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Underdog Tigers Play for SEC Soccer Championship Today

By Posted on: November 4th, 2012 in Other Sports 2 Comments »

For the second year in a row The SEC Soccer Tournament Championship will come down to Auburn vs. Florida. And for the second year in a row, Auburn comes into the game as the underdog.Today’s Tournament Championship game will be televised by ESPNU. at 2:30 CST in Orange Beach.The Tigers made the finals by pitching Continue Story…

Tatiana Coleman Named All-SEC

By Posted on: October 30th, 2012 in Other Sports Comments Off

Auburn Soccer has had a First Team All-SEC selection in each of the last five years and Monday the SEC office announced that Tatiana Coleman has been named First Team All-SEC for 2012.In addition, Kala Faulkner was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, after Faulkner started all 20 games as an outside back and led Continue Story…

Tatiana’s Overtime Heroics Defeats Alabama 4 – 3

By Posted on: October 26th, 2012 in Other Sports, Uncategorized 3 Comments »

“When you get your last look in the game with 32 seconds left, that’s the kid you want on the ball.” That’s how Auburn Head Soccer Coach Karen Hoppa described Tatiana Coleman’s second goal of the match against Alabama Thursday with just seconds remaining in the second overtime period.   Auburn had jumped out to a Continue Story…

At Least the Duf is Still Kicking Butt

By Posted on: October 22nd, 2012 in Other Sports, Uncategorized 2 Comments »
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Jason Dufner hits up to the green on the 9th hole at the Perth International Golf Tournament. I posted this on the sidebar instead of main page because I did not want to break up the give and take about the current debacle that is AU Football. Down Under in Perth, AUstralia, Jason Dufner placed Continue Story…

Auburn Soccer Earns 12th SEC Tournament Bid

By Posted on: October 20th, 2012 in Other Sports 2 Comments »

The Auburn  Soccer Team, 2011 SEC Tournament Champions, earned their 12th straight SEC Tournament bid Friday night after defeating Vanderbilt 4-1.                                      The Tigers did it with four different players scoring goals. But senior forward  Mary Coffed provided the leadership, when she scored the first goal in the eighth minute and then added an assist on Continue Story…

Auburn Men’s Tennis Gets Historic Win

By Posted on: October 8th, 2012 in Other Sports 2 Comments »

The Auburn Doubles Team made history Sunday with the winning of one of the most prestigious tournament titles in college tennis. The duo of senior Andreas Mies and junior Daniel Cochrane won the main draw doubles final at the ITA All-American Championship. It was Auburn’s first ever title at the All-American Championships. The championship ranks Continue Story…

Ribs, Razzes, and Zingers

By Posted on: October 3rd, 2012 in Football, Other Sports 9 Comments »

“I’ll take care of you even if you have all that Auburn stuff on you!” said the lady, dressed in Georgia Bulldog attire, at the car tag office in my county bordering that of the University of Georgia. I meant to reply in the spirit of good fun in which the initial comment obviously was Continue Story…

Ryder Cup Loss but the Duf Kicked Booty

By Posted on: October 3rd, 2012 in Other Sports 4 Comments »

I am sure by now everyone has heard the the US lost the Ryder Cup to Europe but it sure was not because of Auburn’s own Jason Dufner. He went 3-1 in his matches and if weren’t for Ian Poulter reeling off 5 straight birdies in a match he would have gone undefeated. He was Continue Story…