University Of Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics
Begins NCAA Championship Run Tonight
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ST. LOUIS, Missouri – The University of Alabama
gymnastics team has been here before. Many times, in fact. This will be the 35th consecutive time UA gymnastics has been to this grand competition. The Bama Belles will take to the floor in the 2017 NCAA Championships
Semifinals II on tonight at 7 p.m. CT. Both of tonight's semifinals and
Saturday's NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals will be broadcast
live on the ESPN family of networks.
UA gymnastics head coach Dana Duckworth said, "You never, ever, ever take this opportunity for granted. It doesn't just happen, you have to work extremely hard for it. Every single tenth, every single handstand is a difference maker."
Bama will be competing tonight in Chaifetz Arena. The evening session will also include Florida, Georgia, LSU, Michigan and Nebraska. Past NCAA champions in that group are the Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs.
Duckworth continued, "The first night is going to be intense. We are in the evening session with four SEC teams plus Michigan and Nebraska, so we have our work cut out for us. But these ladies are so good and so talented and we are so fired up for the opportunity."
The three top teams from each session will advance to tomorrow's Super Six Team Final. The afternoon session (semifinal session I) begins at noon today and is comprised of Utah, UCLA, Washington, Denver, Oklahoma and Oregon State. Of this group, Utah, UCLA and Oklahoma are past champions.
Alabama has finished no worse than ninth and outside the top four just five times in its first 34 years at the NCAA Championships. This year is the 25th season of the NCAA Super Six Team Final format. In the first 24 years of the Super Six format, Alabama has earned a spot in the final six an NCAA-best 22 times.
UA will start its semifinal session on the floor exercise, then move to the vault and then pick up its first bye of the competition. After that bye, Alabama will close competition on uneven bars and balance beam before finishing its night on its second bye.
Alabama and the rest of the second semifinal session will start off on ESPNU for the first hour, and then move to ESPN for the rest of the competition. The Crimson Tide will begin on the floor exercise, before moving to the vault then a bye, continuing on the uneven bars and balance beam before closing on the beam.
UA gymnastics head coach Dana Duckworth said, "You never, ever, ever take this opportunity for granted. It doesn't just happen, you have to work extremely hard for it. Every single tenth, every single handstand is a difference maker."
Bama will be competing tonight in Chaifetz Arena. The evening session will also include Florida, Georgia, LSU, Michigan and Nebraska. Past NCAA champions in that group are the Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs.
Duckworth continued, "The first night is going to be intense. We are in the evening session with four SEC teams plus Michigan and Nebraska, so we have our work cut out for us. But these ladies are so good and so talented and we are so fired up for the opportunity."
The three top teams from each session will advance to tomorrow's Super Six Team Final. The afternoon session (semifinal session I) begins at noon today and is comprised of Utah, UCLA, Washington, Denver, Oklahoma and Oregon State. Of this group, Utah, UCLA and Oklahoma are past champions.
Alabama has finished no worse than ninth and outside the top four just five times in its first 34 years at the NCAA Championships. This year is the 25th season of the NCAA Super Six Team Final format. In the first 24 years of the Super Six format, Alabama has earned a spot in the final six an NCAA-best 22 times.
UA will start its semifinal session on the floor exercise, then move to the vault and then pick up its first bye of the competition. After that bye, Alabama will close competition on uneven bars and balance beam before finishing its night on its second bye.
Alabama and the rest of the second semifinal session will start off on ESPNU for the first hour, and then move to ESPN for the rest of the competition. The Crimson Tide will begin on the floor exercise, before moving to the vault then a bye, continuing on the uneven bars and balance beam before closing on the beam.
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Tide Men's Tennis Split A Pair On Thursday
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Bama Baseball Falls...Again
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Alabama Baseball Postgame Press Conference
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Alabama Track & Field Looking Good
Tide Men's Tennis Split A Pair On Thursday
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The Alabama men's tennis team split a pair of matches on Thursday, going 1-1 on the road against the Tennessee Volunteers and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The Crimson Tide (11-16, 2-10 SEC) lost a 4-2 decision to Southeastern Conference
foe Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Barksdale Stadium, before
traveling to Jacksonville, Alabama later that evening to pick up a 5-0
victory over State at the JSU Tennis Complex. Bama picked up five singles wins and four doubles victories on Thursday.
