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Leaving West Coast paid off for Alexis Osorio

Leaving West Coast paid off for Alexis Osorio

Ehsan Kassim April 26, 2018

Alexis Osorio never intended to leave the West Coast. The farthest she was willing to go was one state away to attend college and play softball. Alabama looked completely out of the picture as a destination...

Tennessee takes doubleheader against Softball

Tennessee takes doubleheader against Softball

Ehsan Kassim April 21, 2018

Alabama softball played two games on Saturday and collected just three runs on nine hits. That is not a winning formula against a top-10 team, like the No. 7 Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Tennessee (40-8,...

A-Day gives fans list of experiences surrounding the game

A-Day gives fans list of experiences surrounding the game

Ehsan Kassim April 19, 2018

Alabama’s annual spring game, A-Day, is this Saturday at 1 p.m. The A-Day game will give fans a chance to see how Alabama players have progressed through spring practices. It will be the 12th A-Day Game...

Callaway perfect in Alabama softball win over Southern Miss

Callaway perfect in Alabama softball win over Southern Miss

Ehsan Kassim April 18, 2018

Gabby Callaway had a perfect night in Alabama’s 4-2 victory over Southern Miss on Wednesday at Rhoads Stadium. In a game which Alabama (27-13, 7-8 SEC) was without its second leading hitter, Bailey Hemphill,...

Softball drops weekend series at Arkansas

Softball drops weekend series at Arkansas

Ehsan Kassim April 15, 2018

Kaylee Tow hit two home runs and drove in three runs on Sunday afternoon at Bogle Park, but it wasn’t enough for Alabama softball, as it fell to Arkansas 6-3. Arkansas (33-9, 8-7 SEC) scored a pair of...

Softball drops game two against Arkansas

Softball drops game two against Arkansas

Ehsan Kassim April 14, 2018

Alabama dropped the second game of its series against Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, 3-0, at at Bogle Park to even the weekend series. Alabama (26-12, 7-7 SEC) collected just four hits on the day and...

Teamwork continues to lead rowing to success

Teamwork continues to lead rowing to success

Ehsan Kassim April 12, 2018

In less-than ideal weather in Kansas City, Kansas last weekend, the Alabama rowing team posted a strong performance, winning 9 of its 10 races. One boat in particular, the Second Varsity 4+ boat, posted...

Home run in sixth inning gives Florida series win over Alabama

Home run in sixth inning gives Florida series win over Alabama

Ehsan Kassim April 9, 2018

It would be hard to blame Alabama starter Alexis Osorio if she thought Danielle Romanello had been hitting extra base hits all season. Romanello, a freshman, actually had just one extra in 30 at-bats coming...

Softball evens series against Florida

Softball evens series against Florida

Ehsan Kassim April 8, 2018

Alabama fell behind on Saturday and could not respond. On Sunday, the team was more aggressive in its 3-2 victory over No. 4 Florida. Alabama starter Courtney Gettins got in to trouble in the very first...

Softball drops game one against Florida

Softball drops game one against Florida

Ehsan Kassim April 7, 2018

The Alabama offense went cold against Florida on Saturday afternoon at Rhoades Stadium, in its 6-1 loss to No. 4 Florida. Florida (33-5, 8-2 SEC) opened the first inning loading the bases against Alabama...

Sydney Booker found her way to father's alma mater

Sydney Booker found her way to father’s alma mater

Ehsan Kassim April 5, 2018

Sydney Booker was never going to entertain the idea of accepting a softball scholarship at Auburn. She wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father, David Booker, and play at Alabama.  David Booker...

Alabama wins series against Kentucky despite losing on Sunday

Alabama wins series against Kentucky despite losing on Sunday

Ehsan Kassim April 2, 2018

It looked bleak for Alabama baseball, losers of seven straight games, with a top 10 SEC opponent coming to Tuscaloosa. A series against the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats turns out to be just what the Crimson...

Hunter Alexander's late grand slam lifts Alabama over Kentucky

Hunter Alexander’s late grand slam lifts Alabama over Kentucky

Ehsan Kassim March 31, 2018

Alabama could only muster two hits on Saturday afternoon against No. 7 Kentucky and both were vastly different types of hits.  One was an infield single in the bottom of the seventh that broke up a no-hitter....

