Alabama Volleyball Falls To Kentucky
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| Alabama Volleyball Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball team suffered a Sunday afternoon loss to 22nd-ranked Kentucky by set scores of 19-25, 15-25
and 17-25. It was Bama's weekend finale and a tough loss.
Haley McSparin added five kills to the mix, with Brittany Thomas contributing two kills, one ace and one block as well as Abolanle Onipede adding an additional two kills yesterday.
Alabama will now take to the road, heading west to face Texas A&M (13-7, 7-2 SEC) on Thursday, November 3rd at 6 p.m. CT. Then the Tide returns home to host the Arkansas Razorbacks (4-18, 2-8 SEC) in Foster Auditorium on Sunday, November 6th at 1 p.m. CT. Both matches will air live on the SEC Network.
| Game Stats | UK | UA |
|---|---|---|
| Kills | 42 | 30 |
| Errors | 10 | 22 |
| Hitting % | .311 | .071 |
| Points | 59.0 | 36.0 |
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Blocks | 10.0 | 3.0 |
| TA | 103 | 112 |
| Assists | 38 | 28 |
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Bama Soccer Faces Texas A&M Tonight In SEC Tournament
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| Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
The University of Alabama soccer team will open 2016 Southeastern Conference Tournament play against the Texas A&M Aggies tonight in the first round to be held at the Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT. Alabama boasts a 9-7-2 overall mark, including a 4-5-2 mark in SEC play.
Tonight's matchup will be the eighth meeting between the Crimson Tide and Aggies, with Bama trailing 5-2 in the series. Earlier this season Alabama defeated the then-No.14 Texas
A&M, 2-1, in an overtime contest.
Alabama has two student-athletes that are ranked in the
top-five in four different categories in soccer play this season. Lacey Clarida is tied for third in
game-winning goals (4) and goals per game (0.70). Defensively, Kat Stratton
is fifth in save percentage (0.788) and fourth in saves with 78.
The Crimson Tide is 87th in this week's RPI rankings, the sixth time Bama has been in the top-100 this year. The first set of rankings that
came out had the Tide at No. 75, and the team has remained in the
top-100 ever since, reaching as high as No. 51. By comparison, Alabama
finished with a No. 213 RPI ranking a year ago.
With an Alabama victory over the Aggies tonight in the first round then it will
take on the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
CT. All of the matches in the tournament are set to broadcast on the
SEC Network.
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Tide Women's Golf Finishes 6th At Landfall Tradition
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| Alabama Crimson Tide's Cheyenne Knight Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
The miracle didn't happen. But the University of Alabama women's golf team did move up one place on the leader board to finish sixth yesterday at the at the Landfall Tradition held at the par-72, 6,166-yard Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Crimson Tide's Cheyenne Knight posted her fourth top 10 finish in her four fall contests with a tie for third place, shooting a one-under par 71 yesterday.
There was a tie at the top, as Wake Forest and South Carolina took first at five-under par, Furman third at two-over, Purdue was fourth at eight-over par and Oklahoma rounded out the top five with a 13-over par.
Besides Knight's tie for third, individually Bama had Lauren Stephenson in a tie for 11th at one-under par (71-73-71/215), freshman Kristen Gillman tied for 21st at four-over par (72-76-72/220), senior Mia Landegren (81-77-78/236) tied for 80th and fellow-senior Cammie Gray (80-78-82/240) finished 90th.
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Crimson Tide Men's Tennis' Thibault Cancel
Advances To Round 4 Of USTA 10k Futures
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| Crimson Tide's Thibault Cancel Blowing through the USTA 10k Futures Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
He came not only to play, but to win. University of Alabama men's tennis freshman player Thibault Cancel has been on this weekend, and has won in straight sets for the third time in the singles qualifying bracket to advance to the fourth round of the USTA 10k Futures event yesterday afternoon. The event is being played at the Highland Park Tennis Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Cancel left devastation and destruction in his wake as the Crimson Tider blasted Columia's Sebastian Sanchez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, taking him to the fourth round of the qualifying singles bracket. The youngster, playing some fantastic tennis right now, will battle Alex Diaz of Puerto Rico today on court six at 10 a.m. CT. A victory today will qualify Cancel for the singles main draw.
