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(02/04/14 6:10pm)
Both tennis teams are ranked and looking to build upon their previous seasons this spring.
The No. 25 women's team last spring season ended in a second round NCAA Tournament loss to No. 8 California.
Under second year head coach Lauren Longbotham Meisner, the team finished last season with a 19-9 overall record, which is the most wins in the program since 1989.
"We came away with our heads held high and we are looking forward to the future. I couldn't be more proud," Meisner said at the end of last season.
The No. 23 women's tennis team opened up this spring season at the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Austin, Texas from Jan. 25 to Jan. 26 with a loss against No. 17 University of Texas and a win over No. 24 Florida State.
This year's women's spring team only has one senior and three juniors, but has four sophomores and two freshmen.
Freshman Reka Muller is already showcasing success this spring with doubles victories over both Texas and Florida State and a singles match win over Florida State.
Junior Emily Flickinger and sophomore Pleun Burgmans are ranked the No. 17 doubles team in the country and have backed up their ranking so far this spring while beating the No. 21 doubles team at Texas and beating Florida State's best doubles team.
Last spring, the men's team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to North Carolina State while making its 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 19th appearance in the last 20 years.
This year's spring team features two seniors, one junior, one sophomore and four freshmen.
The two seniors had strong fall seasons while senior Daniel Cochrane had a team-high 10 wins in singles and senior Dennis Lengsfeld tied for the team lead in doubles wins.
The No. 28 men's tennis team already started their spring season off with a 4-1 record after an impressive fall season.
Through the first five matches, three freshmen: Oliver Plaskett, Dante Saleh and Petar Tomic have had a combined 8-2 singles record and 6-2 record in doubles.
Saleh is currently ranked the No. 89 singles player in the country and has been 3-0 so far this spring.
Their only loss so far this spring came against the No. 7 ranked Baylor Bears.
"We saw some positives on our end and the kids battled tough with a really good team in Baylor," men's head coach Eric Shore said after the loss Jan. 26.
Looking forward, both teams have plenty of tennis left to play. The Tigers have 14 non-conference matches and the Blue Grey Invitational tournament left before their SEC matches kick off at the end of February against Ole Miss in Oxford.
(02/01/14 3:22am)
The No. 12 Auburn gymnastics team picked up their first win in program history at No. 10 Arkansas Friday night.
Even though Arkansas tied their school record on vault, Auburn held onto the lead to upset Arkansas and earn their first SEC win of the season by a score of 196.55-196.10.
Auburn sealed the win with a season-high 49.150 on beam led by Caitlin Atkinson's 9.900. The Tigers came up clutch with four consecutive hits after Lexus Demers fell in the No. 2 spot.
Freshman MJ Rott tied her season high with a 9.750, Bri Guy added a season-best 9.85, Megan Walker scored 9.875 and then Atkinson closed the meet with a career high tying score to secure the victory.
Going into their last rotation, Arkansas needed a season best floor rotation to overcome the .425 deficit.
The Tigers were previously 0-5 in gymnastics on the road the Razorbacks.
Auburn has improved their balance beam score each meet and this week was no different as they scored a 49.15 total on beam in their final rotation to seal the victory.
Moving forward, Auburn will most likely move up in the rankings and will continue its travels to Colorado Springs, Colo. to face Air Force next Saturday, Feb. 8.
(01/25/14 9:59pm)
The Auburn gymnastics team continued to improve its overall score Saturday by recording a 196.85 in Baton Rouge, which is the highest road score in program history.
After three rotations No. 14 Auburn was leading No. 2 LSU by a score of 147.8-147.65.
LSU then scored an impressive 49.525 on their floor routines to take the lead and win, 197.175-196.85.
Multiple Auburn gymnasts recorded personal best high scores on the day. M.J. Rott even tied the school record on vault with a 9.975.
Rott's mark equaled the school record set by Julie Dwyer in 2008. Auburn's 49.425 is the second-best vault score in program history.
The meet was postponed from its original time on Friday evening due to inclement weather in Baton Rouge. The judges for the meet were also late to arriving to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday, forcing the two teams to go with an alternate format for the first two rotations.
Auburn continues on the road with a trip next Friday, Jan. 31, to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.
(01/18/14 4:45am)
Auburn lost its first meet of the season against the defending national champions and current No. 4 Florida Gators, by a score of 197.075-196.225.
Despite the loss, Auburn seems to be moving in the right direction with an improvement on its season opening score by 1.35 points.
"We were talking about grit tonight and the girls just trying to stay focused, they did a much better job of that," Head Coach Jeff Graba said. "Much better performance for the girls, it was actually a lot of fun to watch some grit and determination against a really good team."
Auburn opened the meet with a strong 49.4 performance in the vault event, which not only beat Florida's vault score but also was only one tenth off from the school record in vault.
Junior Bri Guy almost had a perfect score, landing a 9.95 out of 10.
"I think it was an improvement from last week," Guy said. "All of us settled down more and found our landings."
Even though Auburn had a high vault score, Graba believes that everything else "needs to improve considerably."
What does Auburn need to improve on most?
Although Graba said that all the events could use improvement, the biggest factor in order to get the chance to improve will be the team getting the chance to compete on the road.
