3 Tide Soccer Players Earn SEC Honors; Bama Volleyball Defeats Arkansas In 5 Sets; Crimson Tide 7th Nationally In Both Major Football Polls

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3 Tide Soccer Players Earn SEC Honors

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     The University of Alabama soccer team had three players honored yesterday when the SEC office announced its postseason awards on Sunday. They are senior defender and captain Abby Lutzenkirchen, Celia Jimenez and Emma Welch.

     Lutzenkirchen was named the Southeastern Conference Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year, as well as being selected to the league's second team. This is the second year in a row an Alabama player has received the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year award. Last season's recipient was Laura Lee Smith. The only other Tide soccer player to earn the honor was Libby Probst in 1995. 

     Last week Lutzenkirchen was named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District 5 first team. She has a 3.96 GPA in the classroom with a public relations major. During her career at the Capstone she has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll three times.

     One of the Crimson Tide's top contributors for the past four years, Lutzenkirchen has finished her career with 6,713 playing minutes, the most in UA Soccer history. She ranks seventh in program history for her starting and playing in all 75 games during her career. She and Jimenez were the only two Tide players to start and play in all 19 matches.

     Jimenez was also one of Bama's top contributors this season. She led the team in points with 10, had four goals, two assists and 55 shots. Her 55 shots tied her for seventh-most in a season in Tide history. 

     Welch was named an SEC All-Freshman team performer, having been the only freshman to play in all 19 games for the Crimson Tide. She led the team with four assists during this season, the most assists in a season by a freshman in program history.

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Bama Volleyball Defeats Arkansas In 5 Sets

Alabama Volleyball Team

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   The Alabama volleyball team rallied back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Arkansas Razorbacks in five sets yesterday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. 

     The Crimson Tide (11-3, 5-5 SEC) was led offensively by Krystal Rivers and Kat Hutson with 22 kills apiece. Rivers add 21 digs, her season high, for her fourth double-double of the season, as well as her third in the last five matches. Earning a pair of service aces each were Brittany Thomas and Leah Lawrence. Bama now has at least six aces in each of the last three matches. The team had 10.0 blocks, with half of those being accounted for by Lawrence. Sierra Wilson stepped up with 52 assists in the match which puts her only 169 shy of Brigitte Slack's career record.

     This next weekend Alabama will host a pair of SEC matches. Tennessee (20-6, 6-5 SEC) is up first for a Friday match scheduled for 7 p.m. CT, with South Carolina (9-14, 2-8 SEC) next at 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, November 8th. Sunday's match will be televised live on the SEC Network.

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Alabama Crimson Tide Ranked 7th

In AP & Coaches Poll

     Alabama held steady despite their off week this weekend in both College Football Top-25 Polls. In the Associated Press poll, there are six (6) Southeastern Conference football teams in the poll. LSU is ranked highest at No. 4, followed by Alabama (7), Florida (11),  Ole Miss (19), Mississippi State (24) and Texas A&M (25). 

     Looking at the Amway Coaches Poll, there are also six (6) SEC schools in their rankings. Same six schools with only one change. and this is Mississippi State and Texas A&M flipped positions. LSU is again ranked highest here, and also at No. 4, followed by Alabama (7), Florida (11), Ole Miss (19), Mississippi State (24) and Texas A&M (25). 

     Here is the entire Top-25 of both polls:

AP Poll

Team			Record	PTS
1		Ohio State Buckeyes	8-0	1,465
2		Baylor Bears	7-0	1,408
3		Clemson Tigers	8-0	1,381
4		LSU Tigers	7-0	1,346
5		TCU Horned Frogs	8-0	1,336
6		Michigan State Spartans	8-0	1,249
7		Alabama Crimson Tide	7-1	1,160
8		Notre Dame Fighting Irish	7-1	1,019
9		Stanford Cardinal	7-1	1,014
10		Iowa Hawkeyes	8-0	954
11		Florida Gators	7-1	923
12		Oklahoma State Cowboys	8-0	879
13		Utah Utes	7-1	809
14		Oklahoma Sooners	7-1	712
15		Memphis Tigers	8-0	683
16		Michigan Wolverines	6-2	613
17		Florida State Seminoles	7-1	571
18		Houston Cougars	8-0	466
19		Ole Miss Rebels	7-2	414
20		Toledo Rockets	7-0	366
21		North Carolina Tar Heels	7-1	248
22		UCLA Bruins	6-2	190
23		Temple Owls	7-1	175
24		Mississippi State Bulldogs	6-2	144
25		Texas A&M Aggies	6-2	101

*Polling info courtesy MSN

     

Coaches Poll

Team			Record	PTS
1		Ohio State Buckeyes	8-0	1,574
2		Baylor Bears	7-0	1,481
3		TCU Horned Frogs	8-0	1,441
4		LSU Tigers	7-0	1,388
5		Clemson Tigers	8-0	1,377
6		Michigan State Spartans	8-0	1,337
7		Alabama Crimson Tide	7-1	1,223
8		Stanford Cardinal	7-1	1,069
9		Notre Dame Fighting Irish	7-1	1,068
10		Oklahoma State Cowboys	8-0	978
11		Iowa Hawkeyes	8-0	968
12		Florida Gators	7-1	942
13		Oklahoma Sooners	7-1	819
14		Utah Utes	7-1	770
15		Florida State Seminoles	7-1	693
16		Memphis Tigers	8-0	652
17		Michigan Wolverines	6-2	587
18		Houston Cougars	8-0	505
19		Ole Miss Rebels	7-2	436
20		Toledo Rockets	7-0	396
21		North Carolina Tar Heels	7-1	215
22		UCLA Bruins	6-2	199
23		Temple Owls	7-1	164
24		Texas A&M Aggies	6-2	148
25		Mississippi State Bulldogs	6-2	104