Eastern fell to Lindenwood University’s beach volleyball team in a 3-2 scrap Wednesday afternoon at Sister City Park. The town of Charleston showed out for Eastern’s lone home game, as Sister City Park was buzzing with members of the community. Most of this buzz was contributed by a large contingent of fourth through sixth graders.
At the annual Atlantic City Wing Fest inside the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino on Saturday, 21 restaurants competed to see who had the best wings and sauce on the island.
The Golden Eagles went on a 10-2 run to close out the third and final set of the match to knock off the Panthers in their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 22 years on Thursday evening in Lafayette, IN. Eastern struggled to gain momentum throughout the entire game as the Panthers’ longest run was 4-0.
2001 was the last time the Panthers went dancing in the NCAA Tournament. 22 years later, after sweeping the Southeast Missouri Redhawks 3-0 on Wednesday evening in Grongier Arena, Eastern won the Ohio Valley Conference Championship and punched their ticket into the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament. “I can’t describe how I’m feeling right now,” senior.
Eastern’s volleyball team had a dominant victory over the eight seeded Little Rock Trojans in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. The victory would start off with the Panthers receiving the opening point of the match as the ball went out of bounds off a Trojan player. Panther’s junior outside hitter Kaitlyn.