Alabama 2, Tennessee 4
SINGLES
1. No. 35 Timo Stodder (Tennessee) defeated No. 27 Mazen Osama (Alabama) 6-4, 5-1, ret.
2. Luis Valero (Tennessee) defeated No. 97 Thibault Cancel (Alabama) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
3. Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) defeated Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 6-3, 6-1
4. Scott Jones (Tennessee) defeated Edson Ortiz (Alabama) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Zhe Zhou (Alabama) vs. Jack Schipanski (Tennessee) 4-6, 6-0, 5-2, DNF
6. Spencer Richey (Alabama) defeated Luca Wiedenmann (Tennessee) 6-4, 6-3
DOUBLES
1. No. 14 Mazen Osama/Spencer Richey (Alabama) defeated No. 71 Luis Valero/Timo Stodder (Tennessee) 6-4
2. Thibault Cancel/Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) vs. Scott Jones/Jack Schipanski (Tennessee) DNF, 4-3
3. Edson Ortiz/Zhe Zhou (Alabama) defeated Srdjan Jakovljevic/Sunay Bhate (Tennessee) 6-3
Alabama 5, Jacksonville State 0
SINGLES
1. No. 97 Thibault Cancel (Alabama) defeated Jaryd Reese (Jacksonville State) 6-3, 6-3
2. Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) defeated Pablo Caffarena (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 6-4
3. Edson Ortiz (Alabama) defeated Mathias Chaim (Jacksonville State) 7-6(5), 7-6(8)
4. Zhe Zhou (Alabama) defeated Felix Morck (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
5. Spencer Richey (Alabama) vs. Paolo Cucalon (Jacksonville State) 1-6, DNF
6. Ritchie Kruunenberg (Alabama) vs. Guillermo Agost (Jacksonville State) 0-3, DNF
DOUBLES
1. Mazen Osama/Thibault Cancel (Alabama) defeated Jaryd Reese/Austin McCormick (Jacksonville State) 6-2
2. Alexey Nesterov/Spencer Richey (Alabama) vs. Felix Morck/Mathias Chaim (Jacksonville State) 2-4, DNF
3. Edson Ortiz/Zhe Zhou (Alabama) defeated Andres Gomez/Pablo Caffarena (Jacksonville State) 6-1
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Bama Baseball Falls...Again
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The woes continue for the Alabama baseball team as a total of five errors resulted
in five unearned runs as the Crimson Tide falls to the Texas A&M Aggies 9-5 on
Thursday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Bama is now 14-20 overall and 2-11 in Southeastern Conference play.
Alabama Crimson Tide baseball head coach Greg Goff said, "I never thought our guys quit. We've been fighting and fighting every game. We got down early after
not playing so good, but we came back to take the lead. Tonight was a
situation where we gave up five unearned runs, and you can't do that
anytime, especially in the opener. If we don't give up those unearned
runs, we probably win the game."
Seven of the UA nine starters picked up at
least one hit. Chandler Avant and Kyle Kaufman contributed multi-hit efforts on the night, with Avant finishing two-for-five with a RBI and a run scored, while Kaufman went two-for-four. It was cleanup hitter Hunter Alexander leading Bama in RBIs, finishing with two as part of his one-for-three contest. Chandler Taylor picked up his team-leading ninth home run of the season with a solo-shot to close out his night at one-for-three with two runs scored.
Bama and A&M face off again tonight at Sewell-Thomas Stadium beginning at 6 p.m. CT. Scheduled to start for the Crimson Tide is sophomore lefty Dylan Duarte, while the Aggies put junior righty Corbin Martin on the mound.
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Alabama Baseball Postgame Press Conference
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Alabama Track & Field Looking Good
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TORRANCE, California – The University of Alabama track & field
teams traveled to Southern California and posted a solid showing on Thursday
afternoon and evening in the men's & women's
discus and the 3,000-meter steeplechase at a pair of meets in Torrance, California.
Crimson Tide sophomore Kord Ferguson (197-5/60.19m) and seniors Joe Williams (195-7/59.63m) and Hayden Reed
(195-4/59.55m) were the top three collegiate finishers in the discus at
the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate at Long Beach State University.
Junior Daniel Haugh
(175-11/53.63m) finished sixth in the competition. Ferguson's throw is a
personal-best. The marks for Williams and Reed are season-bests for the pair. Junior
Haley Teel finished fifth in the women's discus at the PCI, with a season-best mark of 164-6 (50.15m).
In the first day of competition at the Mount SAC Relays at El Camino College, Alabama sophomore Josh Short finished 14th in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase in a personal-best time of 9:04.71. In the women's steeplechase, junior Jessica Gray finished with a time of 11:10.71 for 37th.
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April 14, 2017
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Abigail Breslin, Actress, 21
Ellington Ratliff, Musician, 24
Peter Capaldi, Actor, 59
Chris Wood, Actor, 29
Melissa Sandoval, Singer, 20
Josephine Skriver, Model, 24
Amy Dumas, Wrestler, 42
Robert Carlyle, Actor, 56
Skyler Samuels, Actress, 23
Loretta Lynn, Singer, 85
Adam Dimarco, Actor, 23
Claudia Romani, Model, 35
Graham Phillips, Actor, 24
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