Volleyball begins OVC play Friday on road
Tom O'Connor and Kaitlin Cordes, Volleyball Reporters
September 21, 2017
Filed under Sports, Volleyball
The Eastern volleyball team will open up conference play Friday and Saturday with a pair of road matches against Murray State and Austin Peay. The team is currently 6-6, but coach Sam Wolinski said this weekend will wipe the slate clean. “We’re 6-6 right now, but the way we look at it is, now, weâ...
Panthers looking for more offense
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
September 21, 2017
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
The Eastern football team is last in total offense in the Ohio Valley Conference heading into its first OVC game of the season against Southeast Missouri. The Panthers host the Redhawks at 6 p.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field. While the offense has not been able to get clicking through the first three games, hav...
Men’s soccer team hosts Omaha Saturday
Vince Lovergine, Men's Soccer Reporter
September 21, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team is back at Lakeside Field Saturday to take on Omaha. This will wrap up Eastern’s mini two-game home-stand, before hitting the road again for a three-game road trip. The last time these two teams met was last year in the Summit League Tournament, where Omaha got the 3-...
Women’s soccer team with tough stretch
Dillan Schorfheide, Women's Soccer Reporter
September 21, 2017
Eastern’s women’s soccer team lost its first conference match of the season to Southern Illinois Edwardsville 3-0, one of two losses in the team’s scoreless weekend. With conference matches on Friday and Sunday, the team is trying to find momentum it recently lost. Redshirt senior midfielder/forward Emma Scar...
Women’s tennis team to play in Bradley Invitational
Parker Valentine, Women's Tennis Reporter
September 20, 2017
Filed under Sports
The Eastern women’s tennis team continues their fall schedule this weekend, as the Panthers are heading to Peoria on Friday for Bradley University’s annual fall tournament. Tournament play begins on Friday and goes through Sunday at the David Markin courts. The Panthers have...
Ohio Valley football notebook
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
September 20, 2017
The Eastern football team has had three tough weeks to start its season, but the weeks ahead are becoming more vital to the Panthers’ season. The previous weeks impact Eastern’s final record in helping it make a run toward the FCS playoffs, but have limited affect on an OVC title. The Panthers...
Baldwin wins conference award
Alex Hartman, Cross Country Reporter
September 20, 2017
Filed under Cross Country, Sports
It is still early in the cross-country season, but the runners of Eastern’s men and women’s teams have been off to a great start this year. They started with a 4-1 double dual meet record in the opening Walt Crawford Open. Then in the second meet of the year, they ran to a second-place...
Women’s soccer team dealing with injuries
Adam Shay, Women's Soccer Reporter
September 20, 2017
Last weekend, the Eastern women’s soccer team lost both games, snapping a three-game win streak and pushing them back to one game over .500 with a 5-4-1 record. The Panthers have had to make changes to their lineup over the past couple weeks due to key players getting injured. With that...
Huerta stepping up for men’s soccer
Vince Lovergine, Men's Soccer Reporter
September 19, 2017
Entering his sophomore season at Eastern, midfielder Johnny Huerta and his team have done well so far this year, except at providing some offense. Coming into the match-up against Wright State Tuesday at Lakeside Field, Eastern has only scored four goals this year. In any game they’ve scored, the ...
Wright State beats Panthers 2-0
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Soccer, Sports
The Eastern men’s soccer team lost its third game in a row Tuesday at Lakeside Field, as the Wright State Raiders made the most of their four total shots on goal to defeat Eastern 2-0. For Eastern, the game marks its third game in a row without scoring a goal, however, it is the first game of the lo...
Men’s soccer team returning home to play Wright State
Vince Lovergine, Men's Soccer Reporter
September 18, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team heads back to Lakeside Field for the next couple games, where Eastern has played well so far this season. The Panthers have two losses this year, but on home turf they are still undefeated with a 1-0-2 record. The last two games against Marshall and Evansville,...
Depth at wide receiver hurting football team
Maher Kawash, Football Reporter
September 18, 2017
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
It was the third quarter against Illinois State, and Scotty Gilkey lofted a ball nearly 50 yards down field into the end zone and the receiver just could not come up with it. There is no reason to expect receivers to come down with every ball, but that was a turning point as the score would...
