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Little, the Eastern football team won 55-33 against SEMO.
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Children excitedly wait for candy to be thrown to them during the Homecoming Parade Saturday.
Members of Gowin Pare in Mattoon drive their car dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Claus during the Homecoming Parade Saturday.
The International Student Organization members hold their flags as they take their position in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday.
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Saturday outside Old Main, hit a bit of a delay at the start. The top to the convertible Mustang which President Bill Perry and his wife rode in would not lower, delaying the parade by a few minutes. After members of the University Board figured out how to lower the top, the parade continued back up. Amid the noise of vehicles,
Parade brings out blue pride amid cold weather Bundled in his blue blanket, his blue and white crown tilted on his head, David Groves, the 2013 Homecoming King, prepared for the parade to begin. He said he had been getting ready since 7:30 a.m., and despite the early morning cold – 40
degrees at 9 a.m. – he had high hopes for the temperatures. “It’s supposed to warm up, so I’m not going to need the blanket (for the parade),” he said. And in a flourish it all began: moving cars, shuffling feet and booming music announced the start of the 2013 Homecoming Parade. However, the parade, which was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
cheers and music, distinct chants by the EIU Cheer Team could be heard through the parade. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu. For the in-depth version of this story, visit:
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Class of ’63 reminisces about Eastern By Jarad Jarmon Student Governance Editor @JJarmonReporter Alumni of the graduating class of 1963 shared the differences between the Eastern they remember and the Eastern currently, as well as the memories of college life in the early ’60s at a din-
ner Friday. After having their picture taken, the alumni ate and reminisced about Eastern in the Dvork Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Life for these alumni was different from those of this generation. Instead of worrying about the government shutdown, they
worried about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Brenda Mundell, an alum in elementary education, said many students back then were glued to the TV and news during the Cuban Missile Crisis on Oct. 28, 1962 when the United States and Russia almost were at nuclear war with each other.
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The Eastern football team is off to a 6-1 overall record, winning its first three Ohio Valley Conference games by a combined score of 16047, and fans are flocking over to O’Brien Field as a result of it. After the Panthers’ first two home games, the revenue generated through ticket sales had already exceeded what the athletic department had projected for the season, Barbara Burke, the athletic director, said. “After two games, we have already met and exceeded our football ticket budget for this year, so anything that we generate in our last three home games will just be able to help out bottom line,” Burke said. She said each year the ticket budget is set at around $140,000, which is combined between football and men’s and women’s basketball. Prior to the Homecoming game Saturday, Eastern earned $118,000 through ticket sales. In the 2012 season, Dino Babers’ first year as Eastern’s coach, the program sold $84,400 worth of tickets, which was a decrease of $11,700 from 2011. Burke said football ticket sales are projected to earn about $90,000 each year, making this season a success. Ticket revenue is up, and so is the number of season-ticket holders. In 2011, 16 percent of the ticket money produced came from season-ticket holders. That number decreased to 15 percent in 2012. This season, 20 percent of ticket sales have come from season-ticket holders. “Our goal from a ticket standpoint is we want to create a demand, and to do that we want to grow our season-ticket base because that No.1 is the best ticket in town,” Burke said. Although Eastern set a Homecoming attendance record as 11,569 fans passed through the gates, it failed to reach 15,000, a goal the athletic program set prior to the game. With Eastern having a successful start to its season, following a 2012 OVC title, Burke said talks about extending Babers’ contract are beginning to initiate. Babers is currently in the second of his threedeal that pays him $170,000 per year. Burke said it is a norm in a football coach’s world to have conversations about possible contract extensions before a deal is up. At this point in time, Burke said she is waiting for the board of trustees to approve the chance to negotiate with Babers. “It’s in board approval process to be able to have the opportunity to offer (Babers) up to a five-year contract,” Burke said. Eastern still has five games remaining before the FCS playoffs start at the end of November, but Burke said she will continue to further the conversations about a possible extension. Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
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With students piled into McAfee Gymnasium Friday, spirits and excitement hit the ground running as fraternities, sororities and student organizations brought forth their versions of “Paint the Town Blue.” Featuring characters like Captain America, Cookie Monster and Smurfette, the “Yell Like Hell” pep rally served as a pseudo-preparation for the Homecoming game Saturday. Fraternities, sororities and student organizations competed against one another during the pep rally, dancing, cheering and bringing school spirit to life. Some of the competitors used the theme to wear costumes of blue-inspired characters, like Cookie Monster and Smurfette. Others simply wore blue paintsplattered clothing. “Yell Like Hell” also included an appearance by the Eastern football team and head coach Dino Babers, who also led the crowd in cheering. “Who’s house?” he cheered into the microphone to the students. “Our house,” the audience an-
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A member of Sigma Pi performs with Alpha Sigma Tau at "Yell Like Hell" Friday in the McAfee Gymnasium.
