Swimming leads SEC

TUSCALOOSA — Auburn’s swimming and diving teams won four SEC titles each on Friday as the men’s team extended its lead to 150 points and the women’s team took its first lead of the meet, putting each in control of their own destiny as the 2008 SEC Championships enters its final day.

Auburn’s men have 597 points in the meet, holding a 150-point advantage over its nearest competitor (Florida, 447). Tennessee is currently in third with 399 points.

On the women’s side, the Tigers bounced back in a big way after entering the day in a 42-point deficit to Florida to take a 16-point lead heading into the final day of competition.

Auburn currently has 492 points, followed by Florida with 476 and Georgia with 387.

“I’m thrilled at how we brought our ‘A Game’ today, but we still have one more day,” said co-head women’s coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker. “Tomorrow is a really important session for us.”

Men’s Golf wins John Burns Intercollegiate
WAHIAWA, Hawaii — The No. 15 Auburn men’s golf team shot a 19-under 269 to win the John Burns Intercollegiate at the par-72, 6,916-yard Leilehua Golf Course on Friday.

The Tigers set school and course 54-hole records with a 44-under 820.

“We had a really good mixture today,” said head coach Mike Griffin. “We birdied the hard ones and the easy ones. Our guys did a great job of taking advantage of the easy holes. To shoot 19-under, you’ve got to hit a lot of birdies, and that’s what we did.

“We learned a little bit about ourselves today. Right now we’re not worried about anything but winning this tournament. We’ll think about the next one tomorrow.”

The Tigers were led by senior Jay Moseley (68-204) and junior Glenn Northcutt (67-204), who both tied for fourth individually. Senior Jamie Bowen (65-209) who tied for 17th, shot the lowest 18-hole total of any Tiger in the tournament with a 7-under third round. Senior Steven Groover (69-209) also tied for 17th followed by junior Cole Moreland (72-213) tied for 42nd.

The win is Auburn’s first win since the 2007 Seminole Intercollegiate and its first in the John Burns since 1996.

Softball takes two wins at UCF tourney
ORLANDO, Fla. — Strong pitching and timely hitting led to wins over Central Florida and George Mason for the Auburn softball team in the first day of the UCF Tournament on Friday afternoon.

Auburn improved to 8-0 with the wins. The Tigers will next play Drake at 9:30 a.m. and Birmingham-Southern at 2 p.m. today.

“I’m really proud of our pitchers, they did a tremendous job for us today,” Auburn head coach Tina Deese said. “All of them did their job, hit their spots and made it really tough on the opposing hitters.”

Men’s tennis shuts out USF on Friday
The No. 36 Auburn men’s tennis team improved to 4-2 on the season Friday as the Tigers swept No. 55 South Florida (3-3), 7-0, at Yarbrough Tennis Center.

“We once again had a great start to doubles and that momentum carried over to singles,” head coach Eric Shore said. “I was proud of the way we stepped up down the line-up, and we won this one with our depth.”

For the sixth time this season Auburn took the doubles point, and the match marks the third time Auburn has won all three doubles match-ups.