Ed Marlowe Staff writer Students were glancing out of the windows, staring off into the serene landscape of a freight ship’s lights piercing the dark abyss of Kentucky Lake. At 8:05 p.m. on Jan. 26, a bus carrying student-athletes and personnel crossed over the Eggner Ferry Bridge. The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga men’s tennis team Read More
Carly Besser Staff writer It was a night of missed opportunities for the Racers as they fell to Eastern Illinois 80-63 Monday night. The game was only one of two losses at home for Murray State (8-13, 4-4). “We played way too soft,” Head Coach Rob Cross said. “We played scared and you can’t be Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor Murray State keeps on winning. Donte Poole and Isaiah Canaan each scored 18 points, and No. 11 Murray State remained the only unbeaten team in Division I with a 73-58 victory over Eastern Illinois Saturday night. Poole also had six assists and four rebounds while Ed Daniel grabbed a game-high Read More
Carly Besser Staff writer After wrapping up the fall schedule at the Murray State Invitational, the tennis team is preparing to compete against its first opponent of the spring schedule, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. “It feels great to be out here hitting and getting ready for another year,” Head Coach Mel Purcell said. “It’s been Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor Murray State, the only undefeated men’s basketball team in the country, is not slowing down, backing down or looking down. Instead, the Racers (20-0, 8-0) are keeping their eyes up. Those two words have become a frequent hashtag on Murray State Coach Steve Prohm’s Twitter before and after games and Read More
Kyra Ledbetter Staff writer When told that he would be featured in the spotlight he said simply that he didn’t want it. With his fifth year as head coach of the Racer rifle team coming to a close, after winning OVC Coach of the Year and after helping his team fight its way into Read More
Sophie McDonald Sports Editor The Cincinnati Reds are about to get a Racer. Senior Trey Jurgens will be working as a Community Outreach and Game Day Operations intern for the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund after he graduates in May. Jurgens, a double major in youth and nonprofit leadership and recreation, will be in charge Read More
Jaci Kohn Staff writer The Murray State softball team has been picked to finish seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2012 season. Coach Jay Pyron said he expected the team to place and is not worried. “I certainly don’t think this is where we are going to finish,” Pyron said. “I think Read More