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Winner Lipscomb Lips 5-8,2-0 ASUN
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Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Volleyball wins at Bellarmine to sweep ASUN weekend

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Lipscomb completed its best weekend of the season Saturday afternoon, earning a 3-1 victory on the road at Bellarmine behind set scores of 25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 25-21. It improved the Bisons to 5-8 overall, but more importantly 2-0 in the ASUN after sweeping Eastern Kentucky on Friday.

A trio of Bisons finished with double-digit kills, led by 16 from Caroline Stogner and Jada DiVita. Stogner hit .308 and added six digs, while DiVita swung .353 with six digs and three blocks.

Meg Mersman collected 11 kills behind a .360 attack percentage, while also blocking four balls.

Freshman setter Sophia Hudepohl set a career high for the second day in a row with 46 assists. She was just one dig shy of a double-double with nine, and added three blocks and three kills.

Libero Delaney Smith powered the team with 14 digs.

Lipscomb will be back in Nashville next weekend after a three-week road trip. They will welcome North Florida at 6 p.m. on Friday before hosting Jacksonville at 6 p.m. on Saturday inside Allen Arena. 


FROM THE BENCH – HC BRANDON ROSENTHAL
I am really pleased with how we played today. I saw incredible fight from our girls and it's fun to coach in matches like that. The preparation all week was fantastic. I always respect Bellarmine and what they do. They play so hard all the time and make you earn your points and they did that today.

Our girls responded extremely well and I think what you are staring to see is our confidence shine through, even in the tough moments. Defensively I thought we did a nice job against a team that moves the ball around on the other side.

Sophia really played a great match and distributed the ball well in big moments.

I thought our middles also did a nice job and came up with some big points at the net and attacking wise. Our outsides were just tremendous today. I thought both Jada and Stogs put on a show at times, showing what they can do and how diverse their game is.

All-in-all, I am really excited for the girls to win the weekend and get the conference season off to a good start. We will enjoy this and get ready to finally be home.

We haven't been home in three weeks and it will be nice come Thursday when we can go home after practice instead of having to worry about packing and hitting the road.

I can't say enough about our girls and the staff for continuing to push the vision as we know what we are capable of. I am excited about what's ahead.

I'd love too see our tremendous fans come out on Friday as we know we are going to have a battle with UNF.

 

SET 1
  • A tight set through the first half, Lipscomb turned a one-point advantage into a 21-16 lead on a DiVita kill.
  • DiVita was followed with kills from Berkley Mischler and Stogner to close out the first-set victory, 25-20.
  • Lipscomb blasted Bellarmine .302  to .167 on the attack and had six players record kills.
  • Stogner (.500) and DiVita (.250) each had a team-high five kills, while Addi Pelham contributed four.
  • The Bisons amassed a whopping  20 kills in the frame, aided by 15 assists from Hudepohl.
  • DiVita, Smith and Connelly Renfrow each had four digs.
   
SET 2
  • The Bisons led the entire way in set two after Pelham and Mischler teamed up to block the first attack from the Knights.
  • An ace from Mersman put the purple and gold in front 10-3 early on before Mischler landed a swing to extend the score to 22-14.
  • Following a kill from Courtney Jones to get to 23, the Bisons got a kill from Mischler and an attack error from Bellarmine to take the frame, 25-16.
  • The Bisons swung .243 and held the Knights to a -.029 attack percentage.
  • Seven players earned kills, led by DiVita's four and a .429 hitting clip.
  • Hudepohl assisted on 10 of the 14 kills, while the Bisons dug out 18 balls.
    
SET 3
  • The third frame was the closest of the day with nine ties and four lead changes.
  • Bellarmine jumped out to a 9-4 lead early on before the Bisons put up a 4-0 spurt.
  • Later in the set trailing by four, Lipscomb got a kill and an ace from Logan Gish to spark a 5-0 run and give the Bisons a 17-16 lead.
  • The sides traded blows and were tied at 22, but the Knights got the win 25-23.
  • Lipscomb outhit Bellarmine .167 to .143 and had just 11 kills.
  • The Knights fought on the defensive end with 24 digs, but the Bisons recorded four blocks.
 
SET 4
  • The Bisons again controlled the frame from the onset as they built a 10-4 lead out of the gate.
  • The Knights fought back, but could never get any closer than three points before DiVita landed the final blow of the day, handing Lipscomb a 25-21 set victory and a 3-1 match win.
  • Only four players totaled kills in the set, but the Bisons outhit the Knights .265 too .138.
  • Stogner had five kills, while Mersman and  DiVita each finished with four.
  • Hudepohl assisted 12 times on 14 kills.
 
HERD NOTES
  • The Bisons set a season high with 59 kills and 156 total attacks.
  • They also recorded season bests in assists (57) and digs (59).
  • Stogner set a career high with 16 kills, her fifth double-digit performance of the year.
  • Hudepohl recorded her fourth game of the season with 9+ digs and matched her season highs with three kills and three blocks.
  • Libby Steinhart notched a season high nine digs.
  • Mischler finished with six kills and a season high five blocks.
  • DiVita earned her team-leading seventh game of the season with 10+ kills and totaled a season high six digs and three blocks.
 

 
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