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(10/31/12 10:22am)
Women’s Tennis- The women’s tennis team traveled to Tuscaloosa to compete in the ITA/USTA Regionals Oct. 19–22. The team raked in nine wins on the first day of play. If that was not enough, the ladies went out on Saturday and notched another 11 victories. The Tigers played well enough to remain in the competition until Monday, but only picked up one victory on the final day to end the tournament run. The ladies next competition will take place November 2–3 at the Houston Fall Draw. After that, the Tigers will be finished playing competitively until the January season begins.Soccer- Auburn fell 2–1 to Kentucky Oct. 21 when it squandered a one-goal halftime.The loss dropped the women to a 10–9–0 overall record and six wins and losses in SEC play. Tatiana Coleman scored her sixth goal of the season when she smashed home a corner kick from Bianca Sierra in the 30th minute. Kentucky scored both of its goals by the 54th minute of play and held on for a victory. Though Auburn goalkeeper Amy Howard allowed two goals in her net, she saved another nine, which is only one less than her season high of 10. Auburn will host Alabama for the Iron Bowl of Soccer Thursday at 7 p.m. Admission is free.Men’s Tennis- The men’s tennis team emerged victorious in three of its matches on the opening day of competition in the USTVA/ITA Southern Regional at the City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis Center Thursday, Oct. 18. The team’s individual record was 3–2, but the only doubles competition resulted in a loss. Senior Andreas Mies was the defending champion of the tournament and the second overall seed, but fell short this year when he dropped his second-round match in two sets. The Tigers were forced to exit competition early on Friday as all of the remaining Auburn players were defeated. The competition continued until Monday with the home players watching helplessly on the side. The Tigers will have a shot at redemption this weekend at the UNLV Fall Invitational.Men’s golf- The No. 6–ranked Auburn men’s golf team tied for ninth place at the U.S. Collegiate Oct. 21 after a 3–over 291 on its final round Sunday, Oct. 21. Michael Johnson, All-SEC sophomore, shot an even-par 72 on the final day of play and finished tied for second individually for consecutive tournaments. Johnson sank three birdies on his last five holes to finish at 3-under par for the tournament. Senior Michael Herbert finished in a tie for 41st, sophomore Blake Soni finished tied for 46th and All-American senior Dominic Bozzelli came home tied for 50th. The fall golf season is over for the Tigers, but they will return to competitive play Feb. 6–8 at the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikoloa, Hawaii.Swimming and Diving- The Auburn swimming and diving team smashed LSU by winning 30 of 32 events Saturday, Oct. 20 at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center. The men were a flawless 16-for-16 and posted a 213–87 victory. The Auburn men are now 29-for-29 on the season after crushing Alabama last week. The women won all 14 of their swimming events and were runners-up in two diving events to cruise to a 218.5–78.5 victory. Defending SEC Swimmer of the Week Marcelo Chierighini, junior, extended his win streak to seven, while senior captain Stuart Ferguson won the 100 and 200 breast. Junior Olivia Scott won three events on the day.
(10/30/12 10:47pm)
On Saturday, Nov. 3, Auburn will find out if it actually has a starting-caliber quarterback on the roster.
(10/27/12 10:03am)
The football players won't be the only men in uniform present for the Oct. 27 game against Texas A&M. To celebrate Military Appreciation Day, numerous events are planned around Auburn's eighth game of the season, according to Cassie Arner, assistant athletic director for public relations.
(10/20/12 9:47am)
In Doug Barfield's fifth and final season as head coach in 1980, Auburn finished 5-6, with all six losses coming against conference opponents.
(10/20/12 10:35am)
79: That is the number of pounds Auburn defensive tackle Kenneth Carter has on Ole Miss quarterback Brandon Wallace. That difference didn’t stop Wallace from dragging the lineman into the end zone to ice the game after slipping from the arms of defensive end Corey Lemonier on a 2-yard run. Between the poor tackling and lack of energy on defense, the Rebels had no problem hanging 17 points on Auburn in the fourth quarter.
(10/18/12 9:55pm)
Auburn's 2012 season has been a dud, but now fans can begin looking ahead to the team's 2013 campaign as the SEC announced the 2013 conference schedules on Thursday, Oct. 18.
(10/16/12 10:41am)
Spikeball nets and the trademark yellow balls can now be seen almost daily across campus. Junior Jason Bass, undeclared in liberal arts, has a lot to do with that.
