Bama Swimming & Diving Sweeps FSU
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University of Alabama swimming & diving head coach Dennis Pursley said, "Today we were a little bit more excited and hyped up than under normal circumstances because it was the last home meet for our seniors in their collegiate career. It was the last home meet of the season for us as well so that added a little spice to it and they really responded to that. There was a lot of energy today."
The Crimson Tide men picked up a 182-111 victory while the Bama women beat FSU 170-130.
Posting victories for Alabama were:
Katie Kelsoe, Bridget Blood, Hannah Musser, Bailey Scott, Christopher Reid, Anton McKee, Zane Waddell, Robert Howard, Mia Nonnenberg, Daniel Kober, Temarie Tomley, Laurent Bams, LukeKaliszak, Kacey Oberlander, Conner Oslin, Taylor Zablocki, Brent Sagert, Lindsay Morrow and Alex Gray.
Prior to Saturday's meet, Alabama recognized its 24 seniors, the class that Pursley credits for putting Alabama back in the national conversation.
The Alabama men's and women's swimming and diving teams will return to action February 14-18 in for the Southeastern Conference Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Tide Men's & Women's Track Teams Shine
Capture Both Titles At Auburn Invitational On Saturday
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The 17th-nationally-ranked men's team scored 127.4 points on the day to outpace the second place Auburn Tigers (112). It was No. 3 LSU (104.5) and No. 21 Ohio State (82) rounding out the scoring.
The Bama women clinched the crown in the final event of the day with a second-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:36.54, the second-best in school history. The 22nd-ranked Alabama women finished with a total of 150 points, followed by No. 7 LSU in second with 145, Ohio State (101) for third and Auburn (89) coming in at fourth.
Following the meet, Alabama track & field head coach Dan Waters said, "[Saturday] was a good day. We've improved each week and have had a national best set in both meets we've entered. I'm very pleased with where we are at the moment. We're going to enjoy the wins and then get ready for Clemson next weekend."
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Crimson Tide Men's Basketball Falls To In-State Rival
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"[Yesterday's] game was unlike any game that we've had recently," University of Alabama men's basketball head coach Avery Johnson said. "In our recent games, especially in SEC play, when things are closely contested, we have been the type of team that has the mental and physical stamina, and the team that makes the better decisions in the second half to give ourselves a chance to win. That didn't happen [yesterday]. This was probably the one of the worst defensive halves that I've seen. Give (Auburn) credit for executing on both ends of the floor more than we did. They deserved to win."
The game was a battle during the first half. Bama had the lead, in fact, near the end of the half, but Auburn managed to tie it up at 30 apiece headed into the locker room. Then with the start of the second half also came the first lead of the game for the Tigers on a Horace Spencer jumper. It took several minutes for Bama to recover to retake the lead 45-44 on a Dazon Ingram layup with 11:43 remaining. In just over two minutes following that score the game changed hands six times and was tied four times until the hot hands of the Tigers took over to take the contest out of the reach of the boys from Bama.
The Crimson Tide hit 41 percent from the field and 29 percent from beyond the arc, while the Tigers dropped in 50 percent from the floor and 62 percent from three-point land. Auburn finished the game 28-of-42 from the foul line and 11-of-18 from the foul line. Bama was 10-of-19 from the foul line.
Leading the Bama offense was freshman Braxton Key with 18 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists. Riley Norris was the only other Crimson Tide player to score in double figures with 10. Graduate senior Bola Olaniyan put on one of his best performances dropping in seven points and 11 rebounds, with eight of those rebounds coming off the offensive boards.
Alabama will travel to Athens, Georgia on Wednesday night to take on the Georgia Bulldogs, with an 8 p.m. CT tip off. The game will be broadcast ESPNU.
| Game Stats | UA | AU |
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| FG% | .414 | .500 |
| 3FG% | .286 | .615 |
| FT% | .526 | .667 |
| RB | 34 | 34 |
| TO | 16 | 13 |
| STL | 6 | 10 |
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Alabama Women's Tennis Suffers First Loss
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SINGLES:
1. No. 86 Erin Routliffe (Alabama) defeated Stacey Fung (Washington) 6-4, 6-2
2. Andie Daniell (Alabama) defeated Nour Abbes (Washington) 6-1, 6-0
3. Miki Kobayashi (Washington) defeated No. 109 Danielle Spielmann (Alabama) 6-2, 7-6(7), 6-4
4. Alexis Prokopuik (Washington) defeated Smith Hinton (Alabama) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
5. Kenadi Hance (Washington) defeated Maddie Pothoff (Alabama) 6-0, 5-7, 7-6(4)
6. Katarina Kopcalic (Washington) defeated Juliana Valero (Alabama) 6-3, 7-6(6)
DOUBLES:
1. Erin Routliffe/Maddie Pothoff (Alabama) vs. Miki Kobayashi/Nour Abbes (Washington) 5-4 DNF
2. Danielle Spielmann/Andie Daniell (Alabama) defeated Stacey Fung/Alexis Prokopuik (Washington) 6-4
3. Smith Hinton/Juliana Valero (Alabama) def. Katarina Kopcalic/Kenadi Hance (Washington) 6-2
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Tide Men's Tennis Falls 4-0 To Michigan
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Bama men's tennis head coach George Husack said, "Good match by Michigan. They were the better squad. We're a very young team and it showed a bit [last night]. A young colt takes a while to find its way in the world. We will grow and become more seasoned as they year moves along. I really like the path that we are on, and it's only going to get better with this rock solid stable that we have."
SINGLES:
1. No. 63 Mazen Osama (Alabama) vs. Jathan Malik (Michigan) 6-3, 5-5 DNF
2. No. 78 Thibault Cancel (Alabama) vs. No. 50 Kevin Wong (Michigan) 7-6(4), 1-1 DNF
3. Myles Schalet (Michigan) defeated Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 6-1, 6-2
4. Spencer Richey (Alabama) vs. Runhao Hua (Michigan) 1-6, 4-3 DNF
5. Alex Knight (Michigan) defeated Edson Ortiz (Alabama) 6-2, 6-2
6. Davis Crocker (Michigan) defeated Langford Hills (Alabama) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES:
1. No. 32 Spencer Richey/Mazen Osama (Alabama) vs. No. 6 Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (Michigan) 5-5 DNF
2. Alex Knight/Runhao Hua (Michigan) defeated Edson Ortiz/Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 6-1
3. Tyler Gardiner/Myles Schalet (Michigan) defeated Thibault Cancel/Zhe Zhou (Alabama) 6-4