swered enthusiastically. Babers also gave out an autographed helmet as part of a raffle. With the fraternities and sororities competing, the theme of “Paint the Town Blue” broke through each performance, from signs pro-
claiming “Go Big Blue,” “E-I-U” or even “Paint the Town Blue.” The performances included the members flipping, spinning and twirling in mid-air, being caught and then raised up for the audience to applaud.
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Officers to address gun control Staff Report Two German police representatives will give an international perspective on gun control Monday during a forum addressing the gun laws in Europe and Chicago. The forum will take place at 7 p.m. in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium. Detective Captain Franz Plueckthun, the undercover operations commander for the Bavarian State
Police, and Michael Tentler, a consultant for the German BKA (federal criminal police), will present their views on gun control in Europe. Hafeez Muhammad, a community activist from Chicago, will address gun issues in Chicago. Kevin Anderson, an associate professor of political science and moderator for the forum, said the forum took about a month to organize after the speakers agreed to par-
ticipate, and the forum is co-sponsored by Eastern’s Public Policy Institute and the political science department. “The idea of the forum is to talk about the consequences of both guns and gun laws in our community,” Anderson said. “We will cover a number of topics, including how gun laws are designed to work and the safety issues surrounding owning guns and carrying firearms.”
Anderson said students, faculty, staff and community members can benefit at the forum by hearing an international perspective on gun control and comparing it with how those in the United States react to guns and gun laws. The forum will be followed by a question and answer period along with a reception where audience members can meet with the presenters.
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Race brings people together By Amy Wywialowski and Samantha McDaniel Staff Reporter and Associate News Editor @DEN_News Despite the cool weather and the early morning rain, about 100 participants toured a few streets of Charleston in the annual 2.5K Homecoming race. Among them was 10-year-old Jordan McCully, of Joliet, who skipped a softball game to attend Homecoming with her mother, an Eastern alumna. Amy Wywialowski and Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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NPHC hits the stage for Step Show By Sean Copeland Online Editor @DEN_News The lights went down just as easily as they came back up. Music flooded the massive space of McAfee Gymnasium as they parted the waves of the audience. Feet touched the floor with precision and grace around the multi-colored lights across the stage. Sean Copeland can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
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Black Student Union members are planning to make fleeces for community children at their next meeting. The fleece crafting will begin at 6 p.m. Monday in the CharlestonMattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Alexandria Neff, the BSU chairwoman of service affairs, said she believes this community service project will change the community’s opinions on black, Hispanic and bi-racial people and give them new insights on other cultures. Steve Proctor can be reached at 581-2812 or sproctor@eiu.edu.
Construction is set to begin Monday for Ninth Street, which is to help fix the steam tunnels that run from Eastern’s Center for Clean Energy Research and Education. The roadwork was approved by City Council Tuesday and will continue until Nov. 24. Ninth Street currently has construction going on near Gr a n t Ave n u e ; h owe ve r t h e newest bit of construction will extend the work to Cleveland Avenue.
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By Jenna Witt Staff Reporter @DEN_News Eastern students and community members wrapped up this year’s Homecoming Week Sunday by cleaning up the campus and the surrounding Charleston area at this year’s Trash Bash. Eastern plans several Trash Bashes throughout the year, and the Homecoming Week Trash Bash has been happening for the past three years. “We primarily cover the Homecoming Parade route during the clean up. We try and pick up all the items left behind from the different parade participants,” said Rachel Fisher, director of Student Community Service. Around 40 students from different organizations around campus met at Old Main and went out into the community to pick up trash and take down decorations. “We had a wonderful turnout this year and we could not have been happier with it,” Fisher said. “Trash Bash is a great way for EIU students to give back and show their appreciation to the Charleston community.” Homecoming means tailgating, games and many other festivities that bring along mass amounts of trash that litter campus grounds. “My family came down for Homecoming and we tailgated, which means we had a lot of left over garbage,” said Sean Enk, a senior elementary education major. “It is easy for things to blow and for things to be left on the grounds.” Homecoming 2013’s theme, “Paint the Town Blue” also contributed to the aftermath from all the activities, Adam Kruse, one of the volunteers during Trash Bash, said.
