Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
NOTEBOOK: Men’s Tennis Doubles wins ITA Ohio Valley Regional
10/14/2024 5:55:00 PM | General, Men's Tennis, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, BRAA, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Soccer, Volleyball post successful weekends in the Boro
They did it 🤩
— Middle Tennessee Men's Tennis (@MT_MensTennis) October 14, 2024
Karim Al-Amin and Ondrej Horak are ITA Ohio Valley doubles champions!#BLUEnited | #WEUNITE16 pic.twitter.com/Uuep2QSgZx
Horak (playing on his birthday) teamed with Al-Amin for just the second tournament of their careers, winning the first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 2-6, setting up a dramatic tiebreaker win, 10-8 in the final frame. Al-Amin also picked up third place in the regional singles on Monday morning, defeating Moreno 6-3, 6-3.
Men's Tennis hosts its annual Coach Buck Bouldin Classic at the MTSU Outdoor Tennis Facility this weekend.
Soccer blanks Western Kentucky to stay Top 3 in CUSA Standings
In another dominant defensive performance in CUSA play, Middle Tennessee soccer picked up three points against WKU for the first time since 2017, defeating the Hilltoppers 2-0 at Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium on Sunday night.
Manon Lebargy put away a breakaway through multiple Hilltoppers, set up by a gorgeous through-ball from Risui Arasaki, in the first half to claim the early advantage. Lebargy later set up winger Lexi Dendis with a long pass of her own in the second half, leading to Dendis putting away her second shot attempt after collecting her own deflection off the keeper to double MTSU's advantage. The Blue Raiders outshot WKU 22-11 on the night, including a 10-4 advantage in shots on goal.
Goal 10 for our No. 10 🫶 pic.twitter.com/vOY5u5vIS8
— Middle Tennessee Soccer (@MT_Soccer) October 13, 2024
Our freshman phenom knocks in her own rebound 🤩 pic.twitter.com/YM4pPZA7Rj
— Middle Tennessee Soccer (@MT_Soccer) October 13, 2024
With the win, MTSU now has 12 points on the season, two points ahead of fourth-place New Mexico State and just three points off CUSA leader FIU. They are five points clear of sixth-place Jacksonville State, the final team in the CUSA tournament if the standings were frozen today.
The Blue Raiders will travel to Sam Houston for a match on Sunday looking to continue their strong form.
Volleyball dominates Jax State with pair of wins over the weekend
It was a fun weekend of volleyball in the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, as MTSU trounced Jacksonville State 25-11, 25-11, 25-17 on Sunday to complete the series sweep of the Gamecocks.
BRING OUT THE BROOMS‼️ 🧹🧹
— Middle Tennessee Volleyball (@MT_Volleyball) October 13, 2024
Blue Raiders set a season-high in service aces with 11!#BLUEnited | #BetterInTheBoro pic.twitter.com/jclRra9WOF
The Blue Raiders hit .351 as a team on Sunday, led by a 15-kill afternoon from Adriana Rhoda, who hit .444 on 27 attacks. Jacksonville State, meanwhile, was held to under .000 as a team on offense.
Now back to .500 in CUSA play, volleyball travels to Liberty this weekend for a pair of CUSA matchups. The Flames currently sit third in the CUSA standings with a 4-2 CUSA record.
ICYMI: Faith and Family Night, CUSA HOF honorees set for Tuesday night football game
Football faces a quick turnaround to get ready for Kennesaw State on Tuesday night, but Blue Raider fans can expect fun to be had in the stands for Faith and Family Night. Most notably, MTSU will honor their two Conference USA Hall of Famers in the Class of 2024: the late, legendary track coach Dean Hayes and NFL safety Kevin Byard, who will be in attendance while his Chicago Bears are on a bye this week!
Join us at tomorrow's (10/15) @MT_FB game vs. Kennesaw State as two Blue Raider LEGENDS, the late Coach Dean Hayes and Kevin Byard, are recognized as the newest members of the CUSA HoF, Class of 2024!
— MT Ticket Office (@MT_tix) October 14, 2024
Get your football tickets now - https://t.co/U2vnVEbA37 pic.twitter.com/fZ3n28WQJR
Check out my preview of the game under the "Football" tab above on GoBlueRaiders.com.
Softball posts big win as fall schedule rolls on
I had a great time on Saturday popping in over at the Blue Raider Softball field, where the MTSU bats were hot against visiting Snead State in front of a good crowd on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.
A DOMINATE performance by the Blue Raiders‼️#BLUEnited | ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/FXtNPjE3rg
— Middle Tennessee Softball (@MT_Softball) October 12, 2024
Photos 📸 from Anyce and Lani's home runs this past weekend vs. Snead State 🤩#BLUEnited | ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/erCSee7JgN
— Middle Tennessee Softball (@MT_Softball) October 14, 2024
You'll have two chances this weekend to see softball in action, with games scheduled against Chattanooga State Community College (Friday, 4 p.m.) and Tennessee State (Saturday, 2 p.m.). It's your last two chances to see the Blue Raiders at home this fall ahead of the Fall World Series at the end of October!
What's Happening in the 'Boro - presented by Ole South@MT_FB returns home for a Tuesday night game. @MT_MensTennis hosts the Coach Buck Bouldin Fall Classic!
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) October 14, 2024
🏈🎟️ https://t.co/FpVYoaIe2Z
🎾🎟️ FREE#BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/kqb4cE3lcP
CUSA Tipoff Show available on ESPN+
Basketball season is just around the corner and the Conference USA office put together a new look CUSA Tipoff Show this year. With production from the kind folks at Liberty University, all 20 CUSA Basketball programs got a chance to discuss their outlook for the year on today's Tipoff Show, recorded from each program's home campus!
You can follow the link below here if you have an ESPN+ subscription to check out everything. MTSU's pair of segments start around the 1:38:00 mark of the stream: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/?t=01h38m00s
Coming back into the lineup, Preseason All-CUSA guard Cam Weston is ready to be a leader and push the team to a championship 👏 pic.twitter.com/0UMC472P3z
— Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball (@MT_MBB) October 14, 2024
"When you come to Middle Tennessee, you come here to win a championship." #TrueBlue | #Team50 pic.twitter.com/6j9KY1sHZ2
— Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball (@MT_WBB) October 14, 2024
ICYMI: Women's Basketball took over the March Madness feed last week
If you ever wanted to see Rick Insell sing karaoke, which I did not know I wanted to see until I saw it first-hand thanks to NCAA March Madness visiting Insell's women's basketball program earlier this fall, you don't want to miss the highlight reel the NCAA put together from their visit. Check out some of my other favorite posts from their week in the Boro below!
In case you missed our week with @MT_WBB 🔥#NCAAWBB pic.twitter.com/s38ustsyrY
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) October 12, 2024
Who doesn't love karaoke?? 🎤🎵#NCAAWBB x @MT_WBB pic.twitter.com/oQCNwiFqDF
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) October 11, 2024
Evie is the star of the show 🤩🫶#NCAAWBB x @MT_WBB pic.twitter.com/IDpH4SCTYI
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) October 10, 2024
MTSU Head Coach Rick Insell attributes his coaching success to his son, Matt, and the supportive leadership of Middle Tennessee.#NCAAWBB x @MT_WBB pic.twitter.com/KdquVzBVzZ
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) October 7, 2024
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