deland, fla. _ the lipscomb bisons will play belmont thursday afternoon, may 22, at 2 p.m. at melching field at conrad park in deland, fla.
belmont, the no.3 seed, lost 9-7 to gardner-webb, the no. 4 seed, in 10 innings wednesday afternoon in the second game of the atlantic sun conference baseball championship.
belmont lost for the first time in their opening game of the a-sun tournament. last season they advanced to the championship game, finishing as runner-up.
the bisons, the no.1 seed, beat campbell 14-0 in the first game of the tournament. this was the first time the bisons have won an a-sun tournament game after losing twice last season.
lipscomb coach jeff forehand plans to send right-hander brandon mcclurg to the mound.
the bisons opened the a-sun portion of the schedule with three games against belmont. they lost the first game 5-2 on march 1 in the first game of a doubleheader and came back to win the nightcap 12-7. the bisons won the series with a 7-2 win march 2.
belmont is 23-32 overall. the bisons are 29-27.