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The Panthers appeared poised for an upset Sunday afternoon when they took a 12-point lead into halftime against Illinois. But a heavy dose of Fighting Illini senior forward Lacey Simpson sparked an Illinois comeback and the Panthers lost 49-45 at Assembly Hall in Champaign to start the season 1-1. (0) comments
The Eastern men's basketball team dropped its regular season opener 72-59 on Saturday against Ball State in Muncie, Ind. The Panthers (0-1) were down 23-6 to start the game and battled back in the second half to get the score to 58-52 with 4 minutes, 47 seconds remaining, but the Cardinals (1-0) were able to hold on to beat Eastern in their own season opener. (0) comments
The Eastern men's and women's swimming teams increased their losing streak to four as both teams lost their dual meet against conference rival Western Illinois on Friday at Brophy Hall Pool in Macomb. The women lost 187-110, while the men came up a little short as the Leathernecks pulled out a tight 150-143 victory. (0) comments
It was the same old story for the Panthers this year: the talent is there but it just did not show up on race day. "We know we are better than what we are showing," junior Erin O'Grady said. "We just did not race well or get the job done." The Panther men placed 20th of 23 teams and the women placed 26th of 27 teams overall in the NCAA Midwest Regionals at Oklahoma State on Saturday. (0) comments
Staff Report The Eastern volleyball team concluded the 2008 season by splitting its matches against Ohio Valley Conference rivals Tennessee State and Austin Peay in a two-match Tennessee road trip. Eastern lost to the Lady Govs (21-10, 13-5 OVC) in four sets (26-24, 25-18, 23-25, 25-20) on Saturday in Clarksville, Tenn. (0) comments
Tennessee Martin and Eastern Kentucky both won on Saturday to remain tied for first in the Ohio Valley Conference. Tennessee State lost to Jacksonville State to drop into a tie for second with the Gamecocks. Head coach Dean Hood's (above) Colonels have won six games in a row and travel to Martin, Tenn. (0) comments
Mastodons, Spartans, Vikings and Mastodons? Oh my. Eastern's men's basketball team's non-conference schedule is not what you could call much of a challenge. And it all started Saturday afternoon against Ball State in Muncie, Ind. The same Ball State that won six games last season and has eight new players this year. (0) comments
Austin Peay took a 15-13 lead on Saturday afternoon at O'Brien Stadium on a 45-yard touchdown run by red-shirt freshman running back Ryan White. The Governors held on to that two-point lead for their second win of the season even after Eastern was six yards from scoring a game-winning touchdown with less than one minute remaining in the game. (0) comments
