The rust was apparent last Saturday night when the men's basketball team squeaked out a 83-81 win over Winona State.

It's becoming more and more obvious throughout year that the NCAA will never receive a Christmas card from Eastern Illinois women's soccer coach Steve Ballard.

Illinois State University

Despite coming out on top in the turnover categories, Eastern made some crucial mistakes in Saturday's 40-37 overtime loss to Tennessee Tech.

Eastern dropped out of the Ohio Valley Conference race Saturday when they lost an emotional overtime game 40-37 to Tennessee Tech.

All things must come to end.

There were tears. There was emotion and drama. But more than anything else, there was a fourth straight Ohio Valley Conference tournament victory, and NCAA College Cup birth along with it, won by the Eastern Illinois Panther women's soccer squad.

Panthers who made the OVC All-Conference Team:

The Ohio Valley Conference Tournament's championship game wasn't as it was supposed to be with only a matter of three minutes remaining.

University of Illinois

Eastern goes on the road this week to face Tennessee Tech on its homecoming as they each hope to stay in the hunt for the Ohio Valley Conference title.

When the Panthers travel to Cookeville, Tenn., to play Tennessee Tech this weekend it will mark the ninth time the two head coaches, Bob Spoo and Mike Hennigan, will meet, making it the longest Ohio Valley Conference coaching rivalry.