Baseball takes game one against No. 7 Kentucky

Baseball takes game one against No. 7 Kentucky

Ehsan Kassim March 31, 2018

Alabama needed a big victory after losing it’s last seven games. On Friday night at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, it got its first win against a top-10 opponent, defeating No. 7 Kentucky 4-2. The Crimson Tide...

Alexis Osorio cleared to return

Alexis Osorio cleared to return

Ehsan Kassim March 30, 2018

Ahead of it’s second SEC road series, Alabama got some good news. Star pitcher Alexis Osorio has been cleared to pitch this weekend against No. 19 Kentucky. Osorio, who did not pitch at all last week...

Demi Turner taking nothing for granted after scary injury last season

Demi Turner taking nothing for granted after scary injury last season

Ehsan Kassim March 29, 2018

Evelyn Turner did not know how to react. She was crying, in shock as she screamed, “Matthew” loud enough for her phone to voice dial her son. Matthew Powledge could not make out what his mom said and...

Alabama softball wins series against Ole Miss with walk-off victory on Sunday

Alabama softball wins series against Ole Miss with walk-off victory on Sunday

Ehsan Kassim March 25, 2018

Alabama’s home-opener weekend of SEC softball featured many ups and downs for the Crimson Tide. Without the services of ace Alexis Osorio, No. 15 Alabama took two of three from Ole Miss, including a...

Other pitchers step up for Alabama softball as Alexis Osorio remains out

Other pitchers step up for Alabama softball as Alexis Osorio remains out

Ehsan Kassim March 23, 2018

Alabama’s softball team could face it’s toughest test of the season this weekend. The team has prepared to be without it’s ace and All-American pitcher Alexis Osorio for it’s home-opening SEC series...

Softball's bats heat up against UAB

Softball’s bats heat up against UAB

Ehsan Kassim March 20, 2018

Alabama needed to get its offense going. On a cold Tuesday night at Rhoades Stadium, the lineup finally started to heat up.  The Crimson Tide (20-7) faced two early deficits, falling behind 1-0 and 3-2...

Alexis Osorio ties NCAA record with 21 strikeouts

Alexis Osorio ties NCAA record with 21 strikeouts

Ehsan Kassim March 10, 2018

There is not a whole lot a softball pitcher can do to follow-up a no-hitter the night before. Alexis Osorio found a way. Osorio struckout 21 hitters, a new personal and school record for a single game....

Alabama sweeps doubleheader, Patrick Murphy reaches 1,000 wins

Alabama sweeps doubleheader, Patrick Murphy reaches 1,000 wins

Ehsan Kassim March 10, 2018

Gabby Callaway provided the fireworks and Alexis Osorio no-hit Boston College in the first game of Alabama’s double header on Friday, earning Patrick Murphy his 1,000th career win with Alabama. Murphy...

Kaylee Tow continues to make strides in freshman season

Kaylee Tow continues to make strides in freshman season

Ehsan Kassim March 9, 2018

Kaylee Tow introduced herself as “fearless” at a team meeting last August when she arrived at Alabama’s campus. The freshman outfielder has backed up her words and won the trust of her coach and...

Alabama softball takes rare road trip to Seattle

Alabama softball takes rare road trip to Seattle

Ehsan Kassim March 1, 2018

The opportunity to travel to Seattle doesn’t come around too often for the Alabama Crimson Tide softball program. It gets that rare opportunity this weekend, as it takes part in the Husky Classic, hosted...

Alabama records its sixth shutout of the season

Alabama records its sixth shutout of the season

Ehsan Kassim February 28, 2018

Alabama’s softball team collected its sixth shutout of the season on Tuesday, defeating UAB 4-0 at Mary Bowers Field. Courtney Gettins and Alexis Osorio combined to shut the Blazers out and allowed only...

Softball wins three games during Easton Bama Bash

Softball wins three games during Easton Bama Bash

Ehsan Kassim February 26, 2018

Alabama’s softball team got its home season started on the right foot, winning three of its four games in the Easton Bama Bash. The game on Sunday was canceled due to inclement weather. “I want to...

Softball splits Saturday double header

Softball splits Saturday double header

Ehsan Kassim February 24, 2018

Alabama split its two games on the second day of the Easton Bama Bash, defeating Northern Iowa 11-3 and falling to No. 9 Florida State 3-1 on Saturday at Rhodes Stadium. In the first game of the doubleheader,...

