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NOTEBOOK: Celebrate Women’s Basketball seniors this week at the Glass House!
2/24/2025 6:04:00 PM | Baseball, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Tennis
Softball hosts first home games of the season this weekend; Baseball, Tennis rack up CUSA Awards
Your CUSA leading MTSU Women's Basketball program will honor Courtney Blakely, Anastasiia Boldyreva, Jada Grannum, Jalynn Gregory and Elina Arike on Sunday after the game against the Miners, tipping off at 1 p.m. in the Glass House.
The four-year members of the Class of 2025, Gregory and Boldyreva, will graduate as the winningest class in program history, with 106 wins and counting in their time in the Blue and White. Jada Grannum has a chance to become the winningest Blue Raiders of all-time if MTSU wins out in the regular season and then wins all three games to claim the CUSA Tournament title in Huntsville.
When a lot thought we would take a drop due to losing two of the programs all time greats this year team just kept improving everyday and hasn't missed a beat. I challenge all of Blue Raider Nation to Show Up and Show Out for these seniors this coming weekend for one final time pic.twitter.com/J76SbO3uUI
— Matt Insell (@minsell) February 23, 2025
The week starts, however, with the Blue Raiders hosting New Mexico State in Murphy Center on Thursday night. Tipoff against the Aggies is set for 6:30 p.m.
What's Happening in the 'Boro - presented by Ole South
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) February 24, 2025
It's Senior Day for @MT_WBB on Saturday! @MT_Softball hosts a weekend tournament and much more!
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Get your tickets for the CUSA Basketball Championships in Huntsville Now!
The Conference USA Basketball Championships are back in the beautiful Von Braun Center, located in downtown Huntsville, Ala., only two hours away from Murfreesboro, for the second year in a row. Action tips off on Tuesday, March 11 and will conclude with both championship games on Saturday, March 15!
Tickets for the 2025 CUSA Basketball Championships are now available online through the Blue Raider Ticket Office by clicking HERE.
All-session ticket booklets include entrance into every game during the five-day hoops fest. The ticket booklets are only $175 each and come directly from MTSU's ticket allotment, providing support to both basketball programs.
All tickets delivered electronically - All tickets will be mobile delivery only as policy from the Von Braun Center, and no physical tickets will be provided to MTSU. On Tuesday, March 4, one week prior to the championship start date, purchasers will receive an email generated by the MTSU ticket office from a Ticketmaster account (Ticketmaster is the official ticket partner for the event). Once the email has been received, you will click "Accept Tickets," then create your Ticketmaster account. Your tickets will then appear in the Ticketmaster app.
We want to see YOU in Huntsville as we paint the Rocket City BLUE March 11 through 15!
Now that it's officially 2025 - the @ConferenceUSA Basketball Championships are coming at us fast! Make your plans NOW to join us in beautiful Huntsville as your @MT_WBB & @MT_MBB teams look to dance deep into the NCAA postseason!
— MT Ticket Office (@MT_tix) January 6, 2025
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ICMYI: Bench shows up for Men's Basketball in win over Sam Houston
If you missed it this morning, check out my sidebar from MTSU Men's Basketball's win over Sam Houston on Saturday, following the performance of Tre Green and Chris Loofe off the bench for the Blue Raiders. MTSU has a critical stretch of games to earn a high seed in Huntsville this week, traveling west to take on New Mexico State and UTEP on the road this weekend.
"Every night is not going to be your night because we've got a deep bench. We've got enough guys that can go in there and help us."
— Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball (@MT_MBB) February 24, 2025
Staff Writer @sjdoughton recaps the impact of the bench players against Sam Houston in today's sidebar:https://t.co/aT5E4TJPQ6
Softball hosts first home games of 2025 this weekend on campus
Softball hosts their first home games of the season this weekend at the Blue Raider Softball Field on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. The Blue Raiders will play four games at home this weekend as part of the MTSU Tournament, playing Ball State and Illinois State on both Friday and Saturday.
The Blue Raiders are coming off walk-off win to wrap up their weekend at Mercer, where Lexi Medlock hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to push the Blue Raiders past Alabama State.
HOW DOES A WALK-OFF HOME RUN SOUND⁉️
— Middle Tennessee Softball (@MT_Softball) February 22, 2025
LEXI MEDLOCK 3-RUN SHOT TO CENTER FIELD FOR THE WIN! 💥#BLUEnited | ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/znMwnbM7NX
Baseball Sweeps Farleigh Dickinson, Philips named CUSA Pitcher of the Week
Back in Murfreesboro, it was a dominant weekend for the Blue Raiders on the diamond, as the weekend starting rotation blanked the Knights of Farleigh Dickinson, with Chandler Alderman, Trace Phillips and Drew Horn combining for 17 shutout innings across their three starts.
