by Erika Plunkett | Mar 11, 2021 | News, News Slider, Sports
Capping off the end of their six-game homestand the Lady Bisons hosted their rival Belmont Bruins Wednesday afternoon in a midweek matchup but fell 5-1. Junior pitcher Katie Turner got her first start of the season and got off to a rocky start, allowing three hits off of the Bruins’ top three batters. “Belmont came out aggressive and attacked us,” Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said in a statement released by Lipscomb Athletics. “We were never able to get back in it.” Turner bounced back and struck out two of the next three batters as well as forcing a fly out to end the inning. Lipscomb matched Belmont in hits for the afternoon but was only able to capitalize on one chance in the third inning where a ground out allowed junior infielder Amy Vetula to score. The Bisons would allow two more runs in the fifth and sixth inning, bringing the total to five for the Bruins. “We are still trying to figure out who we are,” Ryman said. “We are still trying to learn to play with consistency. We had chances. We didn’t make adjustments and it wasn’t for lack of trying. We just didn’t succeed. We struggled with it.” Sophomore outfielder Presley Leebrick led the way for the Bisons with two hits in the loss including her fifth double on the season. With the loss, the Bisons fall to 9-8 on the season. Lipscomb travels to Kennesaw State to open ASUN conference play Saturday afternoon. Continue to follow Lumination Network for Lipscomb Athletics coverage. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Erika Plunkett | Mar 8, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
Lipscomb Women’s Tennis had a split weekend hosting the Memphis Tigers on Friday and the Illinois State Redbirds on Sunday at the Huston-Marsh-Griffin Tennis Center and traveling to Birmingham, Alabam to take on the UAB Blazers on Saturday. Overall, the Lady Bisons went 1-2 dropping their Friday and Saturday matchups, 1-6 and 2-4 respectively. Lipscomb bounced back with a 4-3 victory on Sunday. On Friday, junior Eleanor Chapman got the only victory for the Bisons coming back from behind after falling in her first set. Sunday, the Bisons once again fell behind early dropping the early doubles matches falling behind the Redhawks 0-2. But strong performances in the singles matchups from sophomore Emma Zakordoniec, junior Liza Diachenko, freshman Sasha Dobranos, and Chapman sealed the match for the Bisons. Lipscomb moves to 4-5 on the season and 4-3 at home. The Bisons’ next matchup will be Thursday at noon when the Bisons host Radford. Continue to follow Lumination Network for Lipscomb Bisons coverage. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
by Erika Plunkett | Mar 8, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
On Sunday afternoon Lipscomb women’s soccer hosted the Alabama Crimson Tide for a non-conference matchup. After a quiet 90 minutes of regulation, the Tide prevailed with a golden goal victory, 1-0, in the 93rd minute. Combined in regulation Lipscomb and Alabama combined for a total of four shots on goal with the Bisons holding the advantage 3-1. Junior midfielder Kelli Beiler, who has been off to a hot start for the Bisons since transferring in from Penn State, had the Bisons’ best opportunity off of a corner kick by junior midfielder Emily Patti, but a masterful save by junior goalkeeper McKinley Crone kept the game scoreless. Alabama started off overtime with two quick shots on goal. Lipscomb senior goalkeeper Melissa Gray picked up her second save of the afternoon against freshman midfielder Kate Henderson, but less than two minutes later sophomore midfielder Reyna Reyes scored off of an assist from sophomore defender Bella Scaturro. The Lady Bisons fall to 3-2 on the season and are set to host Liberty and put their perfect conference record on the line Thursday night at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. Continue to follow Lumination Network for coverage of all Lipscomb athletics and visit the Lipscomb Bisons YouTube page for soccer live streams. Photos by Riley...
by Spencer Boehme | Mar 8, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
During the early part of the season, Lipscomb softball often travels to various invites in other states and doesn’t play as many home games as they do during the conference slate. But this weekend, the Lady Bisons hosted two teams from the Midwest for an invite held at Draper Diamond. Lipscomb got the better of the weekend, going 4-1 with a sweep of Loyola Chicago and a split with Oakland (Mich.). The Ramblers swept Oakland, while Oakland went 1-3. The Lady Bisons are 9-7, while Loyola drops to 2-9. Oakland is 1-3. Lipscomb opened the weekend with a two-game series Friday. Sophmore Kyndall Crawford led the way with 3 RBIs as the Lady Bisons beat Loyola 5-0. Graduate pitcher Maddie Siemer (2-0) notched the win in a 7-inning game where she struck out six and only allowed two hits. The Lady Bisons capped off Friday night with a 9-4 decision over Oakland before falling to the same squad the following day, 4-2. In the Saturday cap, neither Lipscomb nor Loyola scored until the final sequence of a game that went all the way into the 10th inning. Shortstop Madison Ebeling hit a double that sent Abbey Jacobsen home to give Loyola a 1-0 lead, but Lipscomb scored two runs in the bottom of the tenth. The game-winner came from a double by junior third baseman Olivia Ward, which sent sophomore Presley Leebrick home. Lipscomb capped off the weekend with a 9-1 win over Loyola on Sunday. Both teams were tied at one heading into the bottom of the sixth before Lipscomb run-ruled Loyola with eight in the bottom of...
by Erika Plunkett | Mar 5, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
Due to COVID-19 safe play policies, Lipscomb’s baseball team announced the cancellation of six games on their schedule. The games include a midweek matchup at Austin Peay that was scheduled to be played on Tuesday, March 2nd; a four-game weekend series versus Kansas that was scheduled to be played Friday, March 5th – Monday, March 8th; and a midweek matchup against Belmont on Wednesday, March 10th. This is the second year in a row that the home series against Kansas has been canceled due to COVID. Softball’s Battle of the Boulevard matchup on the 10th is still scheduled to be played. As of now, the Bisons are on track to travel to Georgia for a three-game series against the Bulldogs and to Auburn for a midweek matchup against the Tigers before returning home to host Kennesaw State in their ASUN opener. Continue to check Lumination network for updates on Lipscomb...
by Erika Plunkett | Mar 5, 2021 | News Slider, Sports
Coming into the ASUN tournament with at least one win against every other ASUN opponent, except North Alabama, Lipscomb was projected to go deep into the tournament and even have a chance to win it all and earn a spot in the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. But the inconsistencies that have plagued the Bisons all season long got the best of them in game one of the tournament to end their season early after the 72-60 loss to the Eagles. Early in the game, it was Lipscomb who had taken control of the matchup, going on a 21-2 run to take a 17 point lead. This effort was headed up by sophomore guard KJ Johnson who finished the afternoon with 18 points. However, the Eagles would not stay silent for long and went on two runs of their own to cut down on the Bisons lead. Going into the halftime break, Lipscomb led by only four. Sophomore guard Jake Wolfe would score a basket early in the second half before the Bisons went on a nearly 10 minute scoring drought, which gave FGCU the lead. Even though the Bisons finally were able to put points on the board in the last quarter of the game, it did nothing to stop the Eagles from staying on their scoring rampage. With just a few minutes to go in the second half, FGCU lead Lipscomb by 23 points with a 70-47 lead. Lipscomb would go on a 13-2 run to end the game, but by this point it was too little, too late for the Bisons, whose unexpected loss cost them...
