Volleyball battles tough in five-set loss to Jacksonville

Saturday, October 1

Nashville, Tenn.

6:00 PM

Lipscomb University

6-9,3-1ASUN

Jacksonville

8-8,2-2ASUN

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Jacksonville	25	21	25	19	15	3
Lipscomb	21	25	23	25	11	2

Volleyball battles tough in five-set loss to Jacksonville

10/1/2022 9:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb volleyball battled through five sets with Jacksonville Saturday night inside Allen Arena, but ultimately, the Dolphins managed to get the 3-2 victory with set scores of 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11.

The loss was the first of the season for Lipscomb in ASUN Conference action as the Bisons fell to 6-9 overall and 3-1 in league play. The Dolphins improved to 8-8 and 2-2.

Freshman Courtney Jones powered the offense with a career high 20 kills and seven digs, while hitting .192 from the outside. Caroline Stogner also collected a career high 19 kills on the way to her first-career double-double with 12 digs.

Addi Pelham added 14 kills and Meg Mersman put up 12 with three blocks.

Freshman setter Sophia Hudepohl logged a career high 63 assists on the night, besting her previous high of 46. She also added seven digs and three kills.

Libero Delaney Smith recorded a season high 24 digs, her third 20+ dig performance of the year. Libby Steinhart collected a career high 13 digs while Connelly Renfrow added 10.

The Bisons are back in action next week with a scheduled road trip to south Florida to take on FGCU at 6 p.m. CT on Friday before battling Stetson at 11 a.m. Sunday.

FROM THE BENCH – BRANDON ROSENTHAL

SET 1

The Bisons got off to a quick start with an 8-1 run to open the match behind three Stogner aces.
JU got back in the game with a 5-0 run of its own to pull within two.
Courtney Jones and Addi Pelham righted the ship as each put down a pair of kills to push Lipscomb back out in front, 16-9.
The Dolphins, however, scored the next seven points and used a 9-1 run to take their first lead of the night at 18-17.
After battling to a 21-21 score, the Dolphins took the next four points to get the opening-set victory, 25-21.
JU outhit Lipscomb .292 to .105 in the frame, despite the Bisons having more kills, 15-9.
Stogner and Jones each had four kills, while Pelham added three.
Hudepohl assisted 11 times.

S2 | Stogs coming in hot from the outside#IntoTheStorm? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/0GCXuNtyog
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 1, 2022

SET 2

After battling back-and-forth, Jacksonville grabbed the first two-point advantage at 10-8 before Lipscomb rattled off a 6-1 run to go back in front 14-11 behind two kills from Jones, a block from Mersman and an ace from Libby Steinhart.
Down 21-20, the Bisons got three consecutive kills from Jones, Mersman and Stogner to go up 23-21 and force a JU timeout.
Out of the break, Stogner landed back-to-back kills before Mersman and Hudepohl blocked a JU attack to get the set win, 25-21, and even the match.
Lipscomb outhit JU .324 to .212 with 17 kills and 15 assists.
Stogner led the way with five kills, while Jones had four and hit .800.
There were 15 ties and eight lead changes.

What. A. Rally. ??#IntoTheStorm? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/J4oGogBYkC
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 2, 2022

SET 3

Jones and Mersman led the offense out of the gate and helped the Bisons build a 6-2 advantage.
After the Dolphins ran off three straight points, the set stayed within two points until a kill from Pelham and a solo block from Mersman made it 14-11 Bisons.
Stogner landed back-to-back swings to make it 18-15, but the Dolphins reeled off five of the next six points to get back in front 20-19.
With Lipscomb leading 21-20, Jacksonville went on a 5-2 run to get the set victory.
JU got the victory despite just five kills in the frame with an .056 hitting percentage, but 13 errors from Lipscomb kept the door open.
Lipscomb outhit JU .118 to .056 with 19 kills and 19 assists.
Jones totaled seven kills and Stogner added five with eight digs.
Smith also added eight digs.

S3 | That's a career high 11 kills for CJ!#IntoTheStorm? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/i50nvI1ezO
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 2, 2022

SET 4

Jones landed the first swing and sparked a 4-0 run to open the stanza for Lipscomb.
After back-to-back kills from Mersman and Mischler, Jacksonville ran off four-straight points to tie things back up at 8-8.
Pelham hammered home consecutive kills to extend the Bisons lead to 12-9, but the Dolphins just wouldn't back down with a 4-1 run to even it back up,
Tied at 16, Lipscomb got a pair of kills from Stogner and the Bisons rode a 9-3 run to victory.
Lipscomb outhit JU .256 to .129 with 17 kills and 17 assists.
Six Bisons recorded kills with Pelham and Stogner leading the way with four each.

S4 | Addi with a power swing at the pole#IntoTheStorm? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/mKzhF16CRm
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 2, 2022

SET 5

Jacksonville jumped out to a 5-3 lead before Mersman, Stogner and Jones each landed swings to put Lipscomb in front 6-5.
The Dolphins took advantage of a Lipscomb attack error and backed it up with consecutive aces to go in front 10-9 and force a Bison timeout.
JU then got a kill and back-to-back Lipscomb errors to take a 13-10 lead, forcing a Bison timeout.
JU outhit Lipscomb .211 to .040.
Lipscomb had eight kills and eight assists.

S5 | Mersman gives us a 7-6 lead in the final frame!#IntoTheStorm? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/FyN9DEtqQl
— Lipscomb Volleyball (@LipscombVBall) October 2, 2022

HERD NOTES

There were 38 ties and 15 lead changes in the match.
Lipscomb hit .174 on offense with a season high 76 kills, while the Dolphins swung at a .168 clip with just 41 kills.
The Bisons also set a season high with 77 digs and 86.0 total points.
Jacksonville blocked 16.0 balls in the match, the most the Bisons had allowed all season.