The Lipscomb Lady Bisons started out with a bang but ended up on the losing end of an 8-7 score in the first game of what was supposed to have been a doubleheader. The second game was canceled due to rainy weather.

The Lipscomb softball team will be traveling to Birmingham, Alabama to face UAB from Conference USA in a doubleheader. The first game is at 4 p.m. The nightcap is slated for 6.

Lipscomb's Kelly Young secured her second Atlantic Sun Softball Pitcher of the Week award for the season. It was announced by the league office on Monday. She threw nine scoreless innings and picked up two wins over Dayton in the Purple and Gold Challenge.

Sophomore Mimi Cartwright was a bright spot for the Lipscomb softball team Sunday. With two out in the eighth inning she lined a walk-off double into the gap in right center for a 3-2 win over Dayton in the final game of the Courtyard by Marriott-Brentwood Purple and Gold Challenge Sunday afternoon.

The Lipscomb Lady Bisons won a pair of softball games Saturday in the Courtyard by Marriott-Brentwood Purple and Gold Challenge. They defeated Akron 3-2 and Dayton 3-0.

There have been revisions, rescheduling and restructuring but despite all these issues a modified version of the Purple and Gold Challenge hosted by the Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team will be held this weekend. The new lineup of participating teams features Akron, Dayton and Western Kentucky.

The Purple and Gold Challenge softball tournament has made several changes as the result of weather conditions. The tournament, sponsored by Courtyard by Marriott-Brentwood and hosted by the Lipscomb Lady Bisons, has lost two teams – Drake and Central Michigan. Western Kentucky will fill one of those spots.

The softball version of the "Battle of the Boulevard" has taken a detour due to weather conditions. Wednesday's game between Lipscomb and Belmont at Draper Diamond at Smith Stadium has been canceled and will be played in April.