Troy’s women’s golf team wins the Sun Belt Conference Championship

Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer   The Troy women’s golf team won the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Championship, the first in the school’s Division I history, last Wednesday, April 16, at the Steelwood Country Club in Loxley. The victory has given the Trojans an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which begins May 8, and will take place in one of three regional locations. Spanish native and freshman Fatima Rernandez Cano won the individual title on the first playoff hole, finishing with a 70-80-71–221 weekend. “It’s a little too much to…

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Track team splits up and does well in two states

Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer  This past weekend, April 11-12, saw Troy’s track and field team split up and head to two different meets in two different states. The Trojans, not faltered by the separation,  each took home a first place finish in an event at both the Spec Towns National Team Invitational in Athens, Ga., and the University of South Alabama Invitational in Mobile. One of those first place finishes came from senior sprinter Jordan Landburg in the men’s 400-meter sprint in Athens with a time of 46.88 seconds. The…

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Track team places well at the Tiger Track Classic

Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer    Troy’s track and field team had another great performance during the second and final day of at the Tiger Track Classic in Auburn this past Saturday, April 5. Troy saw several Trojans reach the best times of the season along with one new school record. Freshman Corina Cox saw her conference-leading discus stats grow even stronger, as she finished second place with a 48.99-meter throw. Cox was previously ranked tenth in NCAA rankings along with leading the Sun Belt Conference. Troy’s women’s 4×400 relay team…

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Troy track team shines at Alabama Relays

Gabe Sadetsky  Staff Writer    The Troy track team finished their final day of the Alabama Relays with a strong showing this past Saturday, March 22, in Tuscaloosa. The meet, which began on Thursday, March 20, earned several Trojans outstanding achievements while increasing the team’s national rankings as a whole. In the field events, Troy also left its mark at the relays in Tuscaloosa, as the nation’s ninth ranked freshman Corina Cox completed a season-high 49.99-meter throw in the discus. Sophomore Myles Charley’s finish in men’s long jump saw him…

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Women’s basketball finishes season at Sun Belt quarterfinals

Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer    Troy’s women’s basketball team lost to Texas State 95-92 on senior night inside the friendly confines of the Trojan Arena Saturday, March 8, giving them the sixth seed for the Sun Belt Tournament in New Orleans. However, the Trojans met their match in the first round of play, as they fell to Arkansas-Little Rock, 66-54 on Wednesday, March 12. In their game against Texas State, the Trojans were victim to a late Bobcat run after leading by as many as 11 points in the second…

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