Women’s Soccer
With the first two games down, the Tigers defeated Georgia State 1-0 on Saturday and High Point 4-1 on Sunday.
Mary Coffed scored the game-winning goal against Georgia State, making it the 12th goal of her career.
The Tigers had 28 shots in their opening game and allowed only one from Georgia State.
Against High point, Tori Ball scored twice off of corner kicks in a five-minute span.
Mary Coffed extended the lead to 3-0 in the second half with a goal and Alexa Allen netted Auburn’s final goal in the 63rd minute.
Ball was named SEC Defensive Player Of The Week Tuesday after the first two-goal game of her career.
Ball has scored six goals in her career, with five being game winners.
Auburn will return to the field this weekend, traveling to California for a pair of matches against Pepperdine on Friday and UC Irvine on Sunday.
Tatiana Coleman and Ana Cate were placed on the College Sports Madness Preseason All-Southeastern Conference team prior to the season. Coleman is one of four forwards in the first Team while Cate is one of four midfielders on the second team.
Women's Softball
Softball Coach Tina Deese named Jessica Bachkora as the program’s assistant coach responsible for outfielders, slappers and hitters on Friday, Aug. 17.
Bachkora served as a graduate assistant at the university of Arkansas from 2010-12 and earned her bachelors degree in kinesiology and a masters in exercise science at Arkansas.
She also lettered for the Razorbacks from 2007-10.
Bachkora played centerfield and ended her career as the Arkansas career leader in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubled and total bases.
The Overland Park, Kan., native, Bachkora earned SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named to the All-SEC Second Team as a senior in 2010.
After her career at Arkansas she played one season in the national Pro Fastpitch League with the Carolina Diamonds. Softball will open fall practice Monday, Sept. 17.
Women’s Basketball
On Friday, August 17, the SEC released the schedules for the women’s basketball league. The primary difference between this year’s and last year’s schedules, of course, is the addition of SEC newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M.
Auburn will face Texas A&M at College Station on Jan. 13 and will match Missouri at home on Feb. 24.
The schedule begins with the Wolfpack Invitational Tournament at North Carolina State on Nov. 9-10.
From there, the Tigers have a manageable non conference slate, however, the path gets rough once SEC play begins with Arkansas at home on Jan. 3.
The toughest part of the schedule comes a few weeks after with a double-header against two Elite 8 teams: Tennessee and Kentucky.
“We are excited about the schedule and looking forward to the upcoming season,” said first year Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy in a press release. “The SEC is a tough league and we have some tough teams coming into Auburn Arena this season.”
There is no question that Auburn faces a difficult home schedule, but its road games are even more daunting.
Auburn will play four of the top five SEC teams from last year on the road.
Baseball
Coach John Pawlowski announced the 2013 men’s baseball schedule Friday that includes 28 games against teams that played in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, with 13 being at Plainsman Park.
Opening Day for 2013 is Friday, Feb. 15 where Auburn will host Maine in the first of a four-game series that runs through Monday.
Auburn’s SEC schedule begins with a home game against Vanderbilt, followed by a weekend trip to LSU.
In the final three conference weekends the Tigers will play Ole Miss at home, Florida away and Arkansas back at Plainsman Park.
Gabe Gross was also hired as the team’s assistant volunteer coach.
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