Notebook: OVC softball teams enter final non-conference stretch
Adam Tumino, Softball Reporter
March 10, 2020
Conference season begins in 10 days for the softball teams of the OVC. With limited non-conference play remaining, they will look to gear up for their conference opponents. Non-conference season has been fruitful for much of the conference, with seven of the OVC teams posting records above .500, bu...
Softball team splits weekend games in Ohio
Adam Tumino, Softball Reporter
March 8, 2020
The Eastern softball team (11-10) won the final two games of the four-game Miami University Tournament on Sunday to climb back above .500 on the season. The Panthers lost the first two games of the tournament on Saturday, falling to Green Bay and Miami-Ohio before beating each of those teams on Sun...
Softball team wins 2 of 5 games over the weekend
Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor
March 2, 2020
The Eastern softball team swept Western Carolina but was blanked by Georgia and Boston College to finish 2-3 at the 11th Annual Bulldog Invitational in Athens, Georgia over the weekend to move to 9-8 on the season. The Panthers opened the weekend with two matchups Feb. 28, and game one against Weste...
Softball opens season at Samford, goes 4-1
Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Assistant Sports Editor
February 10, 2020
The Eastern softball team moved to 4-1 to open the year at the Samford Tournament from Feb. 7 to Feb. 9 in Birmingham, Alabama. It was newly hired head coach Tara Archibald’s debut weekend and it included an eight-run comeback for a win. The Panthers opened the season about as strongly as they coul...
Eastern wraps up season at Williams Field
Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter
April 25, 2019
The Eastern softball team got the bats going early, like really early. Eastern carried a four-run lead into the second inning, their first win at Williams Field this season and the second game in which they seized such a commanding edge after just one inning of play. That alone, however, does not s...
OVC set for big weekend of conference games
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
April 24, 2019
The eight-team field for the Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament is just about set as the league heads into its final two weekends of the season. Eastern (3-15), Tennessee State (3-13) and Morehead State (0-12) have all been eliminated from tournament contention. But nine other teams stil...
Panthers’ pitching defeats Jaguars 7-1
Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter
April 23, 2019
Between Monday and Tuesday afternoon, the Eastern softball team might very well have realized the power of practice, according to head coach Kim Schuette. Assistant coaches Al Schuette and Rachel Houck worked with the outfield yesterday on their ability to track down balls that reach the outskirts...
Eastern to host IUPUI on Tuesday
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
April 22, 2019
One non-conference game remains on the Eastern softball team’s schedule this season: a Tuesday showdown with IUPUI at Williams Field. IUPUI (16-33, 10-8) is coming into the game winners of two games in a row, having just beat Cleveland State 10-6 and 7-1 on Saturday and Sunday, while Eastern is losers of two games in a row, losing to Southeast Missouri twice thi...
Eastern softball team loses 2 to Redhawks, fall to 3-15 in OVC
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
April 21, 2019
The Eastern softball team fell to 3-15 in Ohio Valley Conference play and is now officially eliminated from conference tournament contention after falling twice to Southeast Missouri in a doubleheader Saturday. The Redhawks took game one 11-3, mercy ruling the Panthers after just five innings....
Softball team set for tough Redhawks team
Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter
April 18, 2019
The Eastern softball team will conclude its road trip, and complete its final away games this season, at Southeast Missouri on Friday. A 3-0 victory over Butler solidified Eastern’s fifth road win, making it appear all the more likely that the Panthers will finish out the season with a markedly better road record (5-11) than at Williams Field (1-9). Megan Bur...
Eastern beats Butler 3-0 on road
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
April 17, 2019
Eastern freshman McKenna Coffman put together what was arguably her best start of the season on Wednesday in a 3-0 win over Butler in Indianapolis. Coffman threw six innings, gave up just two hits and walked just one batter on route to picking up her fourth win of the season. Coffman threw the game’s first six innings and freshman Hannah Cravens picked up the save throwin...
Eastern softball team traveling to Butler
Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter
April 16, 2019
For the Eastern softball team, the schedule just might get easier before it gets a whole lot harder. After hammering the 0-12 Morehead State softball team, by scores of 9-1 and then 12-6, Eastern Kentucky held Eastern to zero runs until junior Mia Davis homered in the seventh inning of game one and Megan B...
