The female Panther of the Week is going to Ella Kratochvil from the women’s soccer team.
The junior goalkeeper from Wind Lake, Wisconsin, kept her sixth consecutive clean sheet in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Morehead State.
Kratochvil, who stopped five shots in the game, is fifth all time in career clean sheets. Eastern’s six clean sheets in a row is a program record.
The Panthers went four points clear on top of the Ohio Valley Conference standings with the win.
The male Panther of the Week is going to Tienne Fridge from the football team.
The graduate safety from Sacramento, California, made three solo tackles and forced a fumble in Eastern’s 31-7 victory over Tennessee State Saturday.
Fridge and the Panther defense dominated the Tigers, holding them to just one scoring drive and getting two takeaways with a third coming on special teams.
Eastern improves to 2-0 in Big South-OVC play and moves into a three-way tie for first place.
Gabe Newman can be reached at 581-2812 or at ghnewman@eiu.edu.
