September 17, 2007
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• Alumni/Admissions receptions planned • Lyon’s Mortar Board chapter receives Silver Torch Award • Lyon graduate becomes assistant curator of art museum in Bentonville • Book by Dr. Lankford looks at how the stars influenced Native American culture • Reception held for Congressman Berry • L.E.A.P. Conference will be held Sept. 24 • Pocahontas student awarded Upward Bound Math-Science award for Outstanding Sophomore • SAC to host bake sale for Service Day • FilmFest Seeking Foothills Art for Poster • Career Center thanks participants in Experiential Education Program • Sports
Homecoming '07 will be Oct. 19-21. If you haven’t had the opportunity to register (via the
lyon.edu web page or through the registration form in the Lyon Summer
newsletter),
please do so at your earliest convenience. All sorts of great events are
planned for your visit back to Batesville. If you have any questions, please
contact Peggy Roettger, Interim Director of Alumni and Parent Services at
870.698-4238. We look forward to welcoming you back to your alma mater.
The online registration form for homecoming can be accessed
here.
Upcoming Alumni/Admissions receptions RECEPTION AT EMBASSY SUITES – TUESDAY, OCT. 2 Please join the Office of Enrollment Services and the Office of Alumni and Parent Services at a special reception for prospective students, their parents and families, and alumni. The reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Rogers. Alumni hosts are Trustees Adam Long ’06, Reverend Woody Brown, and Denise (Nese) Nemec ’76. RECEPTION AT MATITTO’S, DALLAS – THURSDAY, OCT. 11 The Offices of Enrollment Services and Alumni and Parent Services are looking forward to seeing you at a reception at Mattito’s Restaurant at 3011 Routh Street in Dallas from 6 – 8 p.m.. We’ll have a chance to discuss the plans for the upcoming school year as well as meet and recapture friendships and talk with prospective students and their families. Please let Amy Bibb in the Office of Alumni and Parent Services know if you’ll be able to join us at the receptions. Amy can be contacted at 870.698-4240 or via e-mail at abibb@lyon.edu. |
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Betty Branscum retiring after 25 years of service
And in honor of her dedicated service, the college has established the Betty Branscum Award for Staff Excellence. This is an endowed award, contributed to by staff, friends, presidents, and other supporters. It will be the staff of the year award given out each August at the annual staff awards luncheon. The honor was announced Friday at a reception in Mrs. Branscum's honor at Bradley Manor. At right, President Walter Roettger shows Mrs. Branscum the award that will carry her name in the future. Hired in 1982 by former president Dan West and his wife, Sidney, Branscum immediately became the backbone of the president’s residence. She worked in the president’s house, which is now the Admission, and Alumni house, and in 1994, supervised the move to Bradley Manor. Dan West, now serving as vice president of Alumni, Development, and Public Relations at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, said Branscum is one of the smartest people he knows, and one of the hardest working and most loyal to Lyon College. "I often said she could run General Motors," West said. "We loved working with her and we love her and her family. It would have been impossible to write a job description for Betty because she could do anything and everything and did! Whenever we left town she was in charge. She was also in charge when we were there." One of the great pleasures and honors of his career was officiating at the marriage of Branscum’s daughter, LaDonna, and son-in-law Bill Topich on the campus of Lyon College, West said. "Now, there is a great sequel to that part of the story," he said. "We have just welcomed Betty’s granddaughter, Nicole Topich, as a first year student here at Swarthmore College." Lyon College owes Betty "a huge thank you," West said. "She made friends for the college every time a guest stayed at the president’s house," he said. "She cared about everybody and everything at the college she knew. And she was a team player of the first rank. I’m glad I know her." In addition to her own three children, Branscum raised, loved and reared Claire and Andrew West, Matt and Chris Griffith, and Dan Roettger. Each one remembers fondly the effect of Betty’s strong values and good common sense and "the greatest chocolate chip cookies," according to Dan Roettger. The Griffith boys remember those cookies following them to college, often shipped in tennis ball cans. Dropping off and picking up the children at Batesville schools and driving them to various practices when parents were off on College business was just part of a normal day at the president’s house. She attended to the myriad of pets brought into the house by the children and the ‘adults’ and fully understood the hectic pace of the president and his spouse. Former President John Griffith’s wife Nancy said Branscum "joined our family in the summer of 1989." "She kept the Wests’ secrets from us, and our secrets from everyone else," she joked. "She’s our friend and we miss her. And we know Lyon College will too." Carolyn Holloway said Branscum