by Todd Lamberth | Mar 30, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
After scoring 34 runs over the weekend, the Lipscomb baseball team continued with a 12-4 win against Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday. Lipscomb (16-9) fell behind early before senior Adam Lee connected for a three-run homerun in the third inning to jumpstart the offense. The Bisons went on to score five more runs in the inning and take a 9-3 lead. After freshman Alex Dorso gave up three runs in three innings during his first career start, classmate Adam Stewart entered the game, allowing just one run in five innings. While head coach Jeff Forehand was pleased with the offensive performance from his team, he was quick to point out the job by his pitching staff. “It’s fun to see us put up double-digit runs,” Forehand said. “But the thing about tonight was the guys on the mound, the bullpen, was good. They gave us a chance to come back like that after we went down.” The Bison pitching staff was aided by five double plays. The offensive display along with the defensive effort is the kind of all-around play Forehand wants to see from his guys. “It all goes together,” Forehand said. “We turned five double plays tonight and those are always big momentum swings, not just for the defense but for the offense when we come in.” After stealing a program record five bases on Sunday, sophomore Lee Solomon took three more bases on Tuesday to bring his season total to 20, good for top-10 in the nation. Solomon also went a perfect 4-4 from the plate with three RBIs. “Last few games we’ve expected him to get a hit and steal a base, which seems like it’s...
by KJ Lauck | Mar 30, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb softball team (18-16) lost to in-state foe Tennessee (26-8) 7-1 Tuesday afternoon at Draper Diamond at Smith Sadium in front of a record crowd of 553. Senior Tanner Sanders (8-9) took to the circle for Lipscomb. The Lady Vols added the first run of the game in the third as freshman Brook Vines single scored sophomore CJ McClain from third base. Senior Lexi Overstreet added two more runs to the Tennessee lead with a two-run double with two outs in the third to make it 3-0. “We made a couple actual errors, but then we had a couple mental miscues,” head coach Kristin Ryman said. “I don’t think we always executed defensively tonight.” Senior Kelly Young took over for Sanders in the third when Sanders could not close out the inning after recording two outs. Young was able to get the final out and get out of the inning. “I thought our pitchers did a good job, just maybe some untimely hits after they got runners on,” Ryman said. Tennessee loaded the bases in the fourth, threatening to extend the lead. The bases were cleared by sophomore Meghan Gregg as she drove in three more runs, extending the lead to 6-0. Senior Dee Baddley made a leaping catch at the wall to make the third out of the inning. “Defensively executing with two outs and not leaving the door open, I think as soon as you do, against any team, they are going to take advantage of it,” Ryman said. The Lady Bisons’ scored a run in the fourth courtesy of senior Baylee Williams, who knocked in sophomore Abby Fenichel,...
by Mignonne Bryant | Mar 28, 2016 | News Slider
A mobile medical unit travels along the winding roads of the Baja peninsula in Mexico. A church elder and translator accompany five Lipscomb students and two medical providers. They stop at an impoverished neighborhood where a man lies bedridden, with no way of getting to the clinic. The group assesses the man, provides him with the medicine he needs and then prays for him. A group of 26 Lipscomb students along with a team of medical providers (including certified doctors and nurse practioners) went to Baja California, Mexico for missions this spring break. They saw 536 medical and dental visits in two small, rural communities: Manaedero and El Zorillo. The team set up a clinic in one of the local churches to offer medical aid to the surrounding, impoverished communities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days. The clinic included registration, triage (the allocation of medicine to patients), doctor medical bays and a dentist bay, and a pharmacy to fill prescriptions. Pre-med, pre-nursing and pharmacy majors had the opportunity to work in the clinic and gain a hands-on understanding of the medical industry, travel to the homes of people who could not visit the clinic and take care and form relationships with local children at the clinic and also at vacation bible school. Medical leader James Parnell works at Sumner Medical Center as an emergency physician and is also a clinical instructor of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University. He said he has lost count of how many times he has been to Baja – 17 or 18 times now. “I always joke that its infectious and you go...
