Lipscomb to host Atlantic Sun volleyball tournament in 2011, 2012

by | Oct 12, 2010 | News Slider, Sports

MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Conference recently concluded its annual fall meetings of athletics directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives on the campus of Mercer University. Among the issues the membership approved were sites for future cross country and volleyball championships and format changes for the softball, soccer and tennis championships. The membership awarded future championships to Belmont, for cross country in 2011 and to Lipscomb, for volleyball, in 2011 and 2012. Belmont served as host of the 2004 Cross Country Championship and the meet returns to Nashville for the first time since Lipscomb hosted in 2007. Lipscomb will host volleyball for the first time but the event will return to Nashville for the third time since 2005. Belmont hosted in 2005 and 2006. Three tournaments will undergo changes to their respective formats. In softball, byes will be awarded to the top two seeds, beginning with the 2011 event at USC Upstate. Men’s soccer will return to a single-weekend event, to be played on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at a pre-determined location – beginning in 2011. Starting in 2012, the tennis championships will move to a Friday through Sunday format instead of the current Thursday-Saturday style. The conference announced new initiatives that will launch throughout the year, including an online store that will debut later this month, a renewed agreement with ASunPhotos.com, the creation of a new in-house marketing position, fresh championship marks and a monthly newsletter. The conference will conduct its spring meetings in Daytona Beach, Fla., from June 6-9. This release was taken...
Lipscomb in Motion this week!

Lipscomb in Motion this week!

by | Oct 11, 2010 | News Slider

Curious about what is going on this week? See a concert on Wednesday, welcome in Fall on Thursday and go on a retreat with members of Campus Ministry for the weekend. It’s all a part of Lipscomb in Motion this week! Lipscomb in Motion Monday: Monday Night Football in ARLOs Game time is at 7:30 pm Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Jets Wednesday: Wednesday Night We Eat in the front of High Rise at 9:30 p.m. With a concert courtesy of Thomas Rhett, Carter Hamric and Joseph Whitaker Thursday: Fall Fiesta at 11:30 am in the Square Men’s Soccer at Belmont Game time is 6:30 pm at the Whitten Soccer Complex Look for the Red Bull Tent to sign up for a chance to participate in a Halftime contest to win some great prizes Friday: Campus Ministry Retreat, “The Beloved of GOD” Leave at 4:00 pm (meet in the Campus Ministry Office–Bottom floor of Student Center, Room 130) Return: October 16 at Noon Deer Run Retreat Center $10 Sign up in the Campus Ministry Office Only 50 spots! Worth 1 Chapel Credit Paint Party Buy your t-shirt in the square for $10 and receive free admission to the party. Saturday: College Football in ARLOs Volleyball vs. Campbell at 2:00 pm Sunday: NFL Sunday Ticket in...

Weekend sports roundup

by | Oct 11, 2010 | Sports

Men’s soccer swept, women’s soccer finished their home portion of the season and the volleyball team is still dominating the Atlantic Sun conference. Oh, and softball in October? It was all a part of this weekend in Lipscomb sports. The Lady Bisons softball team went 4-0 this weekend, beating Chipola twice, Milligan once and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville once. Junior Whitney Kiihnl pitched a complete game against Tennessee. Kiihnl allowed one walked batter in the first, but did not allow another base runner until the seventh-inning when a UT player reached on a bunt single. Freshman Haley Elliot homered for the Lady Bisons, giving them their only run against the Lady Vols. The Bison soccer team swept this weekend on their Florida road trip, beating Jacksonville and North Florida. Miguel DaSilva and Garrett McLaughlin,scored two goals each on the weekend. Tyler Burkhardt, Garret McLaughlin, and Andrew Chamberlain also scored for the Bisons. Lipsomb’s record is now even at 2-2-0 in the Atlantic Sun and 6-6-0 overall. The Lady Bisons Soccer team closed out the home portion of the season this weekend.  But the team was also handed two losses courtesy of Jacksonville and North Florida. Danielle Bethke scored the long goal for the Lipscomb on the weekend. The Lady Bisons played Jacksonville tough on Sunday, but all three goals came from set pieces. Two came from a corner kick, the other from a penalty kick. Volleyball improved to 15-5 and 4-0 in the Atlantic Sun this weekend. The Lady Bisons defeated ETSU and USC Upstate this weekend. Lipscomb only lost one set in the two matches. Senior...

Tar Heels, Stillman games keep Bisons out of ESPN’s Meyer Classic; Game at Belmont coincides with book publication

by | Oct 5, 2010 | News Slider, Sports

ESPN had hoped an exhibition basketball game it was planning to promote a book written about former Lipscomb basketball coach Don Meyer by one of the network’s reporters would be played at Allen Arena. But, because the Bisons had other commitments — including a game against Stillman College and a trip to the “Dean Dome” to play North Carolina — during the same time period, the inaugural Don Meyer Classic is going to be played at the Curb Event Center and feature Lipscomb’s rivals, Belmont University. The plan, as put forward by the author, ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney — who covered Lipscomb and Belmont during his stint at the Nashville Banner — was to have the classic pit two of Meyer’s former basketball teams — LU and Northern State in Aberdeen, S.D. — against each other. The game is to be played on Nov. 9, the date the book, How Lucky You Can Be:  The Story of Coach Don Meyer , is to be published by ESPN Books. For last few years, Olney has been working on the book about Meyer’s life.  Meyer received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the  2009 ESPYs for his courage after cancer was discovered in his body during surgery to remove a leg after he was in a near-fatal car wreck in 2008. His will to win on and off the court is chronicled in the book about the coach who has victories by any men’s coach in NCAA basketball history. He is also known for his influential coaching style and his five C’s to a successful team: Concentration, Courtesy, Communication, Competition and Consistency. It was a matter of logistics and the determination to fulfill a previous commitment that had Lipscomb...