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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Sophomore Stella Cliffe returns the ball on her backhand in her doubles match Friday at the Darling Courts. Cliffe was named OVC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday.

Cliffe named OVC player of the week

Dillan Schorfheide, Women's Tennis Reporter April 4, 2018

  Stella Cliffe has been working on keeping the tennis ball in play with patience, as well as playing smart throughout the spring season, and her work has been noticed by the Ohio Valley Conference. Cliffe,...

Sophomore Stella Cliffe hits a forehand in her doubles match with partner Grace Summers. Cliffe and Summers won 6-4. The women’s tennis team does not have a player from Illinois, but all agree the different backgrounds have helped them grow together.

Different backgrounds shape Panthers

Dillan Schofheide, Women's Tennis Reporter April 3, 2018

Eastern is no stranger to international and out-of-state athletes. These athletes have made names for themselves as Panthers and have become key players for their respective teams. For example, Grace...

Sophomore Emily Pugachevsky hits a forehand back to her Belmont opponent in her singles match Friday at the Darling Courts. Pugachevsky won 6-4, 6-4 to help the Panthers to a 5-2 win over the Bruins.

Women’s tennis team gets two big wins at home

Dillan Schorfheide, Women's Tennis Reporter April 1, 2018

Even with April Fool’s Day a day away, the women’s tennis team was not joking around this weekend and won both of its home matches on Friday and Saturday. With two important conference wins over...

Senior Grant Reiman sends a back hander to his Belmont doubles opponents Friday at the Darling Courts. Reiman and partner Logan Charbonneau lost 7-5 to Belmont as Eastern lost 7-0 overall. The Panthers picked up a win Saturday against Tennessee State.

Panthers get first OVC win in over two years

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter April 1, 2018

The Eastern men’s tennis team earned its first conference win since 2016, and its first Ohio Valley Conference tournament appearance since 2014 with a win over Tennessee State Saturday. The Panthers...

Men’s tennis gears up for conference matches

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 29, 2018

A double header looms for the Eastern men’s tennis team, who face Belmont and Tennessee State this weekend at the Darling Courts. Any matches that need to be moved due to weather, will be played at...

Kercheval taking on tennis director challenges

Dillan Schorfheide, Women's Tennis Reporter March 29, 2018

Sam Kercheval has twice now stepped in to help coach the women’s tennis team, both times after the team’s coach left, but he likes the challenge it presents him to manage both. Kercheval, the interim...

Panthers seeing growth in conference play

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 28, 2018

  The Eastern men’s tennis team has four matches left this spring season, with three of those matches being conference opponents. The Panthers have Belmont, Tennessee State and Austin Peay...

Panthers seeking consistency in doubles

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 27, 2018

All season long, Eastern coach Sam Kercheval said the doubles point is critical in tennis, and that the team still needs improvement at doubles play. Kercheval said after the match against Eastern Kentucky,...

Eastern earns doubles point, but falls late

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 25, 2018

  Freshman Logan Charbonneau said before the match against Eastern Kentucky, the Eastern men’s tennis team needed to clinch the doubles point. The Panthers opened Friday’s Ohio Valley Conference...

Men’s tennis team ready for road match

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 21, 2018

  Conference season is underway for the Eastern men’s tennis team who heads to Eastern Kentucky Friday. The Panthers have not had the results they would like in conference play this spring,...

Eastern handles Cougars 6-1 in tennis

Dillan Schorfheide, Women's Tennis Reporter March 20, 2018

With a 6-1 victory over Southern Illinois Edwardsville Tuesday, Eastern’s women’s tennis team won its second straight OVC match to start conference play 2-0 this spring. Last year, Southern Illinois...

Logan Charbonneau, a freshman men’s tennis player, stayed on the tennis courts till 2 a.m. following a 3 p.m. tennis practice to ready himself for a chance at playing at the college level. His 2 a.m. “partner” was a machine that fired thousands of balls at him until he decided it was time for bed only to wake up and do it the next day.

Following dreams helped men’s tennis team’s Charbonneau

Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter March 19, 2018

  Starting practice after school at 3 p.m. and practicing on his own until 2 a.m. is how freshman Logan Charbonneau became a Division-I tennis athlete at Eastern. He said he would go through...

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