Auburn women's tennis team closes out weekend with a win
Auburn women's tennis team concluded their weekend trip to Houston, Texas, with a win against the 42nd ranked Washington Huskies.
Auburn women's tennis team concluded their weekend trip to Houston, Texas, with a win against the 42nd ranked Washington Huskies.
The Tigers beat number 34th ranked Clemson 6-1 in their first big home match of the season Friday.
Auburn honored eight seniors in the Tigers' final home dual meet of the regular season Saturday, Jan. 24, at James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
The Auburn softball team continued its hot start this weekend, improving to 17-1 on their way to winning the University of South Florida Tournament The Tigers went 4-1 on the weekend, with their first loss of the season coming Friday, a 4-2 loss to Dartmouth.
Last month, Auburn once again partnered with Daktronics to provide an enhanced experience while watching the softball team dominate at Jane B. Moore Field. A new scoreboard has been installed that will change the way students keep up with the game, including a spilt-screen feature to provide quick stats on each player, sponsor information and other graphics.
No. 9 Auburn fell at home to No. 2 LSU Friday night, Feb. 13, 197.350-197.300 despite scoring the highest point total in program history.
When he's not busy catching down field passes and leading the Tigers to victory, (Coates) chooses to spend his time where his heart is. His efforts are not being over-looked, as he won the Uplifting Athlete's 2015 Rare Disease Champion Award.
Auburn All-SEC sophomore Matt Gilchrest was named SEC Golfer of the Week after shooting 12-under at the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikoloa, Hawaii, from February 5-8, good for fifth place.
Coming back from a 28-28 record last season, Auburn baseball is projected to return to Plainsman Park a stronger team, starting with their opener Friday, Feb. 13 against Binghamton.
Per reports, Auburn announced Tuesday Feb. 10 that Kalvarez Bessent, a freshman cornerback, left the football team.
"It's potentially a little more serious and it's unfortunate because he was playing great," Pearl said. "He got off to a great start and his speed, quickness and defense in a game like this obviously would've helped us."
The Auburn University men's and women's cross country teams were named to the Division I Cross Country All-Academic Teams Wednesday.
"This is as well as (Arkansas) has shot the ball in a while," said head coach Bruce Pearl. "Particularly on the road. They're better from two then three, but tonight they were terrific from three."
After leading by three at halftime, the Auburn women's basketball team was outscored by 13 in the second half to fall on the road against the Missouri Tigers on Sunday, Feb. 8.
"We got 23 out of 24 people in a ball game," head coach Clint Myers said. "That's pretty darn good. Everybody works hard so when they get their opportunity, they really enjoy it."
"You can't give up 86 points and win," head coach Bruce Pearl said. "You can't send an opponent to the foul line 38 times and win. You can't let an opponent shoot 71 percent in the second half and win. That's the story of the game."
Auburn gymnastics jumped two spots to No. 9 in this week's national rankings following a road loss to Alabama last Friday, Feb. 6.
Auburn fell to 0-10 in conference play Thursday night in Auburn Arena. LSU survived a second half, 3-point barrage by the Tigers to hold on for a 60-49 road win.
Behind 28 points from K.T. Harrell and 24 from Antoine Mason, the Auburn Tigers picked up their first road win of the season in a 81-77 nailbiter over the home LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The game was called by way of the mercy rule at a score of 15-5.