by Adrienne Luu | Feb 16, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s tennis team lost against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Friday night at the Richland Country Club. The Bisons (3-4) were able to get the lead at the beginning of the night when they won the doubles point. In line one, Lipscomb’s Victor Chaw and Pablo Caffarena were the first to finish their set and lost 6-3 to UTC’s Kerim Hyatt and Simon Bustamente. Jake Penny and Michael Tougher, playing for the Bisons on the third line, won 6-4 in their doubles match against the Mocs’ Jacob Marshall and Pablo Llebeili. Shortly following, the Bisons’ Jorge Ortegon and Pedro Uribe, in line two, delivered the winning point against Niklas Gerdes and Tomas Rodriguez 7-6. This gave Lipscomb the lead at 1-0. “I think it was important that line three finally came together,” Lipscomb coach Geoff Hernandez said. “For Michael to get his first win and Jake to work his way through the injuries and compete, it makes us feel that we’re not just going to win at two lines, but we’re going to win at every line, so I thought [their win] was really big.” Although the Bisons were off to a good start for themselves, they were unable to keep their lead in singles play. On the first line, Lipscomb’s Chaw lost both of his sets 6-1 and 6-4 to UTC’s Gerdes, which led the Bisons to losing their lead and setting the score at 1-1. Uribe, on the fourth line, was able to get the lead back for Lipscomb with a win from his three-set match against Bustamante. Uribe lost the first set...
by Spencer Boehme | Feb 16, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
Lumination Radio is set to hit the road Saturday afternoon, as it will be carrying a free live broadcast at Kennesaw State at 3:30 p.m. central time. Spencer Boehme will be on play-by-play, and Russell Vannozzi will be on color. You can access the free stream here. After falling to Liberty on Wednesday night, the Bisons (20-5, 11-1 ASUN) look to rebound against Kennesaw State (5-21, 2-9 ASUN). The Owls lost 86-57 last time the two teams met on Jan. 21. The Bisons are led by senior guard Garrison Mathews at 19.8 points per game. Redshirt junior guard Tyler Hooker leads the Owls with 18.8 points per game. For more information, follow Lumination Network on Twitter @luminatinnet and Lumination Radio...
by Charissa Ricker | Feb 14, 2019 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
In a ‘ring by spring’ world, how are all the single students supposed to find love on campus? The Lipscomb College of Computing and Technology designed a matching service that helps students find a date just in time for Valentine’s Day. Lipscomb’s chapter of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) hosts Bison Match every year to raise money for their events and to help students work on creating algorithms. The quiz starts with basic information and lets students upload a picture and a short bio. It then moves into more creative questions, such as an ideal date and how students would describe themselves using social media apps. ACM President and senior computer science major Andie Goode shared how the matching system works. “It’s really simple, we are not psychologists,” Goode said. “It’s ten questions and the matching is based on if you have the same answer for a question, then that’s your percentage. It’s kind of made to be a fun, goofy Valentine’s thing.” Despite having a matching percentage, it’s not guaranteed that students’ matches will see them. A student could be matched with someone who has a larger number of matches with a higher percentage, and the results only show the top five. “It’s kind of nice, because if you take the quiz and you don’t see anything that looks good, somebody else could still approach you that you didn’t get matched with,” Goode said. “It’s nice to have that extra [boost to] get your name out there.” Due to the fact that Lipscomb has more female students Goode said the number of students that participated were one-third...
by Russell Vannozzi | Feb 14, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s basketball team just hit a speed bump in what has otherwise been a near-perfect season. After the Bisons handed Liberty a 79-59 defeat in Lynchburg, Virginia on Jan. 29, the Flames returned the favor by escaping with a 74-66 victory Wednesday in front of 3,437 Allen Arena fans. “The only thing to do is tip your hat to [Liberty],” Lipscomb coach Casey Alexander said. “Our teams are comparable… we’re both efficient at what we do. They were just better.” The loss was Lipscomb’s first in ASUN play and snapped an 11-game win streak. The Bisons (20-5, 11-1 ASUN) had not lost since Dec. 30 at Clemson (84-67). Lipscomb senior Rob Marberry led all scorers with 22 points, while Garrison Mathews had 19. Five Flames finished in double figures, including Lovell Cabbil (16) and Scottie James (15). Lipscomb fell behind early and never regained the lead. Eight different Flames scored in the first half, and Liberty held a 38-27 advantage at halftime. Liberty’s low-tempo style threw the Bisons for a loop. Lipscomb committed 12 turnovers and shot 37 percent from the field. In the second half, the Bisons made just one of their 11 three-point attempts. “The tempo was a struggle for us,” Alexander said. “It was a low-possession game. We didn’t have much movement offensively early…we got the ball inside and had empty possessions.” Liberty (22-5, 11-1 ASUN) led by as many as 16 points with 18:21 remaining. But the Bisons showed resiliency and kept chipping away at the deficit. A three-point play from Ahsan Asadullah cut Liberty’s lead to 62-58 with 3:58 left, and Mathews...
by Spencer Boehme | Feb 13, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
Lumination Radio is slated to run a live broadcast of Wednesday night’s game against Liberty University at 6:30 p.m. CT. Spencer Boehme will be on play-by-play, and Russell Vannozzi will be on color. The stream is free to listen to, and you can access it here. Pregame is at 6:15 p.m. CT. The Bisons are 20-4, undefeated in the ASUN and ranked 30th in the NCAA NET rankings. Liberty (21-5, 10-1 ASUN) stands at 61st. The Bisons beat Liberty 79-59 last time the two teams met. Senior guard Garrison Mathews averages 19.8 points per game for the Bisons. Redshirt junior forward Scottie James averages just over 12 points per game. For more information, follow Lumination Network on Twitter @luminatinnet and Lumination Radio...
by Martin Baker | Feb 13, 2019 | News Slider
The majority of the calls Lipscomb Security receives are for locking and unlocking building doors or jump-starting students’ cars, but that’s not the limit to what the team is prepared to handle. Assistant Directory of Security Patrick Cameron said the staff tries to prepare for as much as it can since the scope of its duties can be broad. “Just look at tonight — you never know what’s going to happen,” Cameron said. “We spent a fair amount of time at the Student Activities Center with a kid with a pretty bad break of his ankle, and later on we’re dealing with a tree that’s blocking Granny White.” The staff carries out training at the Nashville Armory, where the team goes over different crisis scenarios such as bomb threats or active shooters on campus. All the officers are certified in CPR and receive defense training with mace spray and a baton, and several armed officers receive gun safety training and have carry permits. Cameron added that the one area they all agree needs improvement, however, is manpower. Lipscomb has fewer than 20 officers on staff, and shifts need to be covered 24/7. But in the end, the lack of manpower primarily comes down to funding. “We are always looking for ways to improve,” Cameron said. “Our No. 1 priority is to increase manpower combined with technology available to supplement manpower.” These technologies are what he calls “force multipliers,” a technology that will multiply the amount of work a single officer is able to do. One of the multipliers they’d like to incorporate is smart-cameras — cameras that use data...
