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Baseball's weekend recap: Auburn falls on Friday; Moore delivers on Saturday

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor and Kristen Carr | Sports Writer | May 9

“Our guys just keep competing,” said head coach Butch Thompson. “They keep on sticking together and they find themselves in a ballgame. It’s been the most unexplainable year I’ve seen, but they’ve had resilience, stayed together and keep finding a way.

Pair of three-run innings costly in 8-3 loss

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor | May 7

After getting down early, Auburn battled back to keep things close before three LSU runs in the eighth inning put the game away Thursday at Plainsman Park. With Auburn's 8-3 loss, they are now 19-22 overall and 5-17 in SEC play.

Report: Hardy and Garnett entering transfer portal

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor | May 3

Backup quarterback Chayil Garnett and defensive lineman Jay Hardy entered the transfer portal on Monday, according to AL.com's Matt Zenitz.

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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.

Jordyn Peters signs with New York Jets

By Henry Patton | Sports Writer | May 2

Auburn safety Jordyn Peters will be signing with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent. During his time at Auburn, he established himself as one of the Tigers' best special teams players, as he blocked four punts in his career.

Eli Stove signs with L.A. Chargers as undrafted free agent

By Larry Robinson | Photo Editor | May 1

Stove signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent on Saturday. He's the third Auburn wide receiver to make it to the pros in this year's draft class.

Auburn defeats Georgia 9-7, wins series

By Ashley Birdsong | Sports Writer | May 1

Auburn's seven runs in the first three innings helped them defeat No. 20 Georgia 9-7 as they clinched the series Saturday afternoon in Athens.

Broncos select Seth Williams in 6th round of NFL Draft

By Henry Zimmer | Sports Writer | May 1

Auburn wide receiver Seth Williams has been selected with the 219th pick in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.

K.J Britt drafted by Bucs in 5th round of NFL Draft

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | May 1

Auburn linebacker K.J. Britt is headed to Tampa Bay. The 2020 team captain was drafted by the Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Jets select Jamien Sherwood in 5th round of NFL draft

By Jake Weese | Sports Editor | May 1

Jamien Sherwood has been drafted as the No. 146 overall pick by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Anthony Schwartz drafted by Cleveland Browns in third round

By Jake Gonzalez | Sports Writer | April 30

Auburn wide receiver Anthony Schwartz was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 91st pick in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Auburn falls in series opener to No. 20 Georgia

By Mattison Allen | Sports Writer | April 29

A sixth-inning grand slam was all it took as Auburn fell 4-0 in its series opener against No. 20 Georgia on Thursday.

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.

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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."

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Auburn splits doubleheader with Florida, drops series

By Henry Patton | Sports Writer | April 25

Auburn split Sunday's doubleheader against Florida as the Tigers won the first game 10-8 before falling 6-4 in the second game.

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.”

Auburn falls 4-2 to Florida

By Caleb Jones | Sports Reporter | April 24

Despite seven innings from starting pitcher Jack Owen and a game-tying home run from Ryan Bliss, the Tigers could not complete the comeback against Florida on Friday night. A pair of runs in the ninth inning propelled Florida to a 4-2 victory, extending the Gators’ win streak to seven.