Women's Ultimate wraps up season with seventh-place showing at Atlantic Coast Regionals
5/6/2026 2:28:00 PM | Women's Ultimate
Share:
The Lady Flames finished 2-1 in pool play and won a crossover match before dropping both of their playoff games on Sunday.
Seeded fifth out of 16 teams in this past weekend's USA Ultimate Atlantic Coast Regionals in Glen Allen, Va., Liberty University's women's ultimate team finished 3-3 and tied for seventh overall to wrapped up its season.Â
The Lady Flames faced five different collegiate teams throughout the competition. On Saturday, they opened the weekend with by defeating 16th-seeded Appalachian State, 15-7, and ninth-seeded North Carolina State, 13-9. The Lady Flames fell to the fourth-seeded College of William & Mary, 15-9. Saturday's action ended with a 15-7 win for Liberty over eighth-seeded Clemson, sending it to Sunday's first-place quarterfinals match against No. 3-seeded Georgetown.Â
The Hoyas dominated that match, winning 15-1, before the Lady Flames dropped their rematch with the Wolfpack in a second fifth-place final, 9-8, to slip into a seventh-place tie with No. 6-seeded South Carolina.
"The weekend brought beautiful weather and some tough competition" Lady Flames Assistant Coach Mikayla Johnson said.
Liberty's offense was led by sophomore Mallory Clark, junior Rachel Grant, and senior Marina Abila. Clark assisted 22 of the team's scores, and Abilia had 13 assists for the weekend.
Sophomore Madeline Clark also had a great weekend and led the team with 23 scores for the tournament.Â
"They all had an impressive number of D's (defensive breakups) this weekend," Johnson said. "The chemistry developed by the team reflected both on and off the field as we rallied each point to try to be better than the last."
This tournament serves as the last competition for Liberty's nine graduating seniors — Abila, Evalee Baker, Dickerson, Haylee Goral, Grant, Lasko, Ella Padgett, Grace Wilson, and Ella Woods. Lasko and Goral have served the team as the Disciple Makers for this season, spiritually investing in teammates and players from other teams at tournaments through post-game prayers.
"They have all served on the team faithfully since their first day," Johnson said. "For some, that has been 5 years, and for others, only one year. We are so grateful for their influence on our team and the dedication they brought to both this sport and their teammates.
The returning players look forward to taking what they have learned this season and applying it to next year in hopes of growing and expanding the team even more.
By Amory Doyle/Student WriterLiberty team members pray with players from the College of William & Mary following their pool play match won by the Tribe on Saturday.
