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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.

Club lacrosse splits weekend play

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 11

The Auburn Women's Lacrosse club hosted Clemson and Georgia Tech Saturday for its annual parents weekend.

Auburn Pro Day 2010

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 11

Auburn football hosted its annual NFL Pro Day Tuesday afternoon at the Auburn Athletics Facility.

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.

Men's Tennis Struggles in First SEC Home Match

By Rod Guajardo/ MANAGING EDITOR | March 5

The No. 56 Auburn Men's Tennis team fell to No. 2 Tennessee 7-0 in its first SEC home match of the year.The loss drops the Tigers to 3-5 for the season as Tennessee moves up to 12-1.

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."

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.

No. 16 Tigers gymnastics fall to No. 4 Gators

By Nick Van Der Liden / WRITER | March 4

The No. 16 Auburn Gymnastics team (2-5, 2-4 SEC) set a season-high on bars with 49.150, beating its previous best of 49.125, but fell short against No.

Women formulate SEC plan of action

By Crystal Cole / STAFF REPORTER | March 4

The women's basketball team (14-15, 5-11 SEC), begins SEC tournament play in Duluth, Ga., today against Florida (1415, 7-9 SEC) at 1:30 p.m.The Tigers, who are the No.

Shaffer continues improving divers

By Ashlee Wood / WRITER | March 4

Auburn University's head diving coach Jeffrey Shaffer's outstanding reputation precedes him.Having been named the NCAA Division I Men's Diving Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2007, Shaffer is legendary for receiving the SEC Coach of the Year award five times, as well as being the inaugural recipient of the USOC National Developmental Coach of the Year in 1996 for all Olympic sports."Jeff Shaffer is a great coach," said senior diver Kelly Marx.

Students continue to trade in working out

By Helen Northcutt/ GRAPHICS EDITOR | March 4

The fitness craze that came to Auburn last year is growing faster than ever among students."Ditch the workout, join the party," said Katie Newton, instructor for the Zumba class and senior in nutrition dietetics.Created in Colombia by a fitness trainer named Beto Perez, Zumba has quickly become one of the most demanded fitness classes available.Last August only about 50 students attended the Zumba classes, but Newton said this semester those numbers have drastically grown."I've seen more than 150 girls at some of the classes at the Student Act," Newton said.

Ultimate grounds SEC competition

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 4

The Auburn Ultimate club team won the T-Town Throwdown Tournament hosted by Alabama this weekend."(Alabama) came into the tournament the favorite to win and we came in seeded 6th, so it was really amazing for us to upset them at home," said captain Gamble Ruff, senior in biosystems engineering. "And, the weather was great for the first time in a long time."Auburn Ultimate played four games Saturday scoring 52 points, and only allowing 10 points.Sunday, the Tigers played Mississippi State in the semi-final game, beating them 15-10 and Alabama in the championship game."We faced Alabama in the finals and won in a game that I cannot describe any other way than a war of attrition," Ruff said.Stephan Brandon, sophomore in undeclared math and sciences, said after the Alabama game the two teams shook hands and there weren't any hard feelings because of the great level of competition.

Postseason Play Tips Off

By Abby Albright / Sports Editor | March 4

As the semi-finals and championship quickly approach, the intramural basketball playoffs are in full swing.During Tuesday's match-ups, Omega Psi Phi beat Phi Beta Sigma at the buzzer 39-38 during the small fraternity league playoffs."It was a thrilling victory; it felt really great," said OPP team member Keydrick Barlow, senior in math.

Auburn Cricket club hits pitch

By David Norwood / ASSISTANT MULTIMEDIA EDITOR | March 4

Like many Auburn students, Naveenan Thiagarajah will be headed to sunny Florida for spring break.

Track & Field places 6th

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 4

The Auburn Track & Field team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., last weekend to compete in the SEC Indoor Championships.Both No.

Tigers off to powerful start in double header

By Jake Mastroianni / WRITER | March 4

The Auburn Tigers Baseball team (5-2) defeated Davidson (63) 7-6 Wednesday as part of a doubleheader after a rainout Tuesday.Auburn sophomore Dexter Price picked up his first win of the season, pitching 5 and two-thirds innings, giving up four earned runs, walking one and striking out three.Davidson's scoring started in the top of the second when Andre Barna led off the inning with a single to left.

Equestrian defeats Baylor, looks to UGA

By Patrick Dever / ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR | March 4

The No. 2 Auburn Equestrian team (102) defeated the No. 7 Baylor Bears (8-6) 14-4 Saturday.Auburn began the meet by taking all five points in Hunt Seat over Fences.Sophomore hunt seat rider Maggie McAlary said she feels great about the team starting out so strong."I think we all looked confident," McAlary said.

Inaugural Auburn Baseball Classic

By Ashley Marks / WRITER | March 1

The Auburn Baseball team ended its first Inaugural Auburn Classic Tournament the same way they started it, with a statement.This past weekend, the baseball team took on Boston College, Missouri and Florida Atlantic in Plainsman Park for a 3-game series facing three out of conference power houses.