Eastern has 18 Division I teams across men’s and women’s sports. All teams play in the OVC besides men’s soccer and men’s and women’s swimming. The OVC consists of teams from Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and Missouri.

It is a 12-team conference but not all schools compete in every sport. The Eastern football team plays its home games at O’Brien field, located on the far west end of campus.

The soccer teams play at Lakeside Field, just south of O’Brien Field. The volleyball team shares Lantz Arena with the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Lantz which is located next to O’Brien Field. That building is also where the men’s and women’s swim teams compete.

The swimmers compete in the Padovan Pool.

Eastern’s men’s and women’s tennis teams play at the Rex Darling Courts, which are located just a little further west of Lakeside Field and backs up to O’Brien Field.

Eastern’s cross country runners, both men and women, runs at home only once this fall on the Panther Trail, which winds around the west end of campus. There is also a golf team at Eastern, but it does not compete near Eastern. The track team competes in the Lantz Field House, just outside of Lantz Arena as well as at O’Brien Field in the spring.

The softball team plays its home games at William’s Field, which is at the corner of the parking lot for Lantz Arena on Fourth street, the street that separates most academic buildings and the athletics.

Eastern’s baseball team plays at Coaches Stadium, located next to the Darling Courts and Lakeside Field.

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