Volleyball goes 10-0 in A-Sun for second consecutive season

by | Nov 10, 2010 | News Slider, Sports

From LipscombSports.com — Don’t think badly of the Lipscomb Lady Bisons, but they don’t like to share– at least when it is a regular season championship. “We didn’t want to share anything,” said senior middle blocker Alex Kelly. When the Lady Bisons put the finishing touches on a 3-1 match win over the Belmont Bruins Tuesday night at Allen Arena this edition of the “Battle of the Boulevard” meant more than just another win. The victory gave the Lady Bisons a 10-0 conference record, marking the second season they have finished unbeaten in Atlantic Sun games. Last season under the double-round robin format and in the A-Sun Tournament they finished 22-0 in conference matches. It also extended their conference regular season winning streak to 35 games, second only to Hawaii. They are fourth nationally in home wins in a row with 26. “With all the parity in the conference this season it is tremendous for us to go undefeated,” Rosenthal said. “And we did it in style. “The single round-robin is tough. A 22-0 record might sound better than a 10-0 record. But the 10-0 was much more pressure-packed than 22-0. Our girls have done some awesome stuff.” By finishing without a loss it also guaranteed the Lady Bisons sole possession of the regular season championship. With Kennesaw State sitting in second at 8-1 there was a possibility of having to share the title which they had clinched at least a share of last weekend on the road in Florida. “I credit the girls,” Rosenthal said. “To go undefeated in back-to-back years is really hard to do. It is...

Old rivalry to be renewed after 10-year break

by | Nov 4, 2010 | News Slider, Sports

For the first time in 10 years, Lipscomb will be taking on former rival Trevecca Nazarene in an exhibition game Thursday night at Allen Arena. With so much time having passed since the last time these two teams matched up, some people say this installment might not match up to the storied games of yesteryear.  Former star player and current athletic director Philip Hutchinson thinks differently. “A lot of people who go to school in Nashville stay in Nashville,” said Hutchinson. “There [are] a lot of loyalties to both schools. A lot of Lipscomb and Trevecca fans in Nashville were around whenever the rivalry was at its peak; this game should be a lot of fun.” Mark McGee, Lipscomb instructor and sports information director, who covered the games for Lipscomb when the rivalry was at its peak and Hutchinson both described the battles as “intense.” “It was every bit of the Belmont rivalry we have today and then some,” said Hutchinson. “A lot of the players grew up playing against each other, so bragging rights were always at stake each time we faced them.” “The fans were not ugly,” said McGee. “But it would get so loud that you couldn’t hear yourself think. The Lipscomb-Trevecca rivalry was edgier and grittier back then in some ways than Belmont games get today.” Andy Lane, who broadcast the Lipscomb basketball games during the 1980s, proclaims the meeting between these two schools was  “The Game.” “Back when the games were played in McQuiddy, each time Trevecca would come to our place it would get packed,” Lane said. “It was a hot, loud, crowded atmosphere. The games would be...

[photos] Ultimate team competes in annual tournament at Vanderbilt

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Sports

The ultimate frisbee was at it again last weekend. Competing against schools like Vanderbilt, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Emory and several others, the Bisons took seventh place in the tournament. Lipscomb posted a 3-3 record on the weekend. While this tournament was a big deal, the real season begins in the Spring. Then, the team will play against schools such as Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi and other SEC schools. Please upgrade your...

Lipscomb, Hodzic leads basketball preseason honors

by | Oct 15, 2010 | News Slider, Sports

MACON, Ga. – A year after sharing the regular-season crown, Lipscomb emerged as the favorite in both the Atlantic Sun preseason men’s basketball coaches’ poll and media poll. The Bisons senior All-American Adnan Hodzic garnered unanimous preseason Player of the Year honors. Hodzic and fellow unanimous preseason All-Atlantic Sun performer Josh Slater look to lead the Bisons to a first NCAA appearance. Last season the pair represented the highest scoring teammates in the conference, averaging close to 40 points per game. Hodzic paced the league at 22.7 points per game, the highest average in the conference in 20 years in earning the Player of the Year award. He enters this season carrying the nation’s longest active streak of scoring in double figures, at 57. Since the start of 2000, the streak ranks as the ninth-longest in nation. Last season’s General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Champion, ETSU, took second in both polls. The Buccaneers made their ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament by beating Mercer in the A-Sun title game. The Bucs return with the MVP from last year’s Championship, Micah Williams, and Second Team guard Tommy Hubbard and welcome back Mike Smith ¬– who missed all but four games last season. In ETSU’s 2008-09 championship season, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. All three landed on the preseason All-Atlantic Sun squad, giving the ETSU the greatest representation on the team. Belmont, one of the league’s four co-champions a season ago, placed third in both preseason polls. The Bruins return 11 letter winners and four starters from last year’s 19-win team headlined by last year’s Freshman...