The Eastern Illinois women’s soccer team has officially wrapped up non-conference play as it will take on its first Ohio Valley Conference opponent, SIUE, Thursday at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field. The Panthers are 1-4-2 overall and are on a two-game losing streak under first year head coach Dirk Bennett. One of the non-conference wins.
Eastern lost to Illinois State 1-0 on Thursday afternoon at Lakeside Field. “We didn’t have the greatest training session right before the game,” Head Coach Dirk Bennett said. “We transit that into the performance today, and we didn’t start as sharp as we wanted.” Bennett also said that the Panthers started the game slow. In.
The Panthers tied with the Indiana State University Sycamores 1-1 at Lakeside Field on Sunday afternoon. The Panthers came out of the gates hot, scoring near the 10-minute mark on the foot of senior forward Serra Pizano. When asked about her mindset when she scored, Pizano said that she knew the goal would come down.