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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

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...

Eastern snaps losing streak at 11 games

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor April 14, 2019

At long last the Eastern softball team’s 11-game losing streak came to an end on Saturday after the team beat Morehead State in both games of a doubleheader 9-1 and 12-6. Eastern fell to Eastern...

Eastern’s Jade Montgomery throws a pitch in the Panthers’ 6-4 loss to Indiana State April 3 at Williams Field. Eastern travels to play Morehead State this weekend.

Eastern softball team traveling to last-place Eagles

Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter April 11, 2019

Freshman Jenna Robins thought up all of the misfortunes that might inflict a team in any given season, asking her head coach what she would do if, say, someone got hurt, and asking what she could do to...

Notebook: Eastern fading out of conference picture

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor April 10, 2019

The Eastern softball team continues to slide in the Ohio Valley Conference standings, and now it’s looking more improbable the Panthers can move out of the bottom half of the conference. Eastern lost...

Softball team drops 11th straight game

Tom O'Connor, Softball Reporter April 9, 2019

Southern Illinois Edwardsville freshman Sammie Ofoia pounded one about 20 feet over the left field fence off Hannah Cravens, widening its lead over Eastern in the top of the fifth. As she rounded third...

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