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Colonels end week on three-game skid

Colonels end week on three-game skid
Eastern continued their struggles in weekday games after losing both games of a doubleheader Tuesday to Marshall by scores of 9-3 and 4-2 at Turkey Hughes Field in Richmond. The two losses dropped Eastern's record to below .500 for only the second time this season with a record of 15-16-1.…

Mid-distance steps up for Eastern

Track and field places fourth in the 4-by-800 at the Sea Ray relays at UT
Mid-distance steps up for Eastern
The team of sophomore Elkana Kurgat, freshman Kris Hawkins, and juniors Chris Rengifo and Joseph Maina took gold in the distance medley for Eastern this weekend. The University of Tennessee's Sea Ray Relays was a four-day event with over 30 teams participating, including some of the biggest track and field names in the country, such as Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, Cincinnati and Ohio State.…

Can it be? Soccer is fun

Over the course of my life, I have developed a subconscious list of things I promised myself I would never do. It's a fairly extensive list and filled with terrible things such as going to a Nickelback concert, rooting for a Duke team or enjoying a movie starring Nicolas Cage.…

Men's golf ties for seventh at UK

Junior Trey Bowling finished in the top 20 at the UK Bluegrass Invitational
Men's golf ties for seventh at UK
The Men's golf team placed seventh at the UK Bluegrass Invitational in Lexington. The University of Kentucky hosted the event, and the Colonels finished 70-over-par, turning in a three-round total of 922. They carded 311, 299 and 312. Top honors went to the University of Central Florida Knights, who finished the match with a robust margin, 47-over-par, ending comfortably in first with 899.…

Softball vents UT-Martin

Softball vents UT-Martin
Coming into their weekend series with Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee-Martin, Eastern looked to rebound from a five-game skid dating back to the beginning of the month. In two games last Saturday, the Colonels took out frustrations on the Skyhawks, totaling 28 hits and 23 runs, led by sophomore catcher Jena Handley's 5-for-8, five RBIs two-game performance.…

Club sports make real impact

Eastern is wrapping up its club sport season. The field of 12 club sports is one of the largest Eastern has ever had. This year, Eastern added such clubs as lacrosse, men and women's volleyball, and paintball. Hockey Hockey games proved all the rage again this season.…

Samford tennis snaps Eastern's winning streak

Hearts, dreams and bones are all things commonly broken. Unfortunately for the Eastern women's tennis team, so are winning streaks. The Colonels, who were undefeated in the Ohio Valley Conference, saw their 10-match OVC winning streak come to an end over the weekend - at the hands and rackets of another unbeaten team in the conference.…

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