Lira Mathes

5 Lira Mathes

Height:

6-1
Year:

Junior
Hometown:

Knoxville, Tenn.
High School:

South-Doyle
Previous College:

Martin Methodist College
Position:

D

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2
a

0
pts

4
gw

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Bio

2019: Part of the Starting XI in nine of her 16 appearances. Earned CoSIDA Academic All-American Third-Team honors. Scored a pair of goals including a header in the 84th minute to take down No. 6 Lincoln Memorial on September 18. Half of her 10 shot attempts landed on goal.

Previous: Transfer from Martin Methodist College, where she was a started for a No. 1 ranked NAIA team in 2017. Voted to the First-Team in the Southern States Athletic Conference in both her years as a player for the RedHawks. Honorable Mention NAIA All-American in 2017 and 2018. Voted to the SSAC All-Academic Team in 2018.

Personal: Majoring in biology with an emphasis in pre-med.

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 16	at Mars Hill	W, 3-0
Oct 23	at Limestone	W, 2-1
Oct 26	at Catawba	T, 1-1
Nov 2	Wingate	L, 2-1
Nov 6	at Tusculum	W, 3-2
Nov 9	Queens (N.C.)	L, 2-1

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	16	9
Games started	9	5
Goals	2	2
Assists	0	0
Points	4	4
Shots	10	6
Shot Pct	.200	.333
Penalty kicks	0-0	0-0
Game-winning goals	1	1

Date	Opponent	Score	gp	gs	g	a	pts
Sep 5	at Bellarmine	L, 1-0	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 8	Young Harris	W, 3-1	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 13	Lee	L, 2-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 18	Lincoln Memorial	W, 2-1	1	-	1	0	2
Sep 21	Newberry	W, 1-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 25	Belmont Abbey	W, 3-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 28	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 1-0	1	-	0	0	0
Oct 2	Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-0	1	-	0	0	0
Oct 5	Queens (N.C.)	W, 3-1	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 9	at North Greenville	L, 1-0	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	at Coker	W, 3-1	1	1	1	0	2
Oct 16	at Mars Hill	W, 3-0	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 23	at Limestone	W, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 26	at Catawba	T, 1-1	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Wingate	L, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 6	at Tusculum	W, 3-2	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 9	Queens (N.C.)	L, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Sep 5	at Bellarmine	L, 1-0	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 8	Young Harris	W, 3-1	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 13	Lee	L, 2-0	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 18	Lincoln Memorial	W, 2-1	1	1	1.000	1	1.000
Sep 21	Newberry	W, 1-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 25	Belmont Abbey	W, 3-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 28	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 1-0	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 2	Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-0	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 5	Queens (N.C.)	W, 3-1	1	2	.000	2	1.000
Oct 9	at North Greenville	L, 1-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Oct 12	at Coker	W, 3-1	1	1	1.000	1	1.000
Oct 16	at Mars Hill	W, 3-0	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 23	at Limestone	W, 2-1	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 26	at Catawba	T, 1-1	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Wingate	L, 2-1	1	0	-	0	-
Nov 6	at Tusculum	W, 3-2	1	1	.000	1	1.000
Nov 9	Queens (N.C.)	L, 2-1	1	2	.000	0	.000

Date	Opponent	Score	gp	yc	rc	pk	gw
Sep 5	at Bellarmine	L, 1-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Sep 8	Young Harris	W, 3-1	1	0	0	0-0	0
Sep 13	Lee	L, 2-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Sep 18	Lincoln Memorial	W, 2-1	1	0	0	0-0	1
Sep 21	Newberry	W, 1-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Sep 25	Belmont Abbey	W, 3-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Sep 28	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 1-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 2	Lenoir-Rhyne	L, 3-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 5	Queens (N.C.)	W, 3-1	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 9	at North Greenville	L, 1-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 12	at Coker	W, 3-1	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 16	at Mars Hill	W, 3-0	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 23	at Limestone	W, 2-1	1	0	0	0-0	0
Oct 26	at Catawba	T, 1-1	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Wingate	L, 2-1	1	0	0	0-0	0
Nov 6	at Tusculum	W, 3-2	1	0	0	0-0	0
Nov 9	Queens (N.C.)	L, 2-1	1	0	0	0-0	0

	gp	gs	g	a	pts
2019-20	16	9	2	0	4
2020-21	7	6	3	0	6
2021-22	18	17	0	1	1
Total	41	32	5	1	11

Career Stats: Season Scoring

	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
2019-20	16	10	.200	5	.500
2020-21	7	5	.600	4	.800
2021-22	18	11	.000	3	.273
Total	41	26	.192	12	.462

Career Stats: Season Shooting

	gp	pk	gw
2019-20	16	0-0	1
2020-21	7	0-0	0
2021-22	18	0-0	0
Total	41	0-0	1

Career Stats: Season Misc.

