Eastern dominated Evansville in every aspect except the scoreboard and lost its fourth match in a row Sunday afternoon.

The Panthers (5-8-2) pushed their home winless streak to six in a 1-0 loss to the Purple Aces (7-5-3) at Lakeside Field.

“I think it’s frustrating when we aren’t able to get things going,” Eastern head coach Adam Howarth said. “Offensively, we are in a little slump right now.”

Eastern out shot Evansville 14-6 in the first half and held the Purple Aces to no shots on goal.

“Defensively, I thought we played a lot better and tighter which we needed to do,” Howarth said.

With only seconds remaining, forward Jeff Stewardson had Eastern’s best scoring chance of the day by finding himself open by the right side of the goal his shot was just wide.

“No matter who we put in, we just couldn’t do anything,” Howarth said. “This league is not forgiving to teams that struggle on offense.”

Evansville grabbed the momentum following haftime and went on to out shoot Eastern by four (13-8) in the second half.

“They took it to us more in the second half,” Howarth said.

In the 80th minute, a loose ball in the Eastern zone found Evansville’s Marc Burch and he found the back of the net from the left side of the goal.

“I think defensively the goal late was a mistake on our part and a player like Burch lives on that type of play,” Howarth said.

The forward combination of Jimmy Klatter and Patrick Thomas was held to only two shots the entire game.

“We simply didn’t play quick enough and that translates into not winning games,” Howarth said.

Eastern lost at home on Friday as well to Southwest Missouri 4-1 with Klatter scoring the lone goal for the Panthers on a penalty kick from straight away.

The Panthers were blanked for the fifth time in Missouri Valley Conference play and sixth time this season. The six-game winless streak is the longest for the Panthers since 2001 when they dropped eight straight.