Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Baseball is a game that many young kids dreamed of playing professionally when they grew up. Playing Wiffle Ball with friends and Little League for competition, a variation of the sport has always been available for kids to play. Murray State’s Head Coach Kevin Moulder was no different. He grew up Read More
Story by Justin Gaston, Contributing writer Vallery Korir, sophomore from Iten, Kenya, is a major part of the Racer track and field team. She is currently the school record holder in the 10,000-meter run, breaking the original record earlier this season and again last weekend in the Virginia Challenge with a time of 34 minutes, 27 seconds, Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Despite sitting in eighth place and two spots out of the OVC Tournament, softball Head Coach Kara Amundson said that she is confident her team can make the tournament, even after having a tough weekend. The Racers welcomed Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State last weekend in two of the last four Read More
Story by Justin Gaston, Contributing writer Murray State traveled to Missouri State and University of Virginia Friday, with many Racers achieving new personal bests, as well as a new school record. At the Virginia Challenge, sophomore distance runner Vallery Korir set a new 10,000-meter record for the Racers, topping her original record-breaking time of 35 minutes, 8 Read More
Story by Clara Firtos, Contributing writer When you think of track, hurdles and running shoes normally come to mind, not pliés or dancing shoes. That’s not the case for Murray State’s women’s track team in All Campus Sing. All Campus Sing is a well known form of entertainment among the surrounding community. The Murray State tradition is Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Freshman 29 games played 21.4 avg. min. 4.4 ppg .403 3FG .421 FG Sophomore 34 games played 34.4 avg. min. 13.2 ppg .397 3FG .436 FG Junior 35 games played 33.1 avg. min. 11.2 ppg .423 3FG .487 FG Senior 31 games played 25.7 avg. min. 14.2 ppg .415 3FG .435 Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Moa Folke, sophomore from Tranas, Sweden, won the individual OVC Championship and led the women’s golf team to a sixth place finish Wednesday. The tournament was held at Hampton Cove Golf Club in Owens Crossing, Alabama. Head Coach Velvet Milkman said the third day on the par 72 course was the Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Assistant Sports Editor The Murray State men’s golf team will prepare for the upcoming OVC Tournament after coming away with a second place finish at the Tennessee State Big Blue Intercollegiate. Coming off a spring in which several individual players progressed, the Racers are working on getting different looks from different courses. Last Read More