Eastern rushed for 226 yards as a team en route to its 34-6 victory against Murray State on Saturday afternoon at O'Brien Stadium. Freshman running back Desmin Ward led the way for the Panthers (4-5, 2-3 Ohio Valley Conference) with 94 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 20 carries. (0) comments
After playing what head coach Brady Sallee called "lethargic" early in the first half, the Eastern women's basketball team opened the second half on a 15-0 run as the Panthers routed Brescia 86-37 Sunday in the team's exhibition opener. The Panthers used their size to their advantage throughout the game by continuously giving the ball to 6-foot-2 senior forward Rachel Galligan in the post, who was being guarded by the 5-foot-11 Brescia forward Christal Floyd. (0) comments
The Eastern men's soccer team's winless streak reached nine matches as the Panthers fell to Missouri State 1-0 in overtime Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Eastern played well according to Eastern head coach Adam Howarth, but the Bears were able to score in the 97th minute on a header off a corner kick to seal the victory. (0) comments
There are three types of plays in sports: bad plays, good plays and the plays that move you to the edge of your seat or cheering to your feet with anticipation. Thrilling plays can be broken down even further. Sometimes you just know a big play is happening. (0) comments
Eastern red-shirt junior quarterback Bodie Reeder threw an interception to Murray State sophomore linebacker Zach Kutch with just more than one minute remaining in the first half of Saturday's game against the Racers at O'Brien Stadium. Kutch returned the interception to the Panthers' nine-yard line and might have scored had he not tripped over his own feet. (1) comment
Eastern (4-21, 1-13 Ohio Valley Conference) continued its seven-match losing streak this weekend by losing to Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois Edwardsville this weekend. It is the Panthers' second-longest losing streak of the season. Southern Illinois Edwardsville (11-11) swept Eastern (25-17, 25-13, 25-20) Saturday at Edwardsville in the first regular season meeting between the two programs. (0) comments
In the last couple hundred meters of the race, Jacksonville State sophomore George Kiplagat surged and passed up Eastern sophomore Derek Ericson. But Ericson kicked and fought back, passing Kiplagat just before the finish line for eighth place overall, and coming in first for the Panthers. (0) comments
By ARI HORING Staff Reporter The Eastern men's and women's swimming teams lost their dual meet against Illinois-Chicago on Saturday afternoon at Flames Natatorium in Chicago. The men's team lost 164-64 and the women's team lost 161-74. The losses dropped both teams to 1-3 on the season. (0) comments
Former Eastern quarterback and current Dallas Cowboys' clipboard-holder and headset-wearer Tony Romo was putting together his usual fantasy football season - plenty of points mixed with the occasional bonehead play and blunder - before he broke his pinky. But that's what fantasy owners, and now you would have to say Jerry Jones, have come to expect. (0) comments