Story by Sarah Combs, staff writer The Murray State Women’s Basketball team hosted UT Martin for their senior night on Saturday in the CFSB center. The Racers lost to the Skyhawks, 79-49. The Skyhawks won the tip and junior guard Jessy Ward logged the first 3-pointer of the night. The Racers held on in the Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. It’s 2016 and people all over the world are still surprised when women have the audacity to do “a man’s job.” It’s 2016 and awards with titles that begin with “First woman to…” are still being bestowed upon women. It’s 2016 Read More
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
Story by Mallory Tucker, Staff writer WOMEN Led by senior captains Sophie Hillier and Abbi Stamper, the women’s golf team finished their five-tournament fall season with one championship title and a slew of finishes between fourth and eighth. Traveling from Ohio to Alabama with Kentucky and Tennessee in between, the Racers previewed their spring season Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor The Racers look to rebound Saturday after posting a fivegame losing streak since winning the first two games. Murray State started off the season defeating Oakland City and Alabama A&M by a combined score of 167-134. However in the five games since then, the Racers have lost by a combined Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Murray State took to the road this week after winning the first game of the season, defeating Oakland City at home, and the road trip was played at Alabama A&M on Sunday and at Illinois State Wednesday. The Racers started the season off on a high note defeating Oakland City Read More
