Chattanooga and Austin Peay have been rumored possibilities. The information on the now deleted EKU page indicates the ASUN fully intends on pursuing a sixth member. Currently, the ASUN partners with the Big South to allow its football playing members a path to the FCS playoffs. The ASUN football conference will pursue “immediate and ongoing annual access to automatic qualification to the FCS playoffs.” The FCS requires six football members that play scholarship FCS football. Liberty, as an FBS Independent, and Stetson, as a non-scholarship Pioneer Football League member, will not participate in this new FCS league. This new look league will have five schools which sponsor scholarship FCS football – the three newcomers as well as Kennesaw State and North Alabama, and the ASUN plans on launching an FCS scholarship football conference.
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It would bring the ASUN from its current 9 all-sport members to 12, and push the ASUN much closer to sponsoring a full scholarship FCS football league.Įastern Kentucky also published the following on its website before it was deleted, giving much more information on this proposed move.Īccording to this, these three rumored institutions are set to join the ASUN on Jand will begin competing in all sports during the 2021-22 academic year. This news is expected to be formally announced in the next few weeks. On Monday, news leaked from EKU of a map of the new look ASUN including Central Arkansas, EKU, and Jacksonville State. The rumored additions of Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State continue to grow legs.
He also hinted at as many as three other schools to join UCA in a revamped ASUN. Earlier this month, Central Arkansas’ Athletic Director announced the Bears would leave the Southland Conference to join the ASUN beginning with the 2021-22 athletic season. 1-5, hosted by Louisiana Tech in Ruston, Va.News of a revamped ASUN Conference continues to leak across the mid-major world. The C-USA championships are scheduled to take place from Nov. Liberty completed the 2022 campaign with a 14-3-4 record and ended the season with a program-record 13-game unbeaten streak (10-0-3). The Lady Flames finished last season as the ASUN runner-up, falling in PKs 1-1 (4-3) to FGCU. The Lady Flames return all four players that were named to both the All-South Region team and an ASUN All-Conference team: goalkeeper Ainsley Leja (ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year), defender Bridie Herman and midfielders Rachel DeRuby and Saydie Holland. The only conference opponent the Lady Flames have seen previously is Jacksonville State, who is also making a move from the ASUN. With the move to C-USA, Liberty will face nine opponents for the first time in program history, including seven C-USA foes. The home C-USA debut comes the next week on Sept. 21, as the team travels to Murfreesboro, Tenn. Liberty’s inaugural C-USA game will be on Sept. Liberty will face eight C-USA opponents, five of which are returning members from last season. The Lady Flames’ home opener at Osborne Stadium will be on Aug. Liberty joins C-USA along with three other programs, Jacksonville State (ASUN), New Mexico State (WAC) and Sam Houston (WAC). 3 as the squad hosts the reigning Big 12 Champion West Virginia. The Lady Flames look forward to a challenge on Sept. The tough schedule will stretch us, but we are looking forward to getting started in August.” “I believe we have put together another competitive schedule for the 2023 season.
“We are excited to enter our first year of C-USA and look forward to the challenges that it represents,” said Liberty Women’s Soccer Head Coach Lang Wedemeyer. The 18-game regular season schedule includes eight home matches at Osborne Stadium and 10 road matches. The regular season opener is set for Aug.
The Lady Flames open the season with two exhibitions, on the road at Old Dominion on Aug. The Lady Flames are set for their debut Conference USA campaign after playing in the ASUN Conference since 2018, a total of five seasons. The Liberty women’s soccer team has announced its schedule for the fall 2023 season.
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