NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb University volleyball team posted a .425 attack percentage on the night to sweep Bellarmine University Friday night inside Allen Arena. 

With the win, Lipscomb punched its ticket to the 2024 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, which will be held Nov. 21-23 in Fort Myers, Florida. 

Final Score: Lipscomb 3, Bellarmine 0 (25-23, 25-9, 25-12)
Location: Allen Arena
Records: Lipscomb (12-10, 9-2), Bellarmine (6-15, 3-8)

CLASS OF 2025!
To kick off Senior Weekend, the Lipscomb volleyball team honored its six seniors: Karlie McNabb, Meg Mersman, Addi Pelham, Libby Steinhart, Cora ter Kuile and Jade Zaleski.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bisons saw themselves down 17-11 in the opening set. However, a 12-6 run put Lipscomb right back in it, as a Meg Mersman made it a 23-23 score. 

Bellarmine tried to slow down the momentum with a timeout, but a Cora ter Kuile block and a Kelsey Schenck ace finished off the 14-6 run to give Lipscomb the opening set win. 

Sets two and three showed strong dominance, posting .500 attack percentages in the last two frames to roll past the Knights 25-9 and 25-12. 

LUV committed two errors on the final 47 swings with 28 kills and held Bellarmine to 11. 

QUOTABLE
Hear from Libby Steinhart and Brandon Rosenthal after Lipscomb's win. 

KEY STATISTICS
Eight Bisons posted a kill in the win, led by Karlie McNabb's 10. Addi Pelham posted a .562 swing percentage with nine total kills. 

Meg Mersman posted a .500 swing percentage with eight kills and added three total blocks, while Libby Steinhart led the Bisons defense with eight digs. 

UP NEXT
Senior Weekend wraps up on Saturday afternoon with a matchup with Eastern Kentucky at 4 p.m.