served her family "above and beyond the call of duty" when Graham Holloway filled in as interim president. "With infinite skill, (she) made living in the President’s house, and living in Batesville, a home away from home," Carolyn said. "And she didn’t even laugh at Graham’s Royal Stuart Tartan Christmas attire…There’s no one like Betty to smooth out the wrinkles." Peggy Roettger, interim director of alumni and parent services and wife of Lyon College President Dr. Walter Roettger, said Branscum is unflappable "Nothing rattles Betty, nothing!" Peggy said. "One day I looked out and saw a snake that turned out to be a copperhead. With her usual calm, she grabbed a hoe and dispatched it while I hid in the bathroom." Branscum’s talents are not just in housekeeping and day-to-day management of the home, Peggy added. "She’s also a terrific seamstress. She must have taken up-down-all around clothing for all of our kids," she said. "She tackles every project with decidedly good humor and reports the actions of the Batesville (police) dispatcher because she is never without her trusty scanner." Having Branscum leave her job will be like losing a member of the family, Peggy said. "Wallie, Danny and I will miss her terribly. It just won’t the same without her around the house," she said. "She’s a friend, a sister, and a mother to all of us. She’s my soul mate." Robert Young said Branscum has "been the rock for so many through the years." Young served as chairman of the Lyon Board of Trustees for 13 years and continued to serve on the Board after stepping down as chairman. He president and chief executive officer of Arkansas Best Corp., a transportation holding company with headquarters in Fort Smith. He also is chairman of ABF Freight Systems and a director of ABC Treadco. He first joined the Lyon board in 1974 and has served on many board committees. He first served as chairman of the board from 1987-1995, and then was re-elected chairman in 1998. When he retired as chairman in 2003, Frank Lyon Jr. was elected to succeed him. "(She) has been the one constant as college presidents have come and gone," he said. " Betty will be sorely missed. We will always have fond memories of her wonderful warm chocolate chip cookies that we enjoyed so many times when we stayed in the President's home." Robert’s wife Mary said what the college will miss most of all will be her "presence and sweet countenance." "She has woven many happy memories into the lives of countless Arkansas College/Lyon College families through her friendship and dedication," she said. "We wish Betty many happy years of retirement. She certainly deserves it." Frank Lyon Jr., a Lyon trustee and past president of the Board, said Branscum is "more like a sister than a longtime employee of the college."
At left, Peggy Roettger and Betty share an emotional moment at the reception Friday. Peggy said Betty's departure is like losing a member of the family. |
Lyon’s Mortar Board chapter receives Silver Torch Award
Mortar Board has recognized Lyon College’ s Order of the Tartan chapter with its prestigious Silver Torch Award.
Lyon was one of 51 chapters chosen to receive the honor for its dedication to exemplifying Mortar Board’s ideals of scholarship, leadership and service.
Ashley Dorsey, current chapter president, attended the Mortar Board’s national conference in Columbus, Ohio in July and accepted the award on behalf of Lyon College.
She said the chapter at Lyon is looking forward to hosting L.E.A.P. conference for promising high school students from the Batesville area on September 24.
Students attending the L.E.A.P. conference (Leaders Engaged in Achieving their Potential) worked with Mortar Board members and leaders from the community to get a better understanding of leadership styles and how to apply them to serving in their communities.
"We are expecting to have at least 40 high school students from all over central Arkansas," Dorsey said.
Mortar Board adviser Dr. Gloria Everson, associate professor of anthropology, said the Lyon chapter’s dedication to service merits the Silver Torch Award.
"Year after year, these students are willing to give of their time to help others," she said. "They richly deserve this recognition."
Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership and service. It provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community.
Additionally, Mortar Board offers numerous benefits and opportunities to members, including career networking, fellowships and awards. Since its establishment in 1918, nearly a quarter of a million members have been initiated at 222 chapters chartered across the nation.
Local chapters thrive on an active membership. Projects undertaken by the chapters vary from campus to campus, but all emphasize the ideals of scholarship, leadership, and service. Mortar Board also promotes awareness of many issues through the society’s National Project—issues such as organ donor awareness, AIDS awareness, the environment, literacy, and women and children’s issues.
Mortar Board also awards their National Citation to a national leader who exemplifies the society’s ideals. Citation recipients include, President Jimmy Carter, First Lady Rosalyn Carter, First Lady Barbara Bush, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and children’s advocate Fred Rogers.
