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Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics The UT Martin Football team suffered a tough loss over the weekend. The Skyhawks lost on the road to conference opponent Southeast Missouri by a score of 17-to-10, snapping a 4 game winning streak. Freshman quarterback John Bacchus led the team with 284 passing yards and 1 passing touchdown. The team returns to action Saturday as they host Jacksonville State for homecoming. Kickoff from Hardy Graham Stadium is at 2.

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Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics The UT Martin Football team picked up another win over the weekend. The Skyhawks improved to 4-0 in OVC play and 5-2 on the season. Things didn't look promising as Eastern Illinois struck first as Raymond Crittenden returned a John Bacchus fumble 51 yards for the opening score. The Panthers would convert a 2 point conversion to make it an 8-0 game. UT Martin responded with a 6 play 71-yard drive, capped off with a 21 yard John Bacchus to

The UT Martin Soccer team picked up two big wins over the weekend. The Skyhawks defeated Morehead State on the road 2-1 on Friday thanks to goals from Alice Adams and Bella Roberts. The team then traveled to Richmond, Kentucky for a matchup with Eastern Kentucky. The team found itself tied at 1 after 55 minutes of play before the Skyhawks scored a flurry of goals in a 12-minute span. Alice Adams scored her second goal of the weekend, followed up by 2 goals from Jill Hildreth

The UT Martin Golf team posted another strong performance this week. The Skyhawks won the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate by defeating host Austin Peay by 3 strokes, finishing with a team score of -20. The win gives the team their 3rd consecutive team title, just the second time since 2008 that the program has achieved that feat. Senior Jack Story won his second tournament of the season as he posted -9 for the tournament. Junior Nick Wolf and Senior Ross Redmont also posted Top

Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics Juniors Devon Woods and Tess Baumann helped the Skyhawks defeat South Dakota State and No.10 Delaware State last week. Baumann grabbed her third consecutive reining win, and Woods had a season high 74.5 points with two wins. Both riders went undefeated in their competitions. UT Martin's next competition will be in one month when the Skyhawks take on South Carolina.

UT Martin Athletic Director Kurt McGuffin has announced the hiring of Kevin Mangan as the head of the Skyhawk Cross Country Program. Mangan gets the nod after spending two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with both the cross country and track programs. He will remain an assistant on the track team staff. As a former student-athlete, Mangan competed on both the cross country and track teams at the University of Washington where he was recognized as a PA

The University of Tennessee at Martin athletics director Kurt McGuffin announced the hiring of Jolyta Henderson as the fifth head track and field coach in UT Martin’s Division-I history. Henderson has been on staff with UT Martin for 3 years and at only 25 years old she became the youngest female African American head coach in Ohio Valley Conference history. A former collegiate athlete herself, Henderson competed in sprints, jumps, and hurdles at Murray State University. Over

Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics After their performance last Saturday against Tennessee Tech, John Bachus III and TJ Jefferson both earned TSWA Football Players of the Week awards. Jefferson tied a season high in tackles with 12, and set a new career high in sacks with 2.5. Bachus had a career day as well by setting new career highs in passing yards (331) and passing touchdowns (5). The two stars will try to match their past performance this weekend against Eastern Ill

Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics After going 2-2 on field goals and 7-7 on extra points against Tennessee Tech, Ryan Courtright was given the OVC Specialist of the Week Award. The Junior from Lexington, Tenn., made field goals from 30 yards and 45 yards out. The 45 yard FG was a career long for Courtright. He is 5-5 on field goal attempts this season and looks to improve on that this weekend against Eastern Illinois at home.

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