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Auburn Head Coach Terri Williams-Flournoy laughs at a foul call against Auburn, Jan. 12, 2014. (Zach Bland / Assistant Photo Editor)

Williams-Flournoy leads women's basketball to second straight WNIT berth

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 20

In her second season as head coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy has led the Auburn women's basketball team to its second consecutive Women's NIT berth and will be playing Furman at Auburn Arena on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m.

Softball sweeps Murray State in doubleheader of polar opposites

By Taylor Jones | Sports Writer | March 19

Wednesday's Auburn softball doubleheader against Murray State was a spot-on reflection of its season so far as the Tigers both blew out and rallied from behind the Racers to pick up a pair of victories.

Baseball continues winning ways against Coppin State

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 19

Auburn kept things rolling with a 13-2 win with a season-high 17 hits over Coppin State on Wednesday.

A student holds up a cutout of Bruce Pearl's head Tuesday night at the press conference.

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OPINION: Pearl could bring the magic back to men's basketball

By Justin Ferguson | Managing Editor | March 19

With time, patience and a little luck, Bruce Pearl might be able to get Auburn back to those heights in a wide-open SEC.

Baseball keeps momentum going with shutout win against Coppin State

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 18

Auburn won their eighth game out of the last nine with a season-high 16 hits in a 10-0 win over Coppin State Tuesday night to improve to 14-7 on the year.

Pearl introduced to energetic crowd at Auburn Arena

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 18

Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs introduced Bruce Pearl as the program's 20th men's basketball coach Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd of students and fans in the Auburn Arena.

Football opens "very physical" spring practices

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 18

"We felt like we got that mental and physical toughness that Auburn is known for," Malzahn said. "Look for a very physical spring, just like we did last spring."

Auburn hires Bruce Pearl as new men's basketball head coach

By Taylor Jones | Sports Writer | March 18

Six days after firing Tony Barbee, Auburn men's basketball has its new head man: former Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl.

Baseball splits doubleheader with Texas A&M, wins season's first SEC series

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 15

Despite snapping their seven-game winning streak in game two of Saturday's doubleheader, Auburn baseball won the first game 5-2 and had a season-high 15 hits to clinch the series win.

Harper and Davis throw back-to-back no hitters to open softball's War Eagle Classic

By Justin Ferguson | Managing Editor | March 14

Sophomore pitchers Marcy Harper and Lexi Davis each pitched a no-hitter Friday night at Jane B. Moore Field, helping the Tigers record a 9-0 win over Radford in five innings and a 10-0 win over IPFW, also in five innings, at the War Eagle Classic.

Ortman continues baseball's hot streak with shutout against Texas A&M

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 14

Auburn baseball continued its winning streak Friday night with Sunny Golloway's first SEC victory against No. 23 Texas A&M 4-0.

Who's next? Ten possible head coach candidates for Auburn men's basketball

The Plainsman sports staff gives 10 potential head coach candidates for Auburn men's basketball after the firing of Tony Barbee.

OPINION: Putting an end to the men's basketball monotony

By Justin Ferguson | Managing Editor | March 13

It's time to hear something new out of Auburn men's basketball.

Auburn fires men's basketball head coach Tony Barbee

By Taylor Jones | Sports Writer | March 12

Auburn director of athletics Jay Jacobs announced Barbee's dismissal less than two hours after the Tigers' 74-56 loss to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament.

Men's basketball ends its season with blowout SEC Tournament loss to South Carolina

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 12

An unexpected shower of three-pointers made Auburn's trip to the Georgia Dome for the SEC Tournament a brief one.

Ryan Tella made second team All-SEC last season and hopes to improve this year.

Baseball extends winning streak to five games with victory against Alabama State

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 12

Auburn baseball kept its winning streak alive with another midweek 6-5 win Wednesday night against Alabama State.

Justin Camp pitches for Auburn. (Courtesy of Auburn Athletics.)

Baseball picks up solid road win at Kennesaw State

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 11

Despite having five errors in the field, four of Auburn's pitchers threw a combined one-hitter in a 6-1 win over Kennesaw State.

Chris Denson shoots for Auburn against South Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 26

Denson named second team All-SEC

By Eric Wallace | Sports Writer | March 11

A 19.2 points per game average was good enough to earn Chris Denson All-SEC second team honors on Tuesday morning, as voted on by SEC coaches.

Baseball sweeps Mercer on walk-off RBI single from Tella

By Kyle Van Fechtmann | Assistant Sports Editor | March 9

Auburn baseball won 6-5 Sunday on a two-out RBI single from Tella in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Softball shuts down LSU to win first SEC series

By Justin Ferguson | Managing Editor | March 9

Auburn defeated No. 24 LSU 7-0 on Sunday to take its first SEC series of the season from the visiting Bayou Bengals.