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Shawn Allen, a senior history major and academic affairs chair of the Black Student Union, stands beside a sign that reads “EIUnity” Sunday on the shoulder of Lincoln Avenue. Coordinator of the event and a senior political science major, said BSU got together after the Trash Bash to hold the signs and show the community that the organization cares.
“I thought the theme ‘Paint the Town Blue’ was awesome, but it definitely did not help with the trash that was leftover,” Kruse said. “People had blue everything and all the decorations definitely got left behind and thrown around.” The amount of people in attendance at Homecoming activities also played a huge role in the messy aftermath, he
added. Jamie Jacobson, a senior communication studies major, said the carefree attitudes of Homecoming participants make it easy to disregard the items left behind from the parade. “There are so many alumni and family members that come down for Homecoming that it is no surprise the campus is a mess by the end of it all,”
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seem to be forgotten during Homecoming Week due to all of the fun activities going on,” Jacobson said. “Trash Bash is a fun and easy way for participants to give back to the EIU community after a great week.”
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People can be loud in the residence halls, especially if they are the floors as regular floors make it loud and annoying for those who new in their college careers. For these situations, quiet lifestyle floors are there on purpose. make sense. It just ends with no one being happy with the situation. Surprisingly enough, not many students are necessarily asking to Thomas Hall should follow Andrews’ lead and forget about addbe put on these floors. ing a female quiet lifestyle floor. This makes it really hard to justify the existence of many of the While there are still people looking for these types of floors, it is quiet lifestyle floors, which is why Andrews Hall took a step in the not enough to warrant the five floors across campus. right direction. If Thomas ended up adding another quiet Andrews’ Hall Council is planning floor, those in hall council and those living on Our POSITION to remove one of its quiet lifestyle the floor would come across the same problems • Situation: Changes are being considered for floors, leaving only one other. Andrews had with filling space and ultimately female quiet lifestyle floors. They are finding it difficult to fill filling them with people who don’t want them. • Stance: Thomas should not add a female quiet lifestyle floor. floors with those who want the quiet The difficulty filling floors proves there are lifestyle, which is hurting those that plenty of quiet floors for those looking in that want to be on these floors instead of direction. helping. While they might not have the variety of halls to choose from, These floors don’t have enough people who want it, so housing they will have the floor they want with others who want it as well. staff is forced to place those who don’t want it on the floors. Looking at the situation and need for a quiet lifestyle floor is a This is unfair for both parties because in most cases, those wantbeneficial step for students in the residence halls. ing regular floors will end up not respecting the more strict rules of Coexisting with other residents creates tension as it is without the floor to accommodate those who want toa be there. having two very different lifestyles butting heads. They then are punished and seen as in the wrong, even though The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of they didn’t want to be put on the floor in the first place. The Daily Eastern News. Residents who want to be there also suffer because those treating
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Don’t be that person; use proper library etiquette The library a relaxing place to study, read or simply escape from noise. At least that’s what you would think, right? But then what about the people who go to the library to listen to their music without headphones or put their headphones in only to give loud commentary on what they’re watching? When I think of a place to hang out and not worry about being quiet, I think of the 7th St. Underground or maybe even Java, not the library. So why is it that when visiting the library for an all-day study session, my thoughts are constantly jolted by the sounds of others who seem to lack library etiquette? Even when I was younger, I was taught that libraries are places that require silence. Even Arthur, the beloved aardvark, had to be quiet in the library, and I seem to remember Wishbone calling for silence in the library as well. Does that mean that you can’t still hold conversations and work on group projects in the library? Of course not. As living beings, we make noise. I get that. But there’s quite the difference between whispering to someone sitting next to you and shouting at someone on the other side of the computer room, just as there’s a difference between putting your phone on vibrate when you’re texting and turning the volume all the way up.
