Latest Alabama Track & Field National Rankings
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Men No. 6, Women No. 7
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The men remain the top-ranked team in the South Region with 366.59 points while the women are third with 249.35 points.
Both teams fared well at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nashville last weekend. The Alabama men finished in second place scoring 93 points, their best finish since 1984 and second-highest point total ever, at the SEC meet. The Tide women finished in sixth position with 51 points for their best placement since 2006.
The national team rankings are compiled by a mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons. The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Ranking points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points.
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Alabama Baseball Hosts Jacksonville State Tonight
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The University of Alabama baseball team welcomes in-state foe
Jacksonville State to Sewell-Thomas Stadium tonight. The Crimson Tide and Gamecocks first pitch is set for a 6 p.m. CT
start. Fans can enjoy the game live on SEC Network+ with Eli Gold handling the play-by-play and Lance Cormier on color commentary.
Bama comes into tonight's contest at 1-3 while State enters with a 4-2 overall record. This will be the 36th meeting between the Tide and Gamecocks, with Alabama holding a 28-7 lead over Jacksonville State. UA holds a 24-4 advantage at home. Bama currently is riding an 11-game winning streak, with the Tide's last loss coming in March 2003 by a score of 5-3.
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Crimson Tide Softball Plays UAB Tonight
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The Alabama women's softball team (13-2) faces UAB (5-8) this evening at 6 p.m. CT at Mary Bowers Field in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Crimson Tide is 19-0 versus the Blazers, with the last meeting coming February 16th of this past season. UA shut out JSU 7-0 in that contest.
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Crimson Tide Gymnastics Ranked Sixth Nationally
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Oklahoma is still at the top of the heap, followed by LSU (2), Florida (3), UCLA (4) and Utah (5) rounding out the top five spots. Alabama is sixth, followed by Denver (7), Georgia (8), Oregon State (9) and Boise State (10) to round out the top 10.
Alabama is ranked fourth on the floor exercise, fifth on the vault and balance beam and sixth on the uneven bars this week in the rankings.
Junior Kiana Winston is eighth in the all-around, sixth on the floor exercise and 11th on the balance beam. Junior Nickie Guerrero is fourth on the balance beam while senior Aja Sims is 10th on the floor exercise. Senior Katie Bailey is 15th on the vault.
Alabama faces No. 8 Georgia in Atlanta on Sunday, March 5th, then returns home to Coleman Coliseum for its regular-season finale on Friday, March 10th against Iowa State.
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Alabama Rowing Teams Open Spring Season With Win
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Crimson Tide rowing head coach Larry Davis said, "I felt that the conditions were good and both teams rowed well. I thought that we were able to work on some of the things we've been trying to accomplish and we achieved most of our goals."
Bama's First Varsity 8+ "Cashman" crew posted its fastest time of the day in its first 1,000-meter piece with a 3:25.81 and also posted 3:29.57 in the fourth session. Alabama's Second Varsity 8+ "Mal Moore" crew won each of its four pieces, with its crowning achievement a 3:29.28 time in the fourth session. The Tide's second boat in the race, "Black Warrior", also turned in its fastest time in the fourth session in 3:34.99.
It was "Tenacious" winning its four races in the Third Varsity 8+ / Novice 8+, finishing near the 3:38.00 mark in three of the four. Its 3:38.28 finish in the fourth marked its fastest time of the day. Second-place "Courageous" turned in a time of 3:43.74 in session three for its fastest mark of the day.
Alabama raced three crews in the Varsity 4+, with "Synergy" winning the first two pieces before "Rammer Jammer" took the final two. A 3:55.8 in the first session by "Synergy" marked the fastest time for any boat in the event, while a 4:02.7 winning time in session three by "Rammer Jammer" was its best finish.
Davis again commented, "Overall I think we did well. It is always nice when you go out and win a lot of races but beyond that, there are certain things we want to do this time of year that will help develop boat speed for the end of the year and I think we will be able to do that."
The Tide will next head to Dublin, Virginia to battle Bucknell on Saturday, March 11th before returning to beautiful Tuscaloosa to face Dayton on Saturday, March 25th. The contest with the Flyers will be UA's senior day and its annual Power of Pink event.
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Alabama Soccer Spring Schedule
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The Alabama soccer team has officially released its 2017 spring schedule that features a total of 10 matches, according to University of Alabama head coach soccer coach Wes Hart.
The extremely short spring campaign consists of a total of five home matches, including a season-ending intra-squad scrimmage.
The UA soccer team will open its home portion of this year's spring matches in a doubleheader to be played this Saturday, March 4th against Southern Miss and Lipscomb. The Southern Miss match is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT, to be followed by the Lipscomb match at 1 p.m. CT. Both matches will be held at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.
The Crimson Tide will then travel to Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, March 25th to take on Furman at 10 a.m. CT, followed by the match with Virginia Tech at 12 noon CT.
Alabama will then come back home to Tuscaloosa on Saturday, April 1st as it hosts Columbus State and Troy in a pair of afternoon matches that are set to begin at 1 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. CT, respectively.
It's then on to Memphis, Tennessee to take on the Memphis Tigers on Sunday, April 9th at noon CT in its only contest of the weekend.
Alabama then heads back to the state of Tennessee a couple of weeks later on Saturday, April 22nd to battle Wake Forest at 1:30 p.m. CT, and then West Virginia at 1:30 p.m. CT in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Crimson Tide will then conclude its 2017 spring season with the Crimson/White match, which is an intra-squad scrimmage, beginning at 7 p.m. CT on April 28th at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.
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