Women’s tennis team loses 2 matches over weekend, loses sixth-straight
Bailey Scoggins, Women's Tennis Reporter
March 2, 2020
The Eastern women’s tennis team suffered two losses over the weekend, and the Panthers are in a six-match losing streak, causing them to have a 5-8 overall record. On Feb. 29, the team fell to 5-7 on the season with a 4-3 loss to Green Bay. The team had a 1-0 lead in the match with after taking...
Men’s tennis team looks to bounce back, snap losing streak
Vince Lovergine, Men's Tennis Reporter
February 26, 2020
A promising start to the season has been quickly erased for the Eastern men’s tennis team over the last couple weeks, and it could be the right time for them to bounce back. The Panthers have lost five consecutive matches and sit at 7-6 this year, after starting 5-0. Eastern squares off against Gr...
Men’s basketball defeats Green Bay 93-80
Tom O’Connor, Men's Basketball Reporter
December 8, 2019
Eastern head coach Jay Spoonhour knows how much his players obsess about internal apprehensions once they trot out on to the court. Sometimes these thoughts, as he sees it, can have apparent implications pertaining to their playmaking. “A lot of guys playing in their ninth ever game, some guys ...
Analysis: Dixon and Smith shine in win Dec. 7
Blake Faith, Men's Basketball Reporter
December 8, 2019
In Eastern’s 93-80 win over Green Bay, the Panther offense benefited from the hard work of junior George Dixon and the shooting consistency of junior Mack Smith that if repeated can become even more cogs on a team that can be successful in the OVC. Dixon led the Panthers in blocks, points and reboun...
Men’s soccer loses season closer 2-1, awaits conference fate
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
November 6, 2019
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 to 5-9-2 overall for the regular season (the Green Bay match was a non-conference game). For 86 minu...
Eastern’s fate for third-straight road game up in air
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
December 5, 2017
Eastern coach Jay Spoonhour told the men’s basketball team before the season that they may “do very well, but not have any wins to show for it.” That is the boat that Eastern is in right now. The Panthers are set to play Green Bay on the road Wednesday. The Panthers matched up with Big Ten ...
Panthers set for home opener
Vince Lovergine, Men's Soccer Reporter
August 31, 2017
While the Eastern men’s soccer team still has not won a game to this point, it has not lost either. In two matches, so far this season, it has tied to Green Bay and Milwaukee. The offense has been a struggle so far as the team has combined for just two goals in two games. Senior goalie Mike Novotny...
Men’s soccer played to 2 draws over weekend
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
August 27, 2017
Both games of the Eastern men’s soccer team’s opening weekend ended in a 1-1 tie, after both contests were sent into double overtime against Green Bay and Milwaukee on the road. On Friday, the Panthers tied Green Bay 1-1 in a defensive shootout and finished the weekend with the same result ag...
Men’s soccer opens season in Wisconsin
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
August 24, 2017
Eastern head coach Kiki Lara expects his team to come out of its first regular season games this weekend with a 2-0 record, and he and his team intend to do it against a pair of Wisconsin teams they went 1-1 against last season. “Yes, we do feel that way (about winning both games),” Lara said. “If we d...
Volleyball starts the season with home tourney
Kaitlin Cordes, Volleyball Reporter
August 24, 2017
The volleyball team opens their season with a two-day home tournament Friday and Saturday. The Panthers will compete in the round-robin tournament with Green Bay, University of Memphis and Bradley University, with Eastern opening its tournament play against Green Bay Friday at 7 p.m. in Lantz Arena. ...
Men’s soccer shuts out Green Bay, loses late to Marshall
J.J. Bullock, Men's Soccer Reporter
September 5, 2016
The Eastern men’s soccer team picked up their first win of the season Friday in a 2-0 win over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, but failed to secure its second in a 1-0 loss to Marshall on Sunday. It was a trio of substitutes that carried the Eastern offense in their 2-0 win over...
