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Emily Spain (7) turns a double play on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. (Zach Bland/Auburn Athletics)

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Auburn will be without a backup infielder for the rest of the season.

Second baseman Emily Spain has taken a "leave of absence," according to Auburn coach Clint Myers, for unspecified reasons.

"She has taken a leave of absence, and she'll be not with us until the end of the year," Myers said.

Myers said Spain's absence is not related to the resignation of associate head coach Corey Myers on March 31.

"She's taking a leave of absence," Clint Myers said. "She's been seeing a doctor. It's just the way it is. She needed some time, so she's got it."

Spain, a junior, was not introduced among Auburn's non-starters before Wednesday's game with Georgia State, which the Tigers won 6-3. She was introduced but not present during last weekend's series with Ole Miss.

The Pelham native was hitting .071 (1 for 14) with four walks and an RBI while playing in 13 games with six starts this season, last appearing as a pinch hitter at Florida on March 26. Spain is a career .171 hitter and went 4 for 17 in 17 games in 2016.

No. 7 Auburn has rotated between sophomore Casey McCrackin and freshman KK Crocker at second base and will add junior Whitney Jordan to the mix.

"Whit Jordan, she's going to be working out there today, and she worked out there Tuesday," Myers said before Thursday's practice. "Life goes on. That's the great thing about sports. No one person's bigger than the program. It just means that somebody else has to pick up the load."