Women’s basketball couldn’t earn its second conference win of the season Saturday night, as the Racers fell to the Cougars of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 71-67. Despite career highs from freshmen guards Julia Fox and Janssen Starks, the Racer offense struggled to score and could not overcome a second-half deficit. Murray State fell behind 11-0 Read More
The rifle team posted two of their highest scores so far this season over the weekend, but lost by narrow margins to both No. 7 Army and No. 1 Kentucky at West Point, N.Y. The team squared off Friday against Army when they lost 4668-4652. Despite outshooting the Black Knights in air rifle, the Racers Read More
Despite trailing for the majority of the game Thursday night, a 3-point shot from freshman Cameron Payne with 21 seconds left to play lifted the Racers over Eastern Illinois 70-66 and into sole possession of first place in the OVC. Payne struggled through most of the first half, committing five turnovers while scoring only two Read More
The final two undefeated teams in the OVC West squared off Saturday at the CFSB Center as the Racers hosted Austin Peay in a critical early season matchup. The game did not live up to its billing, however, as Murray State ran away with an 89-67 victory over its long-time rival to stay perfect in Read More
After losing the first two conference games of the season, women’s basketball notched its first conference victory with a 76-68 defeat of rival Austin Peay State Saturday night. In its two previous conference games, Murray State came up short due to its opponents’ late scoring runs. “We had been in the other games for the Read More
Handling distractions has seemed to be the Racers’ specialty this season. After knocking off two top-five teams in Jacksonville State and Texas Christian, scoring solid rounds on the road and a month and a half layoff the Murray State rifle team earned its second tri-match victory of the season to start the spring semester. This Read More
For the first time in program history, women’s tennis has a player ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.Freshman Eleonore Tchakarova debuts on the list at No. 118 in the national singles rankings for Division 1 players. During the fall season, Tchakarova advanced to the finals in all three tournaments the Racers competed in and brought Read More
Two months ago Racer Athletics announced that women’s soccer would head in a new direction and Monday the decision was made that Jeremy Groves would lead the change. “It is a fantastic opportunity to come to Murray State,” Groves told Sports Information. “I feel like we can do well here and win an OVC title, Read More