Alabama takes down No. 9 Florida state and Georgia State in day one of Easton Bama Bash

Alabama takes down No. 9 Florida state and Georgia State in day one of Easton Bama Bash

Ehsan Kassim February 23, 2018

The Alabama Crimson Tide softball team started its home season in 2018 on the right foot. On the first day of the Easton Bama Bash, Alabama defeated Georgia State 5-1 and No. 9/10 Florida State 3-0. Alabama...

Gaby Callaway aims for consistency in sophomore season

Gaby Callaway aims for consistency in sophomore season

Ehsan Kassim February 23, 2018

Gaby Callaway felt her freshman season was a rollercoaster.  She put a lot of pressure on herself to perform, as she thought would not get an opportunity if she failed. That hurt her consistency. This...

Alabama softball remains in the top 10 after suffering first loss

Alabama softball remains in the top 10 after suffering first loss

Ehsan Kassim February 20, 2018

The Alabama softball team maintained it’s top-10 ranking in the week two USA Today/NCFA poll, coming in at No. 10. The Crimson Tide slipped to No. 13 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball. Alabama went 3-1 last...

Softball drops first game of the year

Softball drops first game of the year

Ehsan Kassim February 18, 2018

Ninth-ranked Alabama blew an opportunity to tie or even take the lead in the final inning of its first loss of the season against No. 11 Baylor. The 2-1 loss concluded the Black and Gold Invitational....

Softball improves to 6-0 after defeating Mississippi Valley and McNeese State

Softball improves to 6-0 after defeating Mississippi Valley and McNeese State

Ehsan Kassim February 17, 2018

The Alabama softball team has continued its hot start to the season, improving to 6-0 with a pair of wins on Saturday at the Black and Gold Invitational. Alabama’s offense scored 11 runs in both games,...

Reagan Dykes goes home for the Black and Gold tournament

Reagan Dykes goes home for the Black and Gold tournament

Ehsan Kassim February 15, 2018

Home is where the heart is. This has double meaning for junior Reagan Dykes this weekend. Dykes gets to take her “softball family” to meet her “home family,” as the Alabama softball team heads...

Alabama softball outscores opponents 23-0 in Friday doubleheader

Alabama softball outscores opponents 23-0 in Friday doubleheader

Ehsan Kassim February 9, 2018

Penn State had a chance to strike first on Friday morning, as it loaded the bases with outs against freshman Madison Preston, who was making her college debut. The Nittany Lions were unable to capitalize....

Softball opens its season with a win over South Alabama

Softball opens its season with a win over South Alabama

Ehsan Kassim February 8, 2018

The Alabama Crimson Tide softball team opened its 2018 season with a 1-0 victory over the South Alabama Jaguars. In a pitchers duel, both Alabama (1-0) and South Alabama (0-1) collected three hits a piece....

Peyton Grantham brings experience to Alabama softball

Peyton Grantham brings experience to Alabama softball

Ehsan Kassim February 8, 2018

Peyton Grantham will get a second chance at an opportunity she thought she had lost when she tore her ACL and missed her entire sophomore season.  Grantham, who is from Daphne, Alabama, will get an opportunity...

Alabama softball using disappointing end to last season as motivation

Alabama softball using disappointing end to last season as motivation

Ehsan Kassim February 5, 2018

The taste of defeat from last year still stings the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team. It finished 46-18 and made a run to the super regional round of the NCAA Tournament in 2017.  The Crimson Tide fell...

Laurent Bams embraces crucial role change for Alabama swimming

Laurent Bams embraces crucial role change for Alabama swimming

Ehsan Kassim February 1, 2018

Laurent Bams visited Alabama the weekend the Ole Miss Rebels came to Tuscaloosa and defeated the Crimson Tide in football in 2015. Though the loss still stings for many fans, that game was part of what...

Brand new facility opens new doors for Alabama Adapted Athletics

Brand new facility opens new doors for Alabama Adapted Athletics

Ehsan Kassim January 29, 2018

Caitlin McDermott felt the opening of the Stran-Hardin Arena was a bittersweet moment. McDermott played on the Alabama national championship women’s wheelchair basketball team in 2015, but is a little...

