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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Sophomore Forward Casey Welage tries to steal the soccerball from Lindenwood Lions defender at Lakeside Field Thursday afternoon.

Review of Eastern’s first 10 games

Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor October 6, 2023

Eastern men’s soccer is seeing some improvement in Head Coach Josh Oakley’s second year with the team. The Panthers are 10 games into the season and at this point last year they had allowed...

Kyle Kimberling, a freshman business marketing major, talks with head coach Josh Oakley before halftime at Lakeside Field Saturday afternoon

Meet the Coaches: Josh Oakley

Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor October 3, 2023

Josh Oakley is a Mattoon native as well as an alum of Eastern Illinois University. This is Oakley’s second year of being a head coach for men's soccer at Eastern, but this is his fourth year on the...

Jake McConnery, a freshman business major, dribbles the ball up field at Lakeside Field Saturday afternoon.

Late goal costs EIU the game against SIUE

Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor October 1, 2023

The Panthers were not able to hold out against the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Cougars, losing 0-1. The loss moves Eastern to 2-5-2 and SIUE to 7-0-2. The Cougars scored their...

Forward Maxwell Allen plays vs. Bellarmine Saturday afternoon. The Panthers lost 2-0 at Lakeside Field.

Panthers record second loss of season against Knights

Patrick Schmitz, Sports Reporter September 10, 2023

Eastern lost a competitive game to Bellarmine 2-0 on Saturday afternoon at Lakeside Field. The Knights scored two goals in the first 21 minutes. Bellarmine was aggressive all game especially in the beginning. EIU...

Julian Smith dribbles between Bradley University defenders on Sunday, Sept. 3 2023 at Lakeside Field on Eastern Illinois Universitys campus in the afternoon. (Luther Yoder 2023)

Eastern falls to Bradley University in first loss of the season

Luther Yoder, Assistant Sports Editor September 3, 2023

The Panthers lost their first game of the season 2-1 to the Bradley University Braves on Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field. The Panthers’ only goal came in the 87th minute when sophomore midfielder...

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...

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Eastern’s Edgar Mesa pursues a ball in a game last season at Lakeside Field against Western Michigan. Mesa was named one of two Eastern players to watch in the Summit League.

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...

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...

The Daily Eastern News Brendan McDonough attempts to block the ball from advancing upfield. The Panthers won in double overtime 1-0 againts Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon at Lakeside Field.

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...

Shady Omar dribbles past midfield in the Panthers’ 1-0 win over Saint Francis Sept. 10 at Lakeside Field. It was Eastern’s last win.

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...

Freshman Shady Omar attempts to kick the ball away in the Panthers’ 1-0 win over Saint Francis Sept. 10 at Lakeside Field. The Panthers play at Western Saturday.

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,...

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...

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