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ADDI PELHAM CELEY
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Ohio Ohio 0-10,0-0 MAC
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Winner Lipscomb Lips 3-7,0-0 ASUN
Ohio Ohio
0-10,0-0 MAC
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Final
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Lipscomb Lips
3-7,0-0 ASUN
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ohio Ohio 25 20 18 17 (1)
Lipscomb Lips 18 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball tops Ohio, 3-1, to close out nonconference slate

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lipscomb volleyball bounced back Saturday with 3-1 victory over Ohio (18-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17) in its final match of the WKU Invitational. The win improved them to 3-7 on the season and wraps up one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the country.

Sophomore Kamryn Bacus was Lipscomb's leader in kills for the seventh straight match, finishing with 14 alongside a career high four blocks. Freshman Addi Pelham provided a spark off the bench, tallying 10 kills at a career high .421 clip and blocking a career high four balls.

Graduate senior Kathleen Lowry had her best day as a Bisons with six kills, a .308 hitting clip, three blocks and four aces.

Setter Delaney Dilfer orchestrated the offensive attack with 38 assists, while also adding five kills and no errors (.714 H%) and six digs. Libero Delaney Smith paced the team with 13 digs, while Logan Gish followed with a career high 12.

Ohio was led by 14 kills from Maggie Nedoma, and Caroline Clippard added 10 more. The duo also registered eight blocks.

As a team, Lipscomb outhit Ohio .265 to .221 despite the Bobcats having a 13-10 advantage at the net.



 
SET 1
Three kills and a block out of the gate helped the Bobcats to an early 4-0 lead. Kills from Pelham and Lowry, coupled with a Bacus ace, pulled the Bisons to within two, but Ohio used a 6-1 run to extend its lead and never looked back. The Bobcats had a pair of short 3-0 runs and another 4-0 spurt to finish the set, 25-18, over Lipscomb.

Ohio blocked four balls and hit .500 in the frame with six kills from Nedoma, while Lipscomb was limited to .111 hitting as a team.

 
SET 2
Trading points through the first half of the frame, the Bisons led 12-10 after a kill from Dilfer. Taking advantage of an Ohio error, Lipscomb rattled off a 3-0 run and eventually went up four following a kill from Bacus, 20-16. After the Bobcats worked their way back to within one, three consecutive kills from Bacus, Pelham and Anna Aubele forced Ohio to call its second timeout late in the set. Bacus made her mark on the defensive side with a pair of stuffs down the stretch, including the set-winner alongside Aubele, to even the match with a 25-20 win.

The Bisons forced eight Ohio attack errors and held them to a -.032 clip, while racking up five blocks – three from Aubele – in the frame. In total, there were eight ties and three lead changes in the set.

 
SET 3
The Bobcats took the first three points of the third set. After Lipscomb tied it at 9-9 with back-to-back kills from Dilfer, Bacus put down three consecutive kills and Smith delivered an ace for the purple and gold to create a four-point edge. The momentum carried the Bisons to a 6-1 run and created some cushion. Libby Steinhart aced, Ohio had a service error and Bacus slammed the final swing of the set to give Lipscomb a 25-18 win and put them up 2-1 in the match.

The Bisons outhit the Bobcats .464 to .280, served up four aces and recorded 15 assists on 15 kills in the set.


SET 4
Lipscomb had found its rhythm by the fourth set, hitting .348 to Ohio's .172, and seven Bisons had a kill. LU got three kills and three blocks from Lowry, while Baucs added three kills and two stuffs.

The Bisons had five quick kills – three from Bacus – and won the first six points of the stanza. With the offense humming, Lipscomb used a pair of 5-0 runs to build an 18-4 advantage and force Ohio to call both timeouts early. The Bobcats were able to get back within six, but the Bisons were too strong down the stretch on both sides of the net. Alex Spencer delivered an ace before Lowry put down the final kill to win 25-17.


FROM THE BENCH
 
 
QUICK SERVES
  • Lipscomb closed the book on a nonconference slate that ranks as the 19th-toughest schedule in the country.  The next hardest among ASUN teams is North Florida at 55th.
  • The Bisons opponents winning percentage thus far is .661. It's the 7th-toughest nonconference schedule of any mid-major program in the nation.
  • The Bisons recorded 11 service aces, the second most of the season and the third time they have reached double figures this season.
  • The 10.0 blocks matched a season high for Lipscomb, while the four solo stuffs were the second most.
  • A balanced attack from the purple and gold saw six Bisons with 5+ kills in the win.
  • Gish and Spencer each added two aces, trailing only Lowry (4) for the most on the team.
  • Five Bisons had 5+ digs, including Steinhart who made her first collegiate start Saturday.
 
UP NEXT
Lipscomb now turns its attention to ASUN Conference play as the Bisons host a crossover weekend in Allen Arena. They will open league action at 6 p.m. Friday against FGCU in a rematch of last season's conference title match.
The Bisons will then battle Jacksonville at 6 p.m. Saturday before taking on Liberty at 6 p.m. Sunday.  


 
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