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Equestrian jumps over UGA

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

The No. 2 Auburn Equestrian team (11-2) upset the No. 1 University of Georgia (9-2) Saturday at the Auburn Equestrian Center, 12-6.Coach Greg Williams said the riders rode a championship caliber meet."Overall, they're riding the same they have been the past couple months," Williams said.

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Gymnastics closes Coliseum with win

By Crystal Cole / STAFF REPORTER | March 11

The No. 17 Women's Gymnastics team closed the Coliseum with a win, beating No. 20 Denver, 196.225-194.350.The meet was the final regular season event in the closing Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum and was also senior night for the gymnastics team.Senior Carmen Nelms, who has been training since she was 3 years old, said she felt this night was 18 years coming."It's kind of bittersweet because this season has been going really well, but you'd like to have your last season going this well," Nelms said.The Tigers swept the beam event, something head coach Jeff Thompson said didn't surprise him."We're at the point in practice now where they have to do wobble-free routines and they do that," Thompson said.

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Men's golf struggles to compete without Stembridge

By Katie Ehrhart / WRITER | March 11

The Auburn Men's Golf team traveled to Laredo, Texas, to participate in the Border Olympics at the Laredo Country Club.The event, hosted by the University of Houston, was held March 5-6.Auburn was hoping for a clean tournament and strong finish for its first appearance in the three round, 54-hole tournament.Friday, however, sophomore John Stembridge fell ill and was pulled from the tournament, leaving the Tigers down a man for the first two rounds.Redshirt freshman Jackson Beindorf was flown in for the third round Saturday."It sucked," said sophomore Will McCurdy.

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Evans shares her passion with Auburn for 16 years

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 11

Kim Evans, head coach of the No. 3 Auburn Women's Golf team, continues to inspire athletes in her 16th year at Auburn.Evans, who graduated from Auburn in 1981 and lettered in golf from 1978-81, said she "bleeds orange and blue." Before returning to The Plains, Evans was an assistant coach for the Georgia Tech Men's Golf team from 1988-94 and was the assistant executive director of the Atlanta Junior Golf Association.

Junior Brian Fletcher rushes back to first base during a pickoff attempt. Emily Adams/ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Baseball Sweeps Miami

By Bree Bowen/ STAFF WRITER | March 8

The Auburn Baseball team rounded out the weekend with a third win on Sunday in the series against the Miami University RedHawks.The games on Friday and Saturday were played with collective offensive effort with plenty of clutch hitting and numerous homeruns.Right-handed pitcher Jon Luke Jacobs, sophomore, had a good outing on the mound with several players working out in the bullpen, enabling the team to hang in and put up a big inning late in the game Friday.

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Farewell Beard-Eaves

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | March 4

The final Auburn Basketball game at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum endedjust as the first did, with a win. Senior guard Tay Waller led theTigers to a 89-80 victory over Mississippi State, scoring 34 points andshooting 71.1 percent from the 3-point line."(Tay)'s been unbelievable shooting the basketball," said Auburn headcoach Jeff Lebo. "We'll continue to ride him for as long as we can."

Christie Schweer pursues a Tennessee player. Philip Smith / ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Soccer strikes back

By Bree Bowen / WRITER | March 4

The Auburn Women's Soccer team went head-to-head with Mercer and Tennessee Saturday, adding two wins to its record.The games kicked off the start of the spring season, and in preparation the team has been working out almost every day for the past two weeks."They've been working really hard, so it's always nice to get out here and actually play a spring game," said assistant coach Amy Berbary.

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