Troy volleyball begins practices

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Troy University volleyball team began practice for its 2016 fall season on Monday, Aug. 8, in the Trojan Arena. After finishing the season at a disappointing 14-18 (7-9 Sun Belt), the Trojans are looking to get back on track behind the leadership of senior Symone Shaw. “It was a little shaky at the beginning just timing-wise with the setters and the hitters and throwing in new defenses,” head coach Sonny Kirkpatrick said. “In the grand scheme of things, I was pretty pleased with the entire…

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Lohbauer, Cano lead women’s golf at SBC Championships

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Troy women’s golf team failed to claim itsr third conference title over the weekend, placing second only to Texas State in the Sun Belt Championships. The tournament, which featured nine Sun Belt teams, was held on the Raven Golf Course in Miramar, Florida, April 17-19. Despite being favorites to win the tournament, head coach Bart Barnes said that his team went into the tournament the same way they do with any other one. “You can’t take the past championships away,” he said. “We are not…

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Women’s tennis drops matches against Georgia State, Southern

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer Troy University’s women’s tennis team lost its second and third-straight conference matches, falling in a pair of 4-3 contests to No. 46 Georgia State and Georgia Southern. While the matches were initially scheduled to take place in Boone, North Carolina, bad weather brought them to Atlanta, Georgia. On Friday, April 8, the Trojans (11-7, 2-3 Sun Belt) played its first of two games in Atlanta against the Sun Belt powerhouse Panthers (11-5, 3-0 Sun Belt). Georgia State won without much difficulty at the No. 1 doubles…

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Men’s tennis concludes season at home

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Troy men’s tennis team hosted three matches on Sunday, April 10, winning against Florida A&M but falling to South Alabama and No. 51 Georgia State. In addition to the competition at the Lunsford Tennis Complex in Troy, Alabama, the Trojans (15-13, 1-3 Sun Belt) honored seniors Daniel Bustamante and Giovani Samaha. Prior to Saturday, Bustamante held an 8-8 record in his singles play, mostly at the No. 1 seed, with seven of the eight losses coming from ranked opponents. Samaha was 10-8 this spring in…

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Cano paces women’s golf in first place finish

Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Troy women’s golf team claimed their third team victory of the season in the three-day Rebel Intercollegiate tournament over the weekend at the Ole Miss Golf Course. The Trojans’ 17-stroke victory in the tournament, which wrapped up Sunday Apr. 3, marked the team’s last regular-season event before heading to the Sun Belt Tournament. Troy’s first-place finish in a field of 15 teams saw the Trojans topping teams such as Ole Miss, Memphis, Tulsa, Harvard and Yale. Junior Fatima Fernandez Cano won her fifth individual title,…

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