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Purple and Gold game Saturday

With spring practice for the Golden Eagles’ football team wrapping up, the team’s coaches are focusing on fine-tuning techniques. Although the new offensive scheme has been the talk of the spring, the defense should not be overlooked. Every prospective starter for next season played in or started majority of the […]

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Dominant pitching grounds softball in double header

The Tech softball team was upended in both games of a doubleheader at UT-Chattanooga, falling 12-1 and 3-1. The Golden Eagles (10-28) had a crack at a dramatic seventh-inning comeback in the second affair, but behind clutch Lady Mocs‘ (21-14) pitching, the bid was foiled. The Lady Mocs used a […]

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Weather doesn’t affect the Golden Eagles at the plate

The Golden Eagles baseball team (21-5) defeated the RedHawks of Miami (OH) (10-12) twice this week in a midweek series at Averitt Baseball Complex. The Golden Eagles battled wintry conditions Tuesday afternoon, but cold winds and flurries could not cool down Tech’s bats. Senior first baseman Zach Stephens brought in […]

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ovc defeat mbb

There will be no Cinderella story for Tech’s men’s basketball team this year as it was defeated in the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.  The Golden Eagles had a decent run in this year’s OVC tournament, defeating Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville by seven points in the […]

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New offense unveiled in spring

The Tech football team had its first spring scrimmage of the year at Tucker Stadium Saturday. The early version of the Golden Eagles looked solid. The offense had no turnovers and skill players made strong athletic plays. The offensive performance was highlighted by Tech’s redshirt freshman Brock Mccoin. Mccoin thrived […]

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Tech Hosts Bobby Nichols

The Tech Golf team hosted the second annual Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville Golf Course. Tech’s women’s golf team earned a 10th place finish after the first day   on Monday. They improved slightly Tuesday, finishing in ninth place with 654 shots. Freshman Whitney Robertson led Tech after finishing with an […]

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Battling back to take series

The Golden Eagles baseball team (17-4, 4-2) rallied back to take the series 2-1 against Morehead State after losing the first game of Saturday’s double-header. Tech dominated early in Friday’s matchup against the Eagles, taking a devastating 15-0 win. Jake Rowland, Brandon Thomasson and Dylan Bosheers all cranked out home […]

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Men’s basketball downed in second round

The men’s Basketball team (17-6, 9-7) ended its season after a loss to Morehead State in the second round of the OVC tournament. “Overall, we had a good year. More than doubling last year’s conference wins was big for the returning guys going into next season,” said player Jeremiah Samarrippas. […]

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Softball drops two at JSU

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles softball team (8-21, 0-3) fell to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks over the weekend in its first OVC matchup of the season. Early deficits were to be the Golden Eagles’ downfall in Saturday’s doubleheader. In both matches, the Golden Eagles allowed five runs within just the […]

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Henderson, Golden Eagles bounce early

The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team (12-18, 9-7) ended its season on March 6 in the opening round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament against Jacksonville State. The loss came on a game winning layup from the Gamecocks in the closing seconds. The 57-56 loss abruptly finished the women’s up […]