tigerman1186 537 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 What's going on with our women's sports teams this year???? VB was terrible....BB not much better....SB projected to be 11th in the conference....SOC didn't have the season they've had in the past....hasn't been this poor in a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,603 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, tigerman1186 said: What's going on with our women's sports teams this year???? VB was terrible....BB not much better....SB projected to be 11th in the conference....SOC didn't have the season they've had in the past....hasn't been this poor in a long time... Well, the Equestrian team is projected to win its 7th national championship this Spring. The season is divided and AU went undefeated in the fall series. Last year's national championship team was the first Equestrian team in the history of the college sport to go undefeated through the entire year. I recommend going to a meet and checking it out. Nice facility on Wire Road, pretty girls and great horses. What's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slot canyon 1,333 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Don't overlook a very respectable gymnastics team. I would say softball team is in transition with a lot of new players this year and some good pitching help in the next recruiting class. New VB coach so wait and see on that sport. We know about the recent poor showing in the BB program as a number of comments on that topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskanFAN 1,666 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, tigerman1186 said: What's going on with our women's sports teams this year???? VB was terrible....BB not much better....SB projected to be 11th in the conference....SOC didn't have the season they've had in the past....hasn't been this poor in a long time... You left out tennis, golf and swimming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,156 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, AlaskanFAN said: You left out tennis, golf and swimming Golf is in good shape maybe a little down this coming season but we made it to the semifinals last year ended up 4th in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Gymnastics has probably the most thrilling gymnast AU has ever had and recently took down uat for only like the third time ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 7:24 AM, slot canyon said: Don't overlook a very respectable gymnastics team. I would say softball team is in transition with a lot of new players this year and some good pitching help in the next recruiting class. New VB coach so wait and see on that sport. We know about the recent poor showing in the BB program as a number of comments on that topic. Counting on softball to be better than the experts are predicting.......though we start the season with almost no "household" names on the team as in past years. Some of the new young players will have to take a big step forward but seems that CMD has the kind of staff needed to help them develop quickly. Look forward to getting more up to date on the future stars in that sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscaloosaTiger 281 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 1:23 AM, Mikey said: Well, the Equestrian team is projected to win its 7th national championship this Spring. The season is divided and AU went undefeated in the fall series. Last year's national championship team was the first Equestrian team in the history of the college sport to go undefeated through the entire year. I recommend going to a meet and checking it out. Nice facility on Wire Road, pretty girls and great horses. What's not to like? Have any of the AU National Championship equestrian teams been invited to the White House after winning a championship? Just wondering if anyone knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,603 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 3 hours ago, TuscaloosaTiger said: Have any of the AU National Championship equestrian teams been invited to the White House after winning a championship? Just wondering if anyone knows. They have not. I think it must be a major sport to get such an invite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscaloosaTiger 281 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Thanks for the response. You'd think a six-time NCAA championship team might get an invite. Maybe our senators need to request an invitation. Based on President Trump's mention that Penn State men wrestling national champions received an invite to the White House, I was wondering whether any women NCAA champions in any sport received invitations to visit. Not sure how far down the pecking order men's wrestling is, but I've got to believe it's relatively far down the line in terms of men's sports based on the number of teams across the nation participating. Do any SEC schools still have wrestling teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeleagle 2,945 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 21 hours ago, TuscaloosaTiger said: Thanks for the response. You'd think a six-time NCAA championship team might get an invite. Maybe our senators need to request an invitation. Based on President Trump's mention that Penn State men wrestling national champions received an invite to the White House, I was wondering whether any women NCAA champions in any sport received invitations to visit. Not sure how far down the pecking order men's wrestling is, but I've got to believe it's relatively far down the line in terms of men's sports based on the number of teams across the nation participating. Do any SEC schools still have wrestling teams? No. I think Auburn dropped it around the early 1980's and UT was the last school the finally drop it. ALthough we were one of the best w/ Umbach back then, the reason I thought it was dropped was Title IX, but Umbach said it had to do with the Southeastern high schools that did not have it so the south schools could not recruit from their areas so they had to go all over the country to bring in their recruits. The football coaches also controlled the money back then, and FLorida(Pell), Auburn(Dye) and Alabama all dropped their programs so they could use that money more towards football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,405 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The soccer team has been respectable recently, although down this past season. Went to final 8 in ncaa tourney a couple years ago. Typically hover around the upper end of the top 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscaloosaTiger 281 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 4 hours ago, steeleagle said: No. I think Auburn dropped it around the early 1980's and UT was the last school the finally drop it. ALthough we were one of the best w/ Umbach back then, the reason I thought it was dropped was Title IX, but Umbach said it had to do with the Southeastern high schools that did not have it so the south schools could not recruit from their areas so they had to go all over the country to bring in their recruits. The football coaches also controlled the money back then, and FLorida(Pell), Auburn(Dye) and Alabama all dropped their programs so they could use that money more towards football. Thanks for the response. I think we had a pretty good wrestling team in the 60"s and still had a team when I was at AU in the early to mid 70's. It's a tough sport. Too bad we dropped it. Someone in the know should inform if any women's championship teams have been invited to the White House. I seem to recall that Obama may have invited the Rutgers basketball champions to the White House. Did the South Carolina women team go? Have we had a SEC women's champ since then in a "major" sport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUB78 1,358 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Women’s track won a NC 10-15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,603 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, PUB78 said: Women’s track won a NC 10-15 years ago. Yes they did. I do believe that is the least publicized and appreciated NCAA natty in AU history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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