by Hunter Patterson | Sep 13, 2010 | Sports
MACON, Ga. – For the second time this season and eighth in her career, Lipscomb’s Alex Kelly earned the Atlantic Sun Volleyball Player of the Week award, announced Monday by the league office. Kelly won MVP honors of the Gamecock Invitational by leading the Bisons past South Carolina, Furman and South Carolina State. She finished the week with 56 kills, nine assists, 12 blocks, 33 digs and a .427 hitting percentage. The Lady Bisons claimed four wins on the week, all in straight sets, which extended Lipscomb’s winning streak to six games. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alex Kelly, Lipscomb (Middle Hitter – Sr. – Kansas City, Mo. – Marketing) • Eight-time A-Sun Player of the Week winner; Second this season • MVP of the Gamecock Invitational with 46 kills, 10 blocks and .424 hitting percentage • Helped team to first win against a Southeastern Conference foe, South Carolina, in program history • Double-digit kills in all four wins including 17 against Furman, the defending SoCON Champions • Averaged 4.67 kills per set, including 5.1 per set at Gamecock Invitational This release is provided by the Atlantic Sun...
by Hunter Patterson | Sep 4, 2010 | Sports
The Lady Bisons swept both Tulane and Pittsburgh this weekend at the Pitt Invitational. Their only loss was on Saturday morning when they were swept by Purdue. Kacey Greene and Alex Kelly were named to the All Tournament team for their weekend performance. From LipscombSports.com : Lipscomb Lady Bisons split matches in Pitt Invitational Lipscomb outside hitter Kaycee Green is on the top of her game this weekend and has made an impact on the Lady Bisons. In Friday afternoon’s 3-0 win against Tulane Green led the way with a match-high 12 kills and a .333 hitting percentage. “Kaycee has been willing to work hard offensively and defensively,” Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal said. “When she is willing to work hard offensively and defensively she can be one of the top players in the conference. “When things slow down for her, and she doesn’t work as hard, she becomes an average player. We have been working hard since last year to get her to understand that.” Green was a member of the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team last season. “The game becomes very easy to her in some regards,” Rosenthal said. “At this level you have to work every day and for every point. I am real pleased with what she did in both the Purdue and Tulane matches.” Earlier in the day the Lady Bisons had opened with a 3-0 loss to Purdue. The Tulane win was the first match sweep of the season for the Lady Bisons, 3-2. Tulane fell to 0-4. “We have to be able to take some of the lessons we have learned and move...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 30, 2010 | Sports
From AtlanticSun.org — MACON, Ga. – Playing in the Creighton Bluejay Invitational, the defending Atlantic Sun Champions Lipscomb Bisons recorded a 2-1 weekend picking up 3-1 victories against San Francisco and host school, Creighton. The play of Alex Kelly led the Lady Bisons as the two-time A-Sun Player of the Year set a tournament record with 63 kills and earned All-Tournament team honors. For her strong play, Kelly won the season’s first Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors, the conference office announced on Monday. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alex Kelly, Lipscomb (Middle Hitter – Sr. – Kansas City, Mo. – Marketing) • Seven-time A-Sun Player of the Week winner • Set Bluejay Invitational record for kills with 63 in three matches en route to making All-Tournament team • Finished in double figures in digs and kills in all three matches • Leads the A-Sun in hitting percentage (.368), kills (63) and kills per set (5.25) • Recorded nine blocks and 58 digs in the first three matches of the season. OTHER NOMINEES: • Sabrita Gulley (OH/RS, Kennesaw State) – recorded 46 kills and averaged 5.11 kills per set • Jordan Reaves (OH, Campbell) — notched a career-high 10 kills with 18 digs against Villanova • Whitney Cogburn (Setter, ETSU) — dished out 26 assists in win against Charleston Southern • Emily Sanders (Setter, USC Upstate) – totaled 161 assists, 50 digs en route to All-Tournament team • Camil Dominguez (Setter, FGCU) — earned All-Tournament team honors by posting 155 assists • Kayla Albritton (OH, Belmont) – named to All-Tournament team for her 36 kills and .354 hitting...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 26, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
From SeniorClassAward.com OVERLAND PARK, KS (August 26, 2010) – Thirty NCAA® women’s volleyball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as candidates today for the first-ever Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in volleyball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The 2010 candidate class includes eight American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Americans from last season. Twenty of the 30 have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Two of the candidates were recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America as 2009 Academic All-Americans, and 12 are members of teams ranked in the AVCA’s preseason top 25 poll. Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winners during the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in December. The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. “We are excited to add women’s volleyball to the award...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 19, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
Stefine “Jake” Pease Voted Preseason Player of the Year Lipscomb Draws Top Preseason Honors All-Conference Photo Gallery Pease Highlights MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb, the defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, will enter the fall as the overwhelming favorite to win its third conference crown in the past four seasons, the conference office announced on Thursday. The Lady Bisons received ten first-place votes from the league coaches in the preseason poll, while senior setter Stefine “Jake” Pease earned Preseason Player of the Year honors. Buoyed a perfect 20-0 conference record, Lipscomb cruised to a 28-4 mark and claimed the conference tournament title by defeating host school FGCU in the final. Pease ranked tenth in the country after averaging nearly 12 assists as a junior last season. She added 284 digs and 104 kills on her way to Tournament MVP and First Team All-Atlantic Sun honors. A pair of Pease’s Lipscomb teammates, Meghan Hinemeyer and Alex Kelly, joins the setter on the preseason squad. Hinemeyer, a senior outside hitter, totaled 353 kills, 257 digs and 27 service aces last season, while Kelly, last season’s Player of the Year and unanimous selection to the preseason team, led the conference in kills per set and points per set. FGCU took the second spot in the poll after finishing as the conference tournament runner-up in 2009. Jelena Simic, a senior outside hitter, joined Kelly as a unanimous selection to the team alongside teammate Holly Youngquist, a junior libero. The Bruins of Belmont came in third in the poll with junior outside hitter Maggie Johnson earning a nod to the preseason All-Atlantic Sun team. Johnson led...
