Lipscomb baseball goes extra innings back-to-back to earn NCAA Tournament berth
Lipscomb defeated North Alabama in consecutive extra innings games to win the ASUN Tournament and the automatic NCAA Tournament spot.
For the second time in four seasons and the fourth time in school history, Lipscomb baseball is headed to the NCAA Tournament . The Bisons claimed back-to-back extra-inning wins in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament to earn an automatic berth. Lipscomb, the No.
2 seed in the double-elimination tournament, defeated No. 4 seed North Alabama 5-4 in 10 innings on May 23. After falling behind 4-3 in the eighth inning, the Bisons rallied with runs in the ninth and 10th.
Lipscomb had beaten North Alabama 4-3 in 14 innings on May 22. It was the longest game in terms of time in ASUN Tournament history, lasting 5 hours, 20 minutes. North Alabama (31-28) defeated No.
3 seed Florida Gulf Coast 6-5 earlier on May 23, setting up the second game against Lipscomb. Lipscomb (29-24) played two extra-inning games in the regular season and split them. The Bisons fell to Villanova 11-5 in 10 innings on Feb.