Crimson Tide Roll Call: October 7, 2019

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings

Today is … National Consignment Day. It’s also National LED Light Day and we might finally find out when Alabama will get to show off the new system installed at Bryant-Denny Stadium when the SEC game times for Oct. 19 are announced Monday.

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

• Men’s golf: Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, at Vestavia Hills, all day

• Men's tennis: ITA Championships, at Tulsa, Okla., all day, Watch + Live Scoring

Crimson Tide results

• Volleyball: Georgia def. Alabama, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23

Did you notice?

• In the only LPGA event in her home state of Texas, Cheyenne Knight played bogey-free and closed with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory in the Volunteers of America Classic. It’s the first LPGA event won by a former Crimson Tide golfer. The win comes with a two-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, and almost guarantees a spot in the Tour Championship next month. "It's so incredible. I can't put it into words," said Knight, who dedicated it to her brother Brandon who was killed by a drunk driver 11 years ago. "I think I had a second caddie. I know he's watching in heaven, and he's so proud of me," Knight said. "This is for Brandon."

• The way the VAC played out, first-round leader Stephanie Meadow needed an eighth-place finish or better to move inside the top 100 on the money list to retain her LPGA tour card for 2020. After missing an eagle putt on 17, it came down to the final hole when she had to make the following birdie putt:

• Alabama sophomore Shallon Olsen helped propel Team Canada to the team finals at the 2019 FIG World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and earned a place in the individual event finals on vault. Olsen, the only current NCAA gymnast to earn a place in event finals at this year’s Worlds, scored a 14.683 on the vault to take sixth place during qualifying. She has now made event finals on vault the last three straight world championships in a row, a streak that includes a silver-medal performance in 2018. She will compete for a medal on vault next Saturday.

• Junior Sam Fischer and freshman Marcelo Sepulveda Garza went undefeated in both singles and doubles play as the Alabama men’s tennis team wrapped up play in the Samford Round Robin.

• We’re big fans of hockey …

• In women’s tennis, senior Alba Cortina Pou and junior Moka Ito had their consolation matches canceled due to weather at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.,

• The Alabama men’s golf team is set to host the 2019 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, which will be played at the par-70, 7,204 yard Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills, Ala., on Monday-Tuesday. This marks the 34 year that the Crimson Tide has hosted the JPNI.

• The Alabama rowing team concluded the final day of the Head of the Oklahoma with five medals – two gold, two silver and one bronze. Junior Darcy Jennings placed first in the Women’s Collegiate 1X, followed by freshman Justine Hobbs for second. This was the first time in program history Alabama competed in a singles race and finished in the top two positions. The Crimson Tide also swept the Open 2-, with seniors Peyton Cowell and Hailey Higgins winning gold, followed by seniors Gabrielle Krieger and Rebekah Stewart to win silver, and freshman Jordan Bradburne and junior Ilaria Earl third for the bronze.

• We’ll leave you with this …

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

October 7, 1933: Although Dixie Howell rushed for 133 yards, the first Southeastern Conference game played by Alabama ended in a 0-0 tie to Ole Miss at Legion Field. Not pleased with the result, coach Frank Thomas ordered "some savage practices before next Saturday's game with Miss. State." … Also on this day in 1921, Vaughn Mancha was born in Sugar Valley, Ga.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“I should have listened to Saban. If I had, I probably would have been a first-round draft pick. Nick Saban was just trying to show me the right way, but I had my own vision. What he was trying to get across to me made sense as I got older, but back then I was a 17-year-old kid going to college who wanted to play basketball, too.” – All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates, who left Michigan State to concentrate on basketball