Under second-year head coach Ed Allen, the 2012 Alabama volleyball team finished the season with an 18-14 overall record, while posting a 7-13 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The Crimson Tide finished the season by winning four of its last six matches, which included wins over Kentucky (3-1), in Tuscaloosa, and Missouri (3-2), in Columbia, Mo., to close out the season. 
 
The Tide opened the year by winning 11 of its 12 non-conference matches, which included an 11-match winning streak, the longest streak since the 2005 squad won 13 straight. As part of the 11-match winning streak, Alabama won the tournament title at the Elon Phoenix Classic, posting a 3-0 record against North Carolina Central, Gardner-Webb and Elon.

 The second-ranked Alabama men's golf team shot the lowest round of the day on Saturday in the second round of the 2013 SEC Championship at the par-70, 6,898-yard Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club to pull within three shots of the lead.

The Crimson Tide shot 5-under-par 275 and trail South Carolina by three shots entering Sunday's final round at 2-under 558. The Gamecocks are 5-under 555 and are led by tournament leader Caleb Sturegon, who is 8-under after 36 holes. Auburn, the first-round leader, is third at 4-over 564 with Texas A&M fourth (566) and Georgia fifth (570).

Junior Cory Whitsett has led the Crimson Tide throughout and is tied for second place at 4-under 136, four shots off the lead. Whitsett, from Houston, Texas, shot 3-under 67 on Saturday, making three birdies in the final four holes. He opened with a 1-under 69 on Friday.

With the score tied at 4-4, Alabama had a three-run eighth inning, that included back-to-back RBI doubles by Ben Moore and Austen Smith en route to a 7-4 non-conference win over the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles on Wednesday night from Pete Taylor Park. With the win, Alabama improves to 25-18 overall, while the Golden Eagles fall to 21-19.

“We competed really hard for nine innings. The key to the game tonight was Jay Shaw and the rest of the bullpen. Shaw was terrific when he came and he was followed by Guilbeau, Haack and Hawley. After the four-spot they gave us, then never really threatened the rest of the game due to the bullpen.”

The Alabama Crimson Tide (25-18, 9-9 SEC) will host Texas A&M (22-20, 7-11 SEC) in a three-game Southeastern Conference series this weekend. The series begins on Friday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. CST, from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Game two is slated for 6:05 p.m. CST, on Saturday and the series finale will start at 1:05 p.m. CST, on Sunday.

All Alabama baseball games throughout the 2013 season will be broadcast by the Crimson Tide Sports Network

Alabama on a Roll

 With the win Alabama completes the series victory over Tennessee and improves their record to 11-9 overall and 2-1 in the SEC. The Volunteers drop to 10-9 in all and 1-2 in conference play.

"I told the team, you have to win games a lot of different ways," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "Obviously, today was one of those rare commodities where you score eight runs in the first inning. What I was most proud of the team today was that after the eight runs, we kept playing and our guys had constant pressure throughout the game. All weekend we had really good energy, was very competitive throughout, even in last night's game we were just a little sloppy at times but we continued to play."

Star Freshmen

Salem had hits in all five games last week, which included two multiple hit games and his fourth three-hit game of the season. He finished the week with a team-high seven RBI from the leadoff spot in the order, which included a career-high four RBI in Alabama’s 15-1 victory over the Tennessee on March 17.

After going 1-for-4 in both games against Memphis, Salem collected six of his eight hits on the weekend versus Tennessee. He was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the opener against the Vols, was 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in game two, then exploded with a 3-for-5, four-RBI game on Sunday. The four RBIs marked the most by an Alabama player in a single game this season.

Big Bats

Trailing 7-3, the Crimson Tide put together a rally in the eighth for their most explosive inning of the game. Moore led off with a stand-up double and Booth followed in the next at-bat with a single to drive him in. Smith's double down the left field line put runners on second and third for Overstreet, whose groundout drove in Booth. Cameron Mike capped off the inning when his RBI single to center on the first pitch he saw to cut the deficit to 7-6. But it would not be enough as the Tide went scoreless in the ninth.

Turn Up

The Alabama offense exploded for 13 hits on Saturday as the Crimson Tide defeated VMI, 10-5, in the second game of the series at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The winning pitcher was Alabama’sJon Keller (1-0), moving Alabama to 2-0 on the season, and the losing pitcher was Campbell Henkel (0-1), as the Keydets dropped to 0-2.