(10/15/12 10:37am)
Tennis- The women’s tennis team recorded 15 wins at the Roberta Allison Fall Classic hosted by the University of Alabama from Oct. 5–6.Freshman Ashley Kitchen was the only player to win her draw. Kitchen won her first two singles matches in straight sets, but was forced to grind out a three set victory over Florida State’s Kristina Schleich 7–6 (5), 4–6, 6–4. The men’s tennis team won an impressive victory Sunday, Oct. 7 as well. At the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Okla., senior Andreas Mies and junior Daniel Cochrane played doubles together for the first time competitively and took home the All American Doubles Championship. It was Auburn’s first-ever victory at the All-American Championship. The team won its fifth match in four days 7–6 (8–6), 6–2 to claim the crown.Equestrian- Thursday, Oct. 4, the Auburn equestrian team lost to No. 2 South Carolina, the second top 5 team the team has faced in its first two games. The team lost 10–9, but were able to sweep all four Most Outstanding Player awards. Indy Roper won the MOP in Western horsemanship and reining. Jennifer Waxman earned her title in equitation over fences, and Lindsay Portella won the MOP for equitation on the flats.Golf- The women’s golf team placed third at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens Oct. 5–7.The team led the first two days, but fell on the final day to finish behind North Carolina and Alabama. Junior Marta Sanz led the way for Auburn, finished tied for third and shot a 71, 69 and 75 throughout the weekend. Those scores were good for a 1-under-par finish and her first top-three finish of the season. Sophomore Victoria Trapani and senior Carlie Yadloczy also recorded top-30 finishes. The team will play in the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. Oct. 12–14. The men’s golf team will look to build on its recent success Tuesday Oct. 15–16 when it plays in the Jerry Pate Invitational at Old Overton Golf Club in Birmingham.Swimming and Diving- The Auburn swimming and diving team began the season Friday, Oct. 12 with the War Eagle Invitational meet. The meet lasted from Oct. 12–14 with the main scheduled opponent being Alabama. After the War Eagle Invitational, the Tigers will stay at home for a match against LSU Oct. 20 and a women’s meet against Notre Dame Oct. 26. The first road test of the season will come Nov. 2 at Kentucky.
(10/14/12 10:46am)
Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers)
(10/12/12 8:26pm)
Once again, Clint Moseley has a shot at redemption.
(10/13/12 11:43am)
77: While this is not a pure game stat, its importance puts it at the top of this list. So far this season, Auburn’s offense has only forwarded 77 points, ranking them fourth to last in the league, ahead of only South Alabama, Florida Atlantic and Tulane. The total is the worst in the SEC and is 63 points behind the next worst scoring offense: Arkansas. \0x17The offense is averaging 15.4 points per game and has managed only 11 points per game in its four losses.
(10/09/12 11:16am)
Cam Newton – (QB, Carolina Panthers)15-of-24 for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Nine carries for 86 yards and a touchdown. Newton’s fumble near the end of the fourth allowed the Falcons to come from behind and beat the Panthers. L ATL 30 - CAR 28Ben Tate – (RB, Houston Texans)Five rushes for 11 yards. Two catches for 3 yards. W HOU 38 - TEN 14Takeo Spikes – (LB, San Diego Chargers)Two tackles and a forced fumble. W KC 20 - SD 37Quentin Groves – (LB, Arizona Cardinals)One tackle. W ARI 24 - MIA 21Karlos Dansby – (LB, Miami Dolphins)Seven tackles and one sack. L ARI 24 - MIA 21Devin Aromashodu – (WR, Minnesota Vikings)No catches. W MIN 20 - DET 13Rob Bironas – (PK, Tennessee Titans)No field goals, but went connected on both extra point attempts. L HOU 38 - TEN 14 Spencer Johnson – (DE, Buffalo Bills)Recorded zero tackles against a Patriots rushing attack that had two running backs break 100 yards. L BUF 28 - NE 52Pat Lee – (DB, Oakland Raiders)Five tackles and one pass defl ection. L OAK 6 - DEN 37Sen’Derrick Marks – (DT, Tennessee Titans)One tackle. L HOU 38 - TEN 14Ronnie Brown – (RB, San Diego Chargers)Caught three receptions for 50 yards. W KC 20 - SD 37Nick Fairley – (DT, Detroit Lions)One tackle. L MIN 20 - DET 13Carlos Rogers – (DB, San Francisco 49ers)Three tackles and two fumbles recovered. W SF 34 - NYJ 0Injuries:Philadelphia Eagles tackle King Dunlap missed the game with a hamstring injury for the second straight week. San Francisco running back Brandon Jacobs was also inactive and Dallas defensive tackle Jay Ratliff missed his fourth game with a high ankle sprain.Injured reserve:Tristan Davis – (RB, Washington Redskins)Mario Fannin – (RB, Denver Broncos)Brandon Mosley – (OG, New York Giants)Lee Ziemba – (OT, Carolina Panthers)
(10/04/12 10:36am)
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.
(10/03/12 11:04am)
The Positives
(10/01/12 6:38pm)
Wide receiver Quan Bray has been suspended as a result of his arrest in Georgia last weekend for violating his driver's permit and among other charges of loud music and possession of an open container of alcohol.