For more information on Mortar Board, go to www.mortarboard.org.
Lyon graduate becomes assistant curator of art museum in Bentonville
Dr.
Sarah Brown, a Lyon College alumnae and former Batesville resident, has
accepted the position of assistant curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Art. (A model of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Art, as seen at dusk, is shown at right.)
Brown, who has more than 25 years of experience, will report to Christopher Crosman, the museum’s chief curator. Brown comes to Crystal Bridges most recently from the St. Croix Landmarks Society – St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, where she served as the chief operating officer of the society.
In that role, Brown oversaw Estate Whim, an eighteenth-century sugar plantation; The Carl and Marie Lawaetz Museum, a nineteenth-century Danish ranch with a great house, ruins, gardens, and working truck farm; Apothecary Hall; two nature reserves; a heritage trail; research library; and archives.
Prior to her work at the St. Croix Landmarks Society, Brown was in Savannah, Ga., where she served as curator for the Andrew Low House; president of Heritage Works, Inc., a cultural resources consulting company; and, assistant professor of history at Armstrong State College.
"I’m proud to be part of something as significant as Crystal Bridges, which will certainly have a national impact, but importantly will also make a major contribution to the state," Brown said in a release on the Crystal Bridges Web site. "I’ve spent nearly all my adult life studying and educating others about preserving history, art and culture. Now, I have an opportunity to bring all those interests together into one position in Arkansas."
Brown is also an accomplished grant writer, author and lecturer and has taught courses on decorative arts, heritage tourism, architectural history, historic preservation, American history and Caribbean cultures.
She holds a doctorate in American civilization, a Master of Arts in American civilization/historic preservation from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in communications from Lyon College.
She is the daughter of Edmund Burke Brown Sr., who lives in Little Rock today at 92, and the late Dr. Roberta Dorr Brown, who served 40 years with Lyon College as academic dean and vice president for institutional research and development.
Crystal Bridges is a national art institution dedicated to American art and artists. Under construction in Bentonville, Ark., the museum complex will encompass approximately 100,000 square feet of gallery, library, meeting, and office space, a 250-seat indoor auditorium, areas for outdoor concerts and public events, as well as sculpture gardens and walking trails.
The museum takes its name from a natural spring on the facility’s wooded site as well as the unique glass-and-wood building design created by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. The 100-acre site of the museum complex and cultural center is located within walking distance of the Bentonville town square.
The project is scheduled to open in 2009. For more information about Crystal Bridges, visit www.crystalbridges.org.
Book by Lyon College emeritus professor looks at how the stars influenced Native American culture
A
new book authored by a Lyon College emeritus professor of folklore explores the
ways ancient North Americans used the stars to create and inspire their stories
and traditions.
Folklorist Dr. George Lankford’s most recent book, "Reachable Stars" (University of Alabama Press 2007), compares the stories Indian groups told about the constellations and which told the same stories – and which did not.
Subtitled "Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America," Lankford’s book contends that modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever humans say they are.
Many Native American tribes saw them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach and guide the young. Lankford’s volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions.
They knew them as regions that could be visited by human spirits, so to them the lights weren’t distant points of light, but "reachable stars." Guided by the night sky and its constellations, they created oral traditions, or myths, that contained their wisdom and which they used to pass on to succeeding generations their particular worldview.
However, not all Native American groups told the same stories. This study uses that fact to discover prehistoric relationships between Indian groups, asking which groups saw a constellation in the same way and told the same story.
Although these preliterate societies left no written records, the mythic patterns across generations and cultures enable contemporary researchers to examine the differences in how they understood the universe—not as early scientists, but as creators of cosmic order.
In the process of doing that, the myth-tellers left the footprints of their international cultural relationships behind them. "Reachable Stars" is the story of their stories.
Lankford is an emeritus professor of folklore at Lyon College and was the Pauline M. and Brooks Bradley Professor in the Social Sciences and Chair of the Social Sciences Division when he served as a full-time faculty member.
He’s written numerous books and articles including "Looking for Lost Lore: Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Iconology" and edited "Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery, Narratives from the 1930s WPA Collections."
