Playing six matches in nine days, women’s tennis overcame fatigue to get off to a perfect conference record over Spring Break. In their first four conference victories, the Racers have dropped only one of 28 matches they have played so far. While the lone loss came from senior Carla Suga in the conference opener against Read More
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers snapped Murray State softball’s four-game winning streak with a score of 3-2 Wednesday. The Racers began their winning streak with a pair of wins in a doubleheader March 22 at Tennessee State. After losing six consecutive games, Murray State posted a shutout in game one with a score of 3-0 and Read More
Despite disappointing results over Spring Break, men’s tennis Head Coach Mel Purcell continues to stress the importance of getting better each day. “Overall, we are competing well and as a coach all I can ask them is to play as hard as they can,” Purcell said. “These matches could have gone either way because we Read More
They were all smiles by the final buzzer, but the game was far from easy for the men’s basketball team in the opening minutes. In one of the most physical games the Racers have played all year, Murray State outlasted the Omaha Mavericks to win 86-62. The win secures a fifth straight 20-win season for Read More
After trailing by nine in the second half, the Racers earned a 66-63 victory on the road at Missouri State in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The Racers defeated the Bears without the services of junior guard T.J. Sapp, who missed the game to be in Florida for the birth of his Read More
Though she fared better in her score today in the air rifle competition than Friday in smallbore, junior Kelsey Emme was unable to earn a spot in the finals of the NCAA Rifle Championships. As in smallbore, only the top eight individual scorers advanced to the final round. Unlike smallbore, air rifle had only two Read More
A few bad shots were all it took to knock junior Kelsey Emme out of contention for the smallbore finals in the NCAA Rifle Championships. With only the top eight shooters advancing to the individual finals, the mark was already high by the time Emme took her first shot. After the 14 shooters in relay Read More
She said other than cold weather, she enjoyed growing up surrounded by the close-knit community of Piedmont, S.D., a town of 220 people in the western part of the state. Emme laughed when talking about her high school, home of the Sturgis (Biker) Rally. “It was good, though,” she said. “There was a small-town feel Read More