On 🔒
— Middle Tennessee Baseball (@MT_Baseball) February 24, 2025
The starting rotation this weekend allowed 0 runs vs the Knights! #BLUEnited | #BlueCrew pic.twitter.com/gLxNvuHjgf
The Blue Raiders won all three games against the Knights and Phillips was named the CUSA Pitcher of the Week after his start on Saturday. Fans have four opportunities to watch the Blue Raiders this week, starting with a $2 Tuesday matchup against Austin Peay on Tuesday at the Reese. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
⚾️ PITCHER OF THE WEEK ⚾️
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 24, 2025
🏅1⃣ Trace Phillips, @MT_Baseball #NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/BKaRCEKOmC pic.twitter.com/Ff8a06OnnA
Men's and Women's Tennis sweep weekly CUSA Awards
It was a busy week for CUSA awards at the Middle Tennessee Tennis Facility, as MTSU swept the singles and doubles awards from the conference office last week.
Ondrej Horak was named CUSA Athlete of the Week after a stellar performance against Oklahoma State, where he defeated his opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. With the win, Horak picked up his sixth victory of the season and earned his second CUSA honor this year.
🎾 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 🎾
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2025
🏅1⃣ Ondrej Horak, @MT_MensTennis #NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/ZQBEyWZNLf pic.twitter.com/c3PXo4cj7z
The doubles pairing of Kacper Szymkowiak and Jakub Kroslak was named CUSA Doubles Team of the Week—an uplifting honor for the duo, as they had played just three matches together at the time of winning the award. Szymkowiak and Kroslak secured a 6-1 victory against Oklahoma State last week, clinching the doubles point for the Blue Raiders.
🎾 DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK 🎾
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2025
🏅1⃣ Kacper Szymkowiak & Jakub Kroslak, @MT_MensTennis#NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/ZQBEyWZNLf pic.twitter.com/NFkMt4vrwC
The Men's Team won all three of its matches at the Battle in the 'Boro this weekend. They travel to Princeton and Harvard this weekend in a tough road swing.
On the women's side, Alessia Truden was named CUSA Athlete of the Week after securing two wins in last week's matchups against Belmont and Murray State. She won both of her matches in straight sets, with a dominant performance against Murray State, taking the match 6-4, 6-0.
🎾WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK🎾
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2025
🏅1⃣ Alessia Truden, @MT_WomensTennis #NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/KL8TskqZ2N pic.twitter.com/PQGARDC1d8
Cassidy Mataia and Ilaria Sposetti earned CUSA Doubles Team of the Week honors after an impressive showing last week. The duo won both of their matches against Belmont and Murray State, helping position the Blue Raiders for continued doubles success.
🎾WOMEN'S DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK🎾
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2025
🏅1⃣ Cassidy Mataia & Ilaria Sposetti, @MT_WomensTennis#NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/KL8TskqZ2N pic.twitter.com/pMzWUYB5ZS
The Women's program dispatched Austin Peay at home over the weekend before tying Alabama A&M on the road on Sunday.
"The Machine" Markus Varjun wins CUSA Player of the Week
Following a strong performance at the Loyola Intercollegiate redshirt junior Markus Varjun was named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week, as announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.
Varjun, a native of Tallinn, Estonia, paced the Blue Raiders with a second-place finish - his best career finish - in the Loyola Intercollegiate at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Arizona. He fired rounds of 4-under-par 68, 3-under-par 69 and a career-low 5-under-par 67 to finish at 12-under-par 204 after 54-holes.
"Markus played amazing this week," said Head Coach Mark McEntire. "He is playing really well right now and I am excited to see him play the rest of the semester. Markus has the capability to do some special things."
🏌️♂️MEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK 🏌️♂️
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 19, 2025
🏅1⃣ Markus Varjun, @MT_MGolf #NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/TGlC91vQyH pic.twitter.com/EkbbPY5yjW
Track and Field heads to CUSA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Good luck to our Blue Raider track and field athletes, who travel to Lynchburg, Va. to take part in the CUSA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend! Make sure to follow our track and field social accounts to stay tuned for updates.
🎶 Music City Challenge Flicks 🎶#BLUEnited pic.twitter.com/sAQEuCr1dc
— Middle Tennessee XC/Track & Field (@MT_TrackField) February 18, 2025
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