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The Southeastern Conference baseball tournament continues today in Hoover. Kentucky plays South Carolina late Friday afternoon, while Tennessee plays Mississippi State in the primetime game. The action begins at 4:00 p.m. at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium with the Kentucky versus South Carolina game. At 7:30 p.m. the University of Tennessee will play Mississippi State. This is a double elimination tournament after the Tuesday play in games which were single elimination. The winners on Friday will a...
On Friday, the University of Alabama softball team lost its NCAA super regional game to the University of Tennessee 3 to 2. This was the first of a three game series so Alabama gets a chance to even the series to force a third game on Sunday. The Tide women play the Lady Vols on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. CDT. Alabama falls to 36 and 18 on the season; while Tennessee improves to 44 and 10. It was a strange game where Tennessee benefitted from Alabama's errors. Patrick Murphy is the head coach of the...
The Troy University baseball team was eliminated on Friday night from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament by App State. Troy was defeated 6 to 10. The game started well for the Trojans with three straight walks in the first inning forcing a pitching change. Troy came out of the first inning with a 2 to 0 lead. App State got on the board in the third inning to narrow the score at 2 to 1, and then added two runs in the fourth inning to go up 2 to 3. Troy scored a run in the sixth inning to tie it...
On Friday both App State and James Madison won games to advance to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Troy University is hosting the tournament in Montgomery; but they were eliminated Friday by App State. App State will play Southern Mississippi on Saturday at beautiful Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery at 9:00 a.m. Because this is a double elimination tournament, App State will need to defeat No. 2-seeded Southern Miss twice on Saturday to advance to the championship game....
Saturday, May 25 is another day of exciting college baseball action at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The action starts at noon CDT with South Carolina playing LSU. That game will be followed by Tennessee versus Vanderbilt at 3:30 p.m. All of Saturday's games will be televised on the SEC Network The winners on Saturday will advance to the Southeastern Conference championship game on Sunday The SEC baseball championship game will be televised on ESPN at 2:00 p.m. CDT. In...
The University of Alabama softball team fought off elimination and narrowly won an extra inning game on Saturday with the Tennessee Lady Vols. Tennessee had won the first game of the three game NCAA playoff series so Alabama's season would have ended with a loss. Instead, Alabama plays Tennessee on Sunday for the super-regional. Winner advances and loser goes home. Alabama won 3 to 2. The Tide finally broke through in the fourteenth inning when Kristen White drove Lauren Johnson home. Bailey...
Southern Mississippi and Georgia Southern both advanced to the championship final at the 2024 Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship in Montgomery. Southern Miss defeated App State 7 to 5 on Saturday. The game was marked by two weather delays that totaled nearly eight hours. When that game was finished, Georgia Southern played James Madison on Saturday night. Georgia Southern prevailed 7 to 1. The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles are 40 and 18; while the Georgia...
On Sunday LSU and Tennessee will play in the 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament Championship game in Hoover. The two teams bested their semi-final opponents on Saturday to advance to the championship game. LSU defeated South Carolina on Saturday with a walk off home run in the tenth inning 11 to 10. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt on Saturday night 6 to 4 – avenging a loss to the Commodores earlier in the tournament. The Championship game will be at 3:00 p.m. CDT at the Hoover Met. The game will be t...
On Saturday, the Birmingham Stallions lost a game for the first time in over a year when they were defeated by the San Antonio Brahmas 9 to 18. The Stallions fall to 8 and 1; but had already clinched a home playoff game in two weeks. The Stallions are coached by Skip Holtz. "The effort put out there today was not good enough to get it done," Holtz said. "I think this was a great wakeup call for us." Stallions Quarterback Adrian Martinez was the team's leading rusher on Saturday with 56 yards on...
On Sunday, the University of Alabama softball team defeated the Tennessee 4 to 1 in the third and decisive game of the super-regional series. Riley Valentine hit a grand slam home run that was too much for Tennessee to overcome. Joselyn Briski pitched for six innings giving up just four hits with just one run/ The win means that Alabama will be heading to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Patrick Murphy is the head coach of the Alabama softball team. "We're heading to our 15th...
The University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team was the best team in the Southeastern Conference all season and the championship game was no different. Tennessee beat the LSU Tigers on Sunday 4 to 3 to win the SEC Baseball Tournament title tilt at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama. Tennessee with the win secured an automatic berth in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Volunteers improve to 50 and 11 on the year. LSU was down 4 to 1, but had a late rally in the ninth inning to pull the game...
The NCAA has agreed tentatively to pay out $2.7 billion to settle three anti-trust lawsuits claiming that the college and university members formed an illegal trust to deny thousands of student athletes just compensation over the course of decades. After decades of claiming that the athletes were "amateurs" and "student-athletes," the NCAA has agreed to rule changes that will allow the "schools" to pay the players. This is to resolve the three pending federal anti-trust lawsuits. The current and...
On Sunday, the University of Southern Mississippi defeated Georgia Southern University to win back to back Sun Belt Conference baseball tournaments. The 2024 Sun Belt Conference Tournament was held in Montgomery and hosted by Troy University. Southern Miss scored five runs in the ninth inning to win 14 to 11 over Georgia Southern. Southern Miss finished the season 41 and 18. Sothern Miss's Colby Allen was chosen as the Most Outstanding player of the tournament. The Sun Belt Conference head...
