Just when Eastern thought it was headed in the right direction, the Panthers suffered a three game sweep at the hands of Loyola Tuesday.

Two more charges may be facing Eastern's power forward when he shows up for his court appearance at Coles County Court Nov. 26.

Most coaches will always say their team will learn a lot more from a loss than from a win.

The Panthers finished out their 2003 season with two losses against Bradley and the Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons over the weekend.

The quest for an Ohio Valley Conference tournament spot will be placed on hold momentarily as Eastern travels to the Alumni Gym on the campus of Loyola University for a non-conference showdown with the Ramblers.

Nikki Ponce became Eastern's single season try leader leader with four first half tries in a 52-0 shutout against Western Kentucky Saturday.

With nothing left to lose, the football team can now prove to the Panther faithful they hold one essential quality beyond the football field.

Going undefeated in Ohio Valley Conference play would usually mean hosting the conference tournament.

Eastern came 30 minutes away from pulling off the biggest upset of the 2003 Ohio Valley Conference season but were outscored 15-0 in the second half to fall 24-14 Saturday evening.

I want a veto from the Ohio Valley Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. He should overrule how the women's soccer regular season ended.

Going undefeated in Ohio Valley Conference play would usually mean hosting the conference tournament.

The Ohio Valley Conference championship race was full of firsts, once agains, almosts and out-of the-blue's for Eastern's cross country teams this past weekend.