JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Lipscomb baseball could not secure their first series sweep of the season, falling in a one-run game to North Florida Sunday afternoon 6-5. The Bisons won the series with victories on Friday and Saturday, scoring a combined 37 runs.
Both starting pitchers held serve for the first three innings as neither team produced any offense.
North Florida broke the silence in the fourth inning with a three spot on a two-run triple and a bunt single in the following at-bat.
Lipscomb showed resilience at the top of the fifth, with David Coppedge's solo home run and Mason Lundgrin's RBI single, bringing the Bison within a run.
The Ospreys scored another run in the bottom half on an RBI single through the left side.
Jacob Tobias homered in back-to-back games with a two-run shot to right field in the seventh, which drew the Bisons back within one, but North Florida created more separation in the seventh, scoring on a fielding error by the Bisons to go up 6-4.
Lipscomb scored one run on a Lundgrin RBI single to right center in their last at-bats of the ninth but wasn't able to get to anything out of the opportunity with the go-ahead run at the plate, falling 6-5 to the Ospreys Sunday afternoon.
POSTGAME NOTES
- The Bisons were outhit 11-10 in Sunday's loss.
- Coppedge, Vergara, and Lundgrin had two hits each in the series finale.
- Tobias and Lundgrin each had two RBI outings.
- The loss is the fourth one-run loss in conference play for the Bisons.
- Lipscomb wins the series 2-1 over North Florida and has won three straight ASUN series.
UP NEXT
The Bisons will host Vanderbilt on Tuesday, April 16, with the first pitch from Ken Dugan Field set for 6 p.m. C. For more information on Bisons Baseball, visit lipscombsports.com or follow the team's social media accounts (@lipscombbaseball on IG and @BisonBaseball on X).
