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Baseball: Blue Raiders post dominate performance against Austin Peay, win 7-1
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics Story by Truman Greub / Staff Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (16-15, 9-9) ended a four-game losing skid in a win over the Austin Peay Governors (21-18, 13-8) on Tuesday night. Each ball club registered zeros across the board in the first inning and it wasn’t until the …
Baseball: MTSU has impressive weekend over Western Kentucky, completes series sweep
Photo by Jordyn Lee / MTSU Sidelines Story by Austin Laymon / Staff Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (13-18, 7-5) hosted long-time rival Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over the weekend in a three-game series at Reese Smith Jr. Field. It was MTSU’s high-powered offense that put them over top of the Hilltoppers in a …
Baseball: Marshall’s bats too hot for the Blue Raiders to overcome
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics Story by Austin Laymon / Staff Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (9-18, 4-5) baseball squad traveled to West Virginia on Friday to kick off a three-game series that took place over the weekend. The series ended 2-1 for Marshall after the Blue Raiders struggled to get things rolling …
Baseball: Blue Raiders go 2-1 in road series at UTSA, end 7-game skid
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics Story by Truman Grueb / Contributing Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (7-12, 2-1) returned to Murfreesboro Sunday night after winning two out of three games in a series against the University of Texas San Antonio Roadrunners (8-12, 1-2) that ended what was a seven-game losing streak. Blue Raiders …
Baseball: New head coach Jim Toman establishes competitive culture as 2019 season approaches
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics The Middle Tennessee State University baseball team is getting ready to kick off their 2019 season under new leadership with head coach Jim Toman. Following last season that saw the team go a disappointing 27-27-1, 12-17-1 in conference and missing the Conference USA tournament, it was decided that a change …
Baseball: Blue Raiders finish season strong against UAB
Photo by David Chamberlain / MTSU Sidelines Archive The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, this weekend to play their last conference series of the season against the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The Blue Raiders took the series two games to one, as they earned wins in the first and third games. MTSU …