LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Lipscomb University baseball team out-hit Bellarmine University 17-8, but it's the run column that matters in this game, as the Knights used a three-run seventh inning to take down the Bisons, 11-9, Friday afternoon from Knights Field. 

Final Score: Bellarmine 11, Lipscomb 9
Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Knights Field)
Records: Lipscomb (23-25, 15-10), Bellarmine (13-36, 8-17)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The offense got out to a strong start in the first inning. After back-to-back hits by Aaron Stlogeannis and Brady MIller, Parks Bouck smashed a hit through the left side for a 1-0 lead. 

After Miller and Bouck had a double steal to move them to second and third, Damion Kenealy Jr. had a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-0 lead. 

Bellarmine responded with five runs in the bottom of the first and one more in the second to lead 6-2. 

In the third, the Bisons chipped at the deficit with an RBI double by David Coppedge and a second straight sac fly by Kenealy. 

In the fourth, after Collin Goda started the inning with a two-baggers, he moved to third on a fly out and scored on a double by Miller to trim the deficit to 6-5. 

However, the Knights swelled the lead back to three runs, 8-5, on a two-run shot by Joey Milto.

In the seventh, Lipscomb tacked on four runs and reclaimed the lead. Jake Berg's fourth home run of the season with a two-run shot to make it a one-run game again, 8-7. 

Following a Keaton Mahan walk and Goda's second double of the game to flip the lineup card back to the top, Stelogeannis went to left center for a two-run single to take a 9-8 lead. 

The Bisons, unfortunately, were unable to keep the lead for long with a game-tying home run by Milto. Later in the frame, a Charlie Rife two-run homer gave the Knights the lead for good, 11-9. 

Lipscomb had opportunities to get back into the game late. In the ninth, thanks to three hit by pitches and a Coppedge single to load the bases, a strikeout ended the threat and gave Bellarmine the win at home. 

KEY STATISTICS
Seven Bisons players had multi-hit games on the afternoon, led by Aaron Stelogeannis's four-hit day. Adding two RBI, the junior put together his second four-hit performance of the season and the 15th multi-hit effort in 2025. 

Parks Bouck went 3-for-5 with a double for his third tiree-hit game of the year and the 39th multi-hit game of his Lipscomb career.

Collin Goda had two doubles on the afternoon and scored twice, while Brady Miller, David Coppedge, Damion Kenealy Jr. and Jake Berg also had two hits each. 

UP NEXT
Game two of the weekend series is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. CDT from Louisville, Kentucky.