by Patrick Carpenter | Sep 15, 2016 | News Slider, Opinion, Sports
Well, holy cow. I write this as an assistant coach of a 3-1 team. We have won three games straight and look to continue that this week as we go into Ravenwood. It’s crazy to look back at that week one loss and look at where we are now. This past Friday we beat Brentwood 41-7, and our offense is finally gelling. People are buying into what we can do, and we are in great position going into our off week. We are winning. I was thinking about the word “win” the past few days, and what it means to “win.” Winning on the field is great, but when we only spend three hours during a game, how do we win the other 21 hours during the day, off the field? The unfortunate thing about life is that it is going to hand us losses like that week one loss against Centennial. You think you have everything figured out, and then, just like that, it’s gone. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out how or why it happened, but it did. But you know what? It’s okay to walk around and know that you lost. It really is. Sometimes a “win” doesn’t have to be some victorious ride in the sunset. Sometimes a win may not actually be a “win.” Many times a win is waking up in the morning and just doing your job. You don’t have to be okay with your circumstances, but as long as those circumstances don’t affect your day-to-day schedule, you’ve won. I know that I have not been okay with my...
by Todd Lamberth | Sep 14, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
This summer, Lipscomb men’s tennis player Philippe Courteau had the rare opportunity to work with some of the top women’s tennis players in the world. The junior was chosen to be a hitting partner for the players at the Rogers Cup in his home of Quebec, Canada. The Rogers Cup is one of the top tournaments for women. The players were partnered with hitting partners to begin the tournament and could request to continue hitting with them throughout their stay at the tournament. One of the players Courteau was partnered with throughout the nine days was Simona Halep. Halep is currently the fifth-ranked player in the world and would go on to win the tournament. “It was extremely nerve-wracking,” Courteau said, adding, “It was a great experience. Every time we were practicing we had six or seven hundred people there watching.” For Courteau, the experience was about more than just getting to meet and play with professional players. It was about learning from them. The next step for Courteau is taking what he learned in Canada and applying it to not only his game, but also bringing it back to campus and helping his teammates at Lipscomb. “It’s just a lot of self-confidence,” Courteau noted. “They were saying I could go pro, but we have seven other guys here playing at my level. “Just the professionalism, being very serious and dedicated to your craft — I think those are things that can help our program.” Bison head coach Mario Hernandez said that anytime a player gets an opportunity such as Courteau’s, it can make a lasting impact on the...
by Eric Ansett | Sep 14, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The men’s soccer squad scored a 4-2 victory against its school rivalry, Belmont, on Monday night in front of an energetic crowd at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Bisons and improved their record to 3-2-0 on the season. Although the annual “Battle of the Boulevard” match was highly anticipated, Coach Charles Morrow said he wanted to treat it just like any other game. “Getting back on the right side of things and putting in a good performance was most important,” Morrow said. “It’s not that we downplayed the rivalry because this game is always special, but tonight was more about us taking a step forward as a group and trying to get ready for conference play.” The Bisons struck early and often in the match. Freshman Javier Leija converted a header on a beautiful cross from sophomore Logan Paynter in the 12th minute, and Lipscomb extended the lead to 2-0 just one minute later when junior Ivan Sauko found the back of the net. Belmont seemed to be back in the game when the Bruins’ Stephen Bailey snuck a header in the top-left corner of the goal early in the second half, but Lipscomb quickly answered when senior Josue Chavez found senior Daniel Vieira, bringing in another goal for the Bisons in the 51st minute. Paynter then tacked on an insurance goal for the Bisons with a dart from the right-side in the 83rd minute. Belmont’s Elliot Jones added a score in the 87th minute, but it was too little too late for the Bruins. Lipscomb dominated in every facet of...
by Karina Gutierrez | Sep 14, 2016 | News Slider
The Multicultural Awareness Skills and Knowledge chapel welcomed Metro Nashville police officer Cecilia Gomez to share about her journey to Nashville from her hometown in Argentina. Gomez originally came to the United States with little knowledge of the culture and language. She had a rough childhood battling leukemia but overcame it, and during that time discovered the subject of human trafficking. “Trafficking is now modern-day slavery,” Gomez said. “My passion is to help those victims and I will stay focused on that goal until I achieve it.” Before Gomez could pursue her passion with finding justice for human trafficking, she began her career in Nashville cleaning houses. “It was hard for me. I knew very little English and it felt like a different world,” she said. Gomez said she had to overcome the obstacles that abound during the immigration process. “I had to wait five years to go through the process, the beautiful immigration process, to become a citizen,” she said. During this time, Gomez said she found her calling in the police department. Because she is bilingual, making the transition from a simple citizen to one of Nashville’s finest was needed for the community. “Even though I do not like to run or to workout, I had to do it,” Gomez said. “I couldn’t just sit around and clean houses so I went to school and improved my English.” Gomez currently works in the Madison area in East Tennessee as a police officer where she is helping the department hone in on increased crime and knock out human trafficking. As for Lipscomb students, Gomez said she wants students to persevere and work hard...
by Lindsey Nance | Sep 13, 2016 | News Slider
Students gathered in Ezell for a slice of hot pizza and a presentation by Lipscomb alumna Heather A. Moss Gad for the first Media Masters of the year. Moss Gad shared her journey of the ups and downs of her career after graduating from Lipscomb. She began her story by talking about her first job as a news reporter, which did not go as planned. “Some of the main faces you see on camera every night do not make as much as you think they would,” Moss Gad noted. “I started out making only $19,000 a year. I am motivated by money. Growing up, I didn’t have a lot and that’s where that desire came from.” Since Moss Gad was motivated by money, she wasn’t pleased with her starting salary as a reporter. She said she would look at all of the fancy cars at NewsChannel 5 and NewsChannel 4 and wonder how long it would take her to climb that ladder so that she, too, could have the nicest things. Her boss looked her dead in the eye and simply told her, “Sales.” Moss Gad took that to heart and immediately got a job in sales with healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. In one short year, Moss Gad would become the top sales representative at her new business. Moss Gad hit six figures a year by age 22, but she said success did not come easily for her. She faced many hardships and trials throughout her career, but she always tried to put God first. After getting turned down for jobs, battling through a divorce and being mistreated by...
by Becca Risley | Sep 12, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
After a two-day weekend intensive, this year’s cheer team has been announced. The group features 24 Lipscomb students, all of whom have demonstrated skills in tumbling and stunting. “I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful university, athletic department and the cheerleading team,” coach Pam Pearson said. “These individuals have put in so many hours this summer to improve their skills and it showed at tryouts.” In no particular order, the 2016-2017 squad is as follows: Hayden Hines Karlie Wigginton Payton Crider Megan Gillon Addie Britton Aubrey Watson Karley Adams Lindsey Nance Kelsey Nussbaumer Janiah Knight Sierra Knuckles Angelina Facunla Ryan Kibble Heather Greene Katelyn Prine Hunter Brown Hayden Brown D.J. Jones Leticia Adkinson Kalieanna Grant Ashlee Brandon Kiana Janbakhsh Hayden Hall Hannah McFarland In the event of absence or injury, the team has also taken Jamie Feller and Caroline Stack as alternates. The Lipscomb cheer team can be seen on the sidelines and during the halftime show at all basketball home games this season. “We are so far beyond where we ended our season last year and that is due to the talent that we have attracted along with a lot of dedication and hard work,” Pearson said. “We will continue to work hard and we look forward to our first game in Allen Arena.” Photos by Becca Risley...
