Panther briefs
Issue date: 7/16/09 Section: Sports
Women's Basketball ranks ninth nationally in GPA
For the third straight year, the women's basketball team has ranked amongst the top 25 schools in NCAA division I in average team GPA. For the 2008-09 school year, the team recorded a 3.423 GPA. For the spring semester, the programs average GPA raised to 3.58, second-best among Eastern teams.
For the past two seasons, the program has been awarded the OVC's Team Academic Achievement Award for women's basketball. The Panthers expect to win the honor again this year, when the award is given in August.
Panthers to take on Wildcats in 2011
The football team will travel to Evanston in 2011 to play the Northwestern Wildcats. The game, which will be the first meeting in sport between the two schools, will be played on Sept. 10, 2011 at Ryan Field.
The contest will be the sixth for the Panthers against a Big Ten opponent in a six-year span, after the program did not meet a Big Ten team in it's first 105 years. Eastern first played a school from the conference in 2006, when the Panthers traveled to nearby Illinois.
The football team already plans to travel to Iowa during the 2010 season. This fall, the Panthers will square off against Penn State on Oct. 10 at Beaver Stadium, the third-largest stadium in the world. With a capacity of 107,282, it will be the largest crowd Eastern has played in front of.
Transfer goalkeeper Molony having productive summer
Sean Molony, a new goalkeeper for the men's soccer team, has helped the Des Moines Menace of the Premier Development League into first place in the Heartland Division with a 9-1-4 record this summer.
Molony has started all 14 games for the Menace. He has made 45 saves while giving up only 11 goals, averaging .79 goals against per game. Five of his nine victories have been shutouts.
Molony transferred to Eastern from Fort Lewis College in Colorado in January. He was the starting goalkeeper in all of the Panther's spring contests. He and Freshman Shailer Thomas will team up as the Panthers' goalkeepers this fall. The season kicks off Sept. 1 with a match at home against Valparaiso.
-Compiled by Jeff Jurinek,
Sports Editor
For the third straight year, the women's basketball team has ranked amongst the top 25 schools in NCAA division I in average team GPA. For the 2008-09 school year, the team recorded a 3.423 GPA. For the spring semester, the programs average GPA raised to 3.58, second-best among Eastern teams.
For the past two seasons, the program has been awarded the OVC's Team Academic Achievement Award for women's basketball. The Panthers expect to win the honor again this year, when the award is given in August.
Panthers to take on Wildcats in 2011
The football team will travel to Evanston in 2011 to play the Northwestern Wildcats. The game, which will be the first meeting in sport between the two schools, will be played on Sept. 10, 2011 at Ryan Field.
The contest will be the sixth for the Panthers against a Big Ten opponent in a six-year span, after the program did not meet a Big Ten team in it's first 105 years. Eastern first played a school from the conference in 2006, when the Panthers traveled to nearby Illinois.
The football team already plans to travel to Iowa during the 2010 season. This fall, the Panthers will square off against Penn State on Oct. 10 at Beaver Stadium, the third-largest stadium in the world. With a capacity of 107,282, it will be the largest crowd Eastern has played in front of.
Transfer goalkeeper Molony having productive summer
Sean Molony, a new goalkeeper for the men's soccer team, has helped the Des Moines Menace of the Premier Development League into first place in the Heartland Division with a 9-1-4 record this summer.
Molony has started all 14 games for the Menace. He has made 45 saves while giving up only 11 goals, averaging .79 goals against per game. Five of his nine victories have been shutouts.
Molony transferred to Eastern from Fort Lewis College in Colorado in January. He was the starting goalkeeper in all of the Panther's spring contests. He and Freshman Shailer Thomas will team up as the Panthers' goalkeepers this fall. The season kicks off Sept. 1 with a match at home against Valparaiso.
-Compiled by Jeff Jurinek,
Sports Editor
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