Get ready for the most hyped weekend in all sports.

Eastern women's basketball will have the chance Friday to win three consecutive games for the first time since the 1997-98 season.

The Eastern men's and women's swim team's second to last meet of the season will be of great importance.

Eastern's wrestling squad has come upon the perfect time to compete against lesser competition. The Panthers travel to play Division I-AA Southern Illinois at Edwardsville Friday in hopes of finally solving the injury bug.

Eastern freshman guard Megan Sparks was named Ohio Valley Conference 'Freshman of the Week' Tuesday for the second time this season.

The Eastern athletic department is getting closer to its goal of installing an artificial playing surface in O'Brien Stadium.

All together now, "woo pig suey!"

After a brief stay in Lantz Arena, the Eastern men's basketball team is back on the road.

After a large respite that began before winter break and lasted for over a month, the men's and women's track teams have finally started to find a little regularity in their schedule. Eastern hosted last weekend's EIU Mega Meet and will also host this weekend's EIU Quadrangular.

With the 15th overall selection in the 2002 Major League Soccer Super Draft, the Dallas Burn selected Eastern forward Jason Thompson Friday, making him the first player in school history drafted by the league.

The only comparison that could be used to describe the 2002-03 Austin Peay men's basketball team would be a teetertooter.

Seventeen points, four rebounds, two assists, one block and a steal is a good week for most basketball players, but for Eastern's Brooke Gossett, it was her box score last Saturday in the Panthers' victory against Tennessee-Martin.