Last season, the women’s soccer team did what was unthinkable at the time. It tied Bowling Green after being favored to win.

This was the start to many early season questions about whether the Panthers were as good as everyone thought they were.

The questions were later answered, but this year Eastern will try to prevent any of them from even being asked when the teams meet again at 1 p.m. Friday at Bowling Green.

The Panthers (1-1) are coming off a 1-0 loss at Illinois State Tuesday where they were outshot 21-4 against a tough Missouri Valley Conference team.

The Falcons have dropped their first two contests this season, falling to Arizona State 5-1 and Hawaii 4-0.

Eastern will look to what worked in its first game of the season when both Panther forwards, senior Beth Liesen and junior Audra Frericks, had two goals in a 6-0 rout of Western Illinois.

Junior goalkeeper Lindsay Dechert has also been strong for the Panthers stopping 15 shots in two games, recording her fifth career game with more than 10 saves.

Eastern also travels to Chicago to play Loyola Sunday 1 p.m., who has started out the season successfully with two early wins against Valparaiso and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

The Ramblers are being lead by a pair of freshman in scoring with Mary Dale and Lindsay Faron who have two goals and an assist apiece.

Last year Eastern knocked off Loyola at Lakeside Field 5-0, giving them a 5-3 lead in their all-time series.