June 12, 2018
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The goal from beginning of the season was Omaha. Auburn took the No. 1 team and the defending national champion to the brink in Monday's Game 3 of the Super Regional. It took extra innings to decide the winner. But while Omaha will have to wait, this year's Auburn team will be remembered for a long time.
As head coach Butch Thompson said, this team left "an unbelievable legacy."
"I told them I love them for the rest of their life. They're part of me. They're part of my family."
🗣 @3strikes_AU on his postgame message to @AuburnBaseball pic.twitter.com/v3dbf5gYrp-- Jeff Shearer (@jeff_shearer) June 12, 2018
After the game, some of the players took to Twitter to thank their teammates, coaches and the Auburn fans who have supported them along the way.
I love my brothers and I would not trade them for the world. I thank the Auburn family and @AuburnBaseball for providing me with a lifetime worth of memories that I can cherish forever. War Eagle!
-- Joshua (@mlbJAye) June 12, 2018
Auburn, all I can think to say is thank you! Thank you for all your support these past two years, and thank you for making a kid from CA feel right at home from the moment he got here. This place will always be incredibly special. War Damn forever 🤙🏼
-- Luke Jarvis (@Luke_Jarvis9) June 12, 2018
Words can't even describe how hard it was to take the Auburn uniform off for the last time. These past three years have shaped me into an Auburn man. Thank you to the school and the program for giving a boy from Louisiana a shot to accomplish something great. #WDE
-- Andrew Mitchell (@AMitchell_41) June 12, 2018
I love auburn for everything it has blessed me with. Thank you to the whole auburn family for the love and support the last 2 years through ups and downs. Auburn is now a part of me till the day I die. War damn eagle.
-- Calvin Coker (@calvin_coker) June 12, 2018
I love these boys. Bonds were made this year that can never be broken. Thank you Auburn Family for the amazing support last night and all year. God is so good. #WarEagle pic.twitter.com/w6HynaokvY
-- Davis Daniel (@Davis_Daniel13) June 12, 2018
They call it the Auburn Family for a reason! Love this team wouldn't want to go to war with anyone else. War Damn Eagle
-- Steven Williams (@steven_wms21) June 12, 2018
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and my brothers this season. It didn't end how we wanted but God has a plan and that was his will for our season. Wouldn't want to go to war with anybody else besides this group. We will be back. #WDE
-- Cody Greenhill (@CodyGreenhill) June 12, 2018
Never been apart of something more special than this team! Love the Auburn family and the Auburn baseball team! War damn forever
-- Bowen McGuffin (@bowenmcguffin2) June 12, 2018
Thankful and grateful for everyone that supported us this year. God is still good. #WarEagle
-- Jeremy Johnson (@JJJ_AllDay) June 12, 2018
This year's Auburn team, who finished 43-23, didn't just have the support of the Auburn fans this season. It had the support of the entire university -- from the president to the athletics director to fellow coaches and student-athletes of other sports. They all took to Twitter to show love to the Tigers after Monday's game.
The word that kept coming up time and time again? Special.
Great season @AuburnBaseball & @3strikes_AU. You represent @AuburnU so well. #WarEagle
-- Steven Leath (@AuburnPrez) June 12, 2018
I am so proud of the team @3strikes_AU put together. @AuburnBaseball let the nation see true grit. My heart breaks for the players, coaches and staff who put so much energy into this season. Keep your heads up, the Auburn Family loves you!#WarEagle
-- Allen Greene (@AGreeneIV) June 12, 2018
Proud of @AuburnBaseball - @3strikes_AU is building something special!#WarEagle
-- Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) June 12, 2018
Auburn Baseball is something special. The entire Auburn Family was watching, praying and as proud of this team in victory or defeat. Picked 6th in West? @3strikes_AU represents all that's good about coaching! @AuburnTigers
-- Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) June 12, 2018
Words don't do justice to how proud I am to coach the young men of Auburn baseball.
-- Gabe Gross (@GGross18) June 12, 2018
What a season. Could not be more proud of the fight and heart out of every single one. The character showed the most after the game when the guys hustled out to right field. Just wow. It didn't end like y'all wanted, but you guys made us all proud. 💙✊️⚾️@AuburnBaseball
-- Kasey Cooper (@Kasey_Cooper13) June 12, 2018
Great season by @AuburnBaseball!! Can't wait to watch them compete again next year!! #WarEagleAlways
-- Daniel Carlson (@DanielCarlson38) June 12, 2018
Can't do nothing but be proud of them boys man ... @AuburnBaseball hell of a season ✊🏾💯
-- ⭐️Deshaun Davis⭐ (@_Davis_Boy12) June 12, 2018
Greg Ostendorf is a Senior Writer for AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: Follow @greg_ostendorf