“We are over the moon” is how Senior Ashley Sledge describes how the Alabama Gymnastics team feels after knocking off No. 1 ranked Oklahoma in Coleman Coliseum on Senior Night. Alabama closed out the regular season with a 197.525-196.900 win over the undefeated Sooners in front of 11.776 fans. It was the Crimson Tide’s fifth consecutive 197-plus score and fifth win out of five attempts at home this season. ...
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Coming off season-best scores of 9.9 on the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise against Auburn, Alabama senior Ashley Sledge was named Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Week Tuesday afternoon according the league office. The senior led Alabama to a season-best 197.650 against in-state rival No. 15 Auburn. The Crimson Tide's total was the highest score in the nation last week. "I'm very proud of Ashle ...
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The No. 5 Alabama gymnastics team gets back on track in front of a sold out crowd at Coleman Coliseum tonight by beating No. 15 Auburn, 197.650-196.575. The Tide posted its highest overall score of the season and season-high scores on the vault, balance beam and floor exercise to post its 106th consecutive win over the Tigers. “I’m just so proud of the ladies because I think this was the meet that we were l ...
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The University of Alabama Campus was decorated for the “Power of Pink” night including Denny Chimes, the Ferguson Center, fraternity and sorority houses, even the dome of the University Recreation Center was glowing pink but center stage this evening was Coleman Coliseum. The walkways, lights, the fountain in the plaza of the Ferguson Center, and nearly all the fans were all decked out in pink to show suppo ...
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No. 6 Alabama Gymnastics held their first home meet of the season tonight at Coleman Coliseum against No. 5 LSU. Sarah Patterson is in her 35th season with the Tide while LSU head coach D-D Breaux is now in her 36th season with the Tigers which is the longest standing head coach in the SEC. Prior to tonight’s meet Coach Patterson said "It's going to be an exciting meet” and she wasn’t wrong. Over the pas ...
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ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Wednesday, January 16, 2013 GYMNASTICS No. 1 Ranked Sarah DeMeo Named SEC Gymnastics Specialist of the Week BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama gymnastics junior Sarah DeMeo was named the Southeastern Conference Specialist of the Week the league office announced on Wednesday. “I’m very proud of Sarah and the great start she got off to at Missouri,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. ...
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Season ticket packages for the two-time defending NCAA Champion Alabama gymnastics team’s 2013 slate of home meets went on sale Monday, November 12 through the Alabama Ticket Office. “We are really excited about our home schedule this year,” UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. “We’ll face some of the best teams in the nation in Coleman Coliseum, where we have one of the best atmospheres i ...
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2013 Alabama Gymnastics TV Schedule Date Meet Air Date/Time (CT) Network 1/11 Alabama @ Missouri TBD CSS 1/18 LSU @ Alabama 1/24 - 5:30 p.m. ESPNU 1/27 - 5:00 p.m. ESPN2 1/25 Kentucky @ Ala ...
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The date is January 1, 2012. Alabama is preparing to make its second appearance in the BCS National Championship Game in three years. The outcome? Well, you know that by now. Alabama beat LSU 21-0 to win its fourteenth national title. What happened between that fateful day in New Orleans and today is pretty simple. Alabama and its other athletic programs put together what many argue is the most successful y ...
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When head coach Sarah Patterson’s Alabama gymnastics squad won its fifth national championship in 2011, it had to do it without one of its greatest gymnasts. Ashley Priess was sidelined with an ankle injury for the entire 2011 season. Unable to perform, she had to watch as the rest of her teammates competed and won the NCAA Championship in 2011. When she began competing again in 2012 it was a much-needed li ...
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