Alabama Softball Shuts Out Loyola Chicago
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The Crimson Tide (20-2) dominated the Tuesday contest, while Loyola-Chicago (14-1) struggled to even make a hit against Crimson Tide starter Alexis Osorio (10-1), who struck out 18 and allowed just one lone hit in the complete-game shutout. This is now Osorio's third game of the season with at least 18 strikeouts. She now holds three of the five such performances in Alabama softball history. Offensively, six of Bama's nine starters got a hit, with Peyton Grantham leading the way going two-for-two in the contest. She had one RBI on the evening.
Chandler Dare was one-for-three on the night, with one run to her credit. Bailey Hemphill was one-for-two with one run, one RBI. Marisa Runyun was one-for-three with one run, one RBI.
UA softball head coach Patrick Murphy said, "I thought everyone handled the rain delay well. Alexis [Osorio] really respected the opponent and came out with her best stuff. Eighteen strikeouts, I'm really proud of her.
"I was hoping for a couple more crooked numbers on the scoreboard but we scored in five of the six innings. We had people on and it was a good win."
Bama next hosts Valparaiso this evening at 6 p.m. CT at Rhoads Stadium. Following that, the Tide will begin SEC play this weekend against Arkansas at Rhoads Stadium. Game one is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT this Friday, March 10th.
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Crimson Tide Women's Golf Again Wins
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
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Alabama Swimming & Diving Brent Sagert
12th Off 3-Meter At NCAA Zone B Championships
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Tide Men's Tennis Has Student-Athletes Ranked
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Crimson Tide Women's Golf Again Wins
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – For the fourth time in the past seven years the University of Alabama women's golf team has captured the win at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. Sophomore Cheyenne Knight once again took the individual honor, shooting a career-best 65 in the tournaments final round.
The Crimson Tide will now have the next three weekends off before traveling to Brown's
Summit, North Carolina for the Bryan National Collegiate March 31-April 2. The
tournament will be held at the Champions Course at Bryan Park and will
be hosted by Wake Forest University.
Alabama women's golf now boasts three of the nation's top-20 golfers, led by Tide sophomore Cheyenne Knight. Knight is the nation's top-ranked golfer in the Golfstat individual statistical
rankings released this week. Knight (69.83) is joined in the top 20 by
three of her UA teammates. Joining Knight are Bama sophomore Lauren Stephenson (70.61) coming in seventh as well as freshman Kristen Gillman
(71.50) who is ranked at 19th. In the Golfweek women's rankings it's Knight (third), Stephenson (eighth) and Gillman (23rd) for the Crimson Tide.
Alabama ranks No. 2 in the latest Golfstat statistical rankings with a team score of 72.47. Florida State (71.88) is
No. 1, South Carolina (72.73) is No. 3, followed by Florida (72.85) and
Texas A&M (72.94). The Tide is No. 3 in the latest Golfweek ratings
with a rating of 70.57. Stanford (70.48) is No. 1. Florida State (70.57)
is No.2. Arizona State (70.71) and USC (70.92) round out the top five.
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Alabama Swimming & Diving Brent Sagert
12th Off 3-Meter At NCAA Zone B Championships
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – A member of the Alabama swimming and diving team is making a run at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships being held in Auburn, Alabama this week. The Crimson Tide's Brent Sagert finished 12th off the 3-meter board on day two. The Zone B Diving Championships serve as the gateway to the NCAA Championships for divers.
Sagert posted a score of 338.45 points over the final
six dives, for a 12-dive total of 397.75. He was in fifth place following
prelims after scoring 361.30 points over six dives. In the prelims, Tide junior David Morton finished in 25th place off the men's 3-meter board after totaling 303.80 points.
Off the women's 1-meter springboard, UA sophomores Ayanna Woods (231.40) finished 33rd while Margy McCarthy (208.00) finished 39th.
The last day of the NCAA Zone B Championships is today, with both the men and women competing off the platform.
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Tide Men's Tennis Has Student-Athletes Ranked
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The UA men's tennis team has had
two singles players and one doubles pair earn national rankings, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday.
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide men (6-8, 0-2 SEC) have collected a total of 30 wins in singles play
since beginning the dual match season and have also registered 16 victories in
doubles play.
Alabama sophomore Mazen Osama made a really big jump, moving up 21 spots to a No. 41 national ranking in singles play. This is Osama's fourth week in the rankings since beginning the dual match
season. He holds a 7-4 record in singles play since starting this current spring
season.
Tide freshman Thibault Cancel has gone from being unranked in the previous week to earning the No. 103 national ranking in singles play. Cancel holds a 6-7 record in singles play
in the dual match season and has been nationally ranked three times
since the beginning of the spring season.
It was Osama as well as sophomore Spencer Richey teaming up to garner a No. 66 national ranking in doubles play. The pair has posted a 6-5 record to start the current dual match season.
Alabama began the Southeastern Conference portion of the current season with an 0-2 record last weekend. The Tide fell to the Ole Miss Rebels in a close match on Friday night 4-3 before losing another close one to the Arkansas
Razorbacks 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.
The Crimson Tide will be back in action on Thursday, March 9th in a contest with 16th-ranked Ole Miss in Starkville. Match time is set for 3 p.m. CT. Alabama will
finish the weekend with a road match against in-state rival Auburn on the Plains this Saturday, March 11th at 3 p.m. CT.
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Checking The 2018 College Football Odds
It really comes as no surprise. Take a look at "pre-pre-season polls" (those being the polls out so early they don't really count) and you usually find the University of Alabama Crimson Tide at the top...at least in the past several years. However you also usually find Bama sitting at the top throughout much of the season as well.
So, what about this year?
Instead of a poll, let's take a look at what Vegas has to say. In this case, let's check the odds for 2018 according to the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.
| TEAM | CURRENT ODDS | OPENING ODDS |
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| Alabama | 7/2 | 3/1 |
| USC | 7/1 | 8/1 |
| Oklahoma | 8/1 | 8/1 |
| Florida State | 8/1 | 8/1 |
| Ohio State | 8/1 | 8/1 |
| Michigan | 12/1 | 12/1 |
| LSU | 15/1 | 12/1 |
| Clemson | 15/1 | 20/1 |
| Louisville | 15/1 | 10/1 |
| Texas | 20/1 | 20/1 |
| Penn State | 20/1 | 25/1 |
| Auburn | 20/1 | 25/1 |
