Women’s tennis ready to start season with busy weekend
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
January 17, 2020
The Eastern women’s tennis team will open its season on the road against Alcorn State Friday, with a busy weekend of more matches later Friday, Saturday and Sunday following. The Panthers will also play against LSU Alexandria Friday, after facing Alcorn State. Then on Saturday, they will compete against Jack...
Papavasilopoulos earns win at ITA Midwest Regional
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
October 21, 2019
Rachel Papavasilopoulos won her opening round match against Akron’s Anna Ulanov 6-0, 6-2 as the women’s tennis team competed in the 2019 ITA Midwest Regional. The regional played out from Oct. 17 to Sunday, and the Eastern women’s tennis team sent four players to compete: Papavasilopoulos, Karla...
Women’s tennis team finds success at EIU Panther Invite
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
October 14, 2019
The women’s tennis team hosted the EIU Panther Invite Oct. 11 and Oct. 12, and in the Flight B Doubles Draw, Lauren Ellis and Brittany Stevens won two of their three double matches. The matches took place in the Lantz indoor field house Friday and on the outdoor courts in Mattoon Oct. . “It was a ...
Women’s tennis plays at home, away in Milwaukee
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
September 23, 2019
The women’s tennis team hosted the Eastern Illinois Fall Invite over the weekend, and Kaitlyn Snyder, a freshman, believes the team did well overall. “I think I was a little tired this weekend, so my mentality could have been a little better,” Snyder said. The team played against Southern Indi...
Snyder, Ellis win singles championships over weekend for women’s tennis
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
September 16, 2019
The Eastern women’s tennis team had two players win single championships at the Olivet Nazarene Tournament over the weekend. Freshman Brittany Stevens played in her first college matches, playing in six total and finishing with a 5-1 record. “My first one I was very nervous for, but I got throug...
Women’s tennis sweeps Western Illinois, loses two matches
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
September 9, 2019
The Eastern women’s tennis team had a busy weekend as it started the 2019-2020 season at the SIUE Fall Invite. The Panthers competed against Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Western Illinois and Saint Louis. Eastern competed in singles and doubles matches over the weekend. Sept. 6, the Panthers won all four op...
Women’s tennis team ready to face Saint Louis University
Blake Faith, Women's Tennis Reporter
January 28, 2019
The Eastern Women’s tennis team is looking to gain more momentum from this weekend's meet against Saint Louis University. The team is coming off of a dominant start to their season last weekend, defeating Judson University and Olivet Nazarene University. Director of tennis Chris Tolson has been...
Eastern’s tennis teams complete alumni weekend
Parker Valentine, Tennis Reporter
October 2, 2017
The Eastern tennis teams had its annual alumni matches at the Darling Courts Saturday. Alums that graduated from Eastern in many different decades flocked to Charleston over the weekend. Some of alumni’s graduation dates back to the 1970’s, others graduated as recently as spring 2017. Ron Easter,...
