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Coach's Feature: Karen Hoppa

By Callie Garrett/Staff Writer | June 4

Karen Hoppa has been the head coach of Auburn's women's soccer team for the last 10 years, and players say she's had a tremendously positive impact on the program."So many things are great about coaching at Auburn, but the best part is the people, and in particular the student athletes," Hoppa said.

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Women's Golf Team Wins Another SEC Championship

By Jaclyn Dunn/Staff Writer | June 4

The 2008-2009 Women's Golf Team, lead by head coach Kim Evans and assistant coach Courtney Trimble, completed another successful season with a 10th place finish at the NCAA East Regional Championship.The highlight of the team's season was bringing home another SEC Championship for Auburn.

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Auburn Men's Tennis Has Best Finish in 7 Years

By Anna Schierholz/Associate Sports Editor | May 28

Auburn tennis players have not advanced past the quarterfinals at the NCAA Men's Doubles Tournament in seven years.However, the duo of Alexey Tsyrenov and Tim Puetz moved forward to the semifinals, only to fall 6-4, 6-2 to John-Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of the University of Tennessee Sunday.Tsyrenov and Puetz were ranked 10th by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association entering the competition and defeated teams from the University of Southern California and the University of Georgia before losing to the third-ranked Smith and Sandgren."We didn't play well in the beginning," Puetz said.

Auburn Grad, Fred Bousquet, Beats Phelps 50-Meter Freestyle Record

By Michael Hansberry/Staff Writer | May 28

Members of the Auburn swim team participated in the 2009 Charlotte UltraSwim Competition with outstanding results.More than 20 swimmers represented Auburn at the four-day event held May 14-17.Unlike regular swim meets, the UltraSwim requires individual competition in contrast to the usual team participation.2009 Auburn graduate and 2008 Olympian, Fred Bousquet, once again dominated the event.Bousquet not only came in first place in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 21.33 seconds, but he also beat Olympic Gold Medalist, Michael Phelps, in the 100-meter freestyle finals.Phelps came in at 49.04 in the 100-meter freestyle and Bousquet came in at 48.22, giving Bousquet a U.S.

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Auburn Women's Tennis End 2009 Season

By Grace Henderson/ Staff Writer | May 26

"We went out with a bang," said senior Whitney Chappell about her and fellow senior Alex Haney's last match in the 2009 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament in College Station, TX last Thursday. Haney, who won her first match in the singles tournament 6 - 3, 6 - 4 against USC's Maria Sanchez went on to play Stanford's Hilary Barte in the second round.

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Auburn Athletic Department gives back to community

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 30

Auburn University coaches and administrators were seen across county giving back to the community Monday, April 27."Tigers Give Back" consisted of nearly 200 coaches, administrators and staff members of the Auburn University Athletic Department.Created by Auburn student-athletes, this community event visited 18 different schools and agencies across the Auburn-Opelika area."Our student-athletes challenged us to support them and their community service efforts," said Athletic Director Jay Jacobs.

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Track and Field finish strong at Penn Relays

By Natalie Nettles / Assistant Intrigue Editor | April 30

The Auburn men's and women's track and field team earned second and fourth place titles, as well as a college division title at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Penn, April 23-25."Some of the best teams across the country were there, and we competed very well, so I'm excited about how it went," said head coach Ralph Spry.The Tigers broke a personal record in the 4x200 meter-relay as sophomores Joanna Atkins and Cache Armbrister, and freshmen CeCe Williams and Nivea Smith beat Auburn's previous record of 1:32.42 with a time of 1:31.19.The record was also the fifth-best time in Penn Relays history.

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Baseball drops 2 versus USC

By Lindsey Davidson / News Editor | April 23

Auburn ended a three-game SoutheasternConference series at South Carolinawith one win and two more lossesunder its belt last weekend.Auburn hadn't taken a win from SouthCarolina since 1997 until this past Saturdaywith a 6-4 victory over the Gamecocks."The team responded after a toughloss last night and, on a personal note,my daughter (Mary-Louise) was heretoday," said head coach John Pawlowski."It was her first game of the year, whichwas a special game for her and it's justreally exciting, It's never easy, home oron the road in the SEC.

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Women's golf SEC champs

By Reynolds Fuller / Staff Writer | April 23

The No. 6 Auburn women's golf team won the 2009 Southeastern Conference Championship by eight strokes April 19 after a weekend long tournament in Blythewood, S.C.The team's overall score for the tournament was 18-over-par, 870.It is the second-lowest total tournament score in Auburn history.This is the seventh SEC title for the Auburn women's golf program.The University of South Carolina hosted the SEC Championship at the University Club at Cobblestone Park.

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