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Eastern Ky. EKU 6-15,3-4 ASUN
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Winner Lipscomb Lips 8-8,5-1 ASUN
Eastern Ky. EKU
6-15,3-4 ASUN
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Lipscomb Lips
8-8,5-1 ASUN
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Eastern Ky. EKU 23 18 25 13 (1)
Lipscomb Lips 25 25 18 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Kirk Downs

Volleyball extends win streak to five with Sunday win over EKU

NASHVILLE – Lipscomb volleyball put away its fifth-straight win Sunday afternoon, defeating Eastern Kentucky 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 18-25, 25-13) inside Allen Arena. The Bisons improved to 8-8 overall and 5-1 in ASUN Conference play to sit atop the Western Division standings with Jacksonville State. The Colonels dropped to 6-5 and 3-4.

Four Bisons finished with double-digit kills, led by Meg Mersman's 13 as the sophomore middle hit .385 and added four blocks. Freshman Addi Pelham hit a match-high .455 with 12 kills and only two errors on 22 swings. She matched Mersman with a team-high four blocks as well.

Freshman Anna Aubele and senior Logan Gish hit .400 and .308, respectively, as each recorded 11 kills.

Sophomore setter Delaney Dilfer tallied her team-leading third double-double on 52 assists and 10 digs to go along with five kills and a pair of aces. She orchestrated an offense that put eight Bisons in double-digits kills for the weekend against Bellarmine and EKU.

Gish was solid from the service line, matching her season high four aces, as Delaney Smith added three.

 
SET 1
An early kill and ace from Gish got the Bisons out to a quick 5-2 lead, before a run from EKU put them behind two points. Mersman landed three consecutive swings and Smith delivered back-to-back aces to put Lipscomb back in front for good at 11-10.  Later in the set, a 4-1 run made it 22-18 before Aubele and Mersman sealed the opening set.

Aubele had six kills (.455) and Mersman added five kills (.500) while Dilfer totaled 16 assists on 18 team kills. There were nine ties and two lead changes in the frame.
   
 
SET 2
The purple and gold led from the first point in the second set as Pelham recorded three quick kills to help the Bisons to a 10-4 advantage. Gish followed by landing back-to-back serves before the offense put the set out of reach and Mersman hammered the clinching point for the second straight frame, winning 25-18.

Pelham torched the Colonels with six kills on .625 hitting in the set as the Bisons swung .389 as a team with 17 kills and just three errors on 36 attacks. Steinhart led the defense with six of the team's 12 digs.
   
 
SET 3
Lipscomb ran off a 3-0 run with Smith on the service line to build an early 5-2 lead in the third. EKU responded with a 12-2 run to go in front 14-7 over the Bisons. The Colonels stretched their lead to as much as nine before the Bisons got it to within 22-18 after another ace from Gish. EKU, however, won the next three points to take the set 25-18.

EKU outhit Lipscomb .394 to .231. The Bisons had just 13 kills on 39 swings, led by four from Aubele and three from Gish. EKU's win halted a 10-set win streak by the Bisons, dating back to the third set against Liberty two weeks ago.
 
 
SET 4
The final frame saw the purple and gold win the first eight points of the fourth set on kills from three Bisons and a pair of aces from Dilfer. Leading by as many as 11, the Bisons ended the match with three kills from Mersman, Pelham and Kathleen Lowry, 25-13.

Lipscomb hit .400 with 14 kills while holding the Colonels to -.034 and eight attack errors. Pelham swung .667 with four kills as five Bisons landed multiple swings.
 

FROM THE BENCH
   


QUICK SERVES
  • As a team, Lipscomb hit .315 – its highest total in an ASUN match and the second highest total overall this season.
  • Led by Dilfer (52), who was just one off her career high, the Bisons recorded 60 assists. It was the most for a Lipscomb squad since totaling 63 against FGCU on Nov. 22, 2019 in the ASUN Tournament.
  • The Bisons reached 50+ digs for the sixth time this season and the fourth time in the last five outings.
  • The Bisons recorded 10 aces Sunday, their sixth time reaching double figures this season.
  • Smith had a team high 16 digs, followed by 11 from freshman Libby Steinhart. They joined Dilfer in double figures.
  • Lipscomb has won five straight matches. In those outings they have a 15-4 advantage in sets. 
 

UP NEXT
The Bisons hit the road for eight straight matches starting this week. They travel to North Alabama on Thursday at 6 p.m. before battling Jacksonville State at 6 p.m. Friday in a matchup of the top two teams in the ASUN West Division.


 
 
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