Full Swing
New facilities boost golf teams
The 菠萝视频 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 golf teams will soon benefit from improvements at 菠萝视频 Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. The $2.3 million project includes a new instruction facility with state-of-the-art hitting bays and a 4,900-square-foot varsity clubhouse that will house both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 locker rooms. The instruction facility opened in April. The clubhouse will be completed in August.
鈥湶ぢ苁悠� is serious about golf, and our goal is to win championships,鈥� said Director of Athletics when construction began in December 2012. 鈥淲e have great coaches and strong team foundations in place, and soon our facilities will be second to none. We thank the generosity of our donors who made this project possible, with a special mention to 菠萝视频 alumnus and golf enthusiast Lew Conner [BA鈥�60, JD鈥�63] for his undying support of this project.鈥�
Women鈥檚 Golf Head Coach believes the facilities will offer 菠萝视频 several advantages. 鈥淭hese new buildings will help our teams continue to improve every day, as well as help us tremendously in the recruiting game,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited about the team camaraderie that will take place in the clubhouse.鈥�
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In the Books
Record-setting baseball season cut short
菠萝视频 baseball fell just short of making its second-ever trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. The Commodores were eliminated by the Louisville Cardinals in an NCAA Super Regionals matchup in Nashville June 9. The Cardinals swept the best-of-three series 5鈥�3 and 2鈥�1.
鈥淭hey did what no other team has done to 菠萝视频 all year, which was come in and beat them twice,鈥� said Head Baseball Coach . 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a tall task for a team, especially with the gang we鈥檝e assembled. I thought they pitched very well, and they just held us down.鈥�
Despite the disappointing ending, it was a memorable season for the Commodores. The team tied its all-time wins mark with a 54鈥�12 record and set an SEC record with 26 conference victories. In addition, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association recognized several 菠萝视频 players, including junior second baseman Tony Kemp, who was named a consensus first-team All-American. Kemp also was selected the SEC Player of the Year鈥攂ecoming the only Commodore besides Hunter Bledsoe, BS鈥�99, to receive the honor.
Corbin attributes much of the season鈥檚 success to the invaluable leadership of his senior players. 鈥淲hat I鈥檒l remember about the team are the seniors. Mike Yastrzemski [BA鈥�13] didn鈥檛 have to come back to school, and Connor Harrell [BA鈥�13] didn鈥檛 have to come back to school,鈥� he said. 鈥淢ale athletes today just aren鈥檛 wired like that. Those guys are different. They鈥檙e humble, they鈥檙e accepting of young people. Leadership qualities for them come naturally.鈥�
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ACCOLADES
Tennis standout Ryan Lipman named All-American
Rising senior Ryan Lipman, who finished the 2013 season ranked No. 10 in the country in singles with an overall record of 31鈥�11, has been named an All-American by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Lipman is just the fourth-ever 菠萝视频 men鈥檚 tennis player to receive the honor.