The Lady Bisons welcomed the Cardinals from Louisville for a doubleheader home-opener at Draper Diamond. Lipscomb split the series with a 2-1 win in the first game and a 7-1 loss in the second.
Senior Tanner Sanders took the circle for Lipscomb’s first game of the doubleheader against Louisville.
Senior Brittany Elmore got things started for the Lady Bisons early, getting on base from the lead-off spot. She scored the first run of the game via an RBI from sophomore Caitlin Plocheck, giving Lipscomb a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
“We’ve been really focusing on being in attack mode, and I thought we did that from the very beginning of the game,” head coach Kristin Ryman said.
The second run for the Lady Bisons came in the third inning as Elmore knocked in freshman Khayla Green for a 2-0 Lipscomb lead.
Brittany Sims hit a stand-up double to start the sixth for Louisville. She advanced to third base and scored on a fielder’s choice, cutting the lead to 2-1.
But Sanders (5-3) shut the door on the Louisville rally, and finished her complete game to secure the 2-1 win for the Lady Bisons.
Freshman Mandy Jordan pitched the second game of the doubleheader for Lipscomb. It was her first home start for the Lady Bisons.
Freshman Sarah Higgins hit a solo home run in the second inning to give the Lady Bisons an early 1-0 lead.
Hailey Smith crushed a solo home-run for Louisville in the fifth to tie the game 1-1. The Cardinals kept hitting and tacked on three more runs in the inning, to make it 4-1.
Jordan gave up three earned runs in four and two-thirds innings for Lipscomb. Senior Kelly Young came in relief to finish the game.
“Mandy [Jordan] is young and she’s a perfectionist, but she’s still learning,” Ryman said.
The Louisville lead increased to six by the top of the seventh inning, and the Cardinals took the second game of the doubleheader, 7-1.
The Lady Bisons will back at Draper Diamond Friday, Mar. 4, against Furman in the Purple and Gold Challenge.
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