On Monday, the University of Alabama was selected to play in the NCAA baseball tournament. Troy University, another bubble team for the tournament, was left out. Alabama will be joined by the University of Central Florida, Stetson and Florida State in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium from May 31 to June 3. The Crimson Tide is the No. 2 seed in the region. They will begin play with the third-seeded UCF Golden Knights at 5:00 p.m. CDT. Florida State, who is the number 8 team...
For the first time in the Eastern National Tournament of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), a student archer shot a perfect score of 300 to take top honors in their division. That feat was accomplished by Gunnar Couch, a seventh grader from Grand Bay Middle School in Mobile County, during the event held in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 9-11, 2024. For his first place finish in the overall high school division, Gunnar received a $1,000 scholarship and the opportunity to compete...
The University of Alabama softball team plays UCLA on Thursday in the NCAA Women's College World Series. The game is in Oklahoma City at 11:00 and will be televised on ESPN. This is the 15th time in program history that Alabama has played in the Women's College World Series. The Tide won the world series and the national championship in 2012. The Crimson Tide Sports Network at 97.5 FM in Tuscaloosa will have the radio broadcast. Alabama defeated Tennessee last weekend in a 3 game Super Regional...
The Auburn University men's golf team defeated Florida State 3-2 to win the University's first men's golf national title ever. On Wednesday, Auburn played FSU at the Omni La Costa Champions Course in the California hills near Carlsbad, California. The Tigers' head coach is Nick Clinard. "I've got a great group of young men," said Clinard. "We've got six of the best players in the country." Senior J.M. Butler said, "Glad we could get it done. I knew we had it in us, all we had to do was go out...
The University of Alabama softball team fell 1 to 4 in the College Softball World Series to UCLA. The Tide ladies will face either Oklahoma or Duke in an elimination game Friday at 6 p.m. CDT. The game will be televised on ESPN. Alabama falls to 38 and 19 on the season, while UCLA improves to 43 and 10 on the year. UCLA scored first in the third inning. Alabama tied it up in the fifth inning; but left the inning with the bases loaded. This would come back to haunt the Tide. UCLA took the lead...
The University of Alabama baseball team will play the University of Central Florida on Friday in Tallahassee in the NCAA regional playoffs hosted by Florida State. The Tide is the number two seed in the region. UCF is the number three seed. The two will play at Dick Howser Stadium on the campus of Florida State University. The game is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CDT. The game will be televised on ESPN+. Alabama baseball's head Coach is Rob Vaughn. "Credit goes to these kids," said Coach Vaughn. "To...
On Friday the University of Alabama softball team defeated Duke 2 to 1 in what was an elimination game. The win improves Alabama to 1 and 1 in College World Series play. Alabama will play the loser of Saturday's Florida versus Texas game next. That game will be on Sunday June 2 at 2:00 p.m. and will be televised on ABC. Alabama improves to 39 and 19 on the season with the win over Duke. Marlie Giles was the batting heroine of the game. She hit a double in the first inning driving in Kenleigh...
The University of Alabama baseball team lost to the University of Central Florida on Friday 7 to 8 in their first NCAA postseason game. The loss drops the Tide to 33 and 223 on the season. The Tide is playing in the Tallahassee regional of the NCAA baseball playoffs. This is a double elimination regional, so the Tide still has some life left. The Tide will play Stetson in an elimination game on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. CDT. The game is being televised on ESPN+. Shortstop Justin Lebron had 4 hits...
On Saturday Stetson thoroughly dominated the University of Alabama baseball team. They advanced to Sunday, by ending Alabama's season. Stetson scored 1 run in the first inning when Kyle Jones hit a home runj taking an early lead they never relinquished. Stetson added runs in the 3rd, 6th, and 7th innings. Alabama got 5 hits, but never was able to get a runner across home plate. Florida State beat UCF 5 to 2. Stetson had lost to Florida State on Friday; while Alabama lost to the University of...
On Saturday, the Birmingham Stallions defeated the Michigan Panthers 20 to 19 to wrap up the regular season at Protective Life Stadium in Birmingham. Michigan attempted a 53 yard field goal with three seconds left that would have won them the game; but missed. The Stallions improve to 9 and 1 on the season. Michigan falls to 7 and 3. Michigan had 324 yards of total offense on the day versus just 223 for the Stallions. The Stallions scored a touchdown on their first possession, on their opening p...
On Sunday, the University of Alabama softball team lost to the University of Florida 6 to 4. The loss eliminated the ladies from the NCAA 2024 Softball World Series. The game was extended by a three-hour weather delay. Kayla Beaver got the start for the Tide; while Keagan Rothrock was the starting pitcher for Florida. The Tide took an early second inning lead when Riley Valentine batted in Bailey Dowling. Florida, however scored two runs in the third inning to take a 2 to 1 lead. Alabama tied...
The Montgomery Biscuits Baseball team won their home opener over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on Tuesday night 9 to 0. Nine players for the Biscuits recorded hits and seven scored runs in the contest. Designated batter Kenny Piper kicked off the offensive spectacle with a home run in the second inning. Piper finished with two runs on three at bats. Short stop Carson Williams scored in the fourth inning when Wahoos pitcher Jonathon Bermudez threw a wild pitch. The Biscuits scored for the third time...
