Lady Flames fail to secure a victory for the first time against Sam Houston, previously 4-0-0 when facing the Bearkats.
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\nLady Flames News & Notes
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\n\tLiberty has secured at least a share of the CUSA regular season title in each season since joining CUSA in 2023.
\n\tThe Lady Flames held a 5-2 advantage in corner kick opportunities. The Lady Flames were called offsides three times.
\n\tThe Lady Flames record a fifth consecutive shutout. The team has allowed just a single goal in CUSA play.
\n\tGoalkeeper Ainsley Leja<\/a> (11-1-2) earns her sixth shutout of the season.
\n\tLeja sports season averages a 0.48 goals-against average (GAA) and a 0.868 save percentage.
\n\tEntering the game, Leja ranked No. 3 among active Division I goalkeepers with a career 0.65 GAA (now 0.64) and improved to third with 28 career shutouts.
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\nUp Next
\nLiberty (13-2-2, 6-0-1 CUSA) hosts a rematch of the 2025 CUSA Championship final, welcoming back Missouri State (4-7-4, 1-2-3 CUSA) to Lynchburg on Sunday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNTSVILLE, Texas \u2013 Liberty (13-2-2, 6-0-1 CUSA) earned a point on the road at Sam Houston (5-5-6, 1-3-3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-476560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}