Alexis Osorio named to preseason All-SEC team

Alexis Osorio named to preseason All-SEC team

Ehsan Kassim January 24, 2018

Alexis Osorio was voted to the preseason All-SEC team, announced on Wednesday. The team was announced following a vote from the conference’s 13 head coaches. The right-handed Crimson Tide ace earned...

Sam Messina returns to the ice for Alabama

Sam Messina returns to the ice for Alabama

Ehsan Kassim January 18, 2018

One sneeze while sitting on his bed in his Tuscaloosa apartment changed the course of Sam Messina’s life forever on Sept. 21, 2016. Messina, a senior advertising major and a forward for the club hockey...

Team chemistry has Alabama hockey off to a hot start

Team chemistry has Alabama hockey off to a hot start

Ehsan Kassim November 30, 2017

Doing homework, playing card games, watching movies, karaoke, making inside jokes and just hanging out. This is how the Alabama Hockey Club team spent it’s 9 1/2 hour road trip to Lynchburg, Virginia,...

Volleyball on the edge of a tournament bid with final matches looming

Volleyball on the edge of a tournament bid with final matches looming

Ehsan Kassim November 22, 2017

The Alabama volleyball team is not ready to allow its season to end just yet. Alabama enters Wednesday’s match against Missouri with an 18-12 overall record and a 6-10 SEC record. The team’s square...

Alabama completes its comeback against LSU on Sunday

Alabama completes its comeback against LSU on Sunday

Ehsan Kassim November 19, 2017

Alabama dropped the first set of the match to LSU on Sunday, but was able to bounce back to win the next three sets to win the match. Alabama (18-12, 6-10 SEC) played flat in the first set, getting blown...

Walk-on Kaylee Thomas already making an impact as a freshman

Walk-on Kaylee Thomas already making an impact as a freshman

Ehsan Kassim November 17, 2017

Kaylee Thomas is making an impact on the Alabama volleyball team during her freshman season, despite her being a walk-on for the team. Head coach Ed Allen attributes that to her coming from a volleyball...

Jon Lovorn honors Newtown with number change

Jon Lovorn honors Newtown with number change

Ehsan Kassim November 13, 2017

Twelve to 14 to 26. That was the combination that tied the score at one in the 2014 CIAC DIII Hockey State Championship game. For most players and its fans, those numbers would mean little. For the Newtown...

Alabama volleyball rallies for five set victory over Tennessee

Alabama volleyball rallies for five set victory over Tennessee

Ehsan Kassim November 12, 2017

Alabama defeated Tennessee in five sets on Sunday and in the process, senior Leah Lawrence broke a long-standing record for the university. Alabama (17-11, 5-9 SEC) dropped the opening set to Tennessee...

Alabama volleyball battles with No. 7 Kentucky, comes up short

Alabama volleyball battles with No. 7 Kentucky, comes up short

Ehsan Kassim November 8, 2017

Alabama fell to No. 7 Kentucky in four sets on Wednesday afternoon. The Crimson Tide played the Wildcats throughout the match, but could not match the power of Kentucky. “I thought we defended reasonably...

Leah Lawrence nears Alabama career block record

Leah Lawrence nears Alabama career block record

Ehsan Kassim November 8, 2017

A record that has stood for Alabama volleyball for much of the past two decades is about to be broken. Senior Leah Lawrence is only eight blocks shy of the Alabama career record of 438 blocks, currently...

Alabama falls to Georgia in straight sets

Alabama falls to Georgia in straight sets

Ehsan Kassim November 5, 2017

Alabama volleyball fell to Georgia in straight sets on Sunday afternoon at Foster Auditorium, 21-25, 23-25 and 15-25. “We just didn’t execute the gameplan, we didn’t put pressure on the opponent...

Hootie Jones thriving as vocal leader in Alabama secondary

Hootie Jones thriving as vocal leader in Alabama secondary

Ehsan Kassim November 2, 2017

After having a small role in his first two seasons in Tuscaloosa, defensive back Hootie Jones has grown into a team leader for the Alabama defense. Jones mostly played special teams his first two seasons...

Rowing team building off of recent gold medal performance

Rowing team building off of recent gold medal performance

Ehsan Kassim November 2, 2017

The Alabama rowing team did something it had never done at the Head of the Charles regatta, and it also set a record for the event. The Alabama 4+ crew earned a gold medal, while the 8+ crew placed in...

