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Tech baseball finding winning ways as postseason approaches

The Tech baseball team is hitting its stride with a little over a month left in the regular season.They have won four of their last six, including a season best four-game win streak that started with beating Lipscomb and Alabama A&M on the road last week "We have a good club," head coach Matt Bragga said of his team.

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Baseball struggles in OVC opener

The Tech baseball team began conference play last weekend as they hosted the OVC leading Jacksonville State Gamecocks (19-9, 4-2) at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex.Tech took the second game of the Saturday doubleheader 8-4, but dropped the first and third game of the series 8-2 and 9-7 respectively.

Rival Jacksonville State visits as Tech baseball looks to start strong in OVC

With 22 games under their belt this season, the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech will open up conference play this weekend hosting a huge Ohio Valley Conference rival in the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, beginning with Saturday's double-header event starting at 1 p.

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Baseball hosts Purdue in weekend series

Junior Matt Shepherd earns Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for his efforts against Youngstown State.

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles baseball season is in full swing.They started the season off shaky, losing nine of their first 13 games on the diamond, including series losses to both Eastern Michigan and Ohio."We have a really good baseball team," head coach Matt Bragga said.

4th and Long

Let's get touchy: Racism in sports and on campus

Racism is alive and well [cue the gasp]. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world of sports. To begin with, let's flash back to Dec. 13, 2008. This is the date on which Gene Chizik was hired as the head football coach at the University of Auburn.

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Baseball opens season at Myrtle Beach

Golden Eagles look to defend 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Championship

The Tennessee Tech baseball team will start its 2011 season tomorrow when it plays Virginia Tech, Costal Carolina and Boston College in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Expectations are high as the team looks to continue the success it have had the past few seasons under head coach Matt Bragga.

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  • baseball Tech baseball expects talented pitching staff to be team strength

    The Golden Eagle's baseball team expects a quality year thanks to a strong and experienced pitching staff. Like last year, Tech baseball was selected as third in the Ohio Valley Conference's pre-season rankings. The two teams ranked above the Golden Eagles are Austin Peay and Jacksonville State University.

  • lin BASES LOADED: "Lin-Sanity"

    How unknown, undrafted Jeremy Lin made his meteoric rise to stardom, and whether or not he can stay

    Only those who have been living under a rock for the past two weeks have not heard of the current NBA phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin. The second-year guard out of Harvard has caught fire, leading the New York Knicks to their first seven game win streak of the season and a .

  • Weekly Roundup: This week's stories at a glance

    Tech women's basketball comes home for three after road win streak Tech's women's basketball prepares to finish out the last three home games of the season with a three-game win streak on the road. The team moved into third place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings this week, having recently beat in-state rivals Austin Peay State University and Tennessee State University on the road.

  • Students to pick up tickets for Murray State game

    Attendance for the Tech vs. No. 16 Murray State basketball game is expected to be high. The game on Feb.25 is also Senior Night for athletes, starting 10 minutes before the men's and women's games. "You can pick up your ticket at the ticket office located at the Eblen Center," said Leveda Birdwell, director of Corporate Sales and Marketing.

  • Weekly Roundup: This week’s sports stories at a glance

    Tech's EXPW program waits for approval on expansion plans Tech's exercise science, physical education and wellness department is looking to expand in the near future and are waiting for Tech's approval. For long-term aspects, the department has been speaking with the local hospitals and the human ecology department to make plans for expanding programs such as physical therapy and occupational therapy.

  • track Bradley, Tech track and field fare well at Southern Illinois

    Senior Leah Bradley led the Golden Eagle track team at the Southern Illinois University Invitational with two new career records. Bradley improved on her record, set last week at the Niswonger Invitational, in the 800-meter race with a time of 2 minutes, 25.

  • The Extra Point: Athlete’s Salaries

    With Prince Fielder signing a nine-year, $214 million deal last week, the commonplace argument on every sports talk show was whether athlete's salaries today are fair or blown out of proportion. Let's start with some numbers. By year, the highest contract in North American sports is held by Alex Rodriguez, third baseman for the New York Yankees.

  • Bases Loaded: Super Bowl Reactions Bases Loaded: Super Bowl Reactions Bases Loaded: Super Bowl Re

    Last Sunday, the world watched as the Giants and Patriots came down to the wire in Super Bowl XLVI. Tom Brady didn't have a great game; we saw a miraculous catch by a Giants receiver, a Giants touchdown in the closing minutes, and a Patriots Hail Mary play that fell incomplete.

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