The past week was successful for the Lipscomb athletic teams. The baseball team won its weekend series with Kennesaw State 2-1. Josh Smith and Davey Hackett were the winning pitchers on Saturday and Sunday. You can see the box scores here. Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 The Bisons dropped two games earlier in
the week to Tennessee Tech. The Bisons record now stands at 12-21 overall and 4-5 in the Atlantic Sun.
The Lady Bison softball team went 4-2 over the past week, winning games against TSU, Kennesaw State, and Mercer. Lipscomb lost one game each to Kennesaw and Mercer. The two losses were the teams first conference losses. The teams record is now 33-9 overall and 10-2 in the Atlantic Sun. The game story for the TSU games can be read here.
Whitney Kiihnl was also named Atlantic Sun player of the week for the fourth time this past week. The press release can be read here.
The golf team finished 24th in the Bluegrass Invitational this weekend in Kentucky. Brandon Farmer lead all Lipscomb golfers with a 29th place finish for the weekend.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams dropped matches against Belmont this week. The men lost 4-3 and the women 5-2.
In basketball news, Junior forward Adnan Hodzic declared for the NBA draft on Thursday. Hodzic finished second in the nation in scoring with 22.7 points. Hodzic did not hire an agent, therefore he has until May 8 to withdraw his name from the draft. Upon declaring for the draft, Hodzic will have the opportunity to work out for various NBA teams. Adnan was also named an Honorable mention All American.
This weekend, Lipscomb University will host the second annual Don Meyer Evening of Excellence. This year’s featured speaker is former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow will speak at Allen Arena on Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. Limited $50 tickets are still available. You can purchase tickets by following this link.
Tebow’s parents are also speaking at Allen Arena at 2:00 p.m. that day. Tickets for that event can be purchased here for $5. The program is titled “Bringing up Tim Tebow: Raising Children to Love God and Serve Others.”
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