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Eastern libero Madison Cunningham lunges in front of teammate Sarah Paluch to return a serve in Easterns match against Austin Peay on Sept. 28. The Panthers lost the match in straight sets.

Volleyball loses to Cougars Wednesday, starts conference schedule 0-3

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter October 2, 2019

After opening conference play with a pair of relatively close matches at home Sept. 27 and 28, the Eastern volleyball team went on the road to play Southern Illinois Edwardsville Wednesday. The Panthers...

Eastern faces Cougars on Wednesday

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 30, 2019

The Eastern volleyball team will travel to play its first road conference match of the season Wednesday evening, as the Panthers will take on Southern Illinois Edwardsville at 6 p.m. The Panthers (1-13,...

Column: Errors cost Eastern in otherwise impressive performance

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 29, 2019

Most of the time, a team ends up winning a game when it outplays its opponent. This was not the case Saturday afternoon when the Eastern volleyball team lost to Austin Peay in straight sets. The Panthers...

Eastern volleyball team loses conference opener to reigning OVC champions Murray State

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 27, 2019

  Slowing down Rachel Giustino has, more often than not, been the key to defeating the Murray State volleyball team this season. The senior outside hitter came into the game against Eastern...

Conference season underway for OVC volleyball

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 26, 2019

It is officially conference season for the volleyball teams of the OVC. Two conference matches are already in the books as Southeast Missouri beat Tennessee-Martin Sept. 24 and Jacksonville State defeated...

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Eastern libero Madison Cunningham lunges forward for a dig in the Panthers 3-2 loss to Evansville on Sept. 14. Cunningham recorded a career-high 37 digs in the match, averaging 7.4 per set.

Eastern volleyball team to start OVC play after first win

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 24, 2019

After a challenging non-conference schedule, things will not get much easier for the Eastern volleyball team when conference play begins this weekend. The Panthers (1-11), coming off their first win...

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Maggie Runge swings her arm forward to spike a ball to the opponents’ court. Eastern lost 3-2 against Evansville in the Evansville Dunn Hospitality Tournament Sept. 14.

Column: Breaking down the Panthers’ 1st win of season

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 22, 2019

After losing the first two matches of the Youngstown State Red and White Invitational this weekend, the Eastern volleyball team was in danger of suffering its fourth consecutive winless weekend to begin...

Panthers to wrap up non-conference play over weekend

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 19, 2019

Coming off its closest match of the season, a 3-2 loss to Evansville Sept. 14, the Eastern volleyball team (0-9) heads into its final three non-conference matches at the Youngstown State Red and White...

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Eastern junior Laurel Bailey receives a serve in the Panthers’ 3-1 loss to Fort Wayne on Sept. 14. Bailey had 12 digs and five kills in the match.

OVC volleyball teams continue early-season struggles

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 17, 2019

The OVC posted an overall record that was below .500 last season. So far this season, it is even further below .500. After three weeks of play, the OVC volleyball teams have posted a combined record of...

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Eastern sophomore Hannah Sieg (17) goes up to kill a set from Bailey Chandler (9) in the Panthers 3-2 loss to Evansville on Sept. 14. Sieg had 9.5 points in the match.

Eastern volleyball team denied first win in 5-set thriller

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 15, 2019

For the first time this season, the Eastern volleyball team was within one point of its first win. The Panthers pushed Evansville to a decisive fifth set and led the Purple Aces 14-10. But Evansville...

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Katie Sommer tries to tip the volleyball over the net for an Eastern point. Eastern lost 3-1 against Drake Aug. 31 in Lantz Arena during the EIU Panther Invitational.

OVC volleyball standings have yet to take shape

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 12, 2019

After the first week of the season, the volleyball teams in the OVC were struggling as a whole; the 12 teams in the conference posted a record of just 9-28 in that span. Since, they have gone a combined...

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Eastern senior Breanna Jager sets up teammates Danielle Allen (middle) and Maggie Runge in the Panthers match against Memphis on Aug. 31 in Lantz Arena.

Jager charting her own course in life

Adam Tumino, Volleyball Reporter September 10, 2019

Breanna Jager said she was basically born on a boat. Jager is quite possibly the only competitive sailor on Eastern’s campus. She is definitely the only competitive sailing, Canadian, former rugby...

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