AU ROUNDUP: Volleyball heads to JSU

The Auburn volleyball team (0-3) returns to action today as the Tigers travel up the road to Jacksonville State (1-2) for a 7 p.m. match. The meeting is the first road match of the season for the Tigers.

Auburn is coming off a 0-3 outing last weekend at the War Eagle Invitational. The freshman/sophomore-dominated team, under the direction of first-year head coach Wade Benson, lost to Samford (3-0), Mercer (3-1) and New Orleans (3-0).

“We are a very young team right now and at this point we are not completely focused on wins and losses,” said Benson. “Our focus is more on learning and looking for improvements out of the team and I really believe that we
got a lot of that last weekend.”

JSU kicked off its season last weekend at the IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational in Indianapolis, Ind. The Gamecocks lost to Tulsa (3-0) and IUPUI (3-1) before earning their first win of the season in a 3-0 decision against Evansville.

The match between Auburn and Jacksonville State will be the fifth all-time with Auburn holding a 4-0 series advantage.

Moreland wins Labor Day Invitational
MOBILE – Auburn junior Cole Moreland defeated senior Glenn Northcutt in a shortened 75th Labor Day Invitational at the par-72, 6,400-yard County Club of Mobile on Sunday, marking the second consecutive year an Auburn golfer has claimed victory at the event.

The event was cut short as Monday’s third round was called off due to the threat of Hurricane Gustav.

The pair went into a two-hole sudden-death playoff on holes 10 and 18.

Both landing their approach within 10 feet of the pin, Moreland and Northcutt birdied No. 10 to remain tied going into No. 18, before Moreland drained an uphill 12-footer for the win.

Freshman Kyle Kopsick finished in a five-way for fourth carding a solid 71-70—141.

Moreland’s victory marks the third occasion Auburn golfers have won the event in consecutive years and the first since Tommy Druham and Will Blackmon in 1992-93.