2016 - Junior (Game-by-Game)
Started all 19 matches in goal for the Redhawks... Finished the season with 1,823 minutes, ranking fourth on SEMO’s single-season top-five list... Finished the season with a 9-6-4 record in goal... Allowed 18 games for a 0.89 goals against average... Recorded a .789 save percentage... Made 71 saves... Had a season-high eight saves at Jacksonville State (10/7)... Picked up seven solo shutouts... Shutout Tennessee in the season opener (8/19) including making three saves... Her performance against Tennessee earned her OVC Goalkeeper of the Week on Aug. 23... Earned second OVC weekly honor on Sept. 6 following back-to-back shutouts of Green Bay and Milwaukee... Broke the all-time goalkeeper minutes played record in the season finale, playing 5,298 minutes the first three years of her career.
2015 - Sophomore (Game-by-Game)
Played in 21 matches and made 18 starts in goal... Recorded eight solo shutouts and combined for three more... Led the OVC in shutouts... 0.88 goals against average ranked third in the league... 1,940:07 total goalie minutes played broke Southeast’s single-season record, ranked first in the OVC, and ranked 35th nationally... Picked up 86 total saves for an .819 save percentage, ranking third in the OVC... Earned Goalkeeper of the Week twice (9/1, 11/3)... Recorded a career-high 16 saves at UT Martin (10/29)... Earned a shutout against Tennessee Tech in the semifinal round of the OVC Tournament... Earned OVC All-Tournament Team honors... In three matches in the OVC Tournament, Lierz recorded 15 saves, a shutout, and allowed just two goals... Finished the season with an 8-6-7 record... Eight solo shutouts ties mark from freshman season; both rank tied for fourth on Southeast’s top five list... Member of the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Southeast Scholar-Athlete.
2014 - Freshman (Game-by-Game)
Started all 17 games in goal as a true freshman and played all 1534:59 of the season with an 11-5-0 record… Became the first player in Ohio Valley Conference history to be voted Defender and Freshman of the Year in the same season… Named first-team All-OVC and also earned a spot on the OVC All-Newcomer team… Led the conference with eight shutouts and allowed only 12 goals all season while facing 182 shots… Ranked 27
th nationally in save percentage (.850) and 32
nd in the country in goals against average (0.70)... Led the OVC in both categories… Posted shutouts in consecutive games four times… Recorded second-best save percentage in the league and finished ninth in saves (68) and saves/game (4.0)… During OVC play, led the conference in goals against average (0.60) and finished second in save percentage (.878)… Voted OVC Goalkeeper of the Week three times (9/9, 10/21, 10/28)… Season-high 10 saves and 21 shots faced vs. Morehead State (10/19)… Eight saves in a shutout in the OVC opener at Eastern Illinois (9/26)... Began her NCAA career by not allowing a goal for the season's first 228:19, including shutouts vs. Missouri-St. Louis (8/29) and vs. UC Davis (9/5).
Prep/Club
Posted 48 career shutouts and a 0.62 goals against average as a four-year starter at Glendale High School… Four-time all-state selection… Four-time Southwest Region Goalkeeper of the Year… Voted Missouri Class 3 Goalkeeper of the Year, first-team all-state, all-region and all-conference as a senior after posting a 0.50 GAA… Team captain and MVP… Second-team all-state honoree with a 0.72 GAA as a junior… First-team all-district and Goalkeeper of the Year… First-team all-state, all-district and all-conference as a sophomore after holding recording a 0.70 GAA as a sophomore… Glendale Soccer Captains Award recipient… Honorable mention all-state selection, first-team all-district and all-conference as a freshman after registering a .55 GAA… Team placed third in state as a freshman and fourth as a sophomore…
Springfield News-Leader Female Athlete of the Week selection in 2012 and Female Soccer Player of the Week honoree in 2013… Coached by Jeff Rogers… Ozark Conference All-Academic first-team selection in 2011 and second-team pick from 2012-14… Member of National Honor Society… Competed for St. Louis Scott Gallagher and Springfield Soccer club teams… Coached by Steven Pecher and Cory Carr… 2013-14 U18 elite club national… 2012-13 Missouri State Cup semifinalist… 2012 MRL Divisional champions.
Personal
Born Aug. 18, 1995… Daughter of Jeff and Kim Lierz… Brother, Justin, played football at William Jewell… Has a sister, Kristin… Majoring in Sport Managament.
