The Lady Bison softball team tallied two wins (4-1, 6-0) on Saturday, defeating Florida Gulf Coast 4-1 and 6-0. The wins lifted Lipscomb to 14-2 in the A-Sun and 37-9 overall.In game one the Lady Bisons got on board quickly, just as they have all season. Courtney Billington singled to bring in Lauren Dortwegt to put Lipscomb up 1-0 early on.
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In the third inning the Lady Bisons capitalized on a FGCU error, scoring three runs to bring the score to 4-0.
Pitcher Whitney Kiihnl struck out a season high 17 hitters, getting her 24th win of the year.
Game one’s box score can be viewed here.
In game two Lipscomb pitcher Alaina Jacobson earned her third shutout of the year.
Lipscomb would find out that the fourth inning would be their inning in game two.
Abby Keese homered, her 12th of the season. She is only two away from her tying career high of 14 that she set last season.
Lipscomb would go on to score 5 more runs in that inning to bring the score to 6-0.
Courtney Billington and Whitney Kiihnl each had two hits in the game. Lauren Dortwegt also had two RBIs.
Game two’s box score can be viewed here.
The Lady Bisons are back in action Tuesday when Alabama-Birmingham visits Draper Diamond. The first game of the doubleheader starts at 3. This is a make-up of a doubleheader that was postponed due to weather conditions earlier in the season.