One of the winningest coaches in Division III women’s volleyball was almost a soccer coach.Before he became the coach of the women’s volleyball team at Eastern, Mark Birtwistle was a senior from Messiah completing an internship under then athletic director Wayne Rasmussen. Rasmussen also coached the men’s soccer squad, and […]
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Victory Over Cabrini Bright Spot In a Rough Start
Eastern’s women’s soccer team started the season 2-5. They lost their first two home games of the season to Dickenson College and Arcadia University. However the Eagles had two very impressive road wins so far this season. They scored an impressive six goals against Rosemont College, as they blew out […]
NFL and Discipline
In recent months, the NFL has made a couple