On Saturday, Eastern Illinois baseball claimed the title of the Ohio Valley Conference Champions after defeating the No. 1 seed Morehead State with the final score being 6-5.
The Panthers, while overjoyed...
Eastern Illinois softball loses to Miami Ohio in the elimination round in the NCAA Softball Regional game 4-0, putting a close to the 2022-23 season.
The Panthers finished their overall season with...
Autumn Schulz, Senior Sports Reporter
• May 19, 2023
The Eastern Illinois softball team lost its first game of its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Regional Tournament 2-0 to #15 Northwestern Friday afternoon.
The tournament is double-elimination, therefore,...
Han Byer, Sports Photographer/Writer
• May 14, 2023
“Bring us our rings!”
That is what the Eastern Illinois softball team was screaming post-win after it clutched the program’s first ever OVC Softball Championship title win Saturday in Oxford,...
The Eastern Illinois softball team won its first ever Ohio Valley Conference softball championship Saturday afternoon at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala.
The Panthers defeated the SIUE Cougars in a...
When I took the sports editor position for the The News, I never imagined how big of an impact it would have on my life.
I previously served as assistant sports editor under Adam Tumino and I am forever...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 28, 2023
Working with The News was one of the greatest honors of my life thus far and I will never forget all of the people I got to meet, interview, and cover in just one year.
Though I wish I could have worked...
Kate Stevens , Assistant Sports Editor
• April 27, 2023
Eastern’s men’s and women’s golf and women’s tennis teams all represented EIU at their respective Ohio Valley Conference Championships over the last week and a half.
Take a look at how the teams...
Christina Martinez Mundo traveled over 1,900 miles from her hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico to play volleyball here at Eastern Illinois University.
The libero is entering her senior year with the...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 26, 2023
Sophomore outfielder Jaylen Prichard led the Eastern softball team to its 10th straight win Tuesday afternoon in a midweek non-conference game with IUPUI at Williams Field.
The Panthers won 4-3 after...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 26, 2023
Winning coach of the year is nothing new for Erin Howarth.
Howarth is the head coach of Eastern’s cross country team and the distance coach for the track and field team.
Since being hired in 2010,...
Sophomore Eastern women’s basketball forward Macy McGlone has only been a Panther for one season but has already proved her presence on the court.
Before McGlone became an EIU Panther, she played...
