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Newfound lunacy around Lipscomb sports
Duke has the Cameron Crazies. Ohio State has The Nuthouse. Texas A&M has the 12th Man. And this year, Lipscomb might just be forming their answer to great student sections at the biggest athletics programs in the nation. Behind a few friends who are new to campus, a simultaneous idea birthed in separate states, and pure passion for the Purple and Gold, an upstart fan base has quickly snowballed into an official student section. It’s complete with watch parties, trips to away games, and dreams of much more. They’re the Lippy Lunatics, and by the looks of things, they’re only getting started. Everything began with two student managers on Lipscomb’s…
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Boulevard victory escapes men’s soccer again
Battle of the Boulevard demons continue to haunt Lipscomb as they fail to score against their archrivals NASHVILLE – Over the past three and a half years, a generation of Lipscomb fans has watched their men’s soccer team accomplish just about everything imaginable for a mid-major program. The Bisons have packed Lipscomb Soccer Complex on countless occasions, reached the National Tournament, knocked off multiple top-25 teams, and even reached a #18 ranking nationally themselves. But the one thing they’ve never managed in this golden age of Bisons soccer is the holy grail for any Lipscomb sport–laying claim to the Boulevard and beating Belmont. There have been infamous almosts, from the…
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Women’s soccer’s slow start (and why we shouldn’t be worried yet)
What do you get when you take an experienced, conference-winning squad, subtract no starting players, add two marquee transfers, and throw in three players who missed most of last season for injury? Just as many losses as wins, as of right now. Lipscomb fans might look at the 1-3 record their women’s soccer team put together in the first four matches of 2022 and feel that something doesn’t add up. Even after two wins and ten goals in the past week to bump them up to 3-3, there seems to be concern for the way things have gone, at least on paper. That said, there’s plenty of reason to look…
