2018 - Auburn Softball defeats Kennesaw State 2-1 for the program's 800th all-time victory.
Senior pitcher Kaylee Carlson ties the program record for wins, tossing 3.0 IP and allowing just two hits.
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2003 - With 9 minutes remaining in the WNIT title game, Baylor broke off a 13-0 run in a tied ballgame.
But it wasn't enough to stop Auburn. Le'Coe Willingham hit the game-winner with 3 seconds left to take home the title.
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2022 - Walker Kessler is named the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year.
Kessler averaged 11.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals, and 4.6 blocks per game. He was #2 in the country in blocks per game.
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1988 - Auburn led by 14 at the half, but Louisiana Tech would win the national championship 56-54.
This would be Auburn's first of three straight NCAA championship game appearances and runner-up finishes.
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2022 - Auburn Gymnastics advances to the NCAA Championships after a strong performance in the Auburn Regional.
Suni Lee scored her 5th perfect 10 (Beam) on the year. Auburn had only 5 perfect scores in program history prior.
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1997 - @AuburnSoftball and Alabama face off for the first time.
It would take until the 9th inning before a run was scored, but it was enough for Auburn, who won the first of a doubleheader by a 1-0 score.
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1990 - Joe Ciampi's Auburn Tigers played in their third straight NCAA championship game, this time facing the Stanford Cardinal.
Auburn fought but fell 88-81 in front of 20,023 in Thompson-Bowling Arena in Knoxville, the largest crowd in program history.
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1988 - Ruthie Bolton ties the program record with 10 steals in a game as the Tigers top Long Beach State 68-55.
This win propelled Auburn into their first Final Four appearance.
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2019 - Final Four ticket punched!
Jared Harper's 26 and Bryce Brown's 24 lifted 5-seed Auburn to a 77-70 overtime victory over 2-seed Kentucky.
The Auburn Tigers will make their first Final Four appearance after downing three straight powerhouse teams.
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1939 - United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Auburn following a stop at Tuskegee University.
The 32nd president spoke to a large crowd from his vehicle parked near the Quad dorms.
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2019 - The first 1-seed goes down.
5-seed Auburn demolishes North Carolina, winning 97-80. The Tigers would make their second Elite Eight appearance.
Auburn drained 17 3-pointers. Chuma Okeke led with 20 points before going down with a knee injury.
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2003 - Freshman Carmelo Anthony and the 3-seed Syracuse Orange defeat 10-seed Auburn 79-78 to end the Tigers' NCAA Tournament run.
Marquis Daniels led the Tigers with 27 points.
Syracuse would go on to win the title.
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2010 - Anna Thompson ties program record for most strikeouts looking in a game, striking out 6 South Carolina Gamecocks.
Auburn would win 4-1 en route to a weekend sweep.
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1906 - The earliest game on this date, Auburn faced Cumberland University for the first time.
Auburn would pull out the 5-4 win in the season opener and go 11-3 on the year.
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1989 - The Ruthie Bolton led Auburn Tigers defeated Ole Miss 77-51 to win the NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum.
The Tigers would advance to the Final Four to face 1-seed Louisiana Tech.
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1928 - Legendary track coach Mel Rosen was born in NY.
Rosen came to AU as an assistant under Wilbur Hutsell in 1955 before becoming head coach in 1963. His 28-year career saw 5 SEC titles, 7 Olympians, 143 All-Americans, 63 SEC champs, and 8 NCAA champs.
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2009 - Down 73-72 with 16 seconds to go, Auburn forced a Baylor turnover. DeWayne Reed got fouled, but missed his two free throws.
Rasheem Barrett led the Tigers with 16 points, but it wasn't enough as Auburn fell to Baylor 74-72 in the NIT.
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2019 - The Blue Blood Tour begins.
5-seed Auburn demolishes 4-seed Kansas 89-75 in the NCAA Tournament's second round.
All five starters scored, led by Bryce Brown's 25 points. Auburn shot 53% and drained 13 3-pointers.
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2003 - 2-seed and ACC regular-season champs Wake Forest couldn't handle what 10-seed Auburn had to offer.
Marquis Daniels scored 18 as Derrick Bird shut down Josh Howard, the ACC player of the year, en route to a 68-62 victory.
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1872 – Isaac Tichenor is elected the third president of the East Alabama Male College (now Auburn University).
Tichenor would serve from 1872 until 1881.
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1985 - Auburn makes first Sweet 16 appearance, playing as an 11-seed.
Auburn would fall to 2-seed, #7 ranked North Carolina 62-56.
UNC would lose to eventual champs Villanova in the following round.
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1986 - 8-seed Auburn makes their first Elite Eight appearance. The Tigers would fall to 2-seed, #7 ranked Louisville 84-76.
The Louisville Cardinals would go on to be crowned champions on the NCAA Tournament.
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1986 - Mark Chapman becomes the first Auburn Tiger to strike out 15 batters in a 9.0 IP performance against Clemson. Auburn would win 5-1.
Since then, five other Tigers have struck out 15 batters, including Tim Hudson, Casey Mize, and Tanner Burns.
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2003 - 7-seed Saint Joseph's Jameer Nelson scored 32 points to take 10-seed Auburn to overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Thanks in part to Marquis Daniels's 25 points, the Tigers pulled out the 65-63 victory.
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2019 - It wouldn't be an Auburn game if it weren't a nailbiter.
5-seed Auburn begins their 2019 NCAA Tournament run by pulling out the 78-77 victory over 12-seed New Mexico State in Salt Lake City.
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2009 - With Rasheem Barrett scoring 17, Auburn cruised to a 74-55 victory over Tulsa in the NIT quarterfinals.
Auburn held Tulsa to just 34% shooting on the night and forced 18 Golden Hurricane turnovers.
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1986 - Chuck Person's 25 points and 11 rebounds helped lead the 8-seed Auburn Tigers to a 70-63 victory over 4-seed UNLV.
The Tigers trailed 34-25 at halftime, only to outscore the Rebels 45-29 in the second half.
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2017 - Steven Leath is announced as the 19th president at Auburn University.
Leath's disastrous tenure lasted just over two years.
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1872 - The local Methodist Church that founded the East Alabama Male College transfers the grounds, buildings, and legal control of the school to the State of Alabama.
EAMC would be renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1899 and Auburn University in 1960
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2022 - Suni Lee records her 4th perfect 10 on the season at the SEC Championships in Birmingham.
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