SIAC

Tuskegee volleyball duo earn preseason SIAC honors

ATLANTA  (goldentigersports.com)  The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced its preseason volleyball honors Tuesday morning, and a pair of Tuskegee student-athletes earned honors this year. Senior Pamela Allen was named to the First Team on a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. The senior, who last year was named co-Player of the Year in the conference, played…

Golden Tiger tennis ready to roar

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  For the first time in three weeks, the Tuskegee University men’s tennis team returns to action as they host Morehouse College at the PepsiCo Tennis Courts beginning at 11 am Friday morning. Tuskegee (3-6, 3-4 SIAC) has not played since the SIAC Crossover at the end of February, where they won three of five matches during…

Tuskegee softball explodes in winning pair at SIAC crossover

JASPER, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  After nine days off from competition, the Tuskegee University softball team erupted for 23 runs in a pair of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games at the SIAC Crossover Thursday afternoon. Tuskegee (4-20, 4-1 SIAC) used a six-run fifth inning to pull away from Benedict in a tight game, winning 7-2 in the opener. That followed that with…

Tuskegee baseball falls 9-5 to Georgia Southwestern

AMERICUS, Ga. (goldentigersports.com) —  After falling behind early Tuesday afternoon, the Tuskegee University rally came up short as they fell 9-5 to Georgia Southwestern State University at Hurricane Stadium in the Susan K. Smith Baseball and Tennis Complex. Georgia Southwestern (15-10) scored six of their runs in the first two innings off of Tuskegee starter Joseph Mauldin (1-4), including four in…

Forecast cancels Tuskegee, LeMoyne-Owen baseball series

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  Due to the rain that has already fallen and the projected rain to fall over the next 24 to 48 hours in the Memphis area, the baseball series with LeMoyne-Owen College has been cancelled this weekend. Tuskegee and LeMoyne-Owen were to set to begin a three-games series on Saturday afternoon, and no make-up date has been…

Miles & Tuskegee softball series changes for weather

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  While Mother Nature is forcing cancellations across the southeastern portion of the United States, it has forced a time change in this weekend’s series with Miles College. Tuskegee (2-20, 2-1 SIAC) and Miles (7-15, 6-0 SIAC) were set to battle for the West Division lead with a single game on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday; however…

Tuskegee’s Sharde Thomas tabbed SIAC softball’s Player of the Week

ATLANTA, GA  (goldentigersports.com) —  Tuskegee University freshman catcher/shortstop Sharde Thomas was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) softball Player of the Week, announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon. Thomas finished the week hitting .455 in 11 plate appearances. The freshman finished with a pair of runs scored and three runs batted in. Three of her five hits this week…