Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics
Releases 2018 Schedule
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The University of Alabama gymnastics team has officially released its 2018 schedule , featuring 11 regular-season meets, including six at home. Throughout the
season, the Crimson Tide will compete within the confines the state nine times.
Not only will the Tide host six home meets, Alabama will host the 2018 NCAA Regional Championships on April 7th and will also travel to Huntsville, Alabama on March 9th to take on the Auburn Tigers in the Elevate the Stage meet. Bama will also travel to Auburn on February 23rd to take on the Tigers.
Crimson Tide gymnastics head coach Dana Duckworth said, "This is a great schedule for our fans. With nine meets in the state of Alabama, including seven at home, our fans will have plenty of opportunities to see this team live."
Alabama will battle Georgia (January 23rd), Missouri (January 26th), Arkansas (February 2nd), Kentucky (February 16th), UNC (March 2nd) and Oklahoma (March 16th) at home this season. All regular-season home meets are slated to begain at 7:30 p.m. CT this season.
This year's Power of Pink meet will be against the Arkansas Razorbacks the Kentucky competition will be Alumni Night, during which Alabama will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its first NCAA Championship.
The Crimson Tide opens on the road January 5th battling the Michigan Wolverines starting at 6 p.m. CT. After opening Southeastern Conference competition at home against Georgia, Bama will open its conference road slate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana against LSU on January 19th at 7:30 p.m. CT. The Tide's final regular-season road meet outside the state of Alabama will be on February 9th at the Florida Gators with a 6 p.m. CT start time.
The SEC Championships will be held March 24th, with the NCAA Championships scheduled for April 20-21). Both will be held in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will introduce the 2018 gymnastics team on December 8th in Coleman Coliseum with its fun-filled Crimson and White Preview.
Duckworth concluded, "We haven't done something like this in such a long time, but we wanted everyone to come and meet this year's team and get a sneak preview of what the season is going to look like and maybe learn something about gymnastics that they didn't know before. It's a night entirely dedicated to fun."
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Final Practice For Alabama-Tennessee
Matchup Is In The Books
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| Nick Saban & Butch Jones Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Other than some chalk talk and the like, the final practice for preparation for the University of Alabama football team to battle SEC rival Tennessee is now in the books. The Crimson Tide put in two hours of work in shells on Thursday afternoon at the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility, and all that's left is the game on Saturday.
The team had an opportunity to work the offensive, defensive and special teams specifically for what is expected from the Volunteers tomorrow.
This will be the 100th meeting between the Tide and Vols, with Alabama holding a pretty big advantage at 54-37-8 (52-38-7 after vacations) in the all-time series. Bama has won the last 10 matchups between the two squads. Most recently, the Tide defeated Tennessee 49-10 in Knoxville last season.
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Crimson Tide Women's Golf Ranked No. 1
In Golfstat.com National Rankings
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
UA began the season shooting an 86-under-par in the three matches. Bama was 35-under at the Mason Rudolph Championship, captured the victory a the Schooner Fall Classic with a 21-under par and finally second at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational carding a 30-under par. Those three finishes rank as the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 3 54-hole scores vs. par, respectively, in Alabama women's golf history.
Additionally UA can boast having two of the top three players in the country in junior Lauren Stephenson, ranked first by Golfstat.com as well as sophomore Kristen Gillman coming in at No. 3.
Alabama concludes the fall portion of its schedule at The Landfall Tradition October 27-29 at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Bama Walk-On Donnie Lee Arrested & Dismissed From Team
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| Donnie LeePhoto: Tuscaloosa Co. Sheriff's Dept. |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - University of Alabama senior walk-on wide receiver Donnie Lee was arrested on Thursday and has been dismissed from the Crimson Tide football team.
Lee, a Northport, Alabama native, was charged with third-degree domestic violence
and also received a reasonable and prudent speed charge, according to AL.com reporting the information gleaned from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office's arrest database.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Alabama football head coach Nick Saban said, "Donnie Lee Jr., a walk-on who has not been participating in team
activities since a knee injury in August, has been dismissed from our
football team and is no longer part of our program. This behavior will not be tolerated from
anyone and is not representative of our football program."
Bond has been set at $1,000 for the domestic violence charge and $300 for the reasonable and prudent speed charge.
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Lawsuit By Former Bama Player
Against Former Bama Coach Is Dismissed
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| Former UA football offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin Photo Credit: FAU |
It would appear that a fraud suit filed by a former University of Alabama football player against a former UA football coach has been dismissed. Shelby County Circuit Judge Lara Alvis has dismissed the case that former Alabama receiver Antonio "A.C." Carter brought against former Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. The case has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.
Carter had claimed that Kiffin and Florida Atlantic University, where Kiffin is now the head football coach, had offered him a job in order to get him to help sign a prospective recruit, and then failed to follow through on the numerous assurances that the job was his if he would help. The lawsuit claimed, "Kiffin deliberately misled him regarding a job on the FAU football staff in order to benefit from his family relationship with a prospect." The suit was filed in March.
Additionally, the suit also said that Carter was told that two "minor misdemeanor" charges disqualified him from the job, despite Carter showing the necessary paperwork resolving the incidents.
Carter played three years at The Capstone before a leg injury sidelined him. He also served as a graduate assistant for Alabama football head coach Nick Saban in 2000 then left for Appalachian State to serve as a receivers coach. Kiffin served as offensive coordinator at UA for three seasons after having served as head coach at USC and Tennessee before that.
