Southern Illinois Edwardsville did not relent in the fifth inning of its 13-0 win over Eastern Tuesday night at Williams Field. Four different pitchers took the mound for Eastern in that inning, and...
The Eastern softball team is mired in a nine-game losing streak that dates back to March 24 and includes six losses to Ohio Valley Conference opponents. The feeling around the team, however, is that to...
As she so often does, Hannah Cravens, through seven and a third innings, trekked from the batter’s box to the pitcher’s mound and back again, repeating a familiar route that had her pitching and batting...
Softball is a game of inches and a game of failure, and the conversation should turn to the successes, win or lose, after each matchup; at least, that is how head coach Kim Schuette sees it.
Although...
If it takes playing all 20 of her players in one inning to win a game, that is what Eastern softball coach Kim Schuette will do to win that game. If winning a game means playing the same nine players over...
Above Williams Field on Tuesday evening, the sky, coated in an effervescent orange, seemed to signal that the Panthers were indeed done with practice.
“Look at that sunset,” Eastern head coach Kim...
It was a good week to be a pitcher in the Ohio Valley Conference this past week; it’s just a shame the conference could only name one as OVC Pitcher of the Week.
Jacksonville State’s Faith Sims ended...
The Eastern softball team dropped all four games of its weekend platter of OVC matchups, falling twice to Tennessee Tech on Friday and twice to Jacksonville State on Sunday.
Eastern was mercy ruled,...
The Eastern softball team’s first weekend of OVC play did not go quite as planned as the team finished it with a 1-3 record and a run differential of 24-11.
But, it did end on a high note with Eastern...
Looking out from the visitor’s dugout can be intimidating, especially in Ohio Valley Conference softball, as teams routinely play four, five, sometimes even six games apart from the amenities of home.
But,...
After its first home conference match of the spring season, the Eastern men’s tennis team hits the road once again for two more matches. The Panthers will battle the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech Saturday...
The Eastern softball team and Illinois combined Tuesday night for a sloppy, eight-error game that would be settled in extra innings with the Illini winning 8-7, scoring the walk-off run on an error by...