Reception for Congressman Berry held at Bradley Manor
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First District U.S. Rep. Marion Berry attended a reception in his honor at Bradley Manor on Thursday as part of his campaign to win election to his seventh term on Nov. 4, 2008 The First District encompasses Baxter, Fulton, Sharp, Randolph, Clay, Izard, Lawrence, Greene, Searcy, Stone, Cleburne, Independence, Craighead, Jackson, Poinsett, Mississippi, Cross, Woodruff, Saint Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, Crittenden and Lonoke counties. The "Blue Dog" Democrat has served in the House since 1997.
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Rep. Berry with Rae and Doyle Rogers |
Lyon to host L.E.A.P. conference Sept. 24
On Sept. 24, the Order of the Tartan Mortar Board Chapter at Lyon College will soon “jump” into hosting its fourth annual conference for promising high school students from the Batesville area.
Students attending the L.E.A.P. conference – Leaders Engaged in Achieving their Potential – will work with Mortar Board members and leaders from the community to get a better understanding of leadership styles and how to apply them to serving in their communities.
“We’re expecting to have about 40 high school students from all over central Arkansas,” chapter President Ashley Dorsey said.
The L.E.A.P. conference will be held on the Lyon campus and is being jointly funded by Mortar Board and Lyon College.
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Angie Carr from Kansas City. Her presentation will involve motivation toward developing leadership development skills and using them in the participants’ schools and communities.
Pocahontas student awarded Upward Bound Math-Science award for Outstanding Sophomore
Michael
Dillon Parrish, a sophomore at Pocahontas High School, recently received the
Lyon College Upward Bound Math-Science award for Outstanding Sophomore,
following his participation in the project’s Summer Session on the Lyon College
campus. Selected by the UBMS staff and faculty, the recipient of this award is a
student who has demonstrated exemplary citizenship in the classroom and in the
residence life setting, and who shows excellent college potential. He or she
must be a positive role model and a dedicated student.
According to UBMS Director Elaine Severs, "Michael received positive comments about his academic performance from every instructor who worked with him. His research mentor in mathematics, Mrs. Virginia Starzy, said he was an excellent student, quick to grasp and apply mathematical concepts, and was also very helpful to new students in the program. This was Michael’s second year with UBMS and we have thoroughly enjoying having him in the program. He is one of those students who isn’t satisfied with a simple answer and always has another question."
During the UBMS Summer Session at Lyon, Michael was in the math research group, "Looking for Pythagoras," which explored the Pythagorean Theorem and square roots, learning about the connections among the concepts of area, distance and irrational numbers. He also took ACT Math Prep, English, Literature and Art. On a project-sponsored field trip to Houston, Michael visited the Moody Gardens Pyramid Aquarium, Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston Museum of Natural Science and Space Center Houston. UBMS participants also visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Tech University, and took cultural and educational field trips to Little Rock, Memphis and Mountain View.
Upward Bound Math-Science is a federally funded TRIO Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to help students develop the academic skills and motivation needed to succeed in college, especially in fields related to mathematics and science. Eligible applicants must come from families where neither parent has completed a four-year college degree, or who meet U.S. Department of Education income guidelines. Lyon College was recently notified by the U.S. Department of Education that the project has been approved for another four years of funding. Pocahontas High School is one of several schools in north and central Arkansas whose eligible students may apply for participation in the project.
Parents, teachers or students who would like additional information about Upward Bound Math-Science may contact the project offices toll free at 888-577-7984 or e-mail msubound@lyon.edu.
SAC to host bake sale for Service Day
The Student Activities Council will host a bake sale on Sept. 26 at 8 a.m. in the parking lot in front of Brown Chapel for Service Day.
SAC meetings are held weekly, at a time to be determined, in the SAC Office in the Lower Union. All students are welcome to attend. Students do not have to start at the beginning of the semester and can join at any time.
SAC is open to all Lyon College students. Students can devote as much or as little time to SAC as they want. To get involved, show up at any one of the weekly meetings or contact a SAC member.
For more information on the bake sale, contact SAC President Christine Font at (870) 378-3648.
FilmFest seeking foothills art for poster
Each year, Ozark Foothills FilmFest invites the Arkansas artist community to submit works to be considered for the festival's primary branding image. In 2007, the selection was "Canoe on the Grass" by Little Rock artist Barry Lindley. The work perfectly captured the peace and serenity that many people visit the Ozark foothills hoping to find.