Natalie Murison showcasing versatility on defense

Natalie Murison showcasing versatility on defense

Ehsan Kassim November 1, 2017

It is not an uncommon sight to see a red No. 2 jersey dive to the floor to make a big dig for the Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball team. Senior Natalie Murison has been doing just that, playing three different...

Keeping it simple: Sam Schilling keeps to his routine

Keeping it simple: Sam Schilling keeps to his routine

Ehsan Kassim October 23, 2017

Sam Schilling is not afraid to admit that he has worn the same pair of black and red sneakers for years, even though he has outgrown them. Jack Safford, a former goalie for the Alabama Club Hockey team,...

Alabama takes down South Carolina in five sets

Alabama takes down South Carolina in five sets

Ehsan Kassim October 22, 2017

Trailing 1-9 in the third set, head coach Ed Allen called a timeout. It turned out to be the turning point for Alabama, in it’s five-set victory over South Carolina on Sunday.  Allen’s message to...

Ginger Perinar carving out important role in first year with Alabama

Ginger Perinar carving out important role in first year with Alabama

Ehsan Kassim October 20, 2017

Alabama’s two leaders in kills, senior Leah Lawrence and sophomore Ginger Perinar, share a special bond that connects them. It has nothing to do with Alabama or the volleyball team. “She was one of...

Mahalia Swink steps up in her sophomore year

Mahalia Swink steps up in her sophomore year

Ehsan Kassim October 12, 2017

Alabama coach Ed Allen feels that Mahalia Swink has been one of his most improved players as she enters her sophomore year. Swink recorded a career high 14 kills on Sunday against Tennessee and Allen came...

Alabama rallies to defeat Tennessee

Alabama rallies to defeat Tennessee

Ehsan Kassim October 9, 2017

In the middle of a two-match losing streak, Alabama fell behind Tennessee two sets to one before mounting a comeback to win the match in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sunday. Alabama (13-6, 2-4 SEC) won the opening...

Christine Jarman steps up for the Crimson Tide

Christine Jarman steps up for the Crimson Tide

Ehsan Kassim October 5, 2017

Christine Jarman feels like she would have ended up at The University of Alabama even if she was not playing volleyball. The large campus, the love of UA sports and the fact the school is in the South...

Alabama volleyball swept by Missouri on the road

Alabama volleyball swept by Missouri on the road

Ehsan Kassim October 1, 2017

For the first time in the 2017 season, the Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball team lost at home on Sunday afternoon. Missouri (10-7, 3-1 SEC) swept Alabama (12-5, 1-3 SEC) in straight sets, 17-25, 15-25 and...

Volleyball falls to Ole Miss on the road

Volleyball falls to Ole Miss on the road

Ehsan Kassim September 24, 2017

After losing in straight sets to Georgia on Friday night, Alabama’s volleyball team got off to a better start on Sunday afternoon against Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. It won the first set 25-18, however...

Hayley McSparin leading Alabama's blocking

Hayley McSparin leading Alabama’s blocking

Ehsan Kassim September 21, 2017

Hayley McSparin did not even know she had done something she had never accomplished before. In the locker room, after the match against Murray State on Friday, McSparin even commented to her teammates...

Alabama sweeps Troy in Crimson-White Tournament finale

Alabama sweeps Troy in Crimson-White Tournament finale

Ehsan Kassim September 17, 2017

With SEC play looming, the Alabama volleyball team is starting to click at the right time. With a three-set sweep over Troy on Sunday to conclude the Crimson-White Tournament, the Crimson Tide extended...

Meghan Neelon making an impact early in her career

Meghan Neelon making an impact early in her career

Ehsan Kassim September 15, 2017

Meghan Neelon’s high volleyball IQ is one of the reasons Alabama’s head coach Ed Allen believes she has been successful as a freshman. Neelon has been a big part of the reason Alabama is off to an...

Quincey Gary earns second-straight SEC Defensive Player of the Week

Quincey Gary earns second-straight SEC Defensive Player of the Week

Ehsan Kassim September 12, 2017

Quincey Gary is having a strong start to the 2017 volleyball season for Alabama. The league announced that she won SEC Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week on Tuesday. Gary has...

