This is a major championship for 95 players and a combined 19 men's and women's teams.

As Brady Sallee stepped to the podium to accept the Eastern women's basketball head coaching job, he knew he at least had his two-year-old daughter's approval.

With the top schools coming to Coaches Stadium, Eastern proved its youthful team has the patience to win close games.

The Eastern baseball team will host Southeast Missouri State this weekend in a three-game series that may start to separate the crowded Ohio Valley Conference.

This weekend is certainly an offensive battle of the catchers as Eastern will take on the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State for a double header on Saturday and a single game Sunday.

It was both an emotional and special season for the Eastern men's and women's tennis teams, culminating in memorable conference play that saw the women finish in seventh and the men finish in third.

When most coaches are applying for a position to take over a team that went 8-19 the season before they won't mention the words "national championship " or even "Ohio Valley Conference championship." Normally, head coaching candidates will try and potential bosses with talk about "rebuilding years" and "adjusting to new systems."

Eastern's hot streak ended with a thud with a doubleheader loss to Tennessee Martin on Wednesday.

Junior outfielder David Chacon helped push Eastern past St. Louis with a big offensive day, hitting home runs from both sides of the plate in the process.

Eastern's newest head coaching candidate only has one definition of success.

Now that the softball team has started to roll, its about time the beginning of its season was addressed.

It may have taken nearly four hours but Saint Louis' reign over Eastern is finally over.