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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Defense will bounce back, improve for men’s soccer

Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter September 4, 2019

The men’s soccer team went 0-2 over the weekend and allowed six goals in the process. There were three goals in each game, but for those who know the program the defense will regroup and improve...

Murray State, Jacksonville State atop OVC women’s soccer standings so far

Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor September 4, 2019

After two weeks of women’s soccer, Eastern is treading at the bottom of the pack while Jacksonville State and Murray State share the top of the leaderboard. The Panthers fell to Missouri-Kansas City...

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Angela Corcoran takes a penalty kick during the Eastern women’s soccer team’s exhibition match against Northern Illinois Aug. 16 at Lakeside Field. Corcoran’s shot was saved by the goalkeeper, and Eastern tied with Northern 1-1.

Column: Tough start for women’s soccer does not indicate bad season ahead

Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor September 3, 2019

It has not been a ceremonious beginning to the season for the Eastern women’s soccer team. The team’s 0-2 start began with a 6-0 season-opening loss against Ball State, and after a week off, the projected...

Column: Men’s soccer needs to fix its offense sooner rather than later

Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor September 3, 2019

Kiki Lara necessarily focused a big portion of the offseason toward making the men’s soccer team a new, improved and hopefully more productive offensive threat. Lara, the head coach, and his players...

Women’s soccer loses close match 2-1, starts season with 2 losses

Tom O'Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter September 2, 2019

Once head coach Jake Plant had processed what was a scoreless 6-0 loss to Ball State, he avowed that the occasion demonstrated a need for reflection as the season got underway. Between then and now, Plant...

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Shady Omar tries to retrieve the ball out of midair as a defender grabs him during the Eastern men’s soccer team’s 2-1 loss to Valparaiso in October 2018 at Lakeside Field.

Men’s soccer loses first two matches to start the season

Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter September 2, 2019

The men’s soccer team went 0-2 this weekend in its first two games of the season, losing the season-opener 3-1 to Evansville and losing 3-0 to Xavier Monday. Against Evansville Aug. 30, Eastern started...

Men’s soccer team looking to improve offense, ready for season opener

Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor August 29, 2019

Saint Louis erected a roadblock in the Eastern men’s soccer team’s path toward an improved offense this season by shutting Eastern out 3-0 in an exhibition match Aug. 19. Being an exhibition match,...

Women’s soccer team ready to bounce back after season-opening loss

Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor August 29, 2019

The Eastern women’s soccer team gets a shot to even its record as the Panthers hit the road to face Missouri-Kansas City Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern opened the season unceremoniously, dropping its first...

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Eastern goalkeeper Jonathan Burke skies over an attacker to make a save during the men’s soccer team’s double-overtime 1-1 tie with Evansville in August 2018 at Lakeside Field.

Burke ready to improve, lead men’s soccer this season

Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter August 28, 2019

When Jonathan Burke came on his college visit to Eastern he had a good feeling about Eastern’s soccer program, that if he came to Eastern everything would work out. Burke, the starting goalkeeper for...

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Haylee Renick posts up against a defender to try and coral a pass during the Eastern women’s soccer team’s 1-1 tie in an exhibition match against Northern Illinois Aug. 16 at Lakeside Field.

Women’s soccer, OVC have mixed results to start season

Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor August 28, 2019

The Eastern women’s soccer team kicked off the 2019 campaign with a loss, but this week, the Panthers, along with plenty other OVC counterparts, look to right their ships. Eastern stays on the road,...

Column: Defense remains a focus for Eastern’s men’s soccer team

Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter August 26, 2019

Offensively, the men’s soccer team only scored 12 goals throughout the season last year. While the offense was stifled, the team’s defense, which it is known for, was good. Coach Kiki Lara made...

Column: Women’s soccer team’s season-opening loss could have been worse

Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor August 26, 2019

  Ball State essentially turned its women’s soccer match against Eastern into a baseball score, 6-0, by the end of the contest. The Cardinals controlled the ball for a majority of the first...

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