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Robert Cortez | @robertcortez27, Assistant Sports Editor

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Weekend meet serves up season-shaping challenges for Alabama women's tennis

Weekend meet serves up season-shaping challenges for Alabama women’s tennis

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter October 7, 2020

The Alabama women’s tennis team will begin its 2020 campaign this weekend, Oct. 9-11, in Tuscaloosa against four conference foes: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State.   This is the...

Bohannon looks to knock his fourth season out of the park

Bohannon looks to knock his fourth season out of the park

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter October 7, 2020

Nearly two weeks ago familiar faces made their way back into Sewell-Thomas stadium for the first time since March 8 to begin fall practice.  The past six months spent off the field without the presence...

A Tale of Two Halves: Women's soccer falls to Florida

A Tale of Two Halves: Women’s soccer falls to Florida

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter October 7, 2020

A great first half, let down by another last minute collapse.  A tale of two halves did not favor Alabama Sunday afternoon as it collected a 2-1 loss to Florida, its 21st loss to the Gators in 25 meetings...

Women’s soccer seeks first road win of season

Women’s soccer seeks first road win of season

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter October 4, 2020
Alabama and Florida will kick off on Sunday at 4 p.m., televised on the SEC Network.
Game on: Alabama Men’s Tennis set to take on new matchups

Game on: Alabama Men’s Tennis set to take on new matchups

Robert Cortez, Staff Writer September 30, 2020

With the focus on college football, sports like men's tennis were put on the back burner as the SEC and NCAA scrambled to save one of their largest revenue streams.  As the sports world returns to...

Heartbreak: Last-second goals lead to Alabama Soccer tie

Heartbreak: Last-second goals lead to Alabama Soccer tie

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 26, 2020

One second. A Mississippi State goal with one second left in the game was the difference between Alabama women’s soccer opening up its conference only season with a 2-0 record, which would have been...

Women’s soccer looks to continue hot start

Women’s soccer looks to continue hot start

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 25, 2020

For the first time since 2010, Alabama women’s soccer (1-0) has the opportunity to mark an elusive milestone that has evaded them for years: open up conference play with back-to-back wins.  Since...

Women’s soccer dominates in season opener

Women’s soccer dominates in season opener

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 19, 2020

A history of close-contended matches between Alabama women’s soccer and Tennessee did not manifest itself on Saturday afternoon’s season opener. Instead, due to a valiant performance on both sides...

Women’s soccer to kick off its season, return of UA athletics

Women’s soccer to kick off its season, return of UA athletics

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 18, 2020

Alabama women’s soccer and cross country teams will end the 191-day drought without UA athletics on Saturday as soccer kicks off its season at home against the Tennessee Volunteers. The season opener...

Lessons learned: A look into Alabama Women’s Basketball’s recent struggles

Lessons learned: A look into Alabama Women’s Basketball’s recent struggles

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 13, 2020
For Alabama Women’s basketball and teams across the sports world, there’s one key factor to winning games: finish strong. However, a strong finish in basketball may topple the rest, as the victor can be decided within seconds. Great basketball teams find a way to win closely-contested games that come down to the last few possessions. 
Analysis: These players will be vital to UA softball’s 2021 championship chase

Analysis: These players will be vital to UA softball’s 2021 championship chase

Robert Cortez, Staff Reporter September 3, 2020

Alabama’s returning talent makes the 2021 season look like one for the ages, but it will take more than a team’s starting nine to hoist a national championship in Oklahoma City come June. The past...

CW / Keely Brewer

‘This has to be an ongoing movement’: Student-athletes protest systemic racism

Alexander Plant, Ashlee Woods, and Robert Cortez August 31, 2020
Monday afternoon, student-athletes organized a march against social injustice and police brutality. The march started at Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility and concluded with a program outside of Foster Auditorium, the site of former governor George Wallace’s infamous “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.”
CW / Hannah Saad

Alabama Athletics resume after months-long drought

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer August 23, 2020

As the fall athletics season rapidly approaches, the question of whether college athletics should be played in 2020 looms even larger. The PAC-12 and Big Ten conferences decided to cancel fall sports and...

CW / Hannah Saad

Women’s basketball beats back-to-back top-15 opponents for first time

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 27, 2020
Women's basketball beat No. 12 Texas A&M by 13 points on the road on Thursday night, knocking off back-to-back top-15 opponents for the first time ever.
CW / Kelsey Mullins

Softball to host Arizona twice in marquee matchup

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 27, 2020
After sweeping the Easton Bama Bash, Alabama softball hosts No. 7 Arizona twice this weekend. The Crimson Tide eliminated the Wildcats from the World Series last year.
CW / Jake Arthur

Women’s basketball hits the road to bolster tournament resume

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 27, 2020
After recording its first road win over a top-10 team in six years, Alabama women's basketball hopes to keep its momentum and bolster its NCAA Tournament resume.
CW / Hannah Saad

Softball run-rules Louisville and Penn State in Saturday doubleheader

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 22, 2020
Alabama softball run-ruled both opponents on Saturday at the Easton Bama Bash.
CW / Kelsey Mullins

Women’s basketball travels to Georgia seeking much-needed win

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 16, 2020
Alabama women's basketball has had a week off after beating Auburn in its Power of Pink game. Now it returns to the court against Georgia on Sunday.
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Women’s tennis loses first match of the season

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 6, 2020
Women's tennis lost its first match of the season on Thursday night, falling to Michigan State 5-2.
CW / Kelsey Mullins

International tennis players find a home at Alabama

Robert Cortez, Contributing Writer February 5, 2020
Women's tennis frequently has several international athletes on its roster, but the team has more of a global presence in 2020 than any other point in its history.