Ozark Foothills FilmFest invites visual artists to submit a digital image of a work of original art that reveals some aspect of the Ozark foothills to be considered for selection as the promotional image for the 2008 (seventh annual) festival, which takes place March 28-30 in Batesville and April 4-6 in Little Rock. We encourage works that capture surprising foothills scenes or common scenes captured in surprising ways. Large, bold images work better in a promotional context than highly detailed pictures requiring close examination.
Artists are asked to donate the USE OF a digital photograph of their artwork for all promotional purposes surrounding the 2008 Ozark Foothills FilmFest. The work itself remains the property of the artist. While there is no financial compensation for providing the image, the promotional considerations are significant. Last year, OZARKS magazine featured a photo spread of several of the submitted images. In addition to the posters, print programs, and promotional merchandise produced for the festival, the image will appear alongside articles about the festival in numerous newspapers and magazines, both local and national. The artist of the original work will be acknowledged on the festival poster, program, and website and his/her name will be provided to all publications that choose to use the image in their promotion of the festival.
To have a work considered for our 2008 "revealing the foothills" festival image, send a reasonably sized jpg. of your work, along with your contact information, to filmfest@hughes.net. Submissions must be received by October 15, 2007.
Ozark Foothills FilmFest is a 501 (c) (3) educational nonprofit corporation founded in 2001 and headquartered in Locust Grove. Arkansas. The organization also presents the annual T tauri Film Festival and Movie Camp for young filmmakers every summer in Batesville. The FilmFest website is www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org. To subscribe to the monthly enewsletter, Foothills Film Gazette, send an email to filmfest@hughes.net.
Career Center thanks participants in Experiential Education Program
The Lyon College Career Center staff wishes to express gratitude to the employers who participated in the 2006-2007 Experiential Education Program by providing employment, internship and job shadowing experiences to Lyon students. Click here to see the full list of participating employers.
Cumberland outlasts Lyon in fi
ve gamesLEBANON, Tenn. -- For the second straight TranSouth Conference match, the Lyon College Pipers found themselves on the wrong end of a dogfight.
The Pipers got 21 kills from senior Daria Paunovic and 11 each from Katie Beineke and Meghann Laborn, but the host Cumberland Lady Bulldogs still managed to secure a 3-2 victory (30-22, 26-30, 26-30, 30-26 and 11-15) on Sunday here.
Lyon fell to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in league play, while Cumberland improved to 14-3 and 3-2.
Paunovic added three aces and three solo blocks and Beineke pitched in three solo blocks.
Ann Sullivan led the Pipers with 21 digs and Lauren Castleberry added 18. Setters Julie Arnold and Jessica Sylvester accounted for 20 assists apiece.
Lyon suffers first TranSouth loss
Trevecca Nazarene's Lady Trojans handed the Lyon College Pipers their first conference loss of the season in a 3-1 decision (30-27, 24-30, 17-30, 23-30) Saturday at Becknell Gym.
Lyon sinks to 4-5 overall and 1-1 inside the TranSouth Conference. Trevecca Nazarene improves to 9-1 overall and an undefeated 4-0 in league play.
Pipers outside hitter Lauren Castleberry of Bono, Ark. sparked the Pipers with 12 kills and 11 digs. Senior Daria Paunovic earned 12 kills, six digs and two blocks.
Sophomore middle blocker Katie Beineke of Jonesboro led the Pipers in kills with 15.
Piper libero Ann Sullivan had 13 digs and two aces. Lyon setter Julie Arnold of Bono, Ark. was the team's assist leader with 25. Jessica Sylvester pitched in 16 assists.
Pipers' aces stop three-game slide
The Lyon College Pipers had several aces up their sleeves in a 3-0 (30-13, 30-8 and 30-6) sweep of the Crichton College Lady Comets Thursday in the Pipers' TranSouth Conference opener at Becknell Gymnasium.
Lyon broke a three-game slide on the strength of 19 service aces, including six from freshman Ashley Daniel and four from senior Daria Paunovic and Heather Gottfried.
Sophomore Lauren Castleberry led the Pipers (4-3, 1-0 in TranSouth play) in kills with eight while Paunovic, Katie Beineke, Meghann Laborn and Gottfried had five each.
Pipers' Leah Eifling and Julie Arnold dished out 11 assists apiece.
Crichton, a first-year program, dropped its eighth consecutive match to start the season and its fifth straight in TranSouth action.
Harding hands Lyon fourth straight loss
The Lyon College Pipers suffered their fourth consecutive defeat Tuesday in a 3-0 sweep wielded by the NCAA Division II Harding University Lady Bisons in the Pipers' home opener at Becknell Gymnasium.
