by Sarah McGee | Nov 18, 2014 | Sports
Lipscomb’s men’s soccer team ended its season Friday night in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, but despite the loss the team did finish with a successful season. The Bisons had the home field advantage for the tournament after they earned the right by tying for first place in the A-Sun regular season with a 4-1-1 record, 12-4-1 overall. It was the first ever regular season championship for the men’s team since joining the conference. Not only did the Bisons receive team acknowledgements, but also individual players were recognized by the Atlantic Sun. Senior Luke Gearin was named the Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year, and freshman Ivan Alvarado was Freshman of the Year. The team had five players on the Atlantic Sun All-Conference team. The Bisons entered the tournament with high expectations based on their season record, but unfortunately they couldn’t pull through. The men lost 3-0 to North Florida who eventually won the tournament championship. The Bisons matched up against the Ospreys on a freezing evening this past Friday. The weather was easily one of the biggest challenges that each competing team faced during the tournament weekend. Despite the below freezing temperature, fans showed up to support the Bisons and cheer them on. “The weather was definitely something to deal with for all of the teams,” senior Zander El-Hindi said. “It speaks volumes to us as a team that our fans cheered us on for ninety minutes in twenty-degree weather.” UNF took the lead early on in the game scoring their first goal only nine minutes in. The Bisons worked hard to catch up and take the lead,...
by Joe Sanderson | Oct 26, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s soccer team won for the third time in a row Saturday night in a 3-1 victory over Longwood. This was a bye week for Lipscomb in terms of conference play, which offered the Bisons a chance to experiment with different strategies in preparation for the end of Atlantic Sun play. “I think a bye week is not a bad thing,” Bisons head coach Charles Morrow said. “For us it is an opportunity, you have questions arise halfway through the season, things you aren’t willing to risk in a conference game.” Morrow believes having the non-conference game scheduled allows them to try things that they cannot in a conference match during the season. “With the substitutions being the way they are it just doesn’t lend itself to try new things. Being able to try something new or switch personnel around in a bye week is good,” Morrow said. Lipscomb struck first in the match when freshman Jonathan Ramirez kicked in a left side goal off of a cross from fellow freshman Ivan Alvarado in the 38th minute. Just 15 minutes later, Lipscomb Junior Anthony Cedano scored his third goal of the season with a persistent play from the right side. Cedano was assisted by junior Josue Chavez. In the 54th minute, less than a minute after Cedano scored, Longwood was called for a foul in the Lipscomb box and senior Luke Gearin was able to capitalize on the penalty kick, tallying his eighth score of the season and putting lipscomb up 3-0. Longwood made it onto the board at 73:24 when Dan Campos took a free kick...
by Gemikal Prude | Sep 20, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
In a matchup that featured two teams with only one loss apiece so far in 2014, the Lipscomb men’s soccer team came out on top against the Memphis Tigers 4-3. The Bisons hardnosed defense left Memphis on the edge of their seat early in the first half. 12 minutes into the first half, the Memphis Tigers placed one in the back of the net that deflected off of the crossbar and then the goalkeeper’s back. The score was capped off with quite the celebration, that ended in a bit of embarrassment as Memphis’ Hector Cantele slipped and fell as he ran into the crowd. With 14 minutes left in the first half, a turnover lead to a quick score by Raul Gonzalez, bringing the score to 2-0. The sense of urgency went up tremendously on both sides, and six minutes after Memphis’ second score, the Bisons acquired a breakaway pass that led to a goal from freshman Jonathan Ramirez, Lipscomb’s first score of the game. With a pass from junior Anthony Cedano (his second assist of the game), junior Josue Chavez tied up the score at 2-2 with four minutes left in the half. Four minutes into the second half, the Memphis Tigers brought an onslaught of passes that ended with Gonzalez scoring his second goal of the game. In the 58th minute, junior Matt Kerridge scored to tie the game up once again, this time at three goals apiece. Lipscomb duplicated the feat two minutes later with a second goal from Chavez, making the score...
by Logan Butts | Sep 17, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb men’s soccer team took a commanding 4-1 victory over Houston Baptist on Wednesday night in their regular season home opener. The Bisons got out to a quick start thanks to a leaping header from junior Anthony Cedano in the 15th minute. Freshman Ivan Alvarado got the assist off of a long, arching cross. In the 23rd minute, senior Omar Djabi rocketed in a shot from outside the box to give Lipscomb a 2-0 lead. After thwarting away many attempts from the Huskies, Lipscomb finally allowed a goal in the 31st minute from Houston Baptist sophomore Tobenna Uzo. The Bisons ended the first half with a 2-1 lead. In the second half, Alvarado scored off an assist from Djabi in the 74th minute, giving each player both a goal and an assist for the game. Less than two minutes later Lipscomb earned a penalty kick. The Bisons sent senior Luke Gearin to the penalty spot, and he knocked in the fourth and final goal of the game. Photo courtesy of Lipscomb...