by Charlie Bateman | Mar 27, 2016 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb baseball team wrapped up Easter weekend with a series against Mississippi Valley State, winning all three games — 7-1,11-1, 16-3. With these three wins, Lipscomb moves to 15-9 on the season. In the first game, the Bisons won 7-1. The big hit for Lipscomb came on a two-run, inside the park homerun by sophomore Michael Gigliotti. Starting pitcher and senior Cody Glenn pitched a complete game for the Bisons to take his record to 2-0 on the season. In the second game, the Bisons scored 11 runs to take the game 11-1. The game was shortened to seven innings by the coaches’ mutual agreement. It ended with a three-run homerun by Gigliotti. “I think Gigliotti would love to trade the homeruns for all the baseballs he hit on the nose,” said Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand. “That is the funny part about this game.” For the three games, Lipscomb’s starting pitchers had two complete games and an eight inning performance by sophomore Brady Puckett, who also had a career high 11 strikeouts. “The plan is that you always want to rest your bullpen as much as possible,” Forehand said. “You want to have the relief pitchers only come in when they have to.” The Bisons dominated the Delta Devils in the last game 16-3. In the sixth inning the Bisons scored five runs. The biggest hit of the game came from senior Adam Lee, who hit a grand slam homerun. Sophomore Lee Solomon also had the school record for stolen bases in a game with five. “Coach Coon and Lee work on that a lot during practice,” Forehand said....
by Colleen Casner | Mar 26, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
The Department of Theatre, College of Engineering and Department of Fashion and Design collaborated to produce an exhibit of works by the fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston. Halston was a preeminent fashion designer in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s who designed clothes for stars such as Lauren Bacall and Liza Minnelli. Lipscomb fashion professor Katy Bates said he was an important American designer. “He was kind of a forerunner in what he did,” Bates said. “He always was forward thinking in his collaborations and in doing a lower price line with J. C. Penney. He was one of the first to do that. The first to use a black model on a runway. He did a pillbox hat that Jackie Kennedy wore. He’s just got a lot of significant historical events and firsts.” The exhibit features several garments displayed on a revolving stage surrounded by fashion photographs projected onto the walls with theatrical lighting. On top of the stage are several mannequins dressed in brightly colored gowns and pantsuits. And the stage itself was designed by five mechanical engineering students as their senior projects. Senior Gabriela Barboza designed the panels and some of the lower portions of the stage. She had been working on designing the stage last semester. “My biggest takeaway would be just being able to think about the actual manufacturing process,” Barboza said. “You can design it one way, but you always have to think about how it’s going to be built actually.” The garments on the rotating stage are only a small portion of a collection of Halston’s work that Lipscomb owns. The entire...
by Lyndi Locke | Mar 25, 2016 | News Slider
Finding a job can be one of the most difficult and intimidating parts of post-graduation life, but attending the Nashville Area Career Fair can make that transition a little smoother. More than 180 different employers from both large and small corporations are scheduled to attend the career fair on April 6 at the Nashville Fairgrounds. “This career fair is hosted for local colleges. Twelve universities come together to plan it,” Career Development Center Director Monica Wentworth said. The event is divided into two parts: a teacher recruitment fair and a fair that is focused toward non-education majors. Wentworth suggested that all college students should attend regardless of their year because they can start building a network. “Students should attend even if they aren’t immediately looking for a job,” Wentworth said. “It is a really good place to go and get a business card from a company you might want to work for later.” Since the career fair is going to be so large, Wentworth suggests that students have a navigation plan to avoid feeling overwhelmed. “Pick around 10 to 20 different companies to talk to,” Wentworth said. “Dress professionally and have your resume ready.” Wentworth suggested that researching companies before going to the fair is also a smart move. “It helps you feel more prepared and educated,” she said. The career fair is free, but students must have a ticket to attend. Tickets can be found in the Career Development Center. If students need more help preparing, a career fair prep session is will be held on March 30 in Ezell 136 from 4 to 4:30 p.m. For more information about the Nashville Area Career Fair...
