Phillip Marshall

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Auburn Columnist at 247Sports

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Adams makes Auburn softball history as a first-team All-SEC selection

5 days ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Annaea Adams is the first Auburn freshman to make first-team All-SECAnnaLea Adams made Auburn softball history Friday. She became the first Auburn freshman to be a first-team All-SEC selection. Going into regional play, Adams is batting .408 with nine home runs, nine doubles and 36 RBIs. In SEC games, Adams hit .392, the sixth highest batting average in SEC play in Auburn history.
Auburn softball team comes up barely short, falls to Alabama in SEC Tournament

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Auburn's softball team stayed in the fight until the end on Tuesday but came up barely short and lost 3-2 to Alabama in the first round of the single-elimination SEC Tournament in Athens. The Tigers had runners on base in six of seven innings, but they couldn't the big hit to get over the top. They will go home and await their regional destination, which will be announced Sunday. Auburn took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Nelia Peralta bashed her 10th home run over the right field fence.
Surging Auburn softball team takes aim at Alabama in SEC Tournament

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Auburn's softball team doesn't have any flame-throwers on its pitching staff. Yet, the Tigers – led by sophomore SJ Geurin and senior Haley Rainey – have shut out four out of their last six opponents and have won four of their last five weekend series. It started with a 1-0 win in eight innings at South Alabama. Rainey pitched six no-hit innings and Geurin gave up one hit in the final two innings.
#PMARSHONAU: The love of money shakes the foundation of college sports

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Losing what made college sports specialI am tired of it all. I'm tired of college athletics being politicized. I am tired of lawyers seeking out plaintiffs so they can make millions. I am tired of judges who know little about the games college students play applying laws that were never intended for college sports. I am tired of players being viewed as adults when that is convenient and as children when that is convenient.
Coffee With Phillip: Monday morning musings, links and more

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

From being happy to being goneNear the end of her record-breaking freshman season at Auburn, softball star Bri Ellis told me this:"I really, really like this school a lot. I really wanted to be in the SEC. I think it is the most beautiful campus of any of them. Traveling throughout the SEC with my team this year, I still think we are unmatched. It's like a breath of fresh air. It's just a nice place to be, and there are nice people here. "A lot of the sports team support each other.
Auburn softball seniors go out in style in final home game

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Haley Rainey pitches a one-hitter and Nelia Peralta finishes it againAUBURN, Alabama – For the nine Auburn softball players who played for the last time at Jane B. Moore Field on Sunday, it was a joyful day, a tearful day and finally a special day. With all nine seniors in the starting lineup, the Tigers run-ruled North Carolina State 8-0 for the second consecutive day. Nelia Peralta's double into the left-center gap drove home two runs and ended it. A similar drove in the game-tying run on Friday.
Auburn women's tennis team wins NCAA regional opener

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

AUBURN, Alabama - No. 1 seed Auburn quickly dispatched No. 4 seed South Carolina 4-0 in the first round of the NCAA women's tennis regional at Yarbrough Tennis Center on Friday. The No. 9 Tigers moved on to play No. 24 Wisconsin, a 4-3 winner over Clemson on Friday. The winner will advance to a super regional. "I thought we did what we needed to do out there," Auburn coach Jordan Szabo said. "We got better as the match went on.
McCrary's big night, Geurin's dominance lead Auburn's run-rule victory

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

AUBURN, Alabama – For senior Auburn outfielder KK McCrary, the start to her final weekend at Jane B. Moore Field could not have gone much better. Before the game, McCrary was one of Auburn's nine seniors who received their degrees from President Chris Roberts. Then, McCrary smashed a two-run homer in the first inning to give Auburn a 2-0 lead over North Carolina State. She roped a run-scoring single to right in the third, driving home another run. She singled to center in the fifth.
Coffee With Phillip: Wednesday morning musings, links and more

2 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

It takes elite athletes to win championshipsI have never been and will never be one who evaluates individual college football players on where they are drafted by the NFL or if they are drafted at all. Some great college players become NFL stars. Some don't make it. Some not-so-great college players make it big in the NFL.
Coffee With Phillip: Tuesday morning musings, links and more

2 weeks ago | 247sports.com | Phillip Marshall

Grab a cup of coffee and let's talk Auburn athletics and moreBaker-Mazara saga is over at AuburnIt's officially over now for Chad Baker-Mazara at Auburn. He has committed to USC. That's too bad because, according to people to whom I talk, his father and his agent ran the show. But Baker-Mazara is 26 years old. He could have told his father and his agent that he wasn't leaving Auburn. He clearly didn't do that. After talking to him throughout the postseason, I was quite surprised.