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23, part of a home-and-home weekend series with the Royals. Liberty’s conference schedule opens with a home match against Queens on Sept. The Lady Flames host two tournaments for the first time in program history, with their home opener being Sep. Liberty begins its 2022 fall schedule on Aug.

The Lady Flames welcome 10 newcomers, including three impact transfers and a strong, deep incoming class with seven freshmen. Liberty went 10-14 during the 2021 fall campaign, finishing fifth in the ASUN East Division with a 6-10 ASUN record. North Alabama (64), Jacksonville (50), Bellarmine (43) and Queens (28) are 11th through 14th, in that order. Lipscomb (138), Liberty (134) and North Florida (133) took fourth through sixth, respectively, while newcomer Austin Peay (104) and Stetson (91) round out the top eight.Įastern Kentucky is ninth with 87, followed closely in 10th by Central Arkansas (83). Last year’s ASUN tournament runner-up Jacksonville State received 167 points for second, while Kennesaw State is listed third with 157. The poll was voted on by all 14 of the conference’s head coaches.ĭefending ASUN champion FGCU was voted the preseason favorite by the head coaches, with 191 total points and 13 first-place votes after earning a first-round victory at the 2021 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship. If NJIT hosts any ASUN Tournament home games, tickets will be available for purchase on has been voted to finish fifth in the ASUN Preseason Volleyball Poll, released Thursday by the league office. Schadrac Casimir is FGCU's leading scorer and averages 14.3 ppg, closely followed by Haanif Cheatham with 13.2 ppg.Īs a team, FGCU ranks second in the ASUN in steals per game (6.9), turnovers forced (13.9) and is third in blocked shots per game (4.1). The Eagles finished the season on a three-game winning streak, including a victory over the ASUN regular-season champions, Lipscomb.

4 seed in the ASUN tournament with a 9-7 conference record. Lewis, an ASUN Conference second-team honoree last season was named to the 2018 ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team.įlorida Gulf Coast (14-17) earned the No. NJIT was selected sixth in the nine-member conference in both the ASUN Preseason Coaches and Media Polls as FGCU was picked to finish second with 66 points. The Bisons garnered seven of nine first-place votes among the head coaches in the league, while also being selected first in the media poll.Ĭoincidentally, both polls featured identical rankings. 10-24) - the first times in program history that NJIT has been recognized in the poll.Īfter winning last year's ASUN Conference men's basketball championship title, Lipscomb was picked to repeat by the league's head coaches in the 2018-19. 27) and have appeared in "Others Receiving Votes" in the Associated Press Top-25 three weeks this season (Dec. The Highlanders have a current NCAA Net Ranking of 177 (as of Feb. 8, 2011, NJIT has posted an impressive 143-125 (.534) overall record in its last 268 games after the Highlanders started their D-I era at 18-114 (.136). In the rematch in Fort Myers, Fla., FGCU gutted out a tightly contested win, 57-55.Īll-time, NJIT, which joined the ASUN Conference in 2015-16, is 26-32 against ASUN Conference opponents. 30, NJIT defeated the Eagles at the Wellness and Events Center, 66-54. NJIT faces FGCU for the third and final time this season on Monday. Lewis, who was named ASUN Co-Player of the Week the final week of January, is averaging a double-double in his last 12 games with 176 points (14.7 ppg) and 123 rebounds (10.3 rpg) during the stretch. Fellow senior Diandre Wilson added 10 points in the effort. In NJIT's previous game against Liberty, Abdul Lewis dropped 25 points and nine rebounds on Senior Day. 2 seed Liberty, falling in back-to-back two possession contests. 5 seed following its winningest regular season in the program's Division-I era. The Highlanders enter the ASUN Tournament as a No. NJIT (20-11, 8-8 ASUN) is set to take on Florida Gulf Coast (14-17, 9-7 ASUN) on Monday, March 4.
