by Ashlan Williams | Apr 7, 2010 | Sports
The Lady Bisons suffered a tough loss against Atlantic Sun rival, Belmont University, in the infamous Battle of the Boulevard on Tuesday, April 6. Although the final score says 5-2, the score does not accurately depict the match. The air is always thick when Lipscomb and Belmont compete head to head. Tuesday was no exception when both teams stepped onto the courts at Belmont’s Davis Tennis Complex. At the start of the match, both teams held 0-9 conference records. Needless to say, the teams were equally matched. As doubles play began, the Lady Bisons made a strong statement by taking an early lead over Belmont. Lipscomb secured wins at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, allowing them to clinch the doubles point and capture a 1-0 lead over the Bruins. Freshman Mackenzie Bishop and sophomore Elizabeth Keevil downed Abby Leatherwood and Laura Stack by a score of 8-4 at the No. 1 spot. At the No. 2 position, junior Kara Jackson and sophomore Danielle Hansen overpowered Belmont’s Abigail Hogan and Natalia Nunes 8-2. Lipscomb’s lone doubles loss came at No. 3. Junior Julianne McMeen and freshman Carlina Jow were defeated by Lindsay Bennett and Lauren Irick 8-1. With a confident 1-0 lead, the Lady Bisons entered into singles play. Evening the score to 1-1, Bishop came off court first for the Bisons at No. 1. Facing Belmont’s A-Sun honoree for the 2008-2009 season, Bishop played a tight first set. After taking a 3-0 lead, Bishop fell to 6-6. Bishop lost in the first set tiebreaker 7-5. Leatherwood upped her game in the second set, giving the Bruins the...
by Hunter Patterson | Apr 5, 2010 | Sports
Sophomore pitcher Whitney Kiihnl was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week on Monday. MACON, Ga. – USC Upstate’s Crislyn Chewning earned her first A-Sun Softball Player of the Week accolade after a tremendous week in which she lead USC Upstate at the plate with a .589 batting average, while Lipscomb’s Whitney Kiihnl tallied her fifth career A-Sun Softball Pitcher of the Week honor and fourth on the season after recording three shutouts against UNF, Jacksonville and Western Kentucky. Chewning collected three triples in six games and recorded four multi-hit games in six outings last week, including three-hit contests against A-Sun foes FGCU and Stetson. The Willamina, Ore. native posted four hits and four RBIs in the doubleheader sweep at Gardner-Webb and had three hits, two runs and a RBI in second game against FGCU. Chewning also collected three hits with a double and a triple in the 7-2 victory versus Stetson, in addition to two runs and a RBI. The senior center fielder recorded USC Upstate’s only hit in the second game against the Hatters. In addition to Kiihnl’s three shutouts, 4-0 at Western Kentucky Tuesday, 4-0 at Jacksonville Friday, 3-0 at UNF Saturday, the sophomore pitcher surrendered a total of seven hits and struck out 28. Kiihnl owns a total of nine games this season with double-digit strikeouts, including 11 against the Ospreys and 10 against the Hilltoppers in the past week. The Batesville, Miss. native threw a one-hitter against Jacksonville, barely missing her fifth no-hitter of the season, and allowed two hits against Western Kentucky. Kiihnl owns a 19-2 record for the season and holds shutouts...
by Cooper Torrez | Apr 4, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
The Bisons finished the three game sweep against the Redbirds of Illinois State on Saturday at Ken Dugan Field. GAME ONE Lipscomb took control of the Diamond during game one, defeating ISU by a score of 8-1. The Bisons got off to a fast start in game 1. In the bottom of the first Tyler and Lee Wilson both hit singles to get on base and Andrew Nickerson was able to bring them home with a deep shot that one hopped off the left field fence. The game stayed at 2-0 until the top of the third when the Redbirds scored what would be their only run of the game when Kevin Tokarski took the first pitch from Lipscomb’s Davey Hackett to deep left field for a solo home run. This would be Hackett’s only blemish of the game. While Hackett did give up five hits and walked four he limited the Redbirds to only 1 run. After five scoreless innings from ISU’s Ryan Copeland the Bison’s caught fire in the bottom of the seventh when Shawn Mehring hit a triple to deep center field. He then scored on an errant pitch by Copeland. Brett Teschner was then walked, followed by an M.L. Williams double on a grounder that snuck in between the third baseman and the shortstop. Tyler Wilson then followed with a double that scored both Teschner and Williams to put the Bison’s on top 5-1. Chad Fromm would come into the game in the eighth inning in relief for Hackett. Fromm finished the game for the Bisons after pitching two scoreless innings. Lipscomb added three more...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 28, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
It was a busy weekend for the Lady Bisons hosting ETSU and USC twice on the weekend. The ladies swept ETSU 5-0 and 2-1 as part of their “Strike Out Cancer” night to raise breast cancer awareness. Game 1 Sophomore pitcher Whitney Kiihnl improved her record to 15-2 Friday night in game one, throwing her fourth no-hitter of the season. The Lady Bisons scored four runs in the fourth. Megan Rottler singled to score Christen Campbell for run number one. Lauren Dortwegt then singled to center, which brought in Mollie Mitchell and Rottler. Dortwegt scored the fourth run when Mackenzie Tucker singled to bring her in. The Lady Bisons added one more run in the sixth to make it 5-0 when Whitney Kiihnl scored on an error by ETSU’s catcher. Center fielder Lauren Dortwegt had a great game from the plate, going 3-4 with 2 RBI’s. Her double in the third was also the only extra-base hit from either team. Mackenzie Tucker and Kellie Sirus both had two hits. Kiihnl shut down ETSU, striking out 10 and walking none. Kiihnl was one error away from her second perfect game of the season. Game 2 In the second game of the evening the Lady Bison’s got on the board early. In the first inning the ladies loaded the bases with Tucker, Keese, and Sirus. The next batter, Campbell walked to bring in Tucker. ETSU tied the game at one in the third inning when Schneider doubled to left, driving in one run. The game remained tied after 7 complete innings, sending the game into extras. In the bottom of the...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 22, 2010 | Sports
While many students took a break during the week, the athletic teams were very busy. During spring break week, the nationally ranked Lady Bison softball team traveled to Hawaii for the Spring Fling in Honolulu. The Lady Bisons opened up tournament play with a bang, defeating California by a score of 1-0. In that game, sophomore pitcher Whitney Kiihnl pitched seven scoreless innings for the win. Mollie Mitchell drove in Kellie Sirus to give the Lady Bison’s their lone run for the game. California was ranked twelfth in the nation. After defeating California, the Lady Bisons lost four straight, losing two apiece to California and Hawaii. The Lady Bisons record as of now stands at 20-7. The team returns to play on Friday, March 26, at Draper Diamond for a double header against ETSU. Game times are 4 and 6 p.m. The tennis teams were also in action over the break. The men’s team went 1-2 over the break defeating Florida Gulf Coast 4-3 and losing to Stetson and Georgia State. Winners for Lipscomb against FGCU were Daniel Hangstefer, Colby Shaw, and Tanner Brown in singles. In doubles, Chad Perron and Tanner Brown along with Colby Shaw and Mario Hernandez brought home two wins for the Bisons. Their record is now 4-7 on the year. The Bisons return home on Tuesday to face Austin Peay University. Matches begin at 2:30 p.m. On the women’s side, the ladies struggled going 0-4 against North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida A&M and FGCU. The Lady Bisons’ record now stands at 4-12. The team returns to play on the twenty-third to face APSU. The Bison...
