Eastern volleyball team headed to OVC tournament
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
November 18, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team’s regular season is over and it is time for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in Murray, Ky. where the Panthers will play as the No. 3 seed. The Panthers finished the regular season with an 11-5 record and will be taking on No. 6 Tennessee Tech who finished with a...
Eastern volleyball makes three-set comeback
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
November 11, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team started the match losing the first two sets to Southern Illinois Edwardsville but after the ten-minute break, the Panthers came out and won three straight to win the match 3-2 (20-25, 22-25, 25-11, 27-25, 15-10). During the break, coach Sam Wolinski said she told the team...
Eastern volleyball nears season’s end
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
November 9, 2015
The season is winding down for the Eastern volleyball as they only have two more matches before they head to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament Nov. 19. All season long the Panthers have been preparing for the OVC tournament, although the hope of hosting it is not going to happen, they will be...
Volleyball team in third for OVC late in season
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
November 4, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team has four matches left in the regular season and is currently in third place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings behind Belmont and first place Murray State. Eastern is 9-3 on the season with one of those wins coming against Murray State who had not lost a match and...
Volleyball team traveling to SEMO, UT-Martin
Ali Kissane, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team has won five matches in a row heading into its matches against Southeast Missouri and the University of Tennessee-Martin this weekend. The Panthers will start the weekend off by taking on Southeast Missouri on Friday and finish it by taking on University of Tennessee-Martin...
Panther volleyball team breaks losing streak
Sean Hastings, Assistant Sports Editor
October 12, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team split a pair of matches over the weekend after dropping in straight sets to Murray State Friday and then defeating Austin Peay in straight sets Saturday. Austin Peay has really struggled to get in the win column, as they were 0-4 prior to losing to the Panthers Saturday. Even...
Eastern volleyball team wins 3rd straight game
Sean Hastings, Assistant Sports Editor
September 30, 2015
The Eastern volleyball team continued its success Wednesday to improve to 3-0 when they defeated the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars 3-1. The Panthers started the season 2-0 after defeating Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State and coach Sam Wolinski called this game against SIUE ‘a gut check.’ “I...
Volleyball team starts 2-0 at top of conference
Sean Hastings, Assistant Sports Editor
September 28, 2015
Senior Stephanie Wallace breaking the all-time digs record for Eastern was a highlight of the weekend but like she said, winning is more important and that is exactly what the Panthers did on Friday and Saturday in Lantz Arena. The Panthers have started the season 2-0 as well as Murray State and...
Wallace Legacy continues at Eastern
Blake Nash, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2014
Stephanie Wallace faced one of the most difficult decisions of her life following high school. Her talent for volleyball had caught the interest of a few colleges, but most of them did not seem like the right choice for her. Wallace’s sister Brittany helped her with that decision, when she talked...
