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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...

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...

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Jade Montgomery completes her follow through and rifles her pitch toward the batter, who tries to hit the pitch. Eastern’s softball team lost 9-0 to Boston College Sunday on the road.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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