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Piper Black Whether you’re going to the library to study for 13 hours on end (been there, done that) or even just going to watch your favorite television show with your headphones in, do you really want to be disrupted by the people that can’t respect your eardrums? I wouldn’t think that library rules would need to be posted on a university campus as they are in children’s sections at public libraries, but maybe I’m wrong. Booth Library even has its user code of conduct posted on its website for all to see. Let’s review, shall we? There is no “engaging in activity disruptive or offensive to others.” That includes the requirement of keeping your volume to a minimum and wearing headphones. Respecting others is something we have been taught for ages; this should include respecting those who are trying Managing Editor Dominic Renzetti
to study. Just because you don’t have a massive test in a subject you’re struggling with doesn’t mean that the person next you doesn’t either. They also list that there should be no “drinking/eating outside designated areas.” As someone who doesn’t work in the library, I’m not about to be a major stickler on this. But when I find someone’s gum shoved under the table I’m sitting at, or the wrapper from someone’s melted chocolate bar sitting on the chair I’m about to use, I get a little annoyed that people don’t follow this rule. There are other guidelines listed in the code of conduct, but it seems that these two are the ones that are most often violated. Having made it to college, I would hope that my peers know how to keep their voices down, their headphones in and their messes cleaned up, but when I go to the library, it certainly doesn’t seem that they do. So please, when in doubt, follow the example of those around you that are actually trying to get something done. Believe it or not, some of us still have homework to do in the middle of the semester. Piper Black is a senior foreign language major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or DENopinions@gmail.com.
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Panthers come back to beat Austin Peay By Anthony Catezone Sports Editor @AnthonyCatz
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Garet Christianson, a red-shirt sophomore forward, passes ball toward a teammate during a match against Oral Roberts Sunday on Lakeside Field. Christianson scored the game-winning goal in double overtime. The Panthers won 2-1 against Oral Roberts.
Eastern gets first win By Michael Spencer Staff Reporter @tmskeeper The Eastern men’s soccer team captured its first victory of the 2013 season Sunday as red-shirt sophomore Garet Christianson scored off a free kick in the second overtime period to give the Panthers a 2-1 victory over Oral Roberts. It was the striker’s sixth goal of the season, and it came in Eastern’s fourth Summit League matchup, leaving the team with just two more matches with which to stake a claim for the conference postseason tournament. “It’s a huge relief, no matter how you look at it; winning games is what it’s all about,” Eastern coach Adam Howarth said. “I think it gives the guys something to build on.” After letting in a goal against the run of play midway through the first half, the Panther’s rallied with a goal from junior midfielder Jake Brillhart. “My immediate thought was, ‘We just need one more, one doesn’t matter, we need three points,’” Brillhart said. The match would remain tied at one goal apiece until the end of regulation. With just 51 seconds left in the game, Christianson was fouled while on a run near the edge of the penalty area. The Iowan stepped up to the ball and slotted it past the goalkeeper to give Eastern the victory. “Stepping up to that free kick, (junior forward Tayron Martin) just told
me to do it like I do in practice; so, I just did like I do in practice, and it went in,” Christianson said. Oral Roberts (4-6-2) was undefeated through both of its conference matches before losing to Eastern (1-92) at Lakeside Field. After losing to the Panthers, the Golden Eagles are now 0-5-1 in away matches. The Golden Eagles were without red-shirt freshman midfielder Edgardo Mira for the game with Eastern. Mira is the leading scorer for Oral Roberts. Junior Will Butler and freshman Nick Wegrzynowicz played at outside back and allowed Eastern to force the issue in the attacking third of the field, Howarth said. Additionally, the Panther’s linkup play in the midfield helped to dislodged an Oral Roberts team that Howarth said came to Charleston hoping to steal points by not putting a lot of emphasis on attacking. “They really came in to sit and try to sneak a victory, and they almost did that,” Howarth said. Red-shirt freshman goalkeeper Ben Feltes mishandled a back pass from red-shirt sophomore defender Spencer Filosa. The ball fell to sophomore Alex White, who knocked the ball in off the back post in the 30th minute, scoring for Oral Roberts. The goal was the Golden Eagles only shot of the half. As the clock ticked past the hourmark, Howarth started to push his midfielders higher up the pitch, leav-
ing only one back in a defensive position. Brillhart spent most of the match exploiting the considerable space he was allotted by junior leftback Casey Cantor. “I was just trying to find space outside,” Brillhart said. “We were using our outside backs to get forward and take the defender away. Also, in the midfield, when the ball comes across, it allows me to cut across middle.” That is exactly what he did in the 65th minute. Will Butler pushed up from the back and won the ball in the attacking third. Brillhart made a slashing run across the backline, pulling Cantor out of position. Butler lifted the ball over the heads of the Oral Roberts defense and found Brillhart, who took a quick touch and fired the ball into the goal with his right foot. The game went into overtime with both teams struggling to fashion an opportunity that would allow the winning goal to be scored. With less than a minute to be played in extra time, Eastern broke quickly on the counter-attack and found Christianson whose touch led him straight into centerback and captain Trevor Laffoon. Laffoon stuck out a foot and fouled Christianson, which brought on a yellow card and a free kick, leading to the game-winning goal. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or tmspencer2@eiu.edu.
