OVC women’s soccer enters final weekend of regular season
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 18, 2018
The final weekend of OVC play for women's soccer is about to begin. The top two seeds are presumably locked up by Tennessee-Martin and Murray State, but the remaining six seeds are anything but settled. Just three points separate third-seeded Southern Illinois Edwardsville and eighth-seeded Belmont. ...
Panthers face Oral Roberts in men’s soccer matchup
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
October 18, 2018
The Eastern men’s soccer team has its first match Saturday after a week and a half of no competition. The Panthers will travel to Oral Roberts Saturday to play in their third conference match of the season. The last time Eastern saw some action on the soccer field was Oct. 10, when the Panthers...
Column: Men’s soccer team needs scoring down stretch
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
October 17, 2018
Filed under Columns, Soccer, Sports
Since the beginning of the men’s soccer season, the thing I have wanted to see from the Panthers is a productive offense. I wanted to see the Panthers be able to score on a consistent basis, and multiple times in a match on multiple occasions. At the beginning of ...
Heinz remains hopeful on sidelines during cancer fight
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 15, 2018
As the Eastern women’s soccer team battles for position in the OVC playoff rankings, one of their own is waging a very different battle off the field. She is Hannah Heinz. In high school, she was a three-sport star in Washington, Ill., just outside Peoria. She is a junior psychology major at Easter...
Notebook: Denver, Omaha atop men’s soccer conference standings
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
October 15, 2018
As if there was any doubt that they would slow down, the Denver Pioneers have not shown any signs of slowing down this season. Denver is still in first place in Summit League standings and have been there since the beginning of the season, not sparing anyone in their path en route to a 10-1-2 record...
Women’s soccer team split weekend matches as end of season nears
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 14, 2018
The Eastern women’s soccer team went 1-1 in a pair of weekend matches as the end of the regular season looms next weekend. The Panthers dropped a conference match on Thursday against Southeast Missouri 1-0 in overtime. The loss dropped them to 3-3-2 in OVC play. They also lost a spot in...
Women’s soccer team nets four goals, beats Fort Wayne in break from OVC play
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 13, 2018
The Eastern women’s soccer team had their highest scoring match of the season on Saturday when they beat Fort Wayne by a score of 4-3. Their four goals doubled their previous high score. They scored two goals in a 3-2 loss against Green Bay on Aug. 26 and in a 2-0 win against Chicago State on Sept. 2...
Eastern women’s soccer team falls to Southeast Missouri 1-0 in overtime
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 11, 2018
The Eastern women’s soccer team dropped their match to Southeast Missouri 1-0 in overtime on Thursday in what was the final home match of the regular season. It was the Panthers’ fifth match to reach overtime this season and the first overtime match that did not end in a draw. The Panthers...
Eastern men’s soccer team falls 2-1 to Valparaiso at home
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
October 10, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Soccer, Sports
The rain was not the only thing that put a damper on the men’s soccer team Wednesday. Valparaiso (3-7-2) scored two goals in the second half of Wednesday’s match to get a road win against the Panthers (3-7-3), after Eastern scored the first goal of the match. Earlier rain in the day made Lakeside...
Women’s soccer team to hold ‘Hope for Hannah’ game in home finale
Adam Tumino, Women's Soccer Reporter
October 10, 2018
The Eastern women’s soccer team will be hosting their “Hope for Hannah” match on Thursday against Southeast Missouri in what will be their final home match of the season. The match will be honoring Eastern junior and member of the soccer team Hannah Heinz, who has spent the season battling c...
Valparaiso to visit Panthers Wednesday
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
October 9, 2018
The men’s soccer team is riding momentum from its win Saturday into its next match against Valparaiso Wednesday. Christian Sosnowski scored halfway through the second overtime against Western Illinois Saturday to give Eastern three conference points (on top of the one Eastern already had) and confidence...
Notebook: Denver still in control of Summit League
Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Men's Soccer Reporter
October 8, 2018
In a calm weekend for Summit League soccer, Denver still managed to take the spotlight with a team win and individual accolades despite mostly solid outings from its conference counterparts, including Eastern. Denver’s senior forward Andre Shinyashiki continues to cement himself as a star this season,...
