As 2021 comes to a close, the staff of The Daily Eastern News invites you to look back at the year through our lens.
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The Eastern men’s soccer team saw an end to its spring season and early training, but newly appointed head coach Ronnie Bouemboue and the team know how important communication, camaraderie and positivity...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• January 14, 2020
Eastern men’s soccer head coach Kiki Lara is leaving Eastern after serving five years as the head coach. Lara will take over as head coach at his alma mater Incarnate Word.
Lara played three years at...
Tuesday will mark the third annual day of donations for Eastern athletic programs, as the EIUGivingBlueDay starts Tuesday.
The event is a 24-hour online campaign to raise funds for the betterment of...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• November 20, 2019
The Eastern men’s soccer team has multiple players with leadership ability, competitive fire and the willingness to work hard in every aspect of life whether on or off the field.
Junior Shady Omar...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• November 11, 2019
The men’s soccer team's season ended Nov. 9 when Denver won their match against Fort Wayne 3-1 to clinch the final spot in the Summit League conference tournament.
Despite the Panthers not making...
A 2-1 road loss to Green Bay Tuesday signifies the end of the men’s soccer team’s regular season, and the result is a bag of, well, mixed results.
The Panthers lost in overtime Tuesday, dropping...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• November 3, 2019
The men’s soccer team kept its Summit League tournament chances alive, defeating Fort Wayne 1-0 in its last conference game of the season.
In the first half, the Panther defense of senior Edgar Mesa...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• October 31, 2019
The men’s soccer team’s Summit League Conference tournament chances come down to this Saturday. The Panthers have to win against Fort Wayne to have a shot at making the tournament. The Panthers are...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• October 27, 2019
The men’s soccer team hoped to take control of its spot in the Summit League standings and spoil Western Illinois’ senior night Oct. 26.
The Panthers were not able to do either in a 2-1 chippy...
As expected with any conference match, much less any match in general, the Eastern men’s soccer team got chippy with Omaha in its Summit League matchup Oct. 19.
Four Eastern players walked off Lakeside...
Blake Faith, Men's Soccer Reporter
• October 20, 2019
The men’s soccer team has had its fair share of highlight plays on defense and offense throughout the 2019 season.
The play redshirt junior goalkeeper Jonathan Burke made in the fifth minute of the...
