Sports

Tigers take 4 straight wins from Brown

By Blake Larsen / Sports Editor | March 25

It took extra innings, but the Tigers managed to put away Brown for the last time in the bottom of the 11th.Auburn freshman Case McElroy knocked in the game-winning run with a line drive to center field."There was a lot of tension in that last at bat," McElroy said.

Bonner, Fortner nab top SEC honor for women's basketball

By Natalie Wade / Copy Editor | March 25

The Auburn women's basketball team, regular season SEC champions, celebrated three more accomplishments before heading into last weekend's SEC Tournament, where Vanderbilt topped them in the finals.Coach Nell Fortner was named SEC coach of the year, DeWanna Bonner was named SEC player of the year and Whitney Boddie was named to the first team All-SEC, all announced March 3."That is such a team award and I am just surrounded by an outstanding staff and this team has worked so hard this year and bought into everything that we were wanting to accomplish and how to accomplish it," Fortner said, in an article on the official Web site of Auburn Athletics.

Divers prep for NCAAs

By Allison Clark / Staff Writer | March 25

Auburn University's divers will compete at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend.Head diving coach Jeff Shaffer has been working with the divers to prepare them for the competition and hopes they can keep their focus on what is important."The athletes' goal is to compete against themselves." Shaffer said.