Baseball
Baseball goes 3-7 over Spring Break, wins big over Kentucky State 18-5
Story by Mark McFarland Assistant Sports Editor The Racers went 3-7 on the break, with two wins against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and one win against the University of Memphis. The two wins against SIUE gave the Racers an OVC win for a new conference record of 3-9, after being swept by Austin Peay State Read More
Injuries plague Racers
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
Baseball loses three of four at home, travel to UT Martin
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Murray State baseball struggled last weekend when it was swept by the Creighton Bluejays in three straight games, but it redeemed itself Monday with a win against Indiana University Purdue at Fort Wayne, or IPFW. Just one week after the Racers scored 71 runs in four games, they came up Read More
Baseball wins three games over Northern Illinois
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor With the help of junior outfielder Brandon Gutzler, the Racers were able to win three of four games over Northern Illinois University last weekend. Murray State is second in the nation for runs scored with 91 and are behind Vanderbilt’s 92. Murray State scored 71 runs in four games Read More
Women’s basketball loses to UT Martin on Senior Night
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
Baseball takes two out of four games
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor While Spring Training for MLB is slowly beginning, the college baseball season is here. Murray State started its season in Daytona Beach, Florida, in which the Racers only won one of their three games. It was the first time in history where the two teams played each other. Both Read More
Men suffer ‘heartbreaking’ loss to APSU
Story by Kelsey Randolph, Sports Editor For the first time since 2011, Murray State lost to Austin Peay State 76-73 at home Saturday. The Racers took their recent road troubles and turned it around, but Head Coach Matt McMahon said in his 20 years of college basketball, the loss against the Governors is one of the Read More