TIDE GET IT '' DUNNE'' TO WIN 2010 SEC TOURNEY

BY NICK TAYLOR



Tide pitching ace KELSI DUNNE hurled a complete game as ALABAMA defeated LSU 5-4 in Fayetteville, Arkansas Saturday night to win the 2010 SEC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. Dunne got the win in all three games for the tide including the championship game VS LSU, a game in which she pitched the last five innings contending with a horrific blister on the middle finger of her pitching hand. Tide left fielder JAZ LUNCEFORD belted a game-winning solo homer in the bottom of the fifth to eventually give bama the 5-4 win. The ALABAMA SOFTBALL TEAM previously captured the 2010 SEC regular season title last week and by doing so the tide all but locked up a top 8 national seed. Many wondered what the psyche or attitude of the team would be given that they were virtually just playing for pride considering they had already achieved their goal of grabbing a top 8 seed meaning the tide would be at home(provided they advanced) until THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES... BAMA opened up with a 9-0 run-rule win over the host team in the tournament the ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS on Thursday.

Friday THE CRIMSON TIDE would hold on to win 4-3 against rival Tennessee. The game became in doubt when freshman phenom second baseman Kayla Braud made a throwing error that led to two runs for the Vols. The tide would go on to win after a walk-off home run by Shortstop Whitney Larsen, that was technically the 2nd consecutive walk-off winning hit for Larsen as she hit the grand slam in the 5th inning in the previous contest VS Arkansas. The bracket for THE NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT will be reavealed Sunday night at 9PM CENTRAL ON ESPN U...

TIDE ADVANCES AS SUPER 6 FINAL IS NOW SET

BY NICK TAYLOR


Gainsville, FLORIDA

THE ALABAMA GYMNASTICS TEAM clinched a spot in Friday's SUPER 6 TEAM FINALS by winning the night session of the qualifying round of the NCAA PRELIMINARIES Thursday night in Gainsville, Florida. Joining THE CRIMSON TIDE in FRIDAY'S SUPER 6 TEAM FINALS will be UCLA, OKLAHOMA, AND UTAH from the morning session as well as FLORIDA & STANFORD from the night session, which ALABAMA won.

UCLA had the top score of the six qualifying teams who advanced today with a team total of 196.875 as they won the morning session, ALABAMA finished second of all the qualifying teams with a team total of 196.850.

The seeds for THE SUPER SIX TEAM FINALS are as follows:
1 UCLA 2 BAMA 3 FLORIDA 4 UTAH 5 OKLAHOMA 6 STANFORD

CLICK HERE for live video of FRIDAY'S SUPER 6 TEAM FINALS beginning @ 5PM CENTRAL FRIDAY NIGHT... NOTE*** Once you click the link click on THE SEMIFINAL 2 LINK THEN ONCE THE VIDEO PLAYER OPENS CLICK THE WATCH BUTTON BY WHERE IT SAYS SUPER 6 TEAM FINALS 4\23.

THE INDIVIDUAL FINALS can also be viewed by clicking this link. They begin Saturday night at 5 PM CENTRAL... It should also be noted GERALEN STACK-EATON became AN ALL-AMERICAN IN 3 EVENTS: THE ALL-AROUND, BEAM, & VAULT, JOINING TEAMATES MORGAN DENNIS ON THE FLOOR EXCERCISE & KAYLA HOFFMAN & KASSI PRICE ON THE BARS.

BAMA GYMNASTICS READY TO COMPETE IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TONIGHT

BY NICK TAYLOR


THE ALABAMA GYMNASTICS TEAM will be competing in the NCAA PRELIMINARIES tonight in Gainsville FL @ THE O'CONNEL CENTER on the campus of THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA beginning at 6 PM CENTRAL... The tide will be competing against FLORIDA, ARKANSAS, STANFORD, MISSOURI, & MICHIGAN in the night session.

The day session is already underway consisting of LSU, NEBRASKA, UCLA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON STATE & UTAH.... The top 3 teams from the day and night sessions according to their qualifying scores tonight will advance to Friday's SUPER SIX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FINALS. The INDIVIDUAL participants in Saturday's INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT FINALS are determined using the individual event scores from Thursday's semi-final preliminaries.

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE AUDIO FROM BAMA'S CAMPUS RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAY BROUGHT TO YOU BY 90.7 THE CAPSTONE... ALLEN FAUL has the play-by play, while LEESA DAVIS FROM GYMTIDE.COM provides the color commentary... NOTE*** In order to hear the audio you must click play once the media player opens...or click the link in the paragraph below for live video....

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE VIDEO AS WELL AS LIVE STATS OF THE PRELIMINARIES TONIGHT BEGINNING AT 6 PM, AS WELL AS LIVE STATS AND VIDEO OF FRIDAY'S SUPER 6 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS, STARTING AT 5 PM CENTRAL,INCLUDING SATURDAY'S INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT ALSO BEGINS AT 5 PM CENTRAL.

SEC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS INFO INCLUDING A LINK TO THE LIVE AUDIO BROADCAST....

BY NICK TAYLOR



The 2010 SEC Gymnastics Championship meet will be held March 27 in the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. This marks the 30th year that the SEC will crown a team championship in gymnastics. Alabama looks to defend its SEC crown, while Georgia, the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 NCAA National Champions, will look to again claim the SEC title and take home their eighth SEC crown in the last 11 years. Florida will be aiming to win their second SEC title since 2007. LSU, who finished fourth last season, will also vie for the SEC Championship, as will 2009 NCAA finalists Arkansas, Auburn, and Kentucky.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE AUDIO BROADCAST OF THE 2010 SEC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS...

*NOTE YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON ONCE CLICKING LINK IN ORDER TO GET IT TO OPEN BUT IT WORKS... ROLL TIDE!!!