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Women's sports find home in McWhorter

Music blares through the speaker system as the Auburn Gymnastics team practices for an upcoming meet.This may be a familiar sight, but where the girls train is not all that familiar.The McWhorter Center for Women's Athletics has only been open since 2001, making it one of the younger athletics facilities at Auburn.It is home to the gymnastics team and the women's softball team.

The Auburn Plainsman

No. 14 Auburn Gymnastics loses to No. 3 Arkansas

The then No. 16 Auburn University Gymnastics team took on the No. 7 Arkansas Razorbacks Friday in The Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.The Tigers fell to Arkansas with a score of 197.025196.425.Despite the loss they had a season-best score of 196.425.Senior Krissy Voss took home a career-high in the all-around with a 39.225.Leading Auburn was sophomore Allyson Sandusky who earned 9.85 on vault, beam and floor.

The Auburn Plainsman

Auburn loses heartbreaker

Even with a 10-point run that brought the game to within two points late in the second half, the women's basketball team couldn't edge past Alabama.The Tigers came away with a 55-53 loss against the Tide Sunday with the game being played in Tuscaloosa.The Tide was held scoreless past the 5:11 mark.Auburn was 5-of-16 at the free throw line and was dominated by the Tide in points off turnovers, 12-2.Head coach Nell Fortner said one of the deciding factors in the game was the free throw shooting."We had a really bad day from the line and I think that if we could have knocked those down it would have made a big difference towards the end of the game," Fortner said.

Alabama A&M vs WTennis

Women's Tennis serves shut out

The No. 34 Auburn Women's Tennis team (32) was back in action, defeating the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the Yarbrough Tennis Center after playing in California the weekend before."Last weekend was rough," said senior Myrthe Molenveld.

The Auburn Plainsman

Students show off their skills with intramurals

Basketball enthusiasts of all skill levels formed teams for the 2010 intramural season to take part in friendly competition and fun."We just have a groupof friends who like to play ball together and it's fun to get out here and have the rules enforced with the referees and such," said senior Zach McKinnon of Mighty Whitey II.Mighty Whitey II, the 2009 men's basketball intramural champions, played The Church of Fratterday Saints Tuesday, but the game was called early in the second half due to the 30-point mercy rule.After the Saints left, a couple of Auburn Football players, including sophomores Darvin Adams, Eric Smith and freshmen Philip Pierre-Louis and Tyrik Rollison took to the court to play Mighty Whitey II.

The Auburn Plainsman

Rugby is a mad sport

Fans braved the cold weather as the Auburn rugby club team took the ice-laden intramural field Sunday to battle Alabama in the Rugby Iron Bowl.The game ended in a muddy draw with both teams scoring five points.In the first 40-minute half, Auburn junior Joey Palazzolo scored a try.A try is similar to a touchdown in football, but the ball carrier has to place the ball on the ground after crossing the goal line.Alabama matched the score in the second half.Sophomore Cullen Hanly suffered the only injury of the game, a broken finger, but was back on the field after a quick wrap."We haven't had an Iron Bowl game in the four years I've been playing," said senior Michael Gay.

The Auburn Plainsman

Tigers win thriller against Tide, look forward to Hogs

The final Iron Bowl in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum proved a fitting send-off as the Auburn Men's Basketball team sunk the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday afternoon 58-57.The Tigers put up one of their best defensive efforts this season, holding Alabama to no points in the last 2:22 of the game.Offensively, Auburn senior guard Tay Waller scored a game-high 20 points, nine of which came from behind the 3-point line."This is one of my best overall games," Waller said.

Crocker proves a success

Much like any other day, the smell of chlorine wafted through the air in the James E. Martin Aquatic Center Sunday.Young swimmers clad in spandex suits, swim caps and goggles wove through the crowd to line up behind the diving blocks.Parents, some taking notes on their heat sheets, others snapping pictures or video footage, watched eagerly from the bleachers as their children swam in the Olympic-sized pool below.It was the last day of the Ralph Crocker Invitational, marking the three-year anniversary of the death of former Auburn head coach Ralph Crocker."Ralph was one of my best friends," said Jeff Dellinger, Auburn Aquatics head coach.