The Eastern women's soccer team continues its run toward an Ohio Valley Conference Championship at 6 tonight when the Panthers travel to Morehead, Ky., for a first-round match against Morehead State. The Panthers, who are 3-1-1 in their last five matches, beat Morehead State 1-0 in the teams' regular season meeting on Oct. (0) comments
Eastern finished its two-match weekend play with 58 kills in two matches, or 29 kills per match. The Panthers had 28 kills against Southern Illinois Edwardsville and gave up 42 kills to the Cougars on Saturday. Friday wasn't much better for the Panthers as they had 30 kills to Southeast Missouri's 52 kills. (0) comments
Sheila Dugan is the lone senior and the captain of the Eastern women's swimming team. Dugan sat down with Assistant Sports Editor Dan Cusack to talk about her parents' role in her swimming career, her goals for the season and whom she is voting for in today's presidential election. (0) comments
Three Eastern running backs rushed for more than 200 yards combined in the Panthers' 34-6 win against Murray State on Saturday afternoon at O'Brien Stadium. "When you think Eastern Illinois football, that's it right there - running the football and converting on third down," Eastern red-shirt junior quarterback Bodie Reeder said. (0) comments
Former Eastern baseball player Kevin Seitzer was hired as the Kansas City Royals' hitting coach in October and will return to the team that he was an All-Star for in 1987. He was most recently the Arizona Diamondbacks' hitting coach during the first part of the 2007 season before being fired in July. (0) comments
Eastern's men's soccer team will honor its seven seniors during Saturday's match against Creighton. Forward Brad Peters, defender Patrick Mabeya, midfielder Mike Lewis, defender Adam Gartner, defender Jeff Scheffers and goalkeeper Mark Hansen will be honored in a pre-match ceremony for what will be their final match at Lakeside Field. (0) comments