
Baseball Holds Off Late Rally by Lions to Take Opening ASUN Series
3/14/2026 6:53:00 PM | Baseball
Final Score: Lipscomb 7, North Alabama 5
Location: Nashville, Tennessee (Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium)
Records: Lipscomb (8-9, 2-0), North Alabama (7-12, 0-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a shaky start for Lipscomb starter Landon Kiefer, as the first two runners reached for North Alabmaa, but a double play by Dylan Coleman and a Nash Rippen strikeout ended the threat.
In the second, following a single and steal of second base by Cam Pruitt, Jordan Thomas brought him home with a knock to right field to put the Bisons on the board first.
Lipscomb added five runs in the third to make it a 6-0 score. With two runners on, Cam Pruitt went to the races for a triple to score two runs.
Thomas followed with a hustle double down the right field line to makde it 4-0. Simon Scharff and Brady Miller also produced RBI knocks to swell the lead to 6-0.
UNA scored a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly, and the Bisons got it back in the seventh with an RBI knock by Keaton Mahan.
After the Lions scored in the eighth on a RBI groundout, the ninth was treacherous for the Bisons bullpen, as Rippen smashed a three-run home run to cut it the lead to 7-5. However, Jace Trautner settled in with two strikeouts to secure the series for the Bisons.
KEY STATISTICS
After recording his first three-hit game of the season on Friday, Cam Pruitt followed on Saturday with three more on Saturday, posting a triple and two singles. He also scored twice and drove in two RBI.
Brady Miller, Jordan Thomas and Simon Scharff also had two-hit games for the Bisons.
After Landon Kiefer tossed four innings of one-run ball with three punch outs, Adam Jamison followed with a four-inning performance of one-run ball of his own, striking out five batters.
UP NEXT
The Bisons will go for the series sweep on Sunday. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jamison, Adam (1-0)
L: Luke Davenport (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Dylan Coleman 1 ; Nash Rippen 1 ; Wes Walker 1
HR: Nash Rippen 1
RBI: Nash Rippen 3 ; Wes Walker 1 ; Justin Santoyo 1
SF: Wes Walker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Petey Craska 1 ; Dylan Coleman 2 ; Nash Rippen 2
SB: Jackson Westmoreland 1
HBP: Petey Craska 2 ; Dylan Coleman 1

Batting:
2B: Miller, Brady 1 ; Holm, Kai 1 ; Kenealy Jr, Damion 1 ; Thomas, Jordan 1
3B: Pruitt, Cam 1
RBI: Miller, Brady 1 ; Mahan, Keaton 1 ; Pruitt, Cam 2 ; Thomas, Jordan 2 ; Scharff, Simon 1
SH: Miles, Hutson 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Carter, Blake 1 ; Kenealy Jr, Damion 1 ; Pruitt, Cam 2 ; Thomas, Jordan 1 ; Scharff, Simon 1 ; Miles, Hutson 1
SB: Pruitt, Cam 2 ; Thomas, Jordan 2
CS: Mahan, Keaton 1
HBP: Thomas, Jordan 1





































