Volleyball sweeps Bellarmine to extend win streak

Friday, October 8

Nashville, Tenn.

6:00 PM

Lipscomb University

7-8,4-1ASUN

Bellarmine

5-13,1-5ASUN

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Bellarmine	18	19	20	0
Lipscomb	25	25	25	3

Volleyball sweeps Bellarmine to extend win streak

10/8/2021 10:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Kirk Downs

NASHVILLE – Lipscomb volleyball took down Bellarmine in three sets Friday night (25-18, 25-19 and 25-20) to extend its win streak to four matches inside Allen Arena. The win marked the second straight sweep for the Bisons and their third of the regular season.

With the win, the Bisons move to 7-8 overall this season and improve to 4-1 in ASUN Conference action.

It was a balanced attack for the purple and gold with senior Logan Gish leading the way with 13 kills to go along with five digs. Freshman Addi Pelham turned in a career high .435 hitting percentage with 11 kills and only one error in 23 attacks. Joining them in double figures were sophomore Kamryn Bacus and freshman Anna Aubele with 10 kills each. Aubele's total was a career high.

Delaney Dilfer orchestrated the Bisons attack with 37 of the team's 42 assists. The sophomore setter also added six digs and three service aces. Delaney Smith paced the squad with 14 digs from the back row.

Lipscomb trailed only one the entire match, and it just so happened to be the very first point. From that moment forward, it was all Bisons.

The purple and gold used a 10-3 run in the first set to build a 7-point margin. After the Knights battled back to within one, Lipscomb got five quick kills from Pelham and Aubele to stretch it back out to seven before Ashleigh Albert's ace sealed the first set 25-18. Aubele finished with six kills (.400) in the frame, while Gish added five and Bacus four. The Bisons registered 21 digs as well, led by Smith's five.

Big plays all around in the first! #IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/R5xbcyAxuU
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 8, 2021

In the second frame, the Bisons raced out to a 17-9 advantage on another kill from Aubele. The Bisons limited the Knights to just .056 hitting in the set as Pelham and Gish put the set away late, winning 25-19.

.@Logan_Gish5 puts down her 9?th kill to lock up the 2nd set!#IntoTheStorm?? pic.twitter.com/YW0B8Py8FJ
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 9, 2021

The final frame saw Lipscomb hit .290 as a team behind four kills from Pelham and three from Gish. The duo committed just one error on 12 swings. The purple and gold jumped out 5-1 out of the gate and eventually led 15-11 heading to the media timeout. Dilfer put down back-to-back aces to keep the Bisons in front by six until Bacus and Mersman teamed up for the match-sealing block, 25-20.

Big plays from all over the court in that final set!#IntoTheStorm?? pic.twitter.com/ec6ZFDQwiC
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 9, 2021

Lipscomb hit .240 for the match with 47 kills on 121 attacks.

FROM THE BENCH

??? Hear postgame thoughts from freshman @addisonpelham_ and head coach @RosenthalLUV following tonight's dub??#IntoTheStorm??https://t.co/VAPT9bu9a3
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 9, 2021

QUICK SERVES

Gish eclipsed 10+ kills for the third outing in a row, while hitting at a season high .370 clip.
Bacus recorded a career high four digs and reached double-digit kills for the 13^th time the season.
Alex Spencer and Libby Steinhart matched Dilfer with six digs, tied for the second most on the team.
Meg Mersman led the team with 4.0 blocks and added three kills from the middle.
The Bisons have down defeated Bellarmine six times in the last nine months after playing each other five times in the spring. Lipscomb has won all six meetings with five of them coming in straight sets.