Alabama Football
Prep Continues For Colorado State
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The quest for an undefeated season continues as the University of Alabama football team continued preparation on Tuesday afternoon for Saturday's home game with Colorado State. Yesterday's two-hour session in full pads was again forced inside at the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility on the UA campus due to the rain.
Dylan Moses, Rashaan Evans nor Anfernee Jennings were seen at yesterday's practice session during the media viewing period. It is highly unlikely the three will see action in this Saturday's game. On a positive note, Lester Cotton was back practicing on Tuesday. If you recall, Alabama head coach Nick Saban said that Cotton had gotten "dinged" up in last Saturday's contest with Fresno State. Josh Jacobs also continued to show improvement.
Alabama football head coach Nick Saban mentioned in his Monday press conference that there was still plenty of room for improvement, and the Crimson Tide focused on making those adjustments and improvements following last Saturday's home opener against Fresno State. The Tide won the last meeting between the two teams, a 31-6 victory back in 2013 in Tuscaloosa in 2013 in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
The Crimson Tide and Rams are slated for a 6:05 p.m. CT kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN 2 with Mark Jones and Rod Gilmore handling play-by-play and analysis from the booth while Quint Kessenich handles the sidelines.
Of note is Bama sophomore quarterback Jalen Hurts was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list, according to an announcement by the award's organizers on Tuesday afternoon. Hurts rolled up a career-best 154 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground, the the fourth 100-yard rushing game of his young career. He also added a touchdown through the air while completing 77.8 percent of his passes (14-of-18) for 128 yards and one touchdown.
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Bama Volleyball Bests Samford
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Despite being bested in the first set, the University of Alabama volleyball team came rolling back for a close win in set two, then pouring it on for sets three and four to clinch the victory over Samford on Tuesday night 3-1. Set scores for last evening were 23-25, 26-24, 25-12 and 25-15.
It was Crimson Tide freshman Christine Jarman, senior Leah Lawrence as well as sophomore Hayley McSparin finishing the match with a team-leading 11 kills apiece, while Jarman added an additional 13 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, junior Quincey Gary, posted 23 digs. UA soccer freshman Meghan Neelon provided 40 assists on the evening.
Bama led the Dogs in kills, 47-43, as well as blocks, 9-4. Samford committed 31 errors as opposed to 18 for the Tide.
Alabama will host the Crimson-White Tournament this weekend at Foster Auditorium slated to begin this Friday, September 15th. The Tide will play Southern this Friday at 10 a.m. CT, followed by Murray State at 7:30 p.m. CT. Then on Saturday Bama will face Troy beginning at 1 p.m. CT.
| Game Stats | UA | SAM |
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| Kills | 47 | 43 |
| Errors | 18 | 31 |
| Hitting % | .203 | .078 |
| Points | 63.0 | 52.0 |
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Blocks | 9.0 | 4.0 |
| TA | 143 | 153 |
| Assists | 42 | 42 |
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Alabama Soccer Ranked 25th Nationally
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Bama has also received votes in the prestigious TopDrawerSoccer.com and NSCAA's top-25 rankings. Additionally the Tide has advanced two places to No. 6 in the NSCAA Southeast Regional poll.
UA soccer made its debut on the Soccer America rankings list at No. 24 on August 29th after defeating the nationally-ranked Florida State Seminoles 1-0. This victory was the first time Alabama defeated a top-10 ranked opponent and is the second win over an ACC team in school history. Last week, the Crimson Tide jumped up two spots to No. 22 after outscoring its opponents 5-1.
Alabama will play its first Southeastern Conference contest on the road on Friday, September 15th when it goes up against its second top-10 opponent of the season. The Tide will battle No. 3 South Carolina at the Eugene E. Stone III Stadium at 6 p.m. CT and will then return to Tuscaloosa on Sunday, September 17th to host Chattanooga at 5 p.m. CT at the Alabama Soccer Complex. Both games will air live on SEC Network +.
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Game Time Announced For Bama-Vandy
An official kickoff time has been set for the upcoming game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Vanderbilt Commodores. The Southeastern Conference and CBS have announced a 2:30 p.m. CT start for the September 23rd game. It will be the first game of the 2017 season that CBS has carried UA Football.
