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Auburn heads to Tallahassee Regional as No. 2 seed

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor | May 17

Auburn softball is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the 16th time in program history. The Tigers were selected as the No. 2 seed in the Tallahassee Regional on Sunday. Auburn will face UCF Friday at 1 p.m. CST with the game airing on ESPN2. 

Auburn falls to Gamecocks in SEC Tournament opener

By Kristen Carr | Sports Writer | May 12

Auburn's time in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was not long as the 12th-seeded Tigers dropped Tuesday's SEC Tournament opener against 13-seed South Carolina 3-1.

Auburn falls in series finale to Tennessee

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | May 2

Auburn softball suffered a 2-1 loss to Tennessee on Sunday, despite a complete-game performance by Shelby Lowe.

Lowe named finalist for Freshman of the Year

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 29

Auburn's Shelby Lowe was named a finalist for Freshman of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday. 

Mickey Dean earns career victory No. 600 with 3-1 win over Ole Miss

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | April 25

"I didn't even know what was happening," Dean said. "I didn't know what the team was doing postgame with the silly string. I was thinking it was alright to celebrate, but we have won before. Then they informed me. It was a pretty cool moment."

Defensive mistakes cost Tigers in 6-1 loss to Rebels

By Eamon Smith | Sports Writer | April 25

“We made some mistakes early on,” said head coach Mickey Dean. “Tonight, we didn’t play good defense to give us an opportunity to stay in the game or even win the game. We had bad pitches in 0-2 and 1-2 counts. We just didn’t play well enough.”

Tigers fall in extra innings to Ole Miss

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | April 24

“They had opportunities, we had opportunities,” said Auburn head coach Mickey Dean. “In eight innings, they had one hit with a runner in scoring position. That’s the difference in the ballgame.”

Penta and Koepke earn SEC Honors

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 20

Following their performances in a pair of non-conference games and in the series win over No. 12 Kentucky, Maddie Penta was named SEC Freshman of the Week, while Maddison Koepke was named SEC Newcomer of the Week.

Auburn drops series finale to No. 12 Kentucky

By Ian Bivona | Sports Writer | April 18

Fielding errors and pitching contributed to Auburn’s 5-1 loss to No. 12 Kentucky on Sunday, as the Wildcats avoided a sweep in Auburn.  “Our defense did not give us an opportunity to win the game," Dean said.

Penta earns first SEC win with 4-2 victory over Kentucky

By Ashley Birdsong | Sports Writer | April 17

Auburn softball claimed its second consecutive series win with a 4-2 victory over No. 12 Kentucky Saturday at Jane B. Moore Field. “Great performance from Maddie,” said head coach Mickey Dean.

Rivera's homer powers Auburn in upset over Kentucky

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 16

Auburn’s four-run first inning proved to be the difference-maker in its upset over No. 12 Kentucky on Friday night. “It’s huge moving forward,” Rivera said about the win. “Just got to take every game game-by-game and every pitch pitch-by-pitch and come out and just dominate.”

Auburn wins third in a row, defeats Georgia State

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 15

Auburn has now won three in a row and four of its last five games, gaining momentum towards its upcoming series with No. 12 Kentucky.

Auburn blanks Alabama State in 5-0 win

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 13

Behind Maddie Penta’s dominant outing and a trio of Auburn hits in the bottom of the third, the Tigers defeated Alabama State 5-0.

Auburn wins first SEC series with 3-1 win over Texas A&M

By Mattison Allen | Sports Writer | April 11

Auburn softball won its first SEC series of the season with a 3-1 win over Texas A&M on Sunday.  "Today, we had some nice timely hits," Dean said. "We made them make adjustments and that opened some things up for us."

Offense leads the way in win over No. 25 Texas A&M

By Jake Gonzalez | Sports Writer | April 10

Auburn bounced back from a three-game skid with a 6-2 win over No. 25 Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, on Friday. “It was a good start,” said head coach Mickey Dean. "Our first three or four batters did a real nice of working the counts and seeing a lot of pitches."

Auburn's fielding falters, loses 2-0 to Arkansas

By Dylan Fox | Sports Writer | April 3

Auburn was unable to avoid the sweep against Arkansas, losing 2-0 on Saturday. “You gotta be clean against a top-10 team.” said head coach Mickey Dean. “It’s highly unlikely that you’ll beat a top-10 team with three [errors].”

Lowe's performance not enough to vault Auburn over Arkansas

By Mattison Allen | Sports Writer | April 2

Auburn softball lost 3-0 on Friday to Arkansas. Despite the loss, pitcher Shelby Lowe finished the game with 12 strikeouts, moving her total to 111 on the season, good for fourth-most by an Auburn freshman.

Penta returns, but Tigers fall to Arkansas in series opener

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor | April 1

“I knew Maddie was going to be limited on the number of pitches,” Dean said. “I knew that even before I started her today or made that decision. So when we reached that point, that’s when I made the decision to take her out.”