It took seven games, but an OVC team finally got the best of the Eastern softball team, snapping its 10-game win streak, which dated all the way back to March 15 because of a plethora of rainouts.
Eastern...
Coach Kim Schuette called junior Kayla Bear’s diving catch in left center field in the seventh inning of the first game Wednesday against Southeast Missouri the best she has seen on that field.
No...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 5, 2018
Eastern senior pitcher Jessica Wireman threw five innings of no-hit softball and for a while it looked like she was going to cruise unscathed in the Panthers’ 2-0 win over Indiana State on Thursday at...
Called “Brick House” by her teammates, Eastern sophomore softball player Haley Mitchell has had a successful two years in her collegiate softball career.
In the 2016-2017 season as a freshman, Mitchell...
Eastern’s softball team is going to get in Friday’s doubleheader against Southeast Missouri, but the tarp has been on Williams Field’s infield since Tuesday, getting pelted with rain.
And a bare...
Right now, Eastern’s softball team has five players batting over .300, two pitchers in double digit wins and senior Jessica Wireman has a sub 2.00 ERA.
Everything is clicking for the team right now...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 27, 2018
After pulling off two series sweeps over Belmont and Tennessee State last weekend, the Eastern softball team (24-8, 4-0) is in sole possession of first place in the OVC in both overall record and conference...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 22, 2018
The games do not count for as much in non-conference play, but that still should not take away from what the Eastern softball team did in that portion of its schedule.
The Panthers played well in non-conference...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 18, 2018
Before spring break, the Eastern softball team did not have its best weekend. It went 1-3 and struggled on offense, watching its slugging percentage drop nearly 40 points in four games.
However, whatever...
Two weeks ago the Eastern softball team ran into Evansville pitcher Morgan Florey, and she shut down Eastern and pitched a five-inning 11-0 shutout.
The Panthers will likely see her again this weekend...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 11, 2018
The Eastern softball team fell twice to No. 22-ranked La. over the weekend, but grabbed wins over Iowa and Samford University at the Mardi Gras classic in Lafeyette, La.
The Panthers opened up the tournament...
With six seniors leading the way and a flurry of experienced younger players, the Eastern softball team puts that experience to the test this weekend at the Mardi Gras Classic.
The Panthers open their...