The Eastern volleyball team went 2-0 this weekend against Ohio Valley Conference foes to improve to 5-3 in conference, moving back into third place overall. The Panthers began Homecoming Weekend with a win over Austin Peay — the OVC’s west division leader — in a five-set comeback (23-25, 26-28, 25-22, 25-16, 15-11) on Friday. The Lady Governors took the first two sets in Lantz Arena and even controlled the third set for much of the match, leading several times in the third set. Their 4-0 jumpstart in the third set eventually turned into a 15-12 lead. The Panthers fought back to tie the set at 16, but not until the Lady Governors regained the lead at 20-18. Eastern, however, reeled off a 7-2 run to close out the match and seal a 25-22 victory. Senior outside hitter Reynae Hutchinson had three of the Panthers final seven points. The third set featured nine tied scores and five lead changes. The fourth and fifth sets were a different story, as there was just one tied score and no lead changes in the fourth set, and four of both in the fifth set. Eastern hit a combined .297 over the last three sets, after hitting just .151 in the first two sets. Hutchinson led all players with 22 kills. She also recorded 11 digs for her 35th career double-double of her career. Fellow outside hitters Chelsea Lee and Lexi Brown recorded 14 and 10 kills, respectively, to round out the Panthers to hit in double digits.
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Sophomore setter Marah Bradbury had a game-high 52 assists on 69 Panther kills. A team-high 15 digs gave Bradbury her 14th career double-double, as well. Middle blocker Amy Martin led the Panthers with a .455 attack on six kills. Eastern edged Austin Peay in attack (.217 to .172), assists (66 to 61), digs (75 to 71) and points (85 to 78). On Saturday, Eastern then followed with a four-set win over Murray State (25-23, 25-21, 15-25, 25-22) that improved the Panthers to 11-10 overall on the season. Eastern hit .196 or more in every set except for a .050 attack in the loss in the third set. Eastern remains the second best OVC team in attack, hitting .221 in conference play. Hutchinson led the Panthers again with 14 kills along with Lee. Hutchinson’s 17 digs made her performance the 36th double-double of her career. She is now second in the OVC with four kills per set in conference play. Martin was the top Panther in attack once again, hitting .348 as the third Eastern player to hit in double digit kills with 12. Bradbury also recorded the 15th double-double of her career with 47 assists and 12 digs. Her 11.90 assists per set in conference play continues to lead the OVC. Middle blocker Stephanie Arnold led all players with 10 blocks. She fell just one block short of her career high, while adding eight kills against the Racers. The Panthers won the block battle 15 to 11. Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-21812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 “No matter how much you throw the football, there’s going to come a time during that game that even if you are successful throwing it, there is going to be a time when you will have to run it to win the game,” Babers said. Little averaged 8.6 yards per carry against the Redhawks, bringing his season average to 7.3 yards per attempt. “Defensively, we kne w what (Southeast Missouri) was doing,” Little said. “I was taking the right steps and making the right reads.”
Babers said success in the running game would be key for the rest of the season. “If you are not capable of (running the ball), somewhere down the road you are going to be walking back to locker room with tears in your eyes,” he said. “You have to practice to stop the run, and you have to be able to run the football.” Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.
