SPARTANBURG, N.C. - Campbell's softball team (32-28) could not pull off the upset and extend its season with a 7-2 loss to Lipscomb (30-19) on Friday, May 13, at Cyrill Stadium on the third day of the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship. The Camels had won the earlier game in the day but could not overcome a LU in the loss.

CU's Olivia Scarborough (4-5) was tagged with the loss and allowed four runs in 3.1 innings thrown. Senior Katie Woodcock gave up three run in her one inning of relief. Ali Watson (8-4) was steady for Lipscomb and went the distance and allowed two run (one earned) with a strikeout.

Lipscomb scored two in the first inning. Breanna Thurman started the inning with a walk. Mackenzie Tucker followed with an infield single that glanced off the CU third baseman before going foul. A sacrifice bunt moved both runners over. Mollie Mitchell then walked to load the bases. After a pop out, Kristen Sturdivant fouled off several 3-2 pitches before pushing a single past the CU shortstop to score Thurman and Tucker with the first two runs.

The Camels threatened in the fourth inning. Junior Taylor McGee and senior Katie Hinton reached on two-out singles. Freshman Raven Lee followed with a bounding ground ball to third that was misplayed and allowed all to be safe. Watson got out of the inning with a ground out.

The Lady Bisons capitalized on the change in momentum and scored three in the fourth inning. Sturdivant reached on walk. Shelby Cunningham was inserted to run for Sturdivant and moved to second on Vanessa Medina's single. A wild pitch moved both runners up a base. Cunningham scored the first run of inning on a squeeze bunt from Rena Cothron. Bridgette Begle followed with a two-run double to increase the margin to five.

The Camels would not go down without a fight. Sophomore Sarah Ling began the fifth with a double. Sophomore Sarah Forgacs reached on a fielding error that allowed Ling to move to third. A double steal scored the first run as Ling scampered home on the back half of the steal. Forgacs moved to third on a ground out and scored the team's second run senior Keeli Michael's ground out.

Lipscomb got both the runs back in the fifth inning. Mitchell doubled and came in to score LU's sixth run on Courtney Billington's RBI double. The Lady Bisons added a second run on a dropped fly by CU with the bases loaded.

The game was the final in the careers of Campbell seniors Amanda Miller, Lizzie Goldbach, Melissa Elks, Keeli Michael, Katie Hinton, Lauren Stephan and Katie Woodcock. The group was the backbone of Campbell teams that made two Atlantic Sun Tournament Champion teams that made the NCAA Tournament twice.