Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer The women’s tennis team split the weekend 1-1 with a win against Eastern Illinois 4-3 but lost momentum on Saturday against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 7-0. The Racers are now 2-2 in conference play. With a competitive schedule, the Racers face the top six opponents in the conference in the Read More
Story by Justin Gaston, Contributing writer After spending their Spring Break doing some team bonding, the Racers kicked off the start of their outdoor season at the Black and Gold Open Invitational last weekend at Vanderbilt. While there were no overall team points scored in this invitational, the Racers came out strong by setting some personal best Read More
Story by Clara Firtos, Contributing writer The men’s tennis team entered conference play and fell to both Eastern Illinois 5-2 Friday and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday 4-2. With the two losses, the Racers fell to 2-14 overall on the season and find themselves in the midst of a seven game losing streak. Srdjan Trosic, sophomore Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer Ivan Roe, sophomore from Manhattan, Montana, begins his Olympic preparation, aiming for a spot on the USA Olympic Rifle team. Somewhere between classes, traveling and training for the NCAA Championships, Roe has earned a potential spot representing the USA Olympic Air Rifle Team in Rio de Janeiro during the summer. Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer The Murray State Rifle team ranked third in the country after a win in the NCAA Rifle Championship in Akron, Ohio. The Racers improved five spots since last years’ national appearance finishing eighth. The team exceeded the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association expectations finishing third this year after being ranked sixth in Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Murray State dropped three of its four games last week, losing 11-1 to the University of Kentucky and losing two conference games to UT Martin. The Racers have had recent struggles not only with their play on the field but with injuries to the team as well. Murray State has Read More
