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 28, 2010 | Sports
After dropping their season opener to Kansas, the Lady Bisons defeated Creighton in 4 games. (20-25, 25-22, 28-26, 25-21) Check back with LUmination a bit later for details. The Lady Bisons will play San Francisco later on today at 5:30. For live scoring updates, follow @lipscombvball on twitter. UPDATE: From the Lady Bisons’ Facebook Page, “Great win for LUV against a very good Creighton team. We were led offensively by Alex Kelly who played an outstanding match along with Kaycee Green who played very well on the outside. Jake set a great match and put us in a really good position offensively but her defense was HUGE. Speaking of defense…Kelsey Neumann changed the momentum of the match with 2 GIGANTIC blocks in set 3. Short rest and back to the gym.” UPDATE: Later on in the day the Lady Bisons defeated San Francisco, 3-1, (25-20, 25-11, 24-26, 25-21) to improve to 2-1 on the season. From the LUV Facebook Page again: “Great win…good tournament…I am extremely proud of our girls. Strong performance by Alex Kelly, 24 kills and 15 digs…Jake Pease, 46 assists and 15 digs…Kaycee Green, 11 kils…katie rose, 5 kills, 11 digs and 4 blocks…and some MONSTER blocks by Kelsey Neumann! Go LUV” In addition to the two wins today, Alex Kelly and Jake Pease were named to the All-Tournament team. The Lady Bisons next game will be September 3rd against Purdue in the opening game of the Blue and Gold tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first home game for Lipscomb is Septmber 7th versus Tennessee...
