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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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