Tide Women's Golf Tied For 7th At Landfall Tradition
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| Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
The University of Alabama women's golf team slipped from a tie for fourth after the first round to a tie for seventh place after round two of the Landfall Tradition yesterday. The event is being held at The Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The Crimson Tide's Cheyenne Knight
posted a second consecutive two-under par day during yesterday's second round, and will begin today's final
round at four-under par for the tournament, one shot off the individual
lead. As a team, Alabama stood at eight-over par on Saturday and is currently in a tie
for seventh at 13-over par (293-296/589) with Central Florida.
Alabama sophomore Lauren Stephenson is currently tied for 14th at even par (71-73/144). Freshman Kristen Gillman is tied for 28th at four-over par (72-76/148). Seniors Cammie Gray (80-78/158) and Mia Landegren (81-77/158) are tied for 80th at 14-over par.
Alabama will be grouped with UCF and Iowa in today's final round which will begin with a shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. CT.
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Bama Women's Tennis Collects 14 Wins This Weekend
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| Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
It was a productive past two days for the University of Alabama women's tennis team. The Bama belles picked up three doubles victories and four singles wins on Saturday to conclude the 29th Roberta Alison Fall Classic at
the Alabama Tennis Center. In all, the Crimson Tide collected five
doubles wins and nine singles victories in the two-day event.
Alabama's third doubles win of the day came from senior Danielle Spielmann and junior Smith Hinton, as the pair bested Kenya Jones and Luca Fabian of Georgia Tech 8-6.
In singles play Valero and Pothoff tallied wins to conclude the tournament. Pothoff won her respective singles draw as she beat Maria Toran Ribes of Kansas, and then Troy's Efriliya Herlina.
Savva defeated Gabrielle Paul of Memphis in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, and then Hinton recorded Bama's final singles win of the day over Troy's Sanae Ohta.
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Amway Coaches Poll
Week 10
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Amway Coaches Poll
Week 10
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Michigan
3 Clemson
4 Washington
5 Louisville
6 Ohio State
7 Texas A&M
8 Wisconsin
9 Nebraska
10 Florida
11 Oklahoma
12 Auburn
13 Baylor
14 LSU
15 West Virginia
16 Utah
17 North Carolina
18 Western Michigan
19 Florida State
20 Colorado
21 Virginia Tech
22 Oklahoma State
23 Penn State
24 Boise State
25 Washington State
Others receiving votes:
Houston 111; Tennessee 38; San Diego State 36;
South Florida 34; Southern California 28; Arkansas 10; Troy 7; Navy 6;
Middle Tennessee 5; Wyoming 5; Appalachian State 4; Northwestern 3;
Tulsa 3; Minnesota 2; Mississippi 1; Louisiana Tech 1; Pittsburgh 1.
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Associated Press College Football Poll
Week 10
1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Michigan
3 Clemson
4 Washington
5 Louisville
6 Ohio State
7 Texas A&M
8 Wisconsin
9 Nebraska
10 Florida
11 Auburn
12 Oklahoma
13 Baylor
14 West Virginia
15 LSU
16 Utah
17 Western Michigan
18 North Carolina
19 Florida State
20 Penn State
21 Colorado
22 Oklahoma State
23 Virginia Tech
24 Boise State
25 Washington State
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Tide Tennis' Thibault Cancel Advances In USTA 10k Futures
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| Thibault Cancel Alabama Men's Tennis Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
Cancel completely man-handled Jibran Akhtar of the U.S. in a 6-1, 6-0 decision. He will play today against Columbia's Sebastian Sanchez at 11:30 a.m. CT on court two.
Two other members of the Crimson Tide team didn't fare as well at yesterday's event. Alabama's Ritchie Krunnenber was defeated by Jocelyn Devilliers of France 7-5, 6-1 while Alex Nesterov fell to Miroslav Herzan of the Czech Republic 0-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(6).
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Registration Underway For Bama Baseball Grand Slammers
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| Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
For those of you not familiar with the group, the Alabama Grand Slammers serve as the Crimson Tide's official booster club for Alabama baseball. The Grand Slammers offer four levels of membership, which range from $100 up to $400 for the full year. All members of the organization receive the official newsletter, special access to member meetings with coach Goff, recognition at an upcoming 2017 Alabama baseball game, an autographed poster by the coaching staff, an invite to the Grand Slammer's annual cookout to kick off the season and a T-shirt. After the "Single" level, membership benefits increase at each tier.
With the baseball season fast approaching, fans are encouraged to sign up now. Those who are interested should fill out the official membership card and return the completed form along with their contribution.
"The Grand Slammers are an integral part of the Alabama baseball program," Goff commented. "I encourage our fans to take advantage of this organization and help in supporting our team on our quest for Omaha. The Grand Slammers have been a part of the Crimson Tide baseball program for many years, and we hope that all of its members will join us in packing out Sewell-Thomas Stadium for what will be an exciting 2017 season."
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| Greg Goff Alabama Baseball Head Coach Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics |
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Southeastern Conference Football Scores
The No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide was enjoying a bye week this week, but there is plenty of other football scores to bring you this week.
The 9th-ranked Aggies of Texas A&M, already having fallen victory to the top-ranked Tide, bounced right back this week by blasting New Mexico State by a score of 52-10. The 14th-ranked Florida Gators took a bite out the the Georgia Bulldogs this weekend 24-10. Surging 15th-ranked Auburn knocked a few stars off the flag of the Ole Miss Rebels 40-29 and the 18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, who have repeatedly said they "would have beaten Alabama if" went down in defeat to the South Carolina Gamecocks 24-21. Mississippi State ha a tough time with Samford 56-41 and the Kentucky Wildcats declawed the Missouri Tigers 25-21
No. 19 LSU, who will play top-ranked Alabama this coming Saturday, was idle this week. The other SEC schools were also idle this week, including Arkansas and Vanderbilt.
#1 Alabama Crimson Tide was idle
#9 Texas A&M 52 New Mexico State 10
#14 Florida 24 Georgia 10
#15 Auburn 40 Ole Miss 29
#18 Tennessee 21 South Carolina 24
#19 LSU was idle
Mississippi State 56 Samford 41
Kentucky 25 Missouri 21Arkansas was idle
Vanderbilt was idle
