DELAND, Fla. - Campbell's softball team (23-30-1) lost its first
game in Atlantic Sun Tournament play over the last three seasons in
DeLand, Fla. to Lipscomb (45-10) by a 4-1 score on Thursday, May 13
at Patricia Wilson Field. The Camels will now play an elimination
game later on this evening.
Lipscomb's Whitney Kiihnl (29-2) was electric for the Lady Bisons
and allowed just one run (unearned), four hits and recorded 14
strikeouts. Senior Brittany Stanley (11-11)
tasted defeat for the first time in the last three Atlantic Sun
Tournaments and allowed four runs (three earned) in five innings of
work.
The Lady Bisons wasted no time getting on the scoreboard with a run
in the first. Lauren Dortweght led off the game with a swinging
chopper to second. She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and
scored on the two-out double from Kellie Sirus down the left field
line.
Mollie Mitchell led off the second inning for Lipscomb with a home
run. It was her fifth home run of the season and increased the
margin to two.
The Camels scored a run in the third inning. Junior Keeli
Michael reached on a one-out single and moved all the way to
third on a throwing error. After a pop out, junior Katie
Hinton pushed a single to left to score Michael with the only
Campbell run.
Lipscomb got the run back in the third inning. Kellie Sirus
launched her 13th home run of the season to right center to again
put Campbell at a two-run deficit.
The Camels had a runner reach second in the fifth as freshman Sarah
Forgacs reached on a fielder's choice and moved to second on a
pass ball but Kiihln was able to get a close ground out off the bat
of Hinton to get out of the inning unscathed.
LU added a run to the lead in the fifth inning. Mackenzie Tucker
started the inning by reaching on a throwing error from the
Campbell second baseman. She moved to second on the overthrow as
well. Abby Keese then laid down a bunt single that Campbell's third
baseman threw away to allow Tucker to score on. After a infield
single by Courtney Billington and another Campbell error to move
her to second. Billington was thrown out at the plate on a nice
throw from junior Lizzie Goldbach to sophomore
Taylor McGee after the
single from Christen Campbell.
The Camels will now take on the loser of the No. 5 seed
Jacksonville and No. 2 seed Stetson in an elimination game at 4
p.m. tonight.
