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THROUGH THE LENS: The News' year in photos

THROUGH THE LENS: The News’ year in photos

The News December 31, 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, the staff of The Daily Eastern News invites you to look back at the year through our lens. January February March April May June July August September   October November December   Happy...

Eastern sophomore Abbie Wydra competes in the 100 yard backstroke against Ball State on Oct. 29 at Padovan Pool. Wydra finished with a time of 1:05.03. The women’s swim team lost 174-84.

Swimming teams drop weekend meets at Indiana State

Adam Tumino, Sports Editor December 5, 2021

The Eastern men's and women's swimming teams competed in their last meets of the calendar year Saturday, with the men losing to Bellarmine and the women losing to Bellarmine and Indiana State.  The...

Eastern sophomore Pheobe Croston competes in the 500 yard freestyle against Ball State on Oct. 29 at Padovan Pool. Croston finished with a time of 5:37.74. The women’s swim team lost 174-84.

Swim teams to compete in last meet of semester

Adam Tumino, Sports Editor December 2, 2021

The Eastern men's and women's swimming teams will be competing in their last meet of the semester Saturday.  They will be traveling to Indiana State where the men's team will swim against Bellarmine...

Eastern forward Abby Wahl defends an opponent at the top of the key in a game against Lindenwood on Nov. 9 in Lantz Arena. Wahl had 6 points and 3 rebounds in the game, which Eastern won 86-30.

Panthers win 1st road game of season

Jonas Engelhart, Women's Basketball Reporter November 17, 2021

The Eastern’s women’s basketball team collected another win in their second game of the season as they won 64-55 against Indiana State in Terre Haut on Wednesday night. It was a close game throughout...

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Harry Woodbery starts to cock his arm back to make a pass attempt downfield. Eastern lost 16-6 to Indiana State Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Eastern’s offense believes it can bounce back from rough start

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief September 25, 2019

The Eastern football team struggled on offense so far this season, and that may be putting it mildly. Nineteen points in four games, last in the conference in points and yards, just two touchdowns and...

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Austin Johnson attempting to tackle the ballcarrier in Indiana State’s 16-6 win over Eastern Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Eastern’s defense plays well in Eastern’s loss to Indiana State

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2019

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Eastern football team scored just 19 points in four games this season. It scored just six points in a 16-6 loss to Indiana State Saturday in yet another anemic showing by an offensive...

Eastern players celebrate a turnover in the Panthers' 16-6 loss to Indiana State on Saturday.

Column: Eastern’s offense needs to utilize more smaller, shorter routes

Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor September 21, 2019

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.- Eastern’s offense and Indiana State’s offense both ran, literally, into the same problem in Eastern’s 16-6 loss to the Sycamores Saturday. The difference was that the Sycamores...

Eastern senior Jessica Wireman throws a pitch in the Panthers' 2-0 win over Indiana State Thursday at Williams Field. Wireman threw a complete game shutout to pick up her 12th win of the season and worked her way out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning.

Eastern beats Indiana State 2-0

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...

Redshirt senior Jake Haberer fires a pitch in the top of the fourth inning in the Eastern baseball team’s 10-8 loss to Indiana State Tuesday at Coaches Stadium. Haberer pitched 2.1 innings and gave up four runs.

Walks take down baseball team

Kaitlin Cordes, Baseball Reporter March 20, 2018

Trouble at the mound for the Eastern baseball team gave Indiana State the opportunity to snatch the midweek game from the Panthers after the Sycamores handed them a 10-8 loss Tuesday. Coach Jason Anderson...

Women’s basketball hosts Indiana State

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor November 2, 2017

When new Eastern women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant heard the Panthers’ men’s team was hosting a game for charity against the University of Illinois on Friday, he knew he had to get in on the...

Football team appears flat in loss

Maher Kawash, Football Reporter September 10, 2017

DeKalb—­The Panthers have just looked flat as one of their only good drives in two games was the one at the end of the Indiana State matchup that led to victory. That game-winning drive that saw the...

Junior running back Isaiah Johnson recieves the handoff from quarterback Mitch Kimble Thursday at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Ind. Johnson rushed for 66 yards on 15 attempts and a touchdown in the Panthers’ 22-20 season-opening victory.

COLUMN: Avoid confrontations with two-minute drill

Sean Hastings, Sports Editor September 5, 2017

Every team practices it, every team dreams of executing a game winning drive, and yet not all come through. Whether it is exciting to watch, or just adding fuel to an already high stress level, the two-minute...

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