The Lispcomb Lady Bisons soccer team got its first-ever conference win last Friday, defeating USC-Upstate 1-0 on a goal early in the second half.
Statistically, it was their best game of the year, as they mounted 23 scoring chances to Upstate's 21. This marks the first time all year the Lady Bisons have had more scoring chances than the opposition. Their two previous best performances came against Jackson State (a 1-0 OT win where they were out-chanced 14-12) and Central Arkansas (a 2-1 loss where UCA had 23 chances to Lipscomb's 18).
I guess there's something to say for confidence -- and defense -- considering that Lipscomb was coming off a dreadful North Carolina trip where they escaped with a 1-0 loss and a 0-0 tie depsite giving up 86 scoring chances in two games while mounting only 16. The 86 chances doesn't say much about Lipscomb's ability to possess the ball in the midfield, but the one goal is a credit to goal-mouth defense.
The Lady Bisons' all-time Atlantic Sun record improves to 1-38-3 with the win.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Postcard From the Ledge
Metsfan, I feel your pain.
110 minutes ago, Scott Hairston gave Trevor Hoffman and the Padres a 2-run lead. Then the only closer in baseball history to record 500 saves gags on a wild-card-clinching inning for the second time in three days, this time to a team without the namesake of your franchise's only Hall of Famer.
Double. Double. Triple. Walk. Sac fly.
Thanks for coming.
And I'm not even going to get into whether or not Matt Holliday touched the plate, because Michael Barrett dropped the ball. Besides, the 80 MPH slop Trevor throws anyway is going to have even less movement in Colorado than anywhere else. Even with 2 outs and a man on first, I like the Rockies chances if Hoffman is still out there. If there were ever a situation tailor-made for sinker-baller Cla Meredith, this is it.
I just wish I could say I (or, better yet, Bud Black) thought that 110 minutes ago.
A team where Greg Maddux is the THIRD starter, the best bullpen in baseball, and a 5 game lead with 12 to go ought to be able to finish, even with 2 starting outfielders out with injuries.
But credit Colorado. 14-1 is 14-1, no matter what anybody else does.
110 minutes ago, Scott Hairston gave Trevor Hoffman and the Padres a 2-run lead. Then the only closer in baseball history to record 500 saves gags on a wild-card-clinching inning for the second time in three days, this time to a team without the namesake of your franchise's only Hall of Famer.
Double. Double. Triple. Walk. Sac fly.
Thanks for coming.
And I'm not even going to get into whether or not Matt Holliday touched the plate, because Michael Barrett dropped the ball. Besides, the 80 MPH slop Trevor throws anyway is going to have even less movement in Colorado than anywhere else. Even with 2 outs and a man on first, I like the Rockies chances if Hoffman is still out there. If there were ever a situation tailor-made for sinker-baller Cla Meredith, this is it.
I just wish I could say I (or, better yet, Bud Black) thought that 110 minutes ago.
A team where Greg Maddux is the THIRD starter, the best bullpen in baseball, and a 5 game lead with 12 to go ought to be able to finish, even with 2 starting outfielders out with injuries.
But credit Colorado. 14-1 is 14-1, no matter what anybody else does.
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