The No. 16 Auburn gymnastics team (2-5, 2-4 SEC) will host the No. 19 Denver Pioneers (15-5) Friday, March 5 from Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum, in what will be the final gymnastics meet in the coliseum’s history. The meet will also serve as Senior Night for Auburn’s Carmen Nelms and Krissy Voss.
We had many submissions for fan’s greatest Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum memories. Here is just a sampling of those. We hope you enjoy reading them and will join us for new memories with the opening of the Auburn Arena this fall. Thanks again for your participation in more than 40 years of coliseum history.
A pair of six-run fourth innings gave Auburn just enough of a cushion to earn 7-6 wins in both games of a doubleheader with Davidson on Wednesday at Plainsman Park. Austin Hubbard earned a save and a win on the afternoon while Cory Luckie returned to a starting spot for the first time since 2008 and responded by striking out a career high nine hitters in a no decision.
Auburn defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 89-80 in the final men’s basketball contest in the storied history of Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night. Auburn’s six seniors combined to score 78 of Auburn’s 89 points on Senior Night as the Tigers were led by Tay Waller’s 22 points and Brendon Knox’s 21 in the victory. Auburn shot 51.7 percent from the field and 45.8 percent from 3-point land in the win. Dee Bost led all scorers with 25 for Mississippi State, while Barry Stewart added 18 in the losing effort.
The 56th-ranked Auburn men’s tennis team hosts a pair of SEC rivals this weekend at the City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis Center. Auburn will play the Tennessee Volunteers Friday at 2 p.m. and the Georgia Bulldogs Sunday 1 p.m.
After winning two of its final regular-season games, the Auburn women’s basketball team (14-15, 5-11 SEC) will attempts to carry that momentum into its Thursday meeting against Florida (14-15, 7-9 SEC) in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Duluth, Ga.
Former women’s basketball standout Cicely “C.C.” Hayden has been selected as Auburn’s honoree for the 2010 class of SEC Greats and will be honored during the women’s SEC Tournament March 4-7 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center.
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum has been a fixture on the Auburn University campus for the past 42 years. It has seen many noteworthy events in Auburn history and has been the place where countless Auburn students have walked across the stage, turned the tassel and culminated their time on the Plains.
Auburn basketball (14-15, 5-9) plays host to Mississippi State (21-8, 9-5) on Wednesday at 7 pm Central in the final game in the 42-yearBeard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum history. The game will be televised by the SEC Network and the game can also be heard on the Auburn ISP SportsNetwork, www.auburntigers.com and XM Satellite Radio Channel 242.
Auburn fans may now begin voting for the Auburn football “Team of the Decade” for the 2000’s at AuburnTigers.com. Voting will take place during the month of March, with the team being announced in April and formally recognized at A-Day on April 17.
A career-high 29 points from junior Alli Smalley to propel Auburn to a, 74-61, first-round win over the Florida Gators Thursday afternoon at the 2010 SEC Tournament. The Tigers will face second seed Kentucky Friday at 2:30 p.m. EST.
The Auburn baseball team will close out its season-opening 11-game home stand with a three-game series against Miami (Ohio) at Plainsman Park beginning at 6:30pm on Friday. Auburn comes into the series winners of three straight and 6-2 overall while Miami is 2-4.
Four members of the Auburn track and field team will head to Last Chance NCAA qualifying meets this weekend to attempt to secure spots at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The No. 36 Auburn women’s tennis team (6-2, 0-0 SEC) is set to begin SEC play this weekend, as the Tigers will travel to No. 11 Tennessee on Friday, March 5 at 3 p.m., followed up by a match at No. 17 Georgia on Sunday, March 7 at noon.
The No. 16 Auburn gymnastics team (2-5, 2-4 SEC) will host the No. 19 Denver Pioneers (15-5) Friday, March 5 from Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum, in what will be the final gymnastics meet in the coliseum’s history. The meet will also serve as Senior Night for Auburn’s Carmen Nelms and Krissy Voss.
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a state university located in Auburn, Alabama, USA. With more than 23,000 students and 1,200 faculty, it is the largest university in the state, and according to U.S. News & World Report, has a selectivity rating of "more selective." Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The college was donated to the state of Alabama in 1872, when it became the state's public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899. In 1960, its name was officially changed to Auburn University, as it had long been popularly known. Auburn is one of only 13 American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.
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