Racers Visit Middle Tennessee for Midweek Clash

Tuesday, April 4

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

3 p.m.

Murray State

Middle Tennessee

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

4/3/2023 10:38:00 PM | Softball

Racers goes back on the road to Murfreesboro for midweek clash at Middle Tennessee

Date (Time): Apr. 4 (3 p.m.)
Site (Venue): Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Blue Raider Softball Field)
Opponents: Middle Tennessee
TV: Conference USA TV
Live Stats: GoRacers.com
Overall (Streak): Murray leads 5-4 (Won 1)
In Murray (Streak): Murray leads 2-1 (Loss 1)
In Murfreesboro (Streak): 1-1 (Loss 1)
At Neutral Sites (Streak): 2-2 (Won 1)
Last 5 vs. MTSU: WLLWW
First Meeting: W 3-2 (2/13/2011 at Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Last Meeting: W 6-3 (2/26/2022 at Macon, Ga.)
Biggest MSU Win: 5 Runs (W 10 - 5 (4/10/2012 at Murray, Ky.))
Biggest MSU Loss: 8 Runs (L 8 - 16 (2/25/2011 at Auburn, Ala.))
Amundson vs. MTSU: MTSU leads 1-2
Amundson vs. Breeden: Same

In A Nutshell
The Murray State softball travels to Middle Tennessee for their non-conference midweek game, Tuesday. The Racers are coming of a series win at Drake where they clinch it on a doubleheader sweep, Saturday. They went to extra innings on all three games at Des Moines, with their final game going to the 14th inning.

Series at Glance
This will be the ninth meeting between the Racers and the Blue Raiders. MSU leads the series 5-4 and won their last meeting 6-3 in 2022.

Scouting Middle Tennessee
Laura Mealer currently leads the Blue Raiders in batting average (.438), on-base percentage (.523), slugging percentage (.723) and RBIs (33). From the circle, Gretchen Mead is the MTSU's leader with 1.88 ERA and 70 strikeouts. Former Racer, Kamryn Carcich, has 1.91 ERA while leading the Blue Raiders with three shutouts.