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Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics Jack Story continued his dominance this season by scoring a -9 at Greystone Golf Club as the Skyhawks won both the individual and group titles. With a team score of -20, UT Martin secured their third straight tournament win. He leads the OVC in stroke average by posting up a 69.6 on the season so far. The next time the Skyhawks will be in action will be on October 21-22 in the TVA Community Credit Union Invitational in Killen, Ala.

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.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs paid the Tennessee Volunteers a visit to Neyland Stadium this past Saturday in a SEC matchup. Tennessee entered the game with a 1-4 record, while Mississippi State boasted a 3-2 record on the 2019 season. After quarterback Brian Maurer threw an interception in the end zone on the Volunteer's first drive of the game, Tennessee struck first by taking a 7-0 lead off a Tim Jordan touchdown run. The Bulldogs were able to get on the board after nailin

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

The Washington Nationals remarkable postseason run continued this week. The Nationals completed a 4 game sweep of the NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. In May no one could have guessed that this would be the National League's representative in the Fall Classic, as the Nationals sat 12 games under .500 at 19-31. They had just lost their star outfielder Bryce Harper to the rival Philadephia Phillies on a $300 mi

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.

Graphic Credits to UT Martin Athletics Redshirt Freshman Quarterback John Bachus III made his presence known last week in UT Martin’s 55-14 rout over Tennessee Tech. Bacchus threw for a career high 331 passing yards with no interceptions. He also achieved a career high in passing touchdowns with five on the night. This performance earned him his first OVC Offensive Player of the Week award and his second OVC Newcomer of the Week award. The young QB will try to repeat his perf

The UT Martin Football team continued its hot start to conference play with a dominant 55-14 win over Tennessee Tech. The Skyhawks were looking for their first 3-0 start in conference play since 2006, and an early win in the Sgt. York Trophy series. The Skyhawks jumped out to a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter after a John Bacchus to Colton Dowell touchdown pass and a career-long 45-yard field goal from Ryan Courtright. Things were just getting started for UT Martin'

In the second to last game of the home stand the Nashville Predators were able to bounce back from their loss to the Detroit Red Wings with a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks last night. The captain Roman Josi netted two goals, and Filip Forsberg scored his third goal of the season. In their last game at home until October 19th, the Preds staged an incredible comeback against the Washington Capitals to win 6-5. Nashville scored four of their six goals in the third period w

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The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays took the field last night looking for a berth in the American League Championship Series. The Rays were looking for just their 2nd trip to the ALCS ever, the other being in 2008. The Astros were looking for their 3rd straight trip, and a chance to return to the World Series. The Astros, dominant to the tune of an MLB leading 107 wins on the season, jumped on the Rays early and didn't look back. Houston's offense led by RBIs from 2nd basem