by Hunter Patterson | Aug 28, 2010 | Sports
After dropping their season opener to Kansas, the Lady Bisons defeated Creighton in 4 games. (20-25, 25-22, 28-26, 25-21) Check back with LUmination a bit later for details. The Lady Bisons will play San Francisco later on today at 5:30. For live scoring updates, follow @lipscombvball on twitter. UPDATE: From the Lady Bisons’ Facebook Page, “Great win for LUV against a very good Creighton team. We were led offensively by Alex Kelly who played an outstanding match along with Kaycee Green who played very well on the outside. Jake set a great match and put us in a really good position offensively but her defense was HUGE. Speaking of defense…Kelsey Neumann changed the momentum of the match with 2 GIGANTIC blocks in set 3. Short rest and back to the gym.” UPDATE: Later on in the day the Lady Bisons defeated San Francisco, 3-1, (25-20, 25-11, 24-26, 25-21) to improve to 2-1 on the season. From the LUV Facebook Page again: “Great win…good tournament…I am extremely proud of our girls. Strong performance by Alex Kelly, 24 kills and 15 digs…Jake Pease, 46 assists and 15 digs…Kaycee Green, 11 kils…katie rose, 5 kills, 11 digs and 4 blocks…and some MONSTER blocks by Kelsey Neumann! Go LUV” In addition to the two wins today, Alex Kelly and Jake Pease were named to the All-Tournament team. The Lady Bisons next game will be September 3rd against Purdue in the opening game of the Blue and Gold tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first home game for Lipscomb is Septmber 7th versus Tennessee...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 28, 2010 | Sports
Ninety minutes was not enough time to declare a winner tonight in the women’s soccer game at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. The game was scoreless for the first 90 minutes as the offense seemed to be lacking for both teams. After no goals were tallied in the first overtime period the game went on to yet another 10 minutes of play. All 10 minutes would not be necessary however. A mere 22 seconds into the second overtime UT-Martin got on the board after a scramble in the 18-yard box. The goal was scored by Abi Sanvee, her first of the season. The Lady Bisons tallied 10 shots, five on goal. UT-Martin also had five shots on goal for a total of 18. Lipscomb, 1-2, plays host to Jackson State Sunday at 2...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 26, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
From SeniorClassAward.com OVERLAND PARK, KS (August 26, 2010) – Thirty NCAA® women’s volleyball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as candidates today for the first-ever Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in volleyball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The 2010 candidate class includes eight American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Americans from last season. Twenty of the 30 have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Two of the candidates were recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America as 2009 Academic All-Americans, and 12 are members of teams ranked in the AVCA’s preseason top 25 poll. Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winners during the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in December. The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. “We are excited to add women’s volleyball to the award...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 19, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
Stefine “Jake” Pease Voted Preseason Player of the Year Lipscomb Draws Top Preseason Honors All-Conference Photo Gallery Pease Highlights MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb, the defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, will enter the fall as the overwhelming favorite to win its third conference crown in the past four seasons, the conference office announced on Thursday. The Lady Bisons received ten first-place votes from the league coaches in the preseason poll, while senior setter Stefine “Jake” Pease earned Preseason Player of the Year honors. Buoyed a perfect 20-0 conference record, Lipscomb cruised to a 28-4 mark and claimed the conference tournament title by defeating host school FGCU in the final. Pease ranked tenth in the country after averaging nearly 12 assists as a junior last season. She added 284 digs and 104 kills on her way to Tournament MVP and First Team All-Atlantic Sun honors. A pair of Pease’s Lipscomb teammates, Meghan Hinemeyer and Alex Kelly, joins the setter on the preseason squad. Hinemeyer, a senior outside hitter, totaled 353 kills, 257 digs and 27 service aces last season, while Kelly, last season’s Player of the Year and unanimous selection to the preseason team, led the conference in kills per set and points per set. FGCU took the second spot in the poll after finishing as the conference tournament runner-up in 2009. Jelena Simic, a senior outside hitter, joined Kelly as a unanimous selection to the team alongside teammate Holly Youngquist, a junior libero. The Bruins of Belmont came in third in the poll with junior outside hitter Maggie Johnson earning a nod to the preseason All-Atlantic Sun team. Johnson led...
by Hunter Patterson | Jul 29, 2010 | Sports
A week ago I posted an excerpt from Rivals.com writer David Fox who declared Lipscomb’s Adnan Hodzic the nation’s most underrated player. Today, the story that Fox hinted about became public. The story in its entirety can be viewed after the jump. It is a magnificent piece about the struggles that Hodzic dealt with as a child in Bosnia and his journey to Lipscomb. From David Fox, Rivals.com college basketball staff writer NASHVILLE — Some memories of Adnan Hodzic‘s early childhood come to him only in flashes. Hodzic, a forward at Lipscomb who is the top returning scorer in the nation, never had a plastic basketball hoop or an orange foam basketball growing up. He rarely even went outside to play. Instead, Hodzic remembers running through the streets of Sarajevo with his mother with bullets flying. Lipscomb’s Adnan Hodzic is the nation’s top returning scorer. “It’s really hard to remember, man,” Hodzic says. “I remember a lot of war stuff. You know — bombs, gun shots, hiding. I also remember a loving family. Beautiful country. Granted, a lot of stuff I remember is bad.” Hodzic, who averaged 22.7 points per game last season and won Atlantic Sun player of the year honors, was the first in his family to touch a basketball. For a time, neither Hodzic nor his family knew if he’d have the opportunity to do even that, much less that his mother, father and older sister Amina one day would be able to drive a few hours to watch him play college basketball. Hodzic is 21. He was 3 when Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from the...