Alabama sweeps  Tennessee State and Hofstra

Alabama sweeps Tennessee State and Hofstra

Ehsan Kassim September 9, 2017

Alabama continued its winning ways, moving to 6-2 after sweeping Tennessee State and Hofstra on Friday.  Coach Ed Allen came away impressed with the Alabama volleyball team’s performance on Friday night,...

Gary key for Alabama volleyball defense

Gary key for Alabama volleyball defense

Ehsan Kassim September 7, 2017

Quincey Gary put together a historic performance at the Jaguar Invitational last weekend, collecting 70 digs and leading the Alabama volleyball team to two victories in three matches. Her performance earned...

Alabama volleyball heads south for Jaguar Invitational

Alabama volleyball heads south for Jaguar Invitational

Ehsan Kassim August 31, 2017

The Alabama volleyball team got its season started last weekend, as they traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana and won two of their three matches. Alabama defeated Cleveland State, 3-2, and Oral Roberts,...

Cross Country, Swimming and Rowing look to improve from previous seasons

Cross Country, Swimming and Rowing look to improve from previous seasons

Ehsan Kassim August 28, 2017

With the new school year underway, Alabama sports are getting ready to begin their seasons. While football gets the majority of the attention, Alabama cross country, swimming and diving, and rowing teams...

Youth is not an excuse for Bradley Bozeman

Youth is not an excuse for Bradley Bozeman

Ehsan Kassim July 20, 2017

HOOVER -- Bradley Bozeman is looking to take a bigger leadership role as he enters his senior season at Alabama. The 6’5, 311-pound center will play an important role on a team that returns many offensive...

Rowing finishes with highest GPA in program history

Rowing finishes with highest GPA in program history

Ehsan Kassim June 15, 2017

Not only did the Alabama women’s rowing team enjoy its most successful season on the water during the 2017 spring season, but it also enjoyed just as much success in the classroom.The Crimson Tide finished...

Alabama Volleyball releases 2017 schedule

Alabama Volleyball releases 2017 schedule

Ehsan Kassim June 2, 2017

After winning 20 matches in three out of its last four seasons, the Alabama volleyball team will look to extend the best stretch in its history into 2017.The team’s schedule, announced on Wednesday,...

Jonathan Hardee finishes top-20 in NCAA Men's National Championship

Jonathan Hardee finishes top-20 in NCAA Men's National Championship

Ehsan Kassim May 31, 2017

Winds gusting at 30 miles per hour made playing conditions rough at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Golf National, with only 22 golfers finishing the event at even par or better.Jonathan Hardee, a junior at Alabama,...

Bad weather doesn't stop rowing from sweeping SMU

Ehsan Kassim April 23, 2017

Racing in “crappy” weather has been a theme for the Alabama women’s rowing team during the Spring 2017 season, when they hit the road, according to their head coach. They experienced more of the...

No. 12 Alabama loses to No. 9 Washington 3-2

No. 12 Alabama loses to No. 9 Washington 3-2

Ehsan Kassim April 22, 2017

No. 12 Alabama was not able to get its offense going on Friday night, as it dropped a 3-2 contest on Friday night to No. 9 Washington. The loss dropped Alabama to 37-10. Washington catapulted to a victory...

Kristen Gillman helps lead Alabama to SEC Championship

Kristen Gillman helps lead Alabama to SEC Championship

Ehsan Kassim April 20, 2017

Alabama women’s golf head coach Mic Potter has touted freshman Kristen Gillman as one of the top recruits in the history of the program, so he knew it was only a matter of time before she would win her...

Alabama club baseball team gives back to community

Alabama club baseball team gives back to community

Ehsan Kassim April 10, 2017

In a tied 24-24 game, Brian M. was able to knock one out of the ballpark to hand the Alabama’s baseball club team its second loss of the season, in walk-off fashion.In the finality of a community service...

Alabama sweeps Big 12 Double Dual

Alabama sweeps Big 12 Double Dual

Ehsan Kassim April 8, 2017

Despite not being able to practice all week on the Warrior River due to weather, Alabama’s women’s rowing team swept all 10 of its races Saturday at the Big 12 Double Dual at Melton Hill Lake in Oak...

