The Panthers volleyball season came to a close Friday in SEMO on a sour note.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Eastern women's soccer team was 30 minutes away from pulling off the biggest upset in school history.

The Panthers volleyball season came to a close Friday in SEMO on a sour note.

When head coach Howard Schnellenberger took the seemingly impossible task of building the Florida Atlantic program from scratch, he guaranteed FAU would be at the I-A level in five years. After a 47-6 loss in his 200th game as a head coach to the third-ranked Eastern Illinois Panthers, Schnellenberger was questioning whether the Owls can compete on the I-AA level.

It was a record-breaking day for two seniors on Senior Recognition Day as the Panthers dominated both sides of the ball in a 47-6 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday at O'Brien Stadium.

Pop quiz Panther sports fans - head football coach Bob Spoo left senior tail back J.R. Taylor and the rest of the first-string offense in for almost the entire game Saturday because: A) He wanted Taylor to break school rushing records, B) He didn't think his team's big lead would hold with the second squad in, or C) He didn't believe anyone would get hurt against Florida Atlantic.

The expression "close, but no cigar" can fairly accurately sum up Eastern's results at the NCAA Regional at Illinois State University.

Things will be a little different this time around for Eastern's women's soccer team when it returns to the NCAA Women's College Cup.

A team with a 1-8 record usually doesn't carry much clout or strike fear into the hearts of any foe.

The Panthers, who have struggled for what seems like the entire season, finally have the opportunity to push for a winning streak.

Two in-state recruits signed national letters-of-intent Wednesday with Eastern's basketball program.

More than 5,000 college students commit suicide every year, and a major factor in those deaths is depression.