Former rugby field to be converted to new soccer field
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
June 21, 2019
The field that formerly housed Eastern rugby will be converted to a soccer field for Eastern athletics. Work on the field, which is located right next to fourth street, started before the academic year ended in May, and associate athletic director Rich Moser said work on the conversion is progressing. However,...
All-around depth will help men’s soccer team’s offense
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
August 29, 2018
One big question facing Eastern’s men’s soccer team before the season was the team’s ability to score. Last year, the team scored ten goals for the entire season, had a seven-match scoreless streak and its leading scorer had only three goals. So this year, head coach Kiki Lara was looking...
Panthers season ends in 1-0 playoff loss
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
November 9, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team could not come back from a first half Denver goal, as its season and playoff run came to an end in the first round of the Summit League playoffs Thursday in Omaha. Denver scored the only goal it would need to beat Eastern in the 38th minute of the game when Blake Eld...
Eastern tops Oral Roberts 1-0 in overtime
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
October 15, 2017
Eastern’s Fabio Callado tore off his shirt and sprinted across the field while his teammates erupted into a frenzy of celebration and pursued him toward the bleachers. In this moment, the Panthers were the loudest they have been all season. Callado broke a 0-0 tie in double overtime and given ...
Eastern men’s soccer team travels to Denver
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
October 5, 2017
When it comes to men’s soccer in the Summit Conference, there are two teams that are considered the teams to beat by the other four programs in the conference: Omaha and Denver. The Eastern men’s soccer team already had a shot at one of those teams, when it tied Omaha 0-0 earlier this season, ...
Men’s soccer team heads to Western
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 28, 2017
The Summit League’s top defensive team will meet two of the conference’s top three scorers Saturday when the Eastern men’s soccer team travels to face Western Illinois. Eastern and its defense, which has five shutouts to its name this season, will face a scoring tandem from Western on Saturda...
Panthers tie against ranked Omaha 0-0 Saturday
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 24, 2017
In what was arguably its biggest test of the season thus far, the Eastern men’s soccer team tied a program record, playing to their fifth draw of the season Saturday at Lakeside field against No. 23 ranked Omaha. Eastern and Omaha played to a 0-0 result, marking the fourth game in a row the Panth...
Huerta stepping up for men’s soccer
Vince Lovergine, Men's Soccer Reporter
September 19, 2017
Entering his sophomore season at Eastern, midfielder Johnny Huerta and his team have done well so far this year, except at providing some offense. Coming into the match-up against Wright State Tuesday at Lakeside Field, Eastern has only scored four goals this year. In any game they’ve scored, the ...
Wright State beats Panthers 2-0
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 19, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team lost its third game in a row Tuesday at Lakeside Field, as the Wright State Raiders made the most of their four total shots on goal to defeat Eastern 2-0. For Eastern, the game marks its third game in a row without scoring a goal, however, it is the first game of the lo...
Men’s soccer team heads to Evansville
Vince Lovergine, Soccer Reporter
September 14, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team continues its mini two-game road trip, but this time a little closer to home. The Panthers have a three-day layoff before returning to the field when they head to Evansville, Indiana to take on the Evansville Purple Aces on Sunday afternoon. Eastern has yet to find much consisten...
Eastern men’s soccer team travels to Marshall
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 12, 2017
The Eastern men’s soccer team is looking to shut out its fifth consecutive opponent on defense when they travel to face Marshall today in Huntington, West Virginia. Eastern shut out Saint Francis University on Sunday to give them their fourth straight of the year and confidence is high on defense...
Men’s soccer scores victory over Saint Francis
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
September 10, 2017
Senior Zach Medawattage headed in what would become the game winning goal with seven minutes to play in the Eastern men’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory over Saint Francis on Sunday at Lakeside Field. Medawattage received a pass from teammate Jonathan Huerta and placed the ball from inside the box on...
