Chris Denson scored 10 as Auburn scored 84 points against McNeese St.
Auburn put in its best offensive performance under Tony Barbee in its season opener against McNeese State on Friday night, shooting 53.2 percent from the field and scoring 80 points in regulation for the first time in the second-year coach’s tenure.
It was an encouraging sign for a team that struggled mightily on offense last year.
But Barbee’s not about to dwell on the Tigers’ success.
And his players better not, either, not with another game looming Monday.
“It will give us a true test of how they would carry over emotions whether a there is a lot on the positive end or a lot of minuses on the negative end,” Barbee said. “There will be pluses and minuses from both areas of the game, and we want to see how they will be able to put that behind them and go into a fresh start.”
+Continue Reading
The #20 Auburn Soccer team was stunned by MSU
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The No. 20 Auburn soccer team saw its 10-match unbeaten streak end in the most unlikely of places on Sunday afternoon as it was shutout, 2-0, at Mississippi State.
The loss, Auburn’s first in the series with Mississippi State since 2001 and only its fourth overall, drops Auburn’s record to 9-2-1, 3-1-0 SEC while Mississippi State improved to 4-5-3, 1-2-1 SEC.
Auburn outshot Mississippi State, 24-11, and forced Mississippi State goalkeeper Skylar Rosson into making eight saves. Auburn goalkeeper Amy Howard saw just four shots go on frame, but she was only able to stop two of them.
Auburn’s four-match road trip continues next weekend when it heads to No. 9 Florida on Friday and South Carolina on Sunday.
+Continue Reading
The ninth-ranked Auburn men’s golf team opens the 2011-12 season Friday against a stacked field at the 23rd annual Carpet Capital Collegiate in Dalton, Ga.
The Tigers face a field featuring 7 of 12 teams ranked in the top-20 nationally. Alabama and Georgia enter as the third- and fourth-ranked teams in the country, followed by No. 15 Georgia, No. 16 Clemson and No. 17 LSU.
Rounding out the team entries are Chattanooga, Kennesaw State, Middle Tennessee State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wake Forest.
Junior Blayne Barber will miss this year’s Carpet Capital as the 2010-11 All-American will represent the United States this weekend at the 2011 Walker Cup at The Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland.
Tournament central for the Carpet Capital Collegiate can be accessed via http://www.TheFarmGolfClub.org. Live scoring will be available at http://www.GolfStat.com.
+Continue Reading
MacKenzy Harper and the Tigers weren't able to hold of Missouri
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The Auburn volleyball team saw its five-match winning streak come to an end Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 loss to Missouri (25-22, 25-13, 25-17) in the final match of the Blue Raider Bash at Middle Tennessee’s Alumni Memorial Gym.
Auburn (5-2) lost for the first time since its season’s opening match, while Missouri (8-1) won its fourth in a row to capture the Blue Raider Bash tournament title.
Sophomore Camila Jersonsky and senior Kelly Fidero were named to the Blue Raider Bash all-tournament team. For the week, Jersonsky finished with a .493 hitting percentage, scoring 37 kills on 69 attacks with just three errors. Fidero led the Tigers in kills during the tournament with 46 on 111 attacks for a .297 hitting percentage.
+Continue Reading