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Team breaks losing streak at Kentucky By Bob Reynolds Staff Reporter @DEN_Sports The Eastern rugby team won its first game of the season on Saturday, when the Panthers defeated Kentucky 61-0 in Lexington, Ky. Coming off the bus on Saturday, the Panthers confidence was really high, Eastern coach Frank Graziano said, despite having to play under
rain for the entire game. Graziano said the weather did not play a factor at all and was excited that the team did not let the weather conditions bother them. “We dealt with the weather conditions fairly well,” he said. “We did have some mishandles, but we handled the ball pretty well. It was nice to see the practice game plan a little bit. Once the girls got a couple scores, they felt really good about
how they were playing.” The Panthers took the lead early in the game and never let the foot off the gas pedal. They scored 11 tries, which is the most the Panthers have scored all season. The Panthers snapped a sixgame losing streak with their shutout win. Graziano said all the pieces came into place during the game, but it wasn’t perfect.
“There are areas that can be improved, but I am very proud of the girls. We were able to get our first win, and we can build on that for the next couple games,” he said. Graziano was preaching defense in practice all week, and it paid off as junior Ellen Wilson led the team with 25 tackles and also was one of eight players who converted tries for the Panthers. Graziano said they maintained fo-
cus through the entire day. “When we did throw bad passes, it didn’t look like it frustrated us,” he said. “The field conditions held up very well. I think they did a very good job of maintaining their focus.” The Panthers will have a short week, as they will play Lindenwood on Wednesday. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
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Teams drop meet at St. Louis By Dan Hildebrandt Staff Reporter @DEN_Sports Eastern swimming struggled to compete with Saint Louis as the women’s team lost 134-75, while the men’s squad lost 132-77. The teams won a combined three out of 24 races with the men taking two of those victories. Kaylee Morris won the 100-yard freestyle for the women. For the men, Brogan O’Doherty won the 100-yard backstroke and Harris Thompson won the 500-yard freestyle. Saint Louis won the first 14 events that dug the Panthers into a deep hole. Although Eastern was getting beat, the Panthers did their best to keep spirits up, Eastern coach Elliott McGill said. “I liked our team energy on deck, even though the meet was a struggle,” McGill said. “That’s hard to do when you’re getting beat halfway through the meet. The team really kept the energy high, and they led us to a fairly stronger last half of the meet.” McGill said he noticed that the teams seemed tired because of a lot of hard work being put in prior to the meet. However, McGill thought the team did a decent job overall. “We swam tired,” McGill said. “We’ve been training hard the last few weeks, and a lot of the wear and tear caught up with us. That being said, we had decent swims all around.” Going in with high expectations, Eastern was unable to perform up to the expectations it set. The teams will have to learn from this experience and try to get better from it, McGill said. “We didn’t swim up to our expectations, for sure,” he said. “You’re going to have meets like that every now and then. For us, we are going to watch film, address what we need to work on and move on.” The Panthers have very young teams this year with 16 freshmen between the men and women. McGill noticed the younger swimmers were not used to the high level of competition that is presented by many college swimmers. “I think they learned that the level of competition has been raised and you are now racing against grown men and women,” McGill said. “You have to mature in your approach to each set, practice and meet in order to compete with people who are physically more mature than you.” The Panthers will now have to go back to work to improve upon this performance, McGill said. “For right now, we are going to focus on the details and applying them to practice,” McGill said. “Once we get those habits established, our racing will really come around.” The women now stand at 1-1 after two meets, while the men start off their season at 0-1. Dan Hildebrandt can be reached at 581-2812 or djhildebrandt@eiu.edu.
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Shepard Little, a red-shirt sophomore running back, runs the ball past a Southeast Missouri defensive player during Saturday’s game at O’Brien Field. Little ran for a game-high 129 yards and the Panthers’ 55-33 win.
