Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer The women’s tennis team split the weekend 1-1 with a win against Eastern Illinois 4-3 but lost momentum on Saturday against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 7-0. The Racers are now 2-2 in conference play. With a competitive schedule, the Racers face the top six opponents in the conference in the Read More
Story by Clara Firtos, Contributing writer The men’s tennis team entered conference play and fell to both Eastern Illinois 5-2 Friday and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday 4-2. With the two losses, the Racers fell to 2-14 overall on the season and find themselves in the midst of a seven game losing streak. Srdjan Trosic, sophomore Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer The Racers went 1-1 this weekend, pulling out a 4-3 win on Friday against Lipscomb but losing their match Saturday against Wright State 7-0. LIPSCOMB The Racers match against Lipscomb was pushed back Friday, which caused a quick turnaround for the Wright State match. Erin Patton, senior from Memphis, Tennessee, Read More
Story by Clara Firtos, Contributing Writer The Murray State men’s tennis team fell against University of South Carolina 6-1 last Thursday and against Lipscomb 7-0 on Friday. “Playing against these teams are tough because they are all ranked teams and they are good,” said junior Anjan Kashyab from Tell City, Indiana. “But the best way for us Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer The Murray State women’s tennis team took the outside court for the first time this year over the weekend, defeating Arkansas State 4-1. The Racers didn’t have much time to practice for the factors of an outside match, because of the weather, but that didn’t stop them from defeating the Wolves. Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer and Clara Firtos, Contributing writer The women’s tennis team improved its record to 3-3 on the season after defeating Lindsey Wilson 7-0 last weekend. The win snapped a three-match losing streak. The men, meanwhile, lost their fifth match in a row to fall to 1-6 on the season. WOMEN The women’s tennis Read More
Story by Sarah Combs, Staff writer and Clara Firtos, Contributing writer The Murray State tennis teams competed at home for a double-loss for both teams. The women ending 0-2 are on their first losing streak since 2013 and the men are continuing a losing streak that dates back to the 2015 spring season. WOMEN The Murray State women’s tennis Read More
Story by John Morris, Staff writer and Sarah Combs, Contributing writer Men and women’s tennis return for their spring season with challenges for both teams. Coming off of a losing season, the men’s team looks to compete for more power. Coming back from an OVC championship, the women’s team looks to repeat another win after losing a few Read More