by John Tomlinson | Apr 11, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
After the Lady Bisons fell in the earlier quarterfinal matchup, the Liberty Flames were looking to clean house in Nashville with another game against Lipscomb; this time the men’s team. But this time around the Bisons had the advantage, winning 2-0 to advance to the ASUN semifinals. The Bisons are now 2-0-1 against Liberty in this season after they tied with Liberty at home and won on a golden goal from Jake Zec in Lynchburg, both in the regular season. These two teams have plenty of history across all sports in the playoff realm and this game would be no different with fouls coming on both sides and both teams doing whatever they could to get ahead. In the first half, the Bisons and Flames managed to be as good of defensive teams as they were offensively, neither of them conceding a goal. The second half however would not be so kind for the Flames. In the 56th minute, Hayes Wood headed in the go-ahead goal from Scott Gulden on a free-kick from outside 22 yards. With a yellow card coming for the Flames only 6 seconds after this goal the game was heating up on the field. With continued scoreless minutes going by for the Flames, the Bisons jumped on an opportune corner kick which brought one Gulden brother from the corner to a header from his twin that set up an assist in the box for Honore Kalala for the added insurance and a 2-0 lead. For Lipscomb, the lead would hold up after the late score and the defense played a full 90 minutes of soccer...
by John Tomlinson | Apr 11, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
In the quarterfinal matchup of the ASUN tournament, the #1 seed Lady Bisons hosted the #4 seed Liberty and fell at home 1-0, ending their season. The last time these two teams met Lipscomb took a 5-1 victory in Lynchburg. Before that though, they met at Lipscomb in a game that ended in a 0-0 tie through 110 minutes of soccer. Today, the game would look very similar to the last time the Flames came to Lipscomb, but this time Liberty would take a lead 1-0 with a goal by McKinley Burkett in the 20th minute. From there the Bisons would not be able to score at all. The Bisons had many opportunities with 16 shots, 4 on goal throughout the game and both teams split even with 4 saves from the goal line. This game eliminates the Bisons from further ASUN contests and Liberty will go on to face the University of North Florida on April 15th. The Bisons have a small chance of making an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament, but with a draw against Bellarmine and an early loss in the ASUN tournament, that route seems unlikely. Though the Bisons did not finish the season where they had hoped, they finished the year at 7-2-2 with the early conference tournament loss. Gallery by Riley...
by Lumination Staff | Apr 9, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
Reporting provided by Danny Kotula and Riley Hoag The Lipscomb women’s soccer team hosts the first round of the 2021 ASUN conference tournament on Saturday afternoon. After missing a whole season of soccer due to COVID-19, the Bisons were able to get an overall record of 7-2-2. The team enters the tournament as the top seed in the makeshift North Division of the ASUN and will face fourth-seeded Liberty at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex at 1 pm. After two straight titles, Lipscomb will be looking to earn a third straight berth in the NCAA College Cup later this month. Some of the top-performing players this season have included Kelli Beiler, redshirt Junior Cami Rogers, and sophomore Molly Grant. Beiler has scored 9 goals, 3 of which have been penalty kicks. Rogers has scored 5 goals with 2 assists, and Grant has scored 4 goals with 3 assists. Overall the team has scored 26 goals and had 20 assists. The past month has been especially kind to the Bisons, who sport five wins and two draws in that time with no losses. During that time, Lipscomb faced Liberty twice, drawing the first and winning the second by a commanding score of 5-1. Attacking prowess abounds for the Bisons, who average 2.4 goals per match on 15 shots. Redshirt junior midfielder Kelli Beiler has poured in nine of those goals in her 11 matches this season, a number that leads the team. Four of those goals were game-winners for the Bisons, so expect Beiler to be key in clutch moments. Striker Molly Grant can also be expected to create goals after...
by Spencer Barnabee | Apr 7, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Bisons took on the Belmont Bruins in a doubleheader Battle of the Boulevard. The Bruins would win the first game 5-4 and improve to 12-14 on the season, including an impressive 10-5 home record. The Bisons would go on to win game two, improve to 11-13 on the season, and snap their seven-game road losing streak. In game one of the doubleheader, the Bisons got off to a strong start thanks to a 2-run homer by sophomore third baseman Robbie Merced in the top of the first. The game went scoreless for the next three innings until the Bisons added another run in the top of the fourth off a sacrifice bunt by junior center fielder Maddux Houghton. Patrick Williams was on the mound for the Bisons and pitched a shutout through the first three innings, allowing only one hit. They made a pitching change to start off the fourth inning and brought in sophomore Scott Elgin. Elgin struggled early in the inning allowing three earned runs without recording an out. The Bisons made another pitching change and brought in junior Tyler Drabick who eventually retired the side. With the score tied at 3-3 in the top of the sixth, junior first baseman Malik Williams blasted a solo homer to put the Bisons on top 4-3. After another pitching change, redshirt sophomore Matthew Maldonado took the mound for the Bisons in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Bruins would capitalize on a couple of errors by the Bison defense. Sophomore right fielder John Behrends would score on a throwing error. With the bases loaded and the...
by Erika Plunkett | Apr 5, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
After winning a five-set thriller against FGCU in the ASUN tournament final on Saturday night, the Lady Bisons clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament. Sunday afternoon, ESPNU hosted the selection show that announced Lipscomb would travel to play No. 23 Georgia Tech on April 14th in the first round of the tournament. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lipscomb Volleyball (@lipscombvball) In three previous matchups, Lipscomb is 0-2 against the Yellow Jackets. This will be their first meeting since 2019. This is the Lady Bisons’ eighth tournament appearance and first since 2016. Due to the pandemic, not only the timing of the tournament, but also the format of the tournament is different. Instead of the usual 64 teams, only 48 teams will be going to the big dance and the entirety of the tournament will be played in Omaha, Nebraska. This first-round game will be played at 6 PM CT on April 14th. Graphic courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Micah Kennedy | Apr 5, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
The Lady Bisons closed out the regular season campaign with a 1-1 draw against ASUN newcomer, Bellarmine. The tie means that the team finishes the season with an undefeated conference record heading into postseason play. The match was tightly contested early on with strong defensive play from both teams. The defense was so intense that at halftime both teams only had one attempt at goal. At the 13:50 mark, Bellarmine’s Zenia Nava attempted a shot and Lipscomb senior goalkeeper Melissa Gray had the save. At the 42:51 mark, Lipscomb midfielder freshman Evee Reeder attempted a shot and Bellarmine’s Elyssa Francis had the save. It was 0-0 going into the second half. The offense started to pick up in the second period of play with Bellarmine scoring first. At the 50-minute mark, Isabella Zamborini scored a goal off the assist from Alex Harber. Less than ten minutes later Lipscomb responded with a goal from junior midfielder Kelli Beiler coming off junior midfielder Emanuela Schurch’s assist. The Lady Bisons were more aggressive the rest of the way with four more shot attempts requiring a save from Bellarmine’s Francis. The action required two overtime periods. The Bisons applied pressure the rest of the way, attempting six shots over the 20 minutes. A game-winner was almost scored by senior midfielder Kaitlin Echols near the 104-minute mark. Bellarmine goalkeeper Francis continued her strong performance with a clutch save. After 110 minutes of defensive soccer, both teams would have to leave with a draw added to their records. The ASUN tournament commences on April 10th as the Lady Bisons will be battling to three-peat as conference...
