Despite the men’s tennis team dropping a pair of conference matches at home, senior Adam Taylor made the most of his final games at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts. In his six matches during an extended senior weekend, Taylor went undefeated in both singles and doubles play. Head Coach Mel Purcell was impressed with Taylor’s Read More
After dropping its first doubles point in conference play Saturday, women’s tennis kept its undefeated OVC record with a pair of wins over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois. The matches served as the Racers’ final two matches at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts for this season, and senior Carla Suga was honored before Read More
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
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
Returning to the court for the first time in nearly three weeks, men’s tennis couldn’t recover from poor starts and lost to Middle Tennessee State 6-0 Sunday. Head Coach Mel Purcell believed the Racers stood a chance against the Blue Raiders, who had already competed earlier in the day. “(MTSU) played Memphis first, and we Read More
After a hard-fought doubles competition, women’s tennis served up another victory Saturday on the road against Evansville. Coming off a 1-1 performance the previous week, the Racers continued to improve their team chemistry, which carried into the match against the Purple Aces. “We had a long conversation after the (Southern Illinois) match about a lot Read More
After weather postponed a match last week, men’s tennis returned to the court and earned its first victory of the season against Bethel. The Racers finally faced similarly skilled competition where the players showed what they have learned from playing ranked opponents. Head Coach Mel Purcell believed the experience gained in team’s three losses was Read More
Despite an undefeated weekend by sophomore Erin Patton, women’s tennis split its matches against Central Arkansas and Southern Illinois. Patton went 4-0 in her doubles matches, competing in doubles and at No. 6 in singles competition. “It was exciting to win both my doubles and singles matches,” Patton said. Typically matches can rest on the Read More