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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, September 16, 2023

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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, September 16, 2023
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Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

Women's Tennis

  • Debbie Southern Classic
  • Greenville, S.C.

Men's Golf

  • OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational
  • Olympia Fields, Ill.

Men's Tennis

  • SEC-Big 10 Challenge
  • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • 10 a.m. CT

Football

  • University of South Florida
  • Tampa, Fla.
  • 2:30 p.m. CT
  • Televised on ABC

Volleyball

  • Grambling State
  • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • 5 p.m. CT

Crimson Tide Results

  • Men's Golf: No. 13 Alabama T-5th after first round of OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational 
Alabama Golf Rnd 1 score
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  • Men's Tennis:  Alabama claimed two doubles victories and won three of four singles matches on opening day of SEC/Big Ten Challenge
    • Filip Planinsek and Matias Ponce De Leon defeated Wisconsin's Collin Beduhn and Mikhail Popovic
    • Yair Sarouk and Andrii Zimnokh defeat Wisconsin's Matthew Fullerton and Oliver Olsson
    • Planinsek defeated Popovic in singles
    • Zimnokh defeated Beduhn in singles
    • Ponce De Leon defeated Olsson in singles
    • Sarouk lost to Fullerton in singles
  • Women's Tennis: Alabama won four out of six doubles matches and won five of seven singles matches in the first day of the Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic
    • Loudmilla Bencheikh and Anne Marie Wiser defeated Ohio State's Irina Cantos Siemers and Alessia Cau
    • Margaux Maquet and Petra Sedlackova defeated Ohio State's Audrey Spencer and Shelly Bereznyak
    • Pray Nelson and Anna Parkhomenko defeated Clemson's Alaina Tsyurpalevych and Leigh Van Zyl
    • Maquet and Sedlackova defeated USC's Shahar Brian and Elise Mills
    • Clemson's Tsyurpalevych and Van Zyl defeated Nelson and Parkhomenko
    • Tennessee's Sofia Cabezas and Esther Adenshina defeated Bencheikh and Hiser
    • Parkhomenko defeated Georgia Tech's Ruth Marsh in singles
    • Nelson defeated Furman's Macy Hitchcock in singles
    • Ansley Cheshire defeated Wake Forest's Aubrey Nisbet in singles
    • Sydney Orefice defeated Ohio State's Megan Basil in singles
    • Bencheikh defeated Wake Forest's Casie Wooten in singles
    • Tennessee's Elza Tomase defeated Hiser in singles
    • Mississippi State's Jayne Clemens defeated Maquet in singles
  • Men's Cross Country: No. 23 Alabama finished third overall at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville on the almost 5 mile course
    • Jacob Harris - 11th - 23:58.4
    • Carson Burian - 14th - 24:05.6
    • Hudson Hurst - 17th - 24:17.0
    • Jackson Harris - 29th - 24:35.2
    • Brady Barton - 41st - 24:46.7
  • Women's Cross Country: No. 13 Alabama finished fourth overall at the Southern Showcase in Huntsville on the just over 3 mile course. 
    • Doris Lemngole - 1st - 16:12.1
    • Elka Machan - 15th - 17:12.5
    • McKenzie Daniel - 17th - 17:14.8
    • Macy Schelp - 35th - 17:41.0
    • Lilly Walters - 41st - 17:47.3

Did You Notice?

  • Alabama men's basketball has begun its team retreat. Nate Oats and the 2023 squad escape for their annual bootcamp experience. 
  • The Alabama football team was dressed well for it's first road trip of the 2023 season.
  • Crimson Tide commit Red Morgan sealed the victory for his Central Phenix City Red Devils on Friday night with a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

September 16, 1953: Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Ga.

September 16, 1961: Although Roger Maris hit home run No. 57 off former Alabama pitcher Frank Lary, to stay ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 epic pace, the Tigers won at home 10-4. Lary got his 21st win, over Ralph Terry, as Norm Cash had a home run and triple, and Al Kaline tallied four hits and a sacrifice fly for the Tigers.

September 16, 1974: A shirtless Joe Namath appeared on the cover of People Magazine, with the headline: “The gentle side of a rugged sex symbol.”

September 16, 1989: In his first appearance in an Alabama uniform, junior college transfer Siran Stacy rushed for 169 yards and scored four touchdowns in the Crimson Tide's 35-7 season-opening rout of Memphis State. The four rushing touchdowns tied the school record held by Bobby Marlow, Johnny Musso and David Casteal. – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“No man, I majored in journalism. It was easier.” — Joe Namath after being asked if he majored in basket weaving.

We'll leave you with this...

  • Two former Alabama players in the NFL appeared to pay off gambling debts involving the Alabama vs. Texas football game from this past weekend.

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