(09/30/12 11:07am)
Cross Country- The men’s and women’s cross country team will compete in the Greater Louisville Classic on Sept. 29. After three meets, both the men’s and women’s team are undefeated after finishing first in the Trojan Invitational, Auburn Invitational and Azalea City Classic.Baseball- Auburn has begun fall practices and will now welcome the nation’s No. 22 recruiting class. The class includes 16 players: OF Jackson Burgreen, RHP Brewer Carter, RHP Reid Carter, RHP/OF Terrance Dedrick, C/IF Tyler Deese, IF/OF Jordan Ebert, OF Sam Gillikin, OF Hunter Kelley, LHP Conner Kendrick, RHP Cole Lipscomb, LHP Mike O’Neal, OF Rock Rucker, RHP Matt Schultz, IF Dylan Smith, IF Damek Tomscha, RHP Trey Wingenter. Gillikin, Kelley, Tomscha and Wingenter have all been drafted by MLB teams before.Men’s Basketball- Tickets for the season have gone on sale. In addition, coach Tony Barbee announced that former Missouri and New Mexico assistant coach Ryan Miller was named associate head coach Sept. 18. Barbee and Miller have worked together before when the two worked under Memphis coach John Calipari.Women’s Basketball- Tickets are now on sale for the 2012–13 season. Senior guard/forward Blanche Alverson has been selected into the top 5 for Miss Homecoming. The television schedule for the team has also been released with the team slated for six televised matchups: Tennessee, at Kentucky, at Alabama, Florida and at Vanderbilt.Women’s Tennis- After winning 14 matches and earning four titles during the Auburn Fall Invitational in early September at the Yarbrough Tennis Center, The women’s tennis team had another strong showing at the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas. There, the team won 14 matches and took home three championships.Swimming and Diving- The swimming and diving regular season does not begin until Oct. 12, but the team prepared for the opener with its annual intrasquad Orange and Blue Meet. The orange team beat the blue team 207.5 to 197.5. Of the 22 events, Freshmen Alexandria Merritt (150-yd butterfly), Caitlyn Forman (150-yd backstroke), Jordan Jones (men’s 300-yd individual medley) and Carly Scheper (diving) all won events.
(09/29/12 10:59am)
2: Auburn converted two of 12 third-down opportunities against LSU. Auburn has struggled with third downs thus far this season. The offense has only converted 14 out of a possible 50, good for sixth worst in the country. The biggest problem is lack of positive yardage on the early downs. Too many times does Auburn face third and long. This takes the focus off the run game and forces Kiehl Frazier to make a throw under pressure. Since that didn’t seem to be working, Chizik and Loeffler apparently decided they’d rather give the ball to the running backs—even if it’s third and 12. The holes may open more when the defense drops into what should be an obvious passing down, but besides not gaining first downs, the coaches are showing Frazier he can’t be trusted in pressure situations.
(09/28/12 11:06am)
A week after Alabama native and prospective Auburn recruit Robby Shelton helped lead USA to its third consecutive Junior Ryder Cup, former Auburn golfer Jason Dufner looks to do the same from Sept. 28-30.
(09/22/12 10:59am)
On Sept. 15, ULM took Auburn to the wire and narrowly missed upsetting an SEC team for the second straight time.
(09/21/12 11:11am)
Sophomore quarterback Kiehl Frazier entered the Sept. 15 University of Louisiana-Monroe game under heavy scrutiny and walked off Pat Dye Field with a win and a shred of redemption.
The team won for the first time with Frazier under center, and even if you dismiss the win because of the opponent, fans have to be happy with what they witnessed.
Yes, he had another turnover.
Yes, he completed 1-of-6 passes in the second half as the Warhawks fought back into the game.
Yes, it was against a team Auburn paid $1.05 million to play.
But you can't dismiss Frazier's noticeable improvement from the past two debacles.
He cut down turnovers, showed poise in the pocket and had his first multi-touchdown game of his career-albeit not in the way most expected.
Frazier scored on an electric 33-yard catch-and-run and ignited the home crowd again with his last-second bomb to freshman Sammie Coates to end the first half.
On the hail mary, Frazier avoided pressure and a near sack to roll left.
Most fans who had seen the first two games undoubtedly envisioned a wild throw out of bounds or into the hands of a ULM defender.
Frazier, however, squared his shoulders and heaved the ball to where only Coates could catch it.
When Frazier scrambled, he kept his eyes downfield and extended the play with his feet. When the time came to run, Frazier did so decisively, looking only for positive yardage.
Although he only had 8 yards rushing, he was only stopped once for negative yards and took one sack.
He wasn't spectacular, and there are still strides to make in his game, but, to echo the coaches' post-game thoughts, Frazier did a solid job of "managing the game."
Auburn led its attack on the ground, but Frazier made enough throws to keep the defense honest and six of his 10 completions were first downs that kept drives alive.
The offense rediscovered its strength on the ground and rushed for 255 yards.
If the defense improves its consistency, that rushing attack combined with the efficiency Frazier showed in the first half-9-of-12 for 114 yards and a touchdown-is all that Auburn needs to win games.
Frazier has still not proven himself a master of comebacks or the two-minute drill.
When ULM got within a touchdown of Auburn's lead, Frazier rushed twice for -1 yard and threw twice for two incompletions.
Auburn is not content with mediocrity, and Frazier must do more to give his team a chance to win in the future.
But Frazier now has the confidence of his first win and he showed the fans and critics alike that he was serious about correcting his mistakes.
Against LSU, Frazier faces his biggest test and must show he can be more than a game manager.