Story by Blake Sandlin Sports editor bsandlin1@murraystate.edu The record books were rewritten Thursday night during the Racer men’s basketball team’s first road victory against UT Martin. Both sophomore guard Ja Morant and freshman guard Tevin Brown etched their names in Murray State lore with historic performances. Morant mustered 18 assists in the 98-77 win over Read More
Story by Zach Scott, Staff Writer The Murray State track and field team traveled to Clarksville, Tennessee over the weekend to participate in the Austin Peay Invitational. The Racers managed to set several personal records and record a plethora of top finishes in Clarksville. The event was originally planned to be a two-day event but Read More
Story by Gage Johnson, Contributing writer In front of the Murray State home crowd on Thursday Sept. 28, senior forward Harriet Withers scored her 35th career goal, breaking the women’s soccer career goal record of 34 goals that was previously held by Theresa Reedy (2001-2004). At 17:55 of play the Racers’ contest with Southeast Missouri Read More
Story by Gage Johnson, Contributing writer Murray State secured a win against Southeast Missouri State Thursday night on an early goal by senior forward Harriet Withers, breaking the program’s career goals record. Going into today’s game, the Racers were coming off of a 3-0 victory against Jacksonville State that improved their conference record to 2-0-1 Read More
Story by Gage Johnson, Contributing writer Game One After taking its first loss of the season, Murray State hit the road and tied Tennessee Tech University 0-0 after two overtimes. Coming off of a 1-0 loss to a now 25th-ranked Saint Louis University team, the Racers faced off against Tennessee Tech. Both teams were aggressive Read More
Story by Gage Johnson, Contributing writer Murray State recorded their best start in program history Friday night when they matched up with the University of Arkansas Little Rock. The Racers came running out of the gates. Early into the game, senior midfielder Aaron Lankster scored her first goal of the season, putting Murray State ahead Read More
Sophomore breaks record after 31 years Story by Justin Gaston, Contributing writer The Racers split the weekend at home for the Margaret Simmons Invitational and away at Washington University in St. Louis. The team had a day to remember as members of the 5k and 10k distance team competed and set personal bests as well as Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor The Racer baseball took two out of three games last weekend against Eastern Illinois. The Racers were led by outfield graduate student Tyler Dixon, who went 7-14 with five home runs and seven RBIs. Head Coach Kevin Moulder said with the injuries Dixon has stepped up and helped the Read More