Lyon (3-4) lost the match 30-22, 30-19 and 30-23 despite 10 kills and 10 digs from sophomore outside hitter Lauren Castleberry.
Piper sophomore Katie Beineke added eight kills and 2.5 blocks and senior Daria Paunovic had seven kills and nine digs.
Ann Sullivan led the Pipers in digs with 10 and teammate Julie Arnold earned 18 assists.
Lyon College, Lindenwood fight to 1-1 tie
The Lyon College Pipers and the Lindenwood Lady Lions battled to a 1-1 tie Friday in the Pipers' last nonconference tune-up before TranSouth Conference play begins next week.
Lyon's record settled at 3-3-1 overall before Tuesday's showdown with TranSouth foe Union University. Lindenwood goes to 2-1-2 overall.
Lindenwood's Betsy Lewis scored the first goal of the game with a header off a Lydia Elking corner kick in the seventh minute to give the Lady Lions a 1-0 advantage
Junior Aurora Alba returned fire for the Pipers in the 45th minute when her goal found the net off an assist from freshman Kaelli Broomfield. The goal was Alba's first of the season and the third of her Lyon College career.
Neither team found the net in the second half as Pipers' goal keeper Rita Brown and Lindenwood's Kristen Priest stonewalled each team's respective offenses. Brown (0-1-1) finished with 10 saves in the game, while Priest notched seven.
Harding University tops Lyon College, 4-2
SEARCY, Ark. – Harding University forward Kendyl Washburn scored two goals and sophomore Chelsea Smith added a goal and an assist to top the Lyon College Pipers 4-2 in a nonconference affair at First Security Stadium.
Lyon (3-3-0) scored on an Angelique Armenta goal in the 29th minute and Kaelli Broomfield scored on a breakaway in the 70th minute. Armenta's goal gave the Pipers a 1-0 lead, but Smith tied the score two minutes later with a goal of her own.
The score remained tied until the 53rd minute when Washburn scored the first of her two goals off a Smith assist. Two more unanswered goals - one by sophomore Minnie Guzman and a second by Washburn - put the Lady Bisons up 4-1.
Broomfield's goal closed out the scoring for the Pipers.
Harding (3-4-0), an NCAA Division II squad, outshot Lyon 20-5 in the game and moved to a perfect 3-0 all-time against the Pipers.
Illinois-Springfield blanks Scots, 2-0
Jakub Piotrowski scored two goals six minutes apart in the second half to lead the Illinois-Springfield PrairieStars to a 2-0 shutout win over the Lyon College Scots Friday in nonconference play at Huser Soccer Field.
Piotrowski scored his first goal (unassisted) in the 75th minute and followed in the 81st minute with another off an assist from Scott Bringuet.
Lyon drops to 2-4-0 overall before next Tuesday's showdown with TranSouth foe Union University. UIS improves to 3-4-1 overall.
PrairieStars goal keeper Chance Walker saved six shots and notched his third shutout of the season.
Scots' goal keeper Matt Callaway saved six and allowed both goals.
Scots drop 3-2 decision to Harding University
SEARCY, Ark. – Harding Bisons' freshman Eric Swierc scored the game-winner Tuesday to spark his team to a 3-2 nonconference triumph over the Lyon College Scots at First Security Stadium.
Lyon forward Greg Buford opened up the scoring in the 10th minute with his first goal of the season, off an assist from Mark Maxwell, to hand the Scots a 1-0 advantage.
Harding then answered with two goals in five minutes - one from sophomore Jay Skinner, the other from junior Chase Fowler - to lead 2-1 in the 38th minute.
Swierc put the Bisons up 3-1 two minutes after halftime, scoring his third goal of the season. Williams then scored his first collegiate goal in the 90th minute on a penalty kick.
Harding out-shot Lyon 13-11 in the match and held a 5-1 lead in corner kicks.
Lyon drops to 2-3-0 with the loss.
Harding improves to 2-4-0 and 2-0 at home this season.
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After
helping three Lyon College presidents and three interim presidents keep their
lives running as smoothly as possible as the housekeeper at Bradley Manor,
Betty Branscum is saying goodbye after more than 25 years.
"My mother and Betty were very close and they both thought a lot
of each other," Lyon said. "I don’t know what the college, or Bradley Manor,
will be like without her. Those are some big shoes to fill."