Tennis

Tennis dominates USI, Sharapova suffers injury

Andrea Jameson Contributing Writer ajameson1@murraystate.edu On Saturday, March 6, at 1 p.m., the Murray State Women’s Tennis team flourished on the court against the University of Southern Indiana in their first outdoor home game at the Bennie Purcell Tennis Courts.  The Murray State Women’s team dominated the court with an exciting 6-1 win. “Unfortunately, Sharapova Read More

Tennis drops two in Alabama, slow start continues

Andrea Jameson Contributing Writer ajameson1@murraystate.edu The Murray State women’s tennis team traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, to compete against both Samford University and University of Alabama. The Racers lost both matches with scores of 3-4 and 0-7, respectively.  The team played their first outdoor match of the season against Samford on Feb. 27, with a competitive Read More

Tennis comes up short against Middle Tennessee

Andrea Jameson  Contributing Writer ajameson1@murraystate.ed After a heated match against Middle Tennessee at the Kenlake Tennis Center on Sunday, Feb. 21, Murray State tennis finished its singles matches with one winner and won its doubles but lost overall to the Blue Raiders 5-2. Senior Stasya Sharapova and freshman Gabrielle Geolier ended their doubles set with Read More

Tennis loses two on the road

Simon Elfrink Sports Editor selfrink@murraystate.edu After an electric 7-0 victory over North Alabama to start the season, Murray State tennis lost both games of a double header at the University of Missouri on Saturday, Jan. 23.  Despite falling short of a win during the trip to Columbia, Head Coach Jorge Caetano said he was pleased Read More

OVC postpones fall competition

Simon Elfrink Contributing Writer selfrink@murraystate.edu On Friday, Aug. 14, the Ohio Valley Conference Board of Presidents officially cancelled fall sports except football. The concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Board to make an executive decision to postpone all fall competition and championships in men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. Read More

OVC Board of Presidents postpones competition

The Ohio Valley Conference has effectively postponed the competition of most Olympic sports until Sept. 17.  The OVC Board of Presidents decided to hold off on intercollegiate competition of men’s and women’s cross country, golf, tennis, soccer and volleyball until Sept. 17.  The OVC added all competitions for baseball and softball will also be pushed Read More

Racer Tennis Adds Four Players for 2020-21

Josh Embry Sports Editor jembry3@murraystate.edu Before the Murray State women’s tennis season was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Racers were 8-5 overall and were looking to bounce back heading into OVC play after going 1-4 in their last five matches. With the season being canceled prematurely, seniors Claire Chang, Anja Loncarevic and Read More

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