Lauren Stephenson becoming one of Alabama's strongest golfers

Ehsan Kassim April 7, 2017

Lauren Stephenson broke team records and qualified for the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships at Clemson last year as a freshman, however she did not see Clemson as the best fit for herself, so she transferred.Stephenson...

Alabama rowing picking up momentum before road trip to Tennessee

Alabama rowing picking up momentum before road trip to Tennessee

Ehsan Kassim April 6, 2017

Maggie Gillespie, a junior on the Alabama women’s rowing team, was elated to have a chance to race last week in Sarasota, Florida. Being from Orlando, she got to race on her “home course” and see...

Rowing wins six total races at FIRA Rowing Regatta

Rowing wins six total races at FIRA Rowing Regatta

Ehsan Kassim April 2, 2017

Alabama women’s rowing team came into the FIRA Rowing Regatta confident that they could not only perform well against tougher opponents, but also come out ahead in some of the races.The team was able...

Rowing heads to Fira Rowing Regatta

Ehsan Kassim March 30, 2017

Undefeated and confident, the University of Alabama women’s rowing team travels to Sarasota, Fla. this weekend for the Fira Rowing Regatta, which features its toughest competition of the spring season.So...

Rowing sweeps Dayton on senior day

Rowing sweeps Dayton on senior day

Ehsan Kassim March 26, 2017

Not even the threat of severe weather and rain could dampen the special day for Alabama seniors in their final home rowing meet on Saturday, as they took on the Dayton Flyers.Led by its seven seniors,...

Rowing prepares for senior day meet

Ehsan Kassim March 24, 2017

Seniors on the University of Alabama rowing team will have one final chance to race at home, at Manderson Landing on Saturday at 8 a.m. against the Dayton Flyers. Alabama head coach Larry Davis looks...

Alabama women's swimming ready for NCAA Championships

Alabama women's swimming ready for NCAA Championships

Ehsan Kassim March 14, 2017

After losing a full year of swimming last year, redshirt junior Bailey Scott feels she is back and better than ever, ready to return to the NCAA Championships to prove herself.Scott suffered from thoracic...

Alabama splits Sunday doubleheader with Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Alabama splits Sunday doubleheader with Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Ehsan Kassim March 13, 2017

After being rained out on Saturday, Alabama and Arkansas-Pine Bluff played in a doubleheader on Sunday, with the teams splitting the pair of games. The Golden Lions took the first game by the final...

Rowing hits the road to take on Bucknell

Rowing hits the road to take on Bucknell

Ehsan Kassim March 10, 2017

The University of Alabama rowing team has already moved on from its sweep of Eastern Michigan on Feb. 25 and is ready to travel to Dublin, Virginia to take on Bucknell on March 11. While UA was successful...

Cheyenne Knight hoping to continue successful start to career

Cheyenne Knight hoping to continue successful start to career

Ehsan Kassim March 3, 2017

Cheyenne Knight ranked as the sixth best women golfer in the country by Golfstat and Golfweek on Feb. 15 ranking, this after she was named the WGCA Freshman of the Year last year.Knight enjoys the honor...

Alabama rowing dominates Eastern Michigan

Alabama rowing dominates Eastern Michigan

Ehsan Kassim February 26, 2017

Alabama’s rowing team emerged from the water to The Park on Manderson Lake to a series of applause from the crowd, after opening its season with a sweep of Eastern Michigan Saturday. Alabama...

Rowing opens spring season

Ehsan Kassim February 23, 2017

After a strong finish to the fall season, the University of Alabama women’s rowing team will begin its spring season on Saturday with a meet against Eastern Michigan.The meet will be the first for the...

Men's golf finishes Top 5 at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

Men's golf finishes Top 5 at Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

Ehsan Kassim October 6, 2016

After winning the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate the previous four years and eight times in the past ten years, the Alabama men’s golf team fell short of adding another victory when the two-day...

Men's golf wraps up first day of Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

Men's golf wraps up first day of Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

Ehsan Kassim October 5, 2016

The No. 24 Alabama men's golf team finished the first day of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate on Monday in eighth place with a score of 14-over par 574. The Crimson Tide was led by junior Lee...

Club baseball has high hopes for new season

Club baseball has high hopes for new season

Ehsan Kassim September 29, 2016

The University of Alabama club baseball team will have a chance to make some history heading into its 2017 season 
this spring.Coming off of its second South Atlantic Conference-West Championship title,...