"Getting on the road will allow you as a group to settle down and get to know and trust each other," Graba said. "It seems like we're trying to make up for each other's mistakes right now and you can't do that."
Auburn will be traveling to Baton Rouge to face LSU next Friday Jan. 24 in their first road meet of the season.
(01/13/14 11:03pm)
After an impressive season opening win Friday, Jan. 10, over Division II power Texas Woman's University, the No. 13 Auburn gymnastics team has very high expectations for the rest of the season.
Despite a few mistakes in the beam event, the team outscored its opponent in every other event in their opener.
"What we found out about this team is that they have set massive expectations for themselves," said Auburn head coach Jeff Graba. "We have a couple of things to fix on the beam, but that's nothing this team won't be able to fix."
The few mistakes in the first meet did not worry Graba. He said it is normal for his team to start slower in order to make sure his team stays healthy.
"I want to keep them healthy and strong. If you do too much too early, sometimes you can jeopardize that," Graba said. "I'm not surprised that we had a couple of hiccups but this team is going to ramp it up a lot faster than the last three teams."
This year's team also features many freshmen that have gotten the opportunity to perform in events right away.
Freshmen M.J. Rott competed in beam, floor and vault in her first college meet and came close to scoring a 9.9 on every event.
"(M.J.) is a freshman and I think there's a lot of pressure on her," Graba said. "Now that she has one meet under her belt, I think she's going to rise to the occasion."
Kullen Hlawek is another freshman that is currently competing in only bars because of a leg injury.
"Kullen is the national floor champ and we can't even get her out there in our floor lineup," Graba said. "For her to rise to the occasion in her worst event and lead off, that's a tough position for a freshman."
This year's team will also have to deal with having the nation's second toughest schedule, according to the strength of schedule index released by CollegeGymFans.com.
Graba is confident that his team is going to handle the tough strength of schedule "really well."
"First off, you don't have a whole lot of choice in the SEC," Graba said. "But we want to compete against the best and when our fans come out and support us, this team has an immense amount of energy and focus and they want to rise to the occasion."
Before the Tigers worry about the tough conference schedule and this week's visit from No. 1 Florida, they are more focused on working out their own mistakes first.
"This team is extremely talented and right now for the first part of the season we're really focusing on ourselves, trying to figure out who we are and how to compete," Graba said. "But I'm not surprised at our freshmen, this is why we brought them in. We know there's growing pains that first night so it's really exciting to get that past us and see what they can do the rest of the season."
(01/11/14 4:35am)
In front of an Auburn Arena crowd of more than 5,000 spectators, the Auburn gymnastics team opened up their season with a 194.875-189.825 victory over Texas Woman's University, who has won nine USA Gymnastics national titles.
Despite falling off the beam a few times, Auburn bounced back and won every other event. Texas Woman's lone win in the meet came in beam where they won by a score of 48.45-47.65.
"Beam is going to be and is one of our best events, it's just a couple hiccups but the rest of the meet is what we expect from this team and it's only going to get better," Head Coach Jeff Graba said.
In floor, uneven bars and vault, Auburn won by a large margin of 147.224-141.4. A few Auburn gymnasts also had career bests on the night.
Sophomore Lexus Demers tied her career high score on vault and set new career bests on both beam and floor.
"It feels really good. It was not expected but I'm really happy I was able to do something about it," Demers said.
The home crowd also featured approximately 2,000 students in the stands supporting the team.
"I was surprised at how many people came for our first home meet seeing us beat Texas Woman's, who is a great school. I was surprised but it felt really good having all of those people supporting us," Demers said.
Although the team had a few mistakes during the meet, it was Auburn's best season opening score under fourth year head coach Graba.
"Typically my teams are going to start a little slow because we try to get our feet wet in the first meet and then ramp up," Graba said. "I'm not surprised that we had a couple of hiccups, but this team is going to ramp it up a lot faster than the last three teams."
Auburn's next meet is at home Friday Jan. 17 against the defending national champions and current No. 1 team, the University of Florida Gators.
"I think we just have to go back and continue to practice like we have been and things are going to fall into place," Graba said.
(01/10/14 3:03am)
After opening up SEC play with a win over Mississippi State, the Auburn women's basketball team lost at home Thursday night to Vanderbilt, who have now won 21 straight against the Tigers.
With the 74-65 loss, Auburn dropped to 10-5 on the year and 1-1 in conference play. Vanderbilt improved to 13-3 on the season.
Auburn trailed the entire second half and could not seem to stop Vanderbilt's offense or their turnovers.
With a minute and a half remaining in the game, Hasina Muhammad made a layup to make it 70-62, but that turned out to be the closest Auburn would come to catching Vanderbilt. Muhammad led all Auburn scorers with 17 points on the night.
Auburn had only one lead early in the game while being up 4-0, but once Vanderbilt's offense sparked and took over, they held the lead for the remainder of the game.
Halfway through the first half, Auburn trailed 21-11 but then went on an 8-0 scoring run to come within two points. Vanderbilt responded with an offensive run of their own and went up 38-21 with three minutes left in the half. Vanderbilt closed the half with two made free throws by leading scorer Christina Foggie to make the score 43-30.
Foggie led all scorers on the night with 26 points.
Auburn's next game is this Sunday, Jan. 12, against South Carolina at Auburn Arena at 1:30 p.m.