Auburn opens WCWS with 10-3 victory over UCLA
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A walk-off walk by Auburn that put UCLA out of the WCWS in 2015 would go unanswered in this year's contest.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A walk-off walk by Auburn that put UCLA out of the WCWS in 2015 would go unanswered in this year's contest.
No. 4 Auburn takes on UCLA at 1:45 p.m. in game two of the WCWS in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Fifty-eight student-athletes from 31 different institutions were selected to one of three 2016 NFCA Division I All-American teams, the Association announced on Wednesday afternoon. Auburn's Kasey Cooper earned the third baseman position on the first team for the second year in a row.
The SEC and espnW Player of the Year Kasey Cooper was named the ELITE 90 award winner by the NCAA at a reception on Tuesday that included all eight teams participating in this years’ Women’s College World Series. “I was really humbled,” Cooper said.
An Auburn dominated crowd dotted by the colors of Arizona faithful fanned its way through 88 degrees of sunshine, humidity and super regional softball on Sunday.
A big sixth inning for Arizona proved to be too much for the Tigers on Saturday as they dropped game one of the NCAA Super Regional.
Auburn tied the series with a 4-1 win in game one on Sunday, forcing the tiebreaker at 4 p.m.
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Winning three games in three days in the NCAA Softball Tournament Regional pushed the Auburn softball team to their second straight super regional appearance.
The No. 4 nationally seeded Auburn softball team took a second victory from Jacksonville State in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Jane B.
The Auburn bats came alive again in Saturday’s 6-1 rout of USC Upstate. After a historic performance in last week’s SEC Tournament against the No. 1 Florida Gators, pitcher Kaylee Carlson returned to the circle Saturday and threw a complete game.
Sun and gloom took turns replacing the skies over a packed Jane B. Moore field for game two of the NCAA Tournament Regional in Auburn on Friday.
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Auburn softball's Emily Carosone, Kasey Cooper, Tiffany Howard, Carlee Wallace and Jade Rhodes were each named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region teams, the organization announced Thursday. Forty-eight student-athletes from the Southeastern Conference have received 2016 NFCA Division I All-Region awards.
SEC Softball Player of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year and newly crowned espnW Player of the Year Kasey Cooper is racking up the awards this season.
With three wins in 36 hours through the weekend, the Auburn softball team won their second straight SEC Title and will now host a regional at Jane B.
After winning three games in two days, the Auburn Tigers are the 2016 SEC Tournament Champions. Auburn defeated LSU on Saturday afternoon behind a strong pitching performance from freshman Makayla Martin.