Lipscomb University
20-31, 10-14
Bellarmine
10-41, 1-23
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Lipscomb | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
Softball run-rules Bellarmine on Senior Day to remain in postseason hunt
5/6/2022 6:13:00 PM | Softball
The win keeps the postseason hopes alive for the Bisons, who finished the regular season at 20-31 overall and 10-14 in ASUN play. The purple and gold needs Kennesaw State to win one of its two games against Jacksonville on Saturday to clinch its spot in next week's conference tournament. If the Dolphins happen to win both, however, Lipscomb's season will be over.
Freshman Kate Peters was the workhorse for the Bisons on the weekend, earning all three wins in the circle. She pitched her second complete game Friday, working 5.0 innings and allowing just two runs on two hits. She improved to 12-8 on the year.
Three Bisons recorded two-hit days and four tallied two RBI.
Lipscomb scored twice in the bottom of the first as Kyndall Crawford lifted a sac fly to center before Maci Cunconan ripped an RBI-single to right field.
??1? | @kyyndaall drives @AVetula in on a sac fly to get us on the board in the ??st
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
1-0 Bisons #IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/JAml57XEho
??1? | @macicunconan singles to the right, Leebrick comes across to give us the 2-0 lead ??#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/JDC6IhbefZ
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
Bellarmine managed to scratch across a pair of runs in the top of the third to tie the game on a pair of sacrifices.
Just as the Bisons got going good in the third inning, lighting struck and the tarp was pulled, resulting in almost a 1:30 delay.
When play resumed, Crawford and Katelyn Belding recorded singles around a Cunconan walk to load the bases. Jessie Brown then smacked a 2-RBI single through the left side before Kaitlyn Woodside drove in two more on a check-swing single that found its way through the infield to give the Bisons a 6-2 lead.
??3? | @jessie_brown24 puts one through to left field to send Cunconan and Crawford across the plate, she advanced to second and Belding advanced to third on the throw
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
4-2 Bisons#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/HFYhRufpAD
??3? | CASH ?? THAT ?? CHECK ??#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/j8QYm2WeO6
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
Lipscomb tacked on two more tallies when Cunconan unloaded on her seventh home run of the season.
??1? | @macicunconan with her 7?th ???????? ?????? of the season ??
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
8-2 Bisons#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/8RW2ynax4Z
In the bottom of the fifth, the Bisons pushed two more runs across to end the game. Crawford drew a bases-loaded walk before Amy Vetula crossed on a wild pitch to walk it off.
??5? | @AVetula scored on a wild pitch to take us to 10-2 Bisons ??#IntoTheStorm?? | #HornsUp?? pic.twitter.com/eDYQAuBsTA
— Lipscomb Softball (@LipscombSB) May 6, 2022
After the game, the Bisons honored its four seniors – Vetula, Brown, Kaitlynn Hunt and Katie Turner – in a ceremony on the field.
GAME NOTES
- Vetula went 2-for-3 with two runs.
- Presley Leebrick finished 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs.
- Cunconan went 2-for-2 with two RBI, two runs and a home run.
- Crawford, Brown and Woodside each drove in two runs.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peters, Kate (11-8)
L: Goatley, Carson (4-14)
Batting:
2B: Bricker, Olivia 1
RBI: Hargrove, Alexis 1 ; Webb, Hannah 1
SH: Greenwell, Anna 1
SF: Webb, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zielinski, Joelle 1 ; Bricker, Olivia 1
SB: Zielinski, Joelle 1
HBP: Webb, Hannah 1
Batting:
3B: Leebrick, Presley 1
HR: Cunconan, Maci 1
RBI: Crawford, Kyndall 2 ; Cunconan, Maci 2 ; Brown, Jessie 2 ; Woodside, Kaitlyn 2
SH: Shewmaker, Elise 1
SF: Crawford, Kyndall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vetula, Amy 2 ; Leebrick, Presley 2 ; Crawford, Kyndall 1 ; Cunconan, Maci 2 ; Belding, Katelyn 1 ; Brown, Jessie 1 ; Kline, Meghan 1
HBP: Hunt, Kaitlynn 1
PO: Shewmaker, Elise 1
