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Mistakes doomed the Eastern Illinois football team Saturday afternoon as it dropped a 36-31 contest to Eastern Kentucky at O'Brien Field in a back-and-forth game between the top two teams in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Colonels registered seven sacks on the game - one more than the Panthers allowed all season - and completed 10-of-16 third down conversions on offense. (0) comments
Rarely is a game in early October so meaningful. Four games into the season, the Panthers find themselves at a crossroads, which may seem strange. After all, a loss against Eastern Kentucky at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at O'Brien Field would still leave the Panthers 4-1 on the season. (0) comments
Having completed the first month of their season unblemished, members of the Eastern football team have one thing on their minds as they prepare for their 1:30 p.m. Family Weekend showdown against Eastern Kentucky - revenge. The Colonels are the two-time defending Ohio Valley Conference Champions and hold a two-game winning streak against the Panthers. (0) comments
During Family Weekend, the Eastern swimming program will hold its annual Blue-Gray meet, which will take place at 6 p.m. today at the Ray Padovan Pool. The Blue-Gray is an intrasquad meet. The event will be the second Blue-Gray meet Eastern head swimming coach Matt Bos has been part of, after taking over at the beginning of last season after former head coach Ray Padovan retired. (0) comments
Trying to break the chain of its current three-match losing streak, the Eastern volleyball team will battle the Morehead State Eagles at 6 p.m. Friday in Morehead, Ky. The Panthers have struggled as of late, allowing their record to drop to 7-10 after hovering around . (0) comments
The stakes are high going into the women's soccer team's second conference match at 2:30 p.m. Sunday contest against Austin Peay at Lakeside Field. According to head coach Summer Perala, getting off to a good start in the Ohio Valley Conference will be important. (0) comments
It was a cold day in Wheaton at Chicago Country Club in November 1969, the day the Eastern men's cross country team ran its way into history. Three to four inches of snow had fallen the night before, there was a strong wind and temperatures dabbled in the low 30s. (0) comments
When Perry Edinger was growing up in Mattoon, he always knew he could run. "It was the one thing I was good at," he said. "I was always pretty fast. But thought eventually I would move out of it." Not only did Edinger not move out of it, he became something of an expert at it. (0) comments
Former Eastern pitcher Tyler Kehrer has been rated one of the Top 20 prospects in the Pioneer League in a recent report by Baseball America. The left-handed Kehrer, who plays for the Pioneer League Champion Orem Owlz, was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in June's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. (0) comments
The Eastern men's soccer team has a simple goal when they travel to Missouri State this weekend. Cut down little mistakes. The Panthers lost 2-0 to Evansville in their Missouri Valley Conference opener Wednesday at Lakeside Field. Eastern allowed a first half goal off a free kick and a second half goal off a run, which was started by a throw-in. (0) comments
Another fall has graced East-Central Illinois, and with it comes another Family Weekend. The 2009 edition of Family Weekend will feature the classic rock band Styx, various family events, parents reliving their college days and, like last year, only a few Eastern sporting events. (0) comments
The Eastern rugby team (4-0) will look to continue its 20-game winning streak when it face Minnesota for the first time since 2006 Saturday at 11 a.m. in Minneapolis. Last time the two squared off the Panthers won in a blowout 77-0, but this time it may not be so easy. (0) comments
Tune in today at 1:30 p.m. and follow along as the Eastern Illinois football team takes on Eastern Kentucky at O'Brien Field. (0) comments
Seven sacks allowed. Two interceptions. Six fumbles. Not exactly the recipe for winning football. So it's unbelievable that as time winded down in the fourth quarter of the Eastern Illinois football team's 36-31 loss to Eastern Kentucky, victory was still within reach. (0) comments
A season-high 233 fans, showed up for Saturday's women's soccer conference match at Lakeside Field against Austin Peay (1-9-3, 0-2-2 OVC). The fans were treated to early excitement in the fifth minute when Eastern freshman midfielder Kristin Germann connected on a header to pull ahead 1-0, which ended up being the game winner in the shutout victory. (0) comments
