Tennis- The men’s tennis team began the fall season with the three day Silverado Resort & Spa College Tennis Invitational in Napa Valley on Sept. 28.
The team kicked off the season by winning 15 of its 16 matches. Auburn swept Saturday and Sunday, but sophomore Lukas Ollert was dealt the team’s only loss by California Polytechnic State University’s Marco Comuzza. Ollert won the first set 6-2, but Comuzza came back to win the last two 6-3, 6-3.
The team then travelled to Tulsa, Okla., for the ITA All American Championships.
Junior Daniel Cochrane lost in three sets to Oklahoma junior John Warden, but won his consolation match 6-2, 6-1 over Stanford’s Matt Kandath.
The women’s team also began their All-American Championships and won four doubles matches. Partners Jackie Kasler and Jen Pfeifler advanced to the qualifying round, but lost a close match 8-9.
Equestrian- In Auburn’s first meet of the season, the No. 3 ranked Auburn equestrian team won a narrow victory over No.5 Oklahoma State at the Auburn University Horse Center.
The team won 10-9 after falling behind 5-4 at the break.
Indy Roper, Jennifer Waxman and Elizabeth Benson each earned an MVP award giving Auburn three of the possible four available at the event.
The team now looks to ride this momentum into South Carolina where they take on the Gamecocks on Oct. 4.
Golf- Playing in the World Amateur Team Championship this past weekend, Auburn junior Marta Sanz shot rounds of 73, 71, 72 and 72 to finish the tournament tied for 22nd at even par and help the Spanish team to a fifth-place finish.
The Auburn men’s golf team finished in sixth at the Olympia Fields Invitational in Illinois. This is the second consecutive top 10 finish for the No. 6-ranked team. The Tigers finished the tournament with a 35-over 875 for the tournament. No. 8 Arkansas won with a final score of 14-over.
At the Ryder Cup, former Auburn golfer Jason Dufner played in his first ever Cup in Medinah, Ill. Dufner was a stalwart for the American team and won three of his four matches. His only loss came in Saturday’s four-ball match when he and partner Zach Johnson lost by one to Europe’s Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter. Europe defeated the U.S. team for the second straight year with a score of 14.5-13.5.
Softball- The fall schedule for softball has been announced. The Tigers will play eight exhibition matches, two on each Thursday of October, at home.
On Oct. 4, the team takes on Shelton State and Lurleen B. Wallace Community College to begin the series of preseason games. Chatanooga State, Snead State, Central Alabama, Southern Union, Pensacola, and Faulkner State fill up the remainder of the games throughout the month.
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