The Eastern Illinois softball team won its first ever Ohio Valley Conference softball championship Saturday afternoon at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala. The Panthers defeated the SIUE Cougars in a 2-0 win with a diving catch from third baseman Kendall Grover to get the final out. The Panthers acquired two RBI’s from Jaylen Prichard and.
Sophomore outfielder Jaylen Prichard led the Eastern softball team to its 10th straight win Tuesday afternoon in a midweek non-conference game with IUPUI at Williams Field. The Panthers won 4-3 after Prichard went 3-for-3 at the plate. In her three at bats she contributed to each run the Panthers had in the game as she.
The Eastern softball team has a 15-2 conference record and a nine-game win streak after they swept Morehead State in the three-game series on Friday and Saturday. They beat Morehead 8-0 in the first game on Friday and then 3-1 in the second game Friday. On Saturday, they secured the sweep with a 4-0 win..
The Eastern Illinois softball team is about halfway through its OVC schedule as they have three more OVC series to play before the season is over. The team has had success throughout the season as they have given up just two conference games and have won 12. The Panthers have swept four of its conference.
Redshirt sophomore infielder Aniya Holt was the catapult that the Eastern softball teams’ offense needed to clinch its 4-3 win over Saint Louis University Wednesday evening at Williams Field. Head coach Tara Archibald said that Holt is clutch and that since she has recruited Holt in high school, there are two things she knows about.