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Women’s tennis falls at Florida State

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer   The Troy University women’s tennis team traveled to play the Florida State Seminoles on Friday, April 15 in Tallahassee, Florida, losing 4-2 in its final regular season match. The day for the Trojans started off well as they won the doubles point in two matches. Freshman Hannah Seizer and sophomore Jiayuan Xue won line one doubles by the score of 6-4 against sophomore Gabriella Castaneda and senior Yukako Noi. Line two doubles was turned around as redshirt senior Daneika Borthwick and junior Daniela Schippers of…

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Troy baseball claims series at ASU, falls to Bama in T-town

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy baseball team won its conference series against Arkansas State, but fell to Alabama 5-3 on Tuesday, April 19. The Trojans (22-16, 8-7 Sun Belt) traveled to Jonesboro, Arkansas, for their series against the Red Wolves (15-21, 5-13 Sun Belt), from April 15 to April 17. Troy showed little mercy in the first game. It jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third with a double down the left field line from junior left fielder Trevor Davis, scoring freshman second baseman Brandon Lockridge. Then,…

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Trojans sweep Appalachian State, lose in extra innings to JSU

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball team swept conference opponent Appalachian State in a three-game home series this past weekend, but it lost in extra innings to rival Jacksonville State on Tuesday, April 12. The Trojans (20-14, 6-6 Sun Belt) won their three games by scores of 9-7, 4-3, and 3-2. With those wins, Troy gained some much-needed momentum in conference play before a tough stretch of road games. In the first game, Troy didn’t take long to get in front and stay there. Troy took a 6-0…

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Troy baseball wins New Orleans series, beats Samford

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball team beat New Orleans on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, as well as Samford  on Tuesday, April 5. The Trojans (17-13, 3-6 Sun Belt) won the home series against New Orleans two games to one, and defeated Samford 5-3. The first game of the series didn’t go well for Troy, as the Privateers (18-10, 4-5 Southland) scored in the third and fourth innings, and then tacked on three more runs in the seventh. The visitors’ scoring kicked off when junior…

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Troy baseball tops ASU after losses in Little Rock

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball team traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 25-27, losing all three games of the conference series against Little Rock. The Troy Trojans lost 8-11, 3-4, and 9-10 in those games. In the first game, Troy jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Senior shortstop Peyton Fuller singled into left center field to score freshman second baseman Brandon Lockridge. Later in the inning, freshman catcher Chase Smartt singled through the right side of the field…

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