	gp	gs	g/g	a/g	pts/g
2019-20	16	9	.13	.00	.25
2020-21	7	6	.43	.00	.86
2021-22	18	17	.00	.06	.06
Total	41	32	.12	.02	.27

Career Stats: Game Scoring

	gp	sh/g	sh%/g	sog/g	sog%/g
2019-20	16	.63	.200	.31	.500
2020-21	7	.71	.600	.57	.800
2021-22	18	.61	.000	.17	.273
Total	41	.63	.192	.29	.462

Career Stats: Game Shooting

	gp	gs	g	a	pts
Event
Total	16	9	2	0	4
Conference	9	5	2	0	4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	9	3	1	0	2
Away	7	6	1	0	2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	10	5	2	0	4
Losses	6	4	0	0	0
Month
September	7	1	1	0	2
October	6	5	1	0	2
November	3	3	0	0	0

Splits Stats: Season Scoring

	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Event
Total	16	10	.200	5	.500
Conference	9	6	.333	5	.833
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	9	7	.143	3	.429
Away	7	3	.333	2	.667
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	7	.286	5	.714
Losses	6	3	.000	0	.000
Month
September	7	3	.333	1	.333
October	6	4	.250	3	.750
November	3	3	.000	1	.333

Splits Stats: Season Shooting

	gp	yc	rc	pk	gw
Event
Total	16	0	0	0-0	1
Conference	9	0	0	0-0	1
Exhibition	-	0	0	0-0	-
Location
Home	9	0	0	0-0	1
Away	7	0	0	0-0	0
Neutral	-	0	0	0-0	-
Result
Wins	10	0	0	0-0	1
Losses	6	0	0	0-0	0
Month
September	7	0	0	0-0	1
October	6	0	0	0-0	0
November	3	0	0	0-0	0

Splits Stats: Season Misc.

	gp	gs	g/g	a/g	pts/g
Event
Total	16	9	.13	.00	.25
Conference	9	5	.22	.00	.44
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	9	3	.11	.00	.22
Away	7	6	.14	.00	.29
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	5	.20	.00	.40
Losses	6	4	.00	.00	.00
Month
September	7	1	.14	.00	.29
October	6	5	.17	.00	.33
November	3	3	.00	.00	.00

Splits Stats: Game Scoring

	gp	sh/g	sh%/g	sog/g	sog%/g
Event
Total	16	.63	.200	.31	.500
Conference	9	.67	.333	.56	.833
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	9	.78	.143	.33	.429
Away	7	.43	.333	.29	.667
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	.70	.286	.50	.714
Losses	6	.50	.000	.00	.000
Month
September	7	.43	.333	.14	.333
October	6	.67	.250	.50	.750
November	3	1.00	.000	.33	.333

Splits Stats: Game Shooting

News mentions

Article
December 04, 2019

Mathes awarded with CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team honors

Defender Lira Mathes has been recognized as an Academic All-American Women’s Soccer third-team member, announced Wednesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

December 04, 2019

Article
November 09, 2019

Eagles depart SAC tournament with quarterfinal loss to Queens

An own goal off the boot of a Carson-Newman player proved to be the difference-maker in a quarterfinals match of the SAC tournament as the Queens Royals defeated the Eagles by a final of 2-1 at McCown Field Saturday night.

November 09, 2019

Article
November 07, 2019

Defender Mathes earns Academic All-District accolades

Coming off of a victory over rival Tusculum, junior defense Lira Mathes has been recognized as an Academic All-District Women’s Soccer first-team member, announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

November 07, 2019

Article
October 12, 2019

Eagles continue confidence in SAC play, defeat Cobras 3-1

A trio of goals scored, a mark reached for the fourth time this season, lifted the Carson-Newman Eagles past the Coker Cobras on the road Saturday at Coker Athletic Field by a final of 3-1.

October 12, 2019

Article
September 20, 2019

Fresh off of upset over LMU, Eagles look to keep momentum rolling against Newberry

Moments after defeating No. 6 Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, coach Simon Duffy delivered a postgame speech that was equal parts proud and forewarning of the future.

September 20, 2019

Article
September 18, 2019

Mathes' first career goal lifts Eagles past No. 6 Railsplitters

Lira Mathes’ first career goal in the 84th minute proved to be the difference as the Carson-Newman Eagles defeated the No. 6 Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters at McCown Field Wednesday evening.

September 18, 2019

Article
September 02, 2019

Carson-Newman Women’s Soccer Position Previews: The Defenders and Goalkeepers

Although not as flashy in the statistical categories, defense such as sophomore Jente Kuper have helped sustain the reputation that the Eagles’ defensive third is among the stingiest in the South Atlantic Conference.