Panthers roll with two weekend victories
Matt Daniels/ Staff Reporter
Issue date: 10/3/05 Section: Sports
Eastern is riding a two-game win streak after coming away with two victories this weekend at Lakeside Field, topping Tennessee Tech 3-1 on Friday and Austin Peay 1-0 on Sunday.
With Sunday's shutout of the Lady Govs, senior goalie Tiffany Groene broke the Ohio Valley Conference all-time shutout record.
Groene has been involved in more than 16 shutouts in her career, breaking the mark held by former Southeast Missouri goalie Beth Guccione.
Also, Groene broke Eastern's record for most career minutes in goal during the Austin Peay match.
She now has been in the net for 4,729 minutes in her career, breaking former Panther Jeanine Fredrick's record of 4,644, five minutes into Sunday's game.
"It means a lot, more to my team because EIU's in front of it and not just my name," said Groene in reference to the records.
Most importantly, Eastern (4-7-1, 2-0-1 in OVC) came away with two OVC wins, and now is tied with SEMO for first place in the conference.
"It was definitely nice to get two wins at home," Eastern head coach Tim Nowak said. "We needed the two conference wins, and I'm very happy with the outcome."
The Panthers got on the scoreboard early in Friday's match, with sophomore midfielder Kathleen Hayes converting a penalty kick six minutes into the match.
Hayes beat Tech goalie Lisa Wourms with a low shot in the left corner of the net.
The penalty kick came about as a result of a handball by a Tech defender after a shot by senior midfielder Kim Garkie.
Garkie was in the starting line-up Friday for the first time since being injured against DePaul on Sept. 2.
Eight minutes later, the Panthers found the back of the net again as sophomore midfielder Kellie Floyd scored her first career goal. Senior forward Sharyne Connell crossed the ball into the box, where it went past a diving Wourms right to the foot of Floyd, who buried it to give Eastern a 2-0 lead.
"The team was focused from the opening whistle, which was definitely very pleasing to see," Nowak said. "It's something that we've wanted to do, we've been trying to get off to a fast start."
With Sunday's shutout of the Lady Govs, senior goalie Tiffany Groene broke the Ohio Valley Conference all-time shutout record.
Groene has been involved in more than 16 shutouts in her career, breaking the mark held by former Southeast Missouri goalie Beth Guccione.
Also, Groene broke Eastern's record for most career minutes in goal during the Austin Peay match.
She now has been in the net for 4,729 minutes in her career, breaking former Panther Jeanine Fredrick's record of 4,644, five minutes into Sunday's game.
"It means a lot, more to my team because EIU's in front of it and not just my name," said Groene in reference to the records.
Most importantly, Eastern (4-7-1, 2-0-1 in OVC) came away with two OVC wins, and now is tied with SEMO for first place in the conference.
"It was definitely nice to get two wins at home," Eastern head coach Tim Nowak said. "We needed the two conference wins, and I'm very happy with the outcome."
The Panthers got on the scoreboard early in Friday's match, with sophomore midfielder Kathleen Hayes converting a penalty kick six minutes into the match.
Hayes beat Tech goalie Lisa Wourms with a low shot in the left corner of the net.
The penalty kick came about as a result of a handball by a Tech defender after a shot by senior midfielder Kim Garkie.
Garkie was in the starting line-up Friday for the first time since being injured against DePaul on Sept. 2.
Eight minutes later, the Panthers found the back of the net again as sophomore midfielder Kellie Floyd scored her first career goal. Senior forward Sharyne Connell crossed the ball into the box, where it went past a diving Wourms right to the foot of Floyd, who buried it to give Eastern a 2-0 lead.
"The team was focused from the opening whistle, which was definitely very pleasing to see," Nowak said. "It's something that we've wanted to do, we've been trying to get off to a fast start."
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