by Hunter Patterson | Sep 18, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
It was all about revenge tonight for Lipscomb as they shutout UNC Aseville 2-0 in the opening round of the Hyatt Place Select Tournament.Last year, UNC Asheville took home the trophy after beating the Bisons 2-1. “Last year it was a game where we started to see cracks in the armor, then it was a downhill slide from there,” Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow said. “So, to have a tight game and have to battle through and keep the shutout and get a couple of goals in the process was very good.” The game was scoreless until the 70-minute mark when senior Garrett McLaughlin scored from 20 yards out to give the Bisons a 1-0 lead. “I just saw an opening and took the shot,” McLaughlin said. “I guess it moved a little bit, so the goalie had a hard time.” The win tonight gave the team its third consecutive win, after winning the Belmont Invitational last weekend. With the consistent play, it looks as if the team is improving in each game. “There were a few times in the first half where we were playing as good as I had seen,” Morrow said. “Not only as good as I have seen this year, but throughout my four or five year tenure here. “ Lipscomb moved the ball very well in the first half, generating a lot of chances, but came up short until McLaughlin’s goal in the second. “The challenge is doing that for a complete game,” Morrow said. “Asheville is a very tough team that can present some challenges that sort of gets us out of our style...
by Hunter Patterson | Aug 29, 2010 | Sports
Jon Ireland, coach of the Lady Bisons soccer team has a memorable last name. Especially after today’s game versus Jackson State. The luck of the Irish was on the Lipscomb’s side today when they shutout the Tigers of JSU. The first and only goal of the game came at the eight minute mark of the first half off the foot of a Jackson State player. Luckily, though, it went into the back of their own net. Sophomore Katie Wood lead the Lady Bisons in shots with four. Putting one of those four on goal. Jackson state only managed to get seven shots off. Erin Zerlo, the keeper for the Lady Bisons only had to make one save, though. In an interview with LipscombSports.com, Jon Ireland had this to say about the game. “We have Katie, Kelsey Reiman and Kameron Stilwell in the back,” Ireland said. “The back three have been playing very well for us. Martika Powe has been playing great in the middle. The last component defensively is for Erin to get more confidence. This was a big game for her. “We were very organized. That has been the thing about our team this year. This has been the best defensive unit we have had since I have been here.” Lipscomb will not play again until Friday against Arkansas State. That game will the first of four straight games on the...
by Allison Woods | Jun 21, 2010 | Sports
The Lipscomb Bisons soccer team better be in shape and ready to kick this season. There are no breathers in the 2010 schedule which begins on the road at Louisville, a prelude of the difficulty of the remaining games on the schedule. “It’s a pretty tough schedule early on,” Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow said. “We will be tested early. “The players have to get themselves prepared over the summer. The guys know if they come in and they haven’t been playing and training at a high level they are not going to be in the mix that first weekend. Guys that play well that first weekend are more likely to get some playing time the second weekend.” On Aug. 21, approximately a week after the Bisons return to campus for preseason workouts, they will be on the road at Louisville. The next week, Aug. 28, they will play another exhibition game with a visit to Georgia State in Atlanta. “We played Louisville in an exhibition game last season and the year before we played them in the regular season,” Morrow said. “They are good a team and they are only three hours away. “They enjoy playing us. They get something out of it. We will have only been in preseason for about a week before we play them.” The regular season opens with one of the biggest challenges of the season. The Bisons will be in Dallas, Texas Sept. 4 to play host Southern Methodist, a perennial collegiate power, in the first round of the SMU Invitational. The second round game won’t be any easier as the Bisons will face Tulsa Sept. 6. “That will be a tough opening weekend,” Morrow said. “SMU is a talented team....
