Story by Collin Morris, Assistant Sports Editor The Battle of the Border continued Saturday night as the Murray State women’s basketball team was defeated by Austin Peay State 75-63. Their loss brings the Racers’ conference record to 4-2 and gives Austin Peay an additional three points toward the Battle of the Border score, bringing Read More
Story by Tierra Reese, Contributing writer At the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic, the Murray State cross-country team competed during rainy weather conditions. The men ran in their first 8K race of the season and the women ran in the 5K race. The men’s team finished second to last, putting them in 22nd place. The women finished Read More
Story by Mark McFarland Assistant Sports Editor The Racers went 3-7 on the break, with two wins against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and one win against the University of Memphis. The two wins against SIUE gave the Racers an OVC win for a new conference record of 3-9, after being swept by Austin Peay State Read More
Story by Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor The Racer volleyball team opened home conference play against Austin Peay State and won, which continues their win streak to 11. Over the weekend, the Racers played Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and swept them both improving their streak to 13 and a 16-1 season. With a record like Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Staff writer Murray State came out strong and avenged last year’s loss to Austin Peay State in Saturday’s homecoming game 34-18. After the Govenors deferred possession to the second half the Racers were able to start the game with a momentum shifting 61-yard kickoff return that set the fast paced offense Read More
Murray State earns 11th sweep of the season Story by Blake Bernier, Staff writer With the 11th sweep of the season, the Racers (14-1, 4-0) defeated the Austin Peay State Lady Govs (5-14, 0-4) on Wednesday at Racer Arena 25-16, 25-21, 27-25. The win pushed the Racers winning streak to 11 with four straight conference sweeps and Read More
Story by John Morris, Staff writer (WITH VIDEO) – The Racers ended the weekend with a sweep against the Austin Peay State Lady Gov’s and continue in their home play OVC record. Murray State had its Senior Day game on Sunday and won 5-2, which put them at 12-0 at home in OVC play. “Senior Day Read More
Story by John Morris, Staff writer The Racers showed improvement at Austin Peay State Saturday with multiple athletes improving in their events. “We made some really big steps in some areas that we needed to,” said Head Coach Jenny Severns. “You can tell all the hard work is starting to pay off and people are starting to Read More