The Eastern men's and women's tennis teams have one last shot at the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers will play in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament today. The winners will earn a chance to represent the OVC and earn the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. (0) comments
The Eastern track and field teams will look to keep their streak of consecutive Ohio Valley Conference honors going as they travel to Memphis, Tenn., today. The Panthers have received individual OVC awards for the previous four weeks. The streak started on March 24, when three Panthers received the award. (0) comments
The red-hot Eastern baseball team's bats will face its biggest test of the season this weekend in the form of Ben Tootle. The Jacksonville State junior right-hander was the Preseason Pitcher of the Year in the Ohio Valley Conference and had the Panthers' number in his one start against them last season. (0) comments
Senior Brad Butler wants to be healthy for the entire season. Butler, a distance runner, was set to be the top cross country runner in the fall. He was actually healthy for the majority of the season until injuring himself right before the Ohio Valley Conference meet. (0) comments
The Eastern softball and Morehead State softball teams were in a hole early in the conference season. The Panthers went 1-2 in their first Ohio Valley Conference series and have gone 7-1 since then, including two series sweeps. The Eagles started out 3-7 in the OVC, but have gone 5-0 since and are on a seven-game winning streak overall. (0) comments
Eastern head coach Bob Spoo will now take over the duties of Justin Lustig. Lustig was the Eastern special teams and running backs coach, but is now the special teams coach at Louisiana-Lafayette. "He's really doing a good job of keeping track where coach Lustig left off," said red-shirt sophomore punter Kevin Cook. (0) comments
Eastern junior men's tennis player Jeff Rutherford earned Ohio Valley Conference honors again. Rutherford was named to the Second Team All-OVC, which was announced by the league Thursday. He was named to the OVC Preseason Top 10 Player Rankings for the past two seasons. (0) comments