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Softball Hosts Lipscomb Saturday in Critical Atlantic Sun Doubleheader at 2:00

BUIES CREEK, N.C.—Looking to regain some home field magic, Campbell hosts Atlantic Sun rival Lipscomb Saturday afternoon at the Eakes Athletic Complex beginning at 2:00 pm. CU will honor seniors Jessica Huffman, Stephenie Pappas, Megan Paul and Kelly Weaver as well as junior Lauren Caviness in between games as part of Senior Day.

The Camels (24-36-1, 5-9 A-Sun) have struggled at home this season with a 3-11 mark in Buies Creek, but with their final five games of the regular season at home they can end the season on a high mark.

Lipscomb (23-23-1, 8-7-1) jumped out of the gates to a 7-2 mark in the Atlantic Sun but has struggled down the stretch posting a 1-5-1 mark in its last seven league games.

The Camels enter the critical conference doubleheader one game ahead of Belmont for the final spot in the A-Sun Tournament; the Bruins (5-11) travel to second place Stetson (8-4) on Saturday. The race above Campbell is just as jumbled and with a sweep of Lipscomb, the Camels would find themselves just a half game behind the Bisons for the fourth spot in the tournament.

Campbell got a pair of outstanding pitching performances Wednesday night from Caviness and freshman Brittany Stanley despite dropping a pair of games to North Carolina State in front of a record crowd of 514 at the Eakes Complex.

Caviness (12-20) allowed just one run and struck out seven Wolfpack batters in the opener, but suffered her eighth loss of the season where she allowed two or fewer runs. Stanley's (9-10) lone mistake of the ball game was a two-run home run in the second inning of game two. She yielded just four hits and one walk while fanning four NC State hitters.

Caviness is closing in on several Campbell single-season records as the season winds down. The southpaw needs just eight innings, four appearances, five starts and five complete games to put her name atop the record books. The Fuquay-Varina, N.C. native has logged 69 percent of the innings in the circle (98.1 of 142.2) since March 23 and has started the five of the last six A-Sun games. She already set the single-season strikeout record and the career strikeout record this season.

The Camels are just two home runs away from setting the team single-season record with 28. Freshman Shayla Cullum leads the team with six blasts and is second on the team with a .324 batting average.

Huffman stole her 42nd base of the season against North Carolina State and entered the week ranked 10th in the nation in the category. Huffman leads the team hitting .328 on the season with 15 doubles.

In Campbell's last conference doubleheader, the Camels set the school double play record recording their 29th of the season breaking last year's mark of 28. Campbell entered the week ranked eighth in the nation averaging 0.48 double plays per game.

Lipscomb enters the doubleheader leading the Atlantic Sun hitting .306 as a team on the season. The Bisons are second in doubles trailing Gardner-Webb by four and second in home runs trailing the Bulldogs by just one, but have played four fewer games than Gardner-Webb.

Abby Keese leads a group of six Bisons hitting over .300 on the season checking in with a .376 batting average, which is fourth in the A-Sun; she leads the conference with 13 home runs.

The weakness of the Bisons has been their pitching staff which has a staff ERA of 4.14 and an opponent batting average mark of .295. Christen Campbell leads the group with a 15-11 record and 2.94 ERA making 25 starts, eight more than Kim Jacobson (7-9, 5.49).

Former Campbell standout pitcher Lexi Myers is an assistant coach for the Bisons this year. Myers is third all-time in Campbell history with 360 strikeouts, second in appearances (119) and seventh in wins (34).

Lipscomb leads the overall series 4-2.

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Myers

#19 Lexi Myers

P
5' 9"
Senior
Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

INF
5' 5"
Freshman
Jessica Huffman

#14 Jessica Huffman

OF
5' 8"
Senior
Megan Paul

#11 Megan Paul

INF
5' 2"
Senior
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

P/DP
5' 10"
Freshman
Kelly Weaver

#9 Kelly Weaver

P
5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Lexi Myers

#19 Lexi Myers

5' 9"
Senior
P
Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

5' 5"
Freshman
INF
Jessica Huffman

#14 Jessica Huffman

5' 8"
Senior
OF
Megan Paul

#11 Megan Paul

5' 2"
Senior
INF
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

5' 10"
Freshman
P/DP
Kelly Weaver

#9 Kelly Weaver

5' 9"
Senior
P