“Pitching wise wasn't really where we wanted to be,” UA head coach Mitch Gaspolio said. “Jon (Keller) gave us an ok start and Keaton Haack came in and did a good job. Being a freshman, he pitched with a lot of poise and composure. Offensively, it was a good day for us. The top half of the line-up helped out a lot today. Ben (Moore) ran his first one out and we had a couple guys with three hits. Booth's hit in the eighth inning was really big for us as it helped stretch out the lead a little bit.”

Mickey White

A true freshman, White started at shortstop and hit second in the Alabama order in all three games. White was 6-for-11 on the weekend that included six singles, three RBI, three walks and a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts. He also finished the three-game set against VMI with a .643 on-base percentage.

White got his career off to a start with a bang, going 4-for-5 with two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in the first game of the season. His biggest hit of the night came in the seventh inning when he drove in the game-winning run with an RBI single up the middle.

In game two, White was 1-for-2 with three walks and a pair of stolen bases and he finished the series with a 1-for-4 afternoon on Sunday. Defensively, White was part of four double plays turned by the Tide on the weekend. He committed just one error in 15 chances.

Big Sticks

The Tide’s offense broke the game open in the fifth. Booth and Baxter got on base with a double and a hit by pitch, respectively, and an error on junior designated hitter Austen Smith’s at bat loaded the bases. The three freshmen at the top of the order – Salem, White and Overstreet – all drove in runs for the Tide, with White adding a two run single after an RBI ground ball by Salem kept the bases loaded for White. Combined with defensive errors by the Golden Eagles, the Tide put together a five-run fifth inning, the most runs in an inning for Alabama this season.

The Crimson Tide padded their lead in the sixth inning. Senior third baseman Kenny Roberts led off with a stand-up triple and Booth ripped an RBI single to put Alabama up 7-1.

After Southern Miss rallied to cut the lead to 7-5 in the eighth, the Tide answered with three runs of their own, highlighted by a Booth cruise missile off the scoreboard to put the Tide back up, 10-5, after eight.

 The Golden Eagles did not go away and mounted a rally in the ninth, cutting the lead to 10-8, but Kamplain struck out Brown to end the game, giving the Tide their first win over a ranked opponent this season.

The Alabama Crimson Tide returns to action at Florida Atlantic on Friday, February 22, with first pitch scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT, from the FAU Baseball Stadium.

Bama Wins Again

Alabama is off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2011, and the Crimson Tide was never four games over .500 during the 2012 season. Alabama has outscored its opponents 35-20 through its first four games. The Alabama pitching staff has a 3.75 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 17 walks in 36 innings pitched. Alabama is hitting .299 as a team, while averaging 8.7 runs and 9.5 hits per game. The Tide had swiped 10 bags this season, and is a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts.

Brett Booth leads the way with a .636 average, has a three-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in all four games, bringing his streak to 10 games dating back to last season. Booth also leads the team with six RBI and eight runs scored. Cary Baxter, who has started the last three games at first base, is hitting .500 with two doubles, four RBI and five runs scored. Shortstop Mickey White  was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday after posting a .545 average against VMI. White is hitting .467 with five RBI, four runs scored, three walks and three stolen bases this season. 

Bama Baseball

The Alabama Crimson Tide (4-0) will play its first road games of the 2013 season when it travels to Boca Raton, Fla., for three games against Florida Atlantic (3-1). First pitch for the series is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT, on Friday night from FAU Stadium. Game two will start at 3 p.m. CT, on Saturday, and the series concludes on Sunday, with first pitch at noon CT.

Alabama enters the weekend with a 4-0 record following a 10-8 win over No. 21 Southern Mississippi at home on Tuesday night. The Crimson Tide opened the season with a three-game series sweep over VMI at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Alabama won the opening game of the series, 8-3, before posting a 10-5 win on Saturday and a 7-4 victory on Sunday. Florida Atlantic dropped its first game of the season on Wednesday night, falling to No. 23 Miami, 5-4, in 11 innings.

Alabama Basketball

                                                                                                                           

STARKVILLE, Miss. - After leading by eight points at the half, the Alabama men's basketball team used a dominating second period to pull away from the Mississippi State Bulldogs, finishing the game with a 32-point, 75-43 victory in Starkville, Miss.

The Crimson Tide is now 10-6 overall and 2-1 in Southeastern Conference play while the Bulldogs fall to 7-8 overall and 2-1 in the SEC. The victory was the largest win by an Alabama team in Humphrey Coliseum. 

The contest was close until late in the first half, when the Tide began a run that put the game away. Trailing 19-18 with 7:36 left in the opening stanza, Alabama went on the 12-3 spurt to take a 30-22 lead into intermission. UA then opened the second half with 15-straight points on five three-point baskets, three of which came from Lacey.