University Of Alabama
Sets Date For 2017 Homecoming Weekend
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Homecoming. Always an exciting time. Young and old alike return to The University of Alabama for the fun and festivities. It's a time when the young and old have the same purpose: going home to Bama!
Alabama is 82-13-1 overall in homecoming games, including a perfect 10-0 record under Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban. The Tide is riding a 15-game Homecoming winning streak that dates back to 2002.
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Alabama Men's Golf
Finishes 13th At Puerto Rico Classic
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The play of the Crimson Tide was hampered due to the absence of sophomore Davis Riley through most of the event. Riley was only able to compete in the first three holes of Sunday's opening round before being forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury. This caused all four of the remaining scores of the remaining four players to be counted, as opposed to the top four of five ordinarily counted in the team total.
Alabama junior Jonathan Hardee led the Tide, tying for 20th place overall with an even par 216. Hardee had been sidelined himself during the fall season while recovering from an injury. He was competing in his first tournament of the year, and began the event with a 2-over par 74 and followed with back-to-back rounds of 1-under par 71.
Junior Steven Setterstrom closed out play tied for 29th overall with a 3-over 219. Setterstrom began the third round in a tie for third overall after opening play with consecutive rounds at 2-under 70, but stumbled during the final 18 holes, completing the tourney with a 79.
On the final day of play, junior Lee Hodges carded the low round for Bama with a 1-under 71, as he tied for 52nd overall with a three-day total of 10-over 226 (71-84-71).
It was redshirt freshman Josh Sedeno rounding out play for the Crimson Tide at 12-over par 228 (81-72-75).
Capturing the team title were the Clemson Tigers (845), ranked No. 21 in the nation, with an 11-stroke win over 10th-ranked Georgia (856). North Carolina State (859) and Georgia Tech (859) tied for third, while Ohio State (865) rounded out the top five teams.
Alabama will return to action on March 4-5 to compete in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Alabama Softball Falls To 10th In Polls
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Alabama Softball Falls To 10th In Polls
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The University of Alabama softball team has fallen to 10th place in both the USA Today/NFCA poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. The Crimson Tide dropped five spots in the USA Today/NFCA poll and six spots in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll after losing two-out-of-three games in the weekend series at Louisiana-Lafayette. The polls were released on Tuesday.
The formerly No. 1-ranked Florida Gators were jumped in this week's polls due to losing its first game of the season. Florida State is the new No. 1, followed by Auburn (2), Florida (3), Oklahoma (4) and Oregon (5) in the NFCA poll. In the USA poll it's Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma and then UCLA (4) and Oklahoma (5).
Nine schools from the Southeastern Conference are ranked in this week's top 25 which is the most of any conference. Schools ranked from the SEC team include Auburn (2/2), Florida
(3/3), LSU (7/8), Alabama (10/10), Georgia (11/12), Tennessee (15/13),
Texas A&M (18/18), Missouri (20/22) and Kentucky (22/24). Others receiving votes in this week's polls are South
Carolina and Ole Miss in
both polls while Arkansas is also receiving votes in the USA Softball
poll.
Alabama hosts North Florida (7-4) today at
6 p.m. CT, and then will host UCF, Texas Tech and Gardner-Webb for the Easton Bama Bash. Bama will play five
games over three days starting on Friday, February 24th at 4 p.m. CT.
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25 Toughest College Football Schedules For 2017
Bleacher Report has released its list of the 25 toughest college football schedules for the 2017 season. The Southeastern Conference has six schools in the list. The Alabama Crimson Tide , according to Bleacher Report, has the second hardest schedule in all of college football for the upcoming season. Following Bama are Auburn (6), Florida (7), LSU (16), Georgia (23) and Arkansas (24).
25 Duke
24 Arkansas*
23 Georgia*
22 Virginia Tech
21 Oregon
20 Stanford
19 Georgia Tech
18 Louisville
17 Purdue
16 LSU*
15 Clemson
14 Syracuse
13 Cal
12 Texas
11 Penn State
10 Notre Dame
9 Oklahoma
8 Maryland
7 Florida*
6 Auburn*
5 Florida State
4 Rutgers
3 Ohio State
2 ALABAMA*
1 Michigan
*SEC Schools
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Alabama Women's Tennis
Has One Single & One Doubles Pair In Rankings
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Crimson Tide senior Erin Routliffe and sophomore Andie Daniell have been ranked at No. 42 in doubles play, marking the third time this year the pair has earned a national ranking. Earlier this fall, the two won the ITA Southern Regional Doubles Championships, marking the second consecutive year the pair has done so. With this win, Routliffe and Daniell earned an automatic entry into the 2016 ITA National Collegiate Indoor Championships where they defeated California's Maegan Mansse and Denise Starr in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. The great performance from the two ended against Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara of UCLA. Routliffe and Daniell posted a 6-3 record this fall, but have yet to compete with each other since the spring season began.
Routliffe has also achieved a No. 116 singles ranking, after previously not being ranked. She has an overall 7-3 singles record this year, including a 3-1 marking since beginning dual action. All four of Routliffe's singles matches since beginning dual play have come from the No. 1 singles position.
Alabama will be back in action on Friday to compete in the annual Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic two-day event. The event will take place in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Alabama Softball To Face North Florida Tonight
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The 10th-ranked University of Alabama Crimson Tide softball team will host the North Florida Ospreys tonight at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The Bama belles hold a 1-0 all-time record over the Ospreys headed into tonight's contest. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT.
Tonight's game can be seen online only at SEC Network+.
The Crimson Tide opened the season defeating South Alabama 3-1, but then lost two-out-of three games to 18th-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette, causing Bama to fall to 10th in the national polls.
Bama is 533-96 (.847) all-time at home, including a 478-76 (.863) mark at Rhoads Stadium.
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