Alabama Soccer To Host Doubleheader On Saturday
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Kids Clinic Set For This Weekend
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Saturday's two matches will mark the fifth and sixth contests of the spring season for Bama. After this weekend, Alabama will roll on over to Memphis, Tennessee to battle the Memphis Tigers on Sunday, April 9th at noon CT in its lone contest of the weekend.
UA will then travel back to the state of Tennessee on Saturday, April 22nd to play Wake Forest at 11:30 a.m. CT and West Virginia at 1:30 p.m. CT in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Crimson Tide will conclude its 2017 spring season with the Crimson/White match, an intra-squad scrimmage, at 7 p.m. CT on April 28th at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.
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Alabama Men's Tennis
To Host Three Teams This Weekend
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Tonight's match will serve as Greek Day/Tuscaloosa Tennis Association Night. Being recognized tonight will be those who are in the Tuscaloosa Tennis Association during the match as well. Taco Mama will also be provided at the match for Alabama fans.
Saturday will serve as Fan Appreciation Day/Senior Day. The Alabama men's tennis team would like to invite fans to celebrate the 2017 season and say their goodbyes to this season's senior class. The Crimson Tide student-athletes will show thanks for this year's support by talking with fans after the match. Fans in attendance will receive double CTR points, and there will be free BBQ provided for Alabama fans.
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Alabama Track & Field
To Participate In Two Meets This Weekend
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Alabama track & field head coach Dan Waters said, "I've been pleased with our performances so far in the outdoor season. We're set to compete in a couple of excellent meets this weekend in the Florida Relays and the Stanford Invitational. The Florida Relays is always a highly-competitive meet, which is what we need to continue to improve and perform at a high level. The distance fields at Stanford are filled with some of the best distance runners in the nation so that will be a good test as well."
Up next is the Crimson Tide Invitational presented by Beynon Sports. This is the only home meet of the season for Bama, and will be held at the Sam Bailey Track & Field Complex for two days, April 7th to 8th. Schools competing include Missouri, Mississippi State, Louisville, Southern Miss, Shorter (Georgia), Memphis, Kent State and Miami (Ohio).
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In-Stater Jalen Cunningham Likes UA
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St. Clair County (Alabama) defensive lineman Jalen Cunningham really likes the University of Alabama. So much so that he just made his third trip to The Capstone this week to take in an Alabama football practice. He's looking at the Tide...and the Tide is looking back. In fact, Cunningham has quite a few schools looking back. At least 10 colleges have extended offers, including the University of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and South Carolina out of the Southeastern Conference.
According to Cunningham, Alabama has the lead right now. In fact, he keeps in regular contact with Bama assistant coach Karl Dunbar. Cunningham told AL.com that the pair speaks "at least twice a week." He further commented that Dunbar was his "favorite defensive line coach of all the schools" from which he has offers. He likes the fact that Dunbar has had success in the NFL, and that he "can develop some defensive linemen."
The 6'4", 352-pound Cunningham is looking to get back to Alabama soon, but in the meantime he has other visits to other schools planned. He's planning, in fact, a trip to Ole Miss for a Junior Day.
Cunningham says that after the Ole Miss visit an announcement could be forthcoming. He says he "probably will make a commitment" when he gets back. Besides Alabama, Cunningham ranks Georgia, Ole Miss and Mississippi State as his other finalists.
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Erin Routliffe Is SEC Women's Tennis
Athlete Of The Week
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Alabama women's tennis senior Erin Routliffe has earned her first Southeastern Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honor of the season. The announcement came yesterday from the SEC office.
Routliffe is currently ranked No. 38 in women's tennis singles after compiling 10 wins since beginning the dual match season. All Routliffe's matches come from her holding the No. 1 position. Routliffe has registered eight wins over nationally-ranked singles opponents and five victories over nationally-ranked doubles opponents this year. She won three of her four matches last weekend, each of which came against top-20 opponents. Routliffe helped upset the 13th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats with a victory in straight sets in singles against No. 19-ranked Aldila Sutjiadi, which was the Tide's first SEC victory of the season.
Routliffe is also ranked No. 25 in doubles play with freshman Maddie Pothoff.
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4-Star OT Reuben Unije Is High On The Tide
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According to 247Sports, four-star offensive tackle prospect Reuben Unije will be at The Capstone today to watch the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football practice. Unije, out of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, is the nation's 13th-ranked offensive tackle prospect and No. 173 overall prospect in the the country, once again according to 247Sports.
Not only is Bama interested in the services of Unije, but so are Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas out of the Southeastern Conference.
Unije says he loves Alabama, though he hasn't committed. According to AL.com, Unije says that Bama does "everything to the top." He says the program is "Top program, Class A, class act, everything."
According to Unije, he plans to graduate early and wants to major in business or something related pre-pharmacy.
