An own goal in the 26th minute of the OVC tournament quarterfinals lifted Southern Illinois Edwardsville past Eastern women’s soccer, ending the Panthers’ year after entering the tournament as an...
Tom O’Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter
• October 31, 2019
It might be tempting to make broad assumptions about the first-round matchup between Eastern and Tennessee Tech.
Nothing, not even two overtime periods, could provide any assurances to two teams who...
Tom O'Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter
• October 27, 2019
The Eastern women’s soccer team finalized their admittance to the OVC conference tournament this weekend for the second straight year, in which they tied Austin Peay 1-1 Oct. 25 and lost 1-0 to second-seeded...
As it stands after a weekend overtime loss to Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Eastern women’s soccer sits in a tie for seventh in the OVC standings, currently slotting them as a low seed in the conference...
Just 58 seconds into the overtime period, Southern Illinois Edwardsville (5-5-4, 3-2-3 OVC) freshman Emma Dutko netted a goal in-close to senior Sara Teteak on a header to beat Eastern 3-2 on senior...
Tom O'Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter
• October 9, 2019
It is readily evident that the top tier of playoff-caliber teams has surfaced, as two teams have all but clinched postseason berths with the postseason only three weeks away.
A much larger faction...
A six-goal weekend for the Eastern women’s soccer team was a huge turnaround after four straight matches without a score, and there is no reason this kind of production cannot continue moving forward.
Head...
The Eastern women’s soccer team created six goals in the first two matches of a five-game home stand en route to wins over Jacksonville State and Morehead State this weekend.
Scoring has not come easily...
Tom O’Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter
• October 3, 2019
The Panthers have gone with different systems of play, different personnel on the field and different strategies to attenuate the strengths of the opponent.
But, as head coach Jake Plant sees it, the...
The Eastern women’s soccer team dropped two matches over the weekend, and the Panthers are now one of just three OVC teams without a conference win.
Eastern (1-7-1, 0-3-1 OVC) allowed just two goals...
Tom O'Connor, Women's Soccer Reporter
• September 29, 2019
It took four minutes.
Eastern Kentucky junior Sarah Owusu pounded a low shot into the back of the net just four minutes after the match had begun, converting her first point this season for the Colonels.
Sunday,...
Just breathe.
Go ahead, try it.
Easy, right?
Breathing is an involuntary action that we do not directly, consciously control; it happens naturally.
But when athletes are told to breathe, it usually...
