by Dan Cusack/Sports Reporter

Playing with pain is nothing for Eastern's men soccer player Mick Galeski. Galeski, a senior midfielder, was 15 years old when he fell through a bridge while riding his bike. Galeski said he did not notice the hole in the bridge and fell 20 feet through a missing chunk of the bridge while he was still in England. (3) comments

by Kevin Murphy/Associate Sports Editor

Eastern head softball coach Kim Schuette turned to junior pitcher Kathleen Jacoby in the dugout in the bottom of seventh inning of the Panthers' second game against Ball State. She said she knew she could go to Jacoby. Jacoby pitched the Panthers out of a jam with the bases loaded and zero outs. (0) comments

by Scott Richey/Sports Editor

Eastern senior first baseman Tristan Facer started the top of the ninth inning like junior second baseman Jordan Tokarz ended the first inning. It was a solo home run. Facer pulled a 0-2 pitch over the wall in left-center field to bring the Panthers within two runs, but Missouri closer junior Scooter Hicks got three straight-outs to secure the Tigers' 8-6 win Monday night in O'Fallon, Mo. (0) comments

by JC Clark/Staff Reporter

The Eastern men's and women's tennis teams' seasons came down to tie-breakers. Only the top six teams make the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The women's tennis team finished 13-7 overall and 5-5 in the OVC. That record earned Eastern a three-way tie for fifth in the conference. (0) comments

by Dan Cusack/Sports Reporter

Eastern men's golf team finished in a tie for seventh place out of 10 teams in the three-day Ohio Valley Conference Championships. The Panthers shot a team total of 934 (+70), which tied them with Samford in seventh place. Eastern Kentucky won the event with a team score of 874 at the Paducah Country Club in Paducah, Ky. (0) comments

by Dan Cusack/Sports Reporter

When I arrived at Eastern last August, I didn't know what to expect. I knew I wanted to work for the newspaper, and I knew I wanted to write for sports. But I knew nothing about any of the Eastern sports teams. The MLB, the NBA, the NFL and even Big Ten football had forever enthralled me - but I could not tell you the names of just two teams in the Ohio Valley Conference. (0) comments

Eastern sophomore Jeff Rutherford (above) led the Eastern men's tennis team to a third-place, regular-season finish in the Ohio Valley Conference. Rutherford went 13-9 and 7-2 in OVC play playing mostly at No. 1 singles. The Richmond, Ky., native has gone 28-14 in the past two seasons. (0) comments