Eastern director of athletics Rich McDuffie and the rest of the athletics department will soon be the proud owners of an artificial playing surface at O'Brien Stadium.

Macomb is the next destination for Eastern as they travel to face Western Illinios University Tuesday at 3 p.m. on Vince Grady Field.

NBA Scouts were already aware Eastern's all-time leading scorer could shoot the basketball, but this past weekend at the Portsmouth (Va.) Invitational Tournament the Panthers' NBA prospect proved his athletic ability as well.

Everyone knows that Henry Domercant can shoot a basketball. He has proven that with 2,602 career points, ranking him No. 26 among all-time scorers in NCAA Division 1-A.

The Panther baseball team expected to kick off a three-game series with the Murray State Thoroughbreds at 1 p.m. on Saturday. But somebody let a hose douse the field with water overnight.

After a tough loss to Murray State April 5, Eastern's men's tennis team made a goal to win the rest of its Ohio Valley Conference matches. After defeating Morehead State University 4-3 Saturday, Eastern has won both of its conference matches since the Murray match.

Eastern will look to tame its first links course challenge of the season as the Panthers get ready for the Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 28-30) by competing in the Billiken Invitational.

Of all the players on baseball and softball fields, I respect catchers the most. They are the ones sitting in an uncomfortable crouch for half the game while wearing pads, helmets and shin guards limiting their range of motion.

Eastern's women's tennis team was glad to welcome back Jana Matouskova this weekend after she was forced to sit out the past few weeks due to injury.

If Eastern softball head coach Lloydene Searle could leave senior pitcher Kristen Becker in for every game she would.

A twister, a twister - that's what happened to the University of Kansas.

The Eastern men's and women's tennis team maintained their No. 1 ranking in the Ohio Valley Conference with a home victory over Tennessee State Thursday at Darling Courts.