The Lipscomb women’s volleyball team defeated Jacksonville University in the semi-finals of the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Championships Friday evening in Allen Arena.
The team will host the tournament this year and have dominated the conference all season with only one loss in conference play, earning them the number one seed in the tournament.
Lipscomb dropped the first set 25-23 but came back to win set two 25-22, set three 25-15 and set four 25-21.
“We knew we had to dial in a bit more and take away the errors from our side,” junior Kayla Ostrom said. “It was mostly errors that lost us the first set.”
Right side senior Brittnay Estes, who won the A-Sun Played of the Year award, finished the match with 17 kills. Estes also ranks fourth in total kills for the season.
Senior Molly Spitznagle ranked first in hitting percentage and blocks, while Ostrom ranked first in assists.
Freshman Carlyle Nusbaum finished the season ranked second in kills-per-set.
“There is a lot of pressure being the number one seed because we have lost the last three years,” Ostrom said. “But at the same time we need to do what we do best and stay confident.”
The Lipscomb volleyball team will play for its fifth Atlantic Sun Championship title Saturday against either Kennesaw State or Florida Gulf Coast at 3 p.m. in Allen Arena.
“We are prepared for this and have been training hard all season,” Nusbaum said. “We are all excited, but at the same time focused. We want to win this. This is our time and we are ready to take back the title.”
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