The Lady Bisons split with the University of Albama at Birmingham on Tuesday, winning 1-0 and losing 7-5.
Video: Whitney Kiihnl on Lipscomb News
Lipscomb entered the game with a RPI ranking of 39, UAB was just in front of the Lady Bisons, ranked 38th.
As seen in game one, the teams would show one another why they were ranked in consecutive positions.
In the first game of the afternoon, the Lady Bisons scored their one and only run of the game via an Abby Keese single that scored senior Lauren Dortwegt. Dortwegt reached base on an error.
Lipscomb was blanked for the rest of the game, but sophomore pitcher Whitney Kiihnl made the Lipscomb side feel alright about it.
Kiihnl pitched her fifth perfect game of the season, bringing her record to 25-2. The shutout was her 11th of the season. Overall, it was Lipscomb’s 24th shutout of the season.
Kiihnl would strike out 10 en route to the win.
Game one’s box score can be viewed here.
Game two started out completely different for Lipscomb. The Lady Bisons found themselves down 3-0 early on in the game when Christen Campbell allowed three runs on four hits in the first.
Lipscomb answered back quickly, though, scoring three runs in the bottom of the second to tie it at 3-3. Courtney Billington scored off of a Christen Campbell double. That was followed by a two-run home run from sophomore Mollie Mitchell. The homer would be Mitchell’s first of two in the game.
Campbell was replaced by Alaina Jacobson, who would give up four runs off of five hits. That gave UAB a 7-3 lead heading into the sixth inning.
The Lady Bisons attempted to regain control in the sixth when Mitchell went deep for the second time of the game, bringing the score to 7-5.
The score remained the same, as the Lady Bisons dropped only their second home game of the season.
The Lady Bisons travel to Campbell on Saturday and Belmont on Tuesday for their final set of Atlantic Sun Conference games.
Lipscomb record now stands at 38-10.
Game two’s box score can be viewed here.
The game story from LipscombSports.com can be viewed here.