Eastern head volleyball coach Brenda Winkeler doesn’t take much stock in just wins and losses. Instead, improvement is the key.

As the Panther squad continues to improve, they’ve won five matches in a row.

The latestvictory came against IUPU-Indianapolis (1-7) in a 3-0 decision on the road Tuesday.

Eastern won by scores of 30-26, 30-24, 30-21.

The win gave the Panthers (5-2) some much needed momentum after a one-week respite. Eastern begins its Ohio Valley Conference season Friday at home against Morehead State (6-2, 2-0).

“It was definitely good to get out there and get a chance to play again,” Winkeler said.

“We definitely did some things we wanted to do.”

Among the laundry list of things the Panthers looked to accomplish coming in to the match were getting both setters, freshman Lindsay Perkins and senior Rebecca Ooyen, equal playing time.