Women’s tennis serves 7-0 wins against Olivet Nazarene Story by Sarah Combs, Contributing writer The Racers’ quick turnaround from Friday to Saturday didn’t bother Erin Patton, senior from Memphis, Tennessee, who said she didn’t think fatigue played a part in her performance during Murray State’s victories. After solidifying her position last season as the third person in Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Recent struggles have put the Racers at 3-6 and in tenth place in the OVC and in danger of missing the OVC tournament for the third straight season. The team has not been able to string together wins this year as its longest and only win streak sits at Read More
Men step up after player injuries, picking up first true road win at Eastern Kentucky Story by Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor The Racers, (11-10 overall and 5-3 in OVC) finished another night with a win, 75-71 against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels Wednesday. Coming from two wins at home against Eastern Illinois 68-58 and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor The Racers snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 66-56 win over Eastern Illinois. Murray State takes the court again Saturday at UT Martin. EASTERN ILLINOIS Senior forward Kyra Gulledge and sophomore forward Ke’Shunan James led the team with 17 points a piece. Gulledge also had nine Read More
Story by Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor Before the season began, men’s basketball Head Coach Matt McMahon knew he could count on sophomore guard Kedrick Flomo to be a reliable player. Two weeks before the start of the non-conference play, Flomo was rushed to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for emergency heart surgery. Almost three months later Read More