Running attack prevails against SEMO By Aldo Soto Assistant Sports Editor @AldoSoto21 Senior Jimmy Garoppolo became Eastern’s No. 1 ranked quarterback of all-time in Saturday’s 55-33 win against Southeast Missouri, but it was the Panther running game that wore down the Redhawks at O’Brien Field in the school’s 96th Homecoming game. With a 41-yard pass to Charleston native Adam Drake, Garoppolo passed Sean Payton for the school’s career passing yards record. Garoppolo finished the game with 376 yards, bringing his career total to 10,841. Prior to the game Southeast Missouri coach Tony Samuel compared Murray State’s offense to Eastern’s after beating the Racers in triple overtime on Oct. 12. Samuel said a dif-
ference would be the running game for the Panthers. “(Eastern) will run the ball better and will have a more concerted effort to run the ball than Murray State did,” Samuel said. He was right. Eastern had two 100-yard rushers as Shepard Little, and Taylor Duncan rushed for 236 yards, which led the Panthers to their third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference win to start the season. Little had a game-high 129 yards on the ground on 15 attempts and scored three first-half touchdowns. Little said he knew Eastern would rely on the running game more after Friday night. “(Friday) night it was raining, so I knew today was going to be a big day running the ball,” Little said. The Panthers fast-paced offense erupted for 27 points in the first
quarter, marking the second straight game Eastern has scored 27 points in the first quarter. By the end of the first half Eastern had scored 41 points, making that three games in a row that the Panthers have scored at least 35 points in the opening half of play. Garoppolo began the game completing his first 10 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns. In the first quarter he threw for 242 yards, which was the third time this season Garoppolo has thrown at least 200 yards in the first quarter. After completing two long touchdowns, the first to Erik Lora for 60 yards and the other to Drake for 82, Garoppolo began handing the ball off to his running backs. Eastern coach Dino Babers said although Garoppolo completed 73 percent of his passes (22-of-30), the passing attack did not execute as
sharply as he would have wanted it to. “I didn’t think our base passing game was as sharp as it should have been, but we have time to work on that,” Babers said. The second-year coach said the running game did work well as Eastern ran for 283 yards, a season-high for the Panthers. In the opening half, Little and Duncan combined for 174 yards, gaining 97 and 77 yards, respectively. Out of Eastern’s six touchdowns in the first two quarters, Duncan and Little ran in for four. In those four scoring drives the two backs combined for 15 carries for 107 yards, capped off by 19, 10, five and eight yard-touchdown runs, with Duncan scoring from 10 yards out.
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First-half goals lead Panthers to win By Dominic Renzetti Managing Editor @domrenzetti The Eastern women’s soccer team added its sixth Ohio Valley Conference win of the season Friday at Lakeside Field with a 2-1 victory over Jacksonville State. The Panthers are now 6-1 in the OVC and in first place with 18 points in the conference standings. The Panthers scored two goals in the first half, and it would be all they needed to take down the last place Gamecocks. Junior Meagan Radloff scored first in the sixth minute, giving Eastern a team-leading six goals for the year. Red-shirt junior Lauren Hoppensteadt was credited with the assist. The Panthers added their second goal in the 23rd minute when Cincinnati transfer Chris Reed came in off the bench to score from 15 yards out. Reed used her opposite foot to
put the ball past freshman goalkeeper Cate Eden, who got her second straight start after Taylor Hammond was again out with an illness. “It was a ball from Madison Carter and she played it through,” Reed said. “There was, I think, two defenders, and I played it to the left of the defender and ran it to the right side. And then when I picked up my head, I saw the goalie out, and I kind of chipped it over her with my left foot, which never happens because I’m a righty, so it’s pretty sweet.” The goal was Reed’s first of the season. “It’s great to have another win,” Eastern interim head coach Jason Cherry said. “I think it’s good for us because we got on the board really fast.” Radloff ’s goal in the sixth minute was the earliest in a match the Panthers have scored this season. The Gamecocks scored their only goal of the match in the 28th min-
OVC standings 1. Tennessee-Martin (6-1) Eastern (6-1) 2. Morehead State (5-2) 3. Southeast Missouri (4-1-2) 4. SIUE (4-2-1) 5. Austin Peay (4-3-1)
ute when Lindsey Jackson fired a shot that deflected off the top crossbar. Jacksonville State’s leading scorer, junior Jackie Rush, left the match in the 20th minute with a hip injury. Rush was unable to walk off the field under her own power but would return in the second half as a sub. Rush had a number of shots in the match’s final minutes, but none were able to get past sophomore goalkeeper Cortney Jerzy.
Jerzy, who has started the last seven matches for the Panthers, recorded her sixth win of the season. Cherry said defender Caitlin Greene would likely miss the rest of the season with an injury. Greene has not played in the team’s last three games. This weekend’s match against Jacksonville State was the only match for the Panthers. Cherry said the Panthers would have Saturday, Sunday and Monday off to recover. The team will take on TennesseeMartin at 7 p.m. on Friday on the road in a meeting between the conference’s top two teams. The Panthers will then take on Southeast Missouri at 1 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.