by CJ Arndt | Mar 27, 2022 | News Slider, Sports
NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb softball team split the first two games of a series with Florida Gulf Coast Saturday afternoon, registering a 6-4 win and a 5-16 loss at Draper Diamond. The pair of results brings Lipscomb to 12-18 overall and 2-3 in the conference, putting them third in the ASUN West Division. GAME 1 – Lipscomb 6, FGCU 4 Redshirt freshman Laine Barefoot was the first to enter the circle for the Bisons. The Louisburg, North Carolina, native gave up five hits and a walk while collecting one strikeout in her 3.2 innings pitched. After a hard-fought first few innings, the Eagles were able to get two runs across and that ended Barefoot’s day. Offensively, the duo of Maci Cunconan and Presley Leebrick stepped up with two RBIs and a double each. Leebrick went 2 for 3 with one run of her own. Cunconan capitalized on the Bisons’ team rally to put up her hit, going 1-3 for the game. The first three innings were quiet with only two hits by FGCU and none by the Bisons. Both teams played lock-down defense, but neither side was able to capitalize because of good pitching at key points. The fourth inning blew the door wide open for the Eagles with Cana Davis looking down a four-pitch walk. A sacrifice bunt to move the runner followed by a flyout in foul territory threatened to shut down what seemed to be an explosive Eagles offensive attack. A scary moment came for Lipscomb fans as FGCU batter Emily Estroff hit a hotshot through the six-hole. The ball slid between outstretched gloves from Kaitlynn...
by CJ Arndt | Feb 7, 2022 | News Slider, Sports
With the fall season well behind them, the Lipscomb softball team looks forward to regular season play in 2022. The team is once again led by head coach Kristin Ryman in her 17th season with the team, who graduated in 2004 from Lipscomb with 122 wins and a career batting average of .300 during her playing years. Assistant coach Laura Dukes joins Ryman in her 3rd season with the Bisons and her 7th year of coaching experience. Adding to the experienced Bisons bullpen, Ken Hunt, who sports National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s highest classification as a Four Star Master Coach, adds 30 years of fastpitch experience. The season starts out with a string of away tournaments, two in South Carolina and one in Youngsville, Louisiana. The first home action of 2022 comes on March 2nd against the University of Northern Iowa, who went 32-20 last season. The Bisons will then host a pair of tournaments at Draper Diamond, starting with the Purple/Gold Challenge on March 4-6. This year’s Bisons squad has fourteen juniors and seniors. One upperclassmen to watch is fielding utility senior Amy Vetula from Canton, Georgia. Vetula posted a .333 batting average and a .920 fielding percentage last year. Behind the plate, redshirt junior Kamrie Rich has a solid glove behind the plate with a .977 fielding percentage on 176 chances. In the box, Rich is one to fear with a .416 slugging percentage last year. The Bisons have a solid setup for the future of the team with eight freshman and sophomore players. Backing up Rich behind the plate is catcher and infielder Avery Cox from Puryear,...
by CJ Arndt | Oct 24, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
The Bisons women’s soccer team won the ASUN West Division with a 3-0 victory over the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. “[It feels] really good,” head coach Kevin O’Brien said on the valuable win. “I mean, that’s obviously what you work for all year long. You train in the summer and then you show up and have preseason and you put in time and time and time in the non-conference to try to get ready and go on a run and thankfully these girls have shown up in the ASUN season.” “Going into the conference championship playing well, I thought we created lots of good chances and defended well also, and that’s all a head coach can ask for.” The Bisons took on the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears for the first time this season. This served as the deciding game for the host of the west bracket of the ASUN Conference tournament as well as Lipscomb women’s soccer senior night. The team recognized midfielder Kristi Jones from Lynn Haven, Florida majoring in Biology and forward Kammy McGee from Collierville, Tennessee. Both have taken the field over 50 times in 4 years as well as being a part of the back to back ASUN championships which led to two NCAA playoff berths and the program’s first NCAA tournament win. In the first half the Bisons kicked off to start the game. Lipscomb pushed up into the box but good defence by the Sugar bears prevented any shots by the Bisons. Kristi Jones got the first shot off on Keyla Perez. A Lipscomb foul led to a free kick by the Sugar...
by CJ Arndt | Oct 21, 2021 | Sports
The Lipscomb Bisons softball team tied the Trevecca Nasarene Trojans 4-4 Tuesday at Draper Diamond. The Bisons had already squared off against the Trojans in other more informal Fall Ball contests, none of which have been official. On this occasion, though, the inter-city matchup took place during the week, a purposeful change from both sides. “I think mid-weeks [mid-week games] are different mentally on them than weekend games, so tonight brought a different type of challenge that we have not faced so far this fall and kind of a challenge we wanted on purpose,” head coach Kristin Ryman said. As the Bisons took the field for the last of the Fall Ball contests, sophomore pitcher from Louisberg, North Carolina, Laine Barefoot takes to the circle. Alyssa Triner headed to the box to leadoff for the Trojans, taking the 9th pitch of the at bat to center field for a simple flyout. A slap bunt to freshman third baseman Avery Cox was stopped by a solid defensive play which led to the second out of the inning. A short infield fly got the third inning with three up and three down for the Bisons defensive front. The senior Canton, Georgia native Amy Vetula led off for the Bisons and worked a 5 pitch walk to give the Bisons first runner on the bases. Presley Leebrick hit a hard ball to the right fielder for the first out of the Bisons offensive front. The Trojans catcher failed to keep Vetula in check on first base as she stole second. The Hayden, Alabama native Katelyn Belding struck out on an inside pitch...
by CJ Arndt | Oct 2, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb volleyball team mauled the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears in 3 straight sets Friday night. Bisons volleyball encountered the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears on home turf for the teams’ first-ever contest as ASUN conference rivals. The teams faced off for the first time since 2011 when the Bisons lost in a 2-3 contest. The Bisons had a 2-1 weekend to build off of with a pair of wins to finish off the ASUN Crossover Weekend. The Bisons were second in the ASUN West standings going in. “I think the consistency in practice was very good and the ability to transition from defense to offense was excellent,” said head coach Brandon Rosenthal after his team’s third consecutive win. The first set was started with a kill by freshman right side hitter from Lenexa, Kansas, Addi Pelham. Lipscomb put together a 6 point run led by server Delaney Dilfer. The set was pushed to 7-2 before a Lipscomb error led to a 4 point run with 2 kills by the Sugar Bears and closed the gap to 7-6. Libby Steinhart, a freshman defensive specialist and libero from Mt. Vernon, Indiana, led the Bisons on a 4 point run with 4 kills. 2 kills came from Logan Gish, a senior outside hitter from Pleasant Hill, Missouri. After another 3 point run by Lipscomb with 2 assists by sophomore setter from Austin, Texas Delaney Dilfer. Lipscomb led 16-9. A 4 point run from the Sugar Bears led by sophomore setter Anna Myers 3 assists bringing the set within 3 points at 18-15. A service ace by graduate student libero and defensive specialist...
