Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
NOTEBOOK: A busy week of Tennis on tap at the ATC
2/3/2025 6:45:00 PM | Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Cross Country and Track & Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, Track & Field/Cross Country
Softball starts season this weekend, Women’s Basketball returns to the Glass House
Head Coach Jimmy Borendame has a loaded slate once again and it rolls on this week with matches against power conference opponents Vanderbilt on Wednesday, Indiana on Friday and Arkansas on Sunday. The weekend concludes with a unique simultaneous match between MTSU and Eastern Kentucky, where the men and women's programs will play to clinch on opposite sides of the ATC on Sunday afternoon.
Attendance at all MTSU Tennis matches is always free! Check out the promotions available each day below!
What's Happening in the 'Boro - presented by Ole South@MT_MensTennis is back in the 'Boro for four matches. @MT_WBB returns with two games and @MT_WomensTennis hosts a Sunday evening match!
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) February 3, 2025
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Boldyreva picks up first CUSA Player of the Week of the season
Following a pair of strong performances against NM State and UTEP, Middle Tennessee center Anastasiia Boldyreva was named the Conference USA Player of the Week, as announced by the league office Monday afternoon.
Boldyreva, a senior from Moscow, Russia, picked up her sixth career weekly accolade and second of the season – she was previously named Player of the Week twice in 2023-24 and Freshman of the Week twice in 2021-22.
🏀 WBB PLAYER OF THE WEEK 🏀
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) February 3, 2025
🏅1⃣ Anastasiia Boldyreva, @MT_WBB #NoLimitsOnUs | https://t.co/BHxwY2nhpI pic.twitter.com/T7iZP3t4dM
The 6-7 center tallied a season-high 27 points, eight boards and five blocks in MTSU's 66-59 overtime win over NM State. She went 11-of-18 from the field (61.1 percent) and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe down the stretch and tallied eight of the Blue Raiders' 12 points in overtime to secure the victory. She played all 45 minutes of action – a new career-high
She followed that performance up with 12 points, nine rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist in MTSU's 64-42 rout over UTEP, where she went 5-of-9 from the field (55.6 percent) and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
MTSU Women's Basketball is back in action at the Glass House this week, taking on Jax State on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. and hosting Kennesaw State at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙐𝙥: Back Home.#TrueBlue | #Team50 pic.twitter.com/XPm36NHAqu
— Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball (@MT_WBB) February 3, 2025
Jestin Porter reaches 1000 career points during win over UTEP
I spent my Sunday sidebar breaking down the rarity of Camryn Weston's zero points, 14 assists night against UTEP. But nearly as rare was the career accomplishment Jestin Porter hit on Saturday, becoming the 38th Blue Raider to score 1,000 points in the Blue and White.
the newest member of the 1k club 🏆
— Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball (@MT_MBB) February 2, 2025
jp became the 35th blue raider to score 1,000 career points and just the 12th to do so in three years or less pic.twitter.com/3xc7erX8zL
a celly fit for the goat !@iamjestinporter puts in the work every single day and i could not be prouder of him earning 1k pts tn 👑 pic.twitter.com/20jY68bPso
— logan:) (@lehasselbach) February 2, 2025
The Blue Raiders sit second in the CUSA standings at the halfway point of CUSA play, one game back at 6-3 of CUSA leaders Jax State. But they're also just one game ahead of the FIVE-WAY tie for third place in the CUSA standings. Road games this week at Jax State on Thursday and at Kennesaw State on Saturday, will play a key role in sorting out the standings come this time next week.
🎥 always finding a way pic.twitter.com/sgbZNhhqcb
— Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball (@MT_MBB) February 3, 2025
Softball opens the season at the Spring Games in Florida
MTSU Softball gets its season underway on Friday, taking on Louisville in the first of five games at the Spring Games in Leesburg, Fla. It's the first of two trips the Blue Raiders will take to Florida to start the season, where MTSU will also play Rutgers, Radford (twice) and Cleveland State to start the year.
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We are playing softball this week!!#BLUEnited | ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/8qa6onNSFz
— Middle Tennessee Softball (@MT_Softball) February 3, 2025
The Blue Raiders were picked ninth out of 10 teams in last month's CUSA preseason poll. Ansley Blevins was the sole Blue Raider to make the preseason All-CUSA team.
Congratulations to Ansley Blevins on being named to the @ConferenceUSA Preseason All-Conference Team! 👏
— Middle Tennessee Softball (@MT_Softball) January 23, 2025
A reigning 2024 First Team All-Conference member, Ansley led the conference with 10 home runs in league play a season ago.#BLUEnited | ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/p227BvrFqe
Men's Golf starts spring with strong individual performances
A pair of Blue Raiders finished in the top 15 at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate at the Georgia Southern University Golf Course. Freshman Thad Whitfield led Middle Tennessee with a top-10 finish at 2-under par 214.
"It was a solid week for Thad and Markus," said Head Coach Mark McEntire. "We were able to knock some rust off and I was glad to get Ollie and Jake some tournament reps. Now, we will finish up qualifying and get ready to start the spring in Arizona in two weeks."
A pair of Blue Raiders finish in the top-15 at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate!
— Middle Tennessee Men's Golf (@MT_MGolf) February 3, 2025
Next up: Loyola Intercollegiate#TrueBlue pic.twitter.com/wiFidUStNQ
PRs continue for Indoor Track and Field
Middle Tennessee Track & Field rounded out the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with some stand-out performances on Day Two.
John Sherman qualified for the finals of the Men's 60m dash with a 6.72s time in the semifinals. In the finals, Sherman ran for a 6.67s time, good for fifth place in the event.
In the Seeded Women's 3000m, Faith Nyathi set a new personal record with a time of 9:22.62s to earn fourth place in the event. Shortly behind her was her teammate, Odilia Jepchumba who ran a 9:33.30s to finish in seventh.
The Women's mile saw two personal records set by Lauren Cole and Hailee Gorham. They ran for times of 5:11.29s and 5:17.07s. Eleanor Towe ran for a season best of 5:00.82s in the event to earn 22nd place.
The Men's mile saw two Blue Raiders set personal records in Sammy Sang and Brian Kiptoo. Sang recorded a time of 4:12.07s and Kiptoo recorded a time of 4:05.76s.
Thanks to all who attended the Groundhog Day Luncheon for MTSU Baseball!
🎥 from the 52nd annual Groundhog Day Luncheon!
— Middle Tennessee Baseball (@MT_Baseball) February 1, 2025
Also, we play baseball this month🤩#BLUEnited | #BlueCrew pic.twitter.com/V0nXdc99oD
A great event!
— Jerry Meyers (@JRMeyers12) February 1, 2025
Thank you to all involved.
The support is very much appreciated by our coaches and players! https://t.co/GyK0FufWi0
Celebrate Black History Month with Blue Raider Athletics
Last, but certainly not least, make sure to stay tuned both in-venue and on social media throughout all of February, when MTSU Athletics will celebrate the history of Black Blue Raiders past and present.
Honor the past and inspire the future in #BlackHistoryMonth! pic.twitter.com/M6qKY3lJ5a
— Middle Tennessee Athletics (@MTAthletics) February 1, 2025
Brandon Buckner, I thought, captured why the month is a great chance to reflect on where we've been and where we're going with his comments on the football team socials.
For @brandonbuckner_, #BlackHistoryMonth is about remembering the trailblazers before us.#BoroBuiltMiddleMade pic.twitter.com/iXo8GaSTAp
— Middle Tennessee Football (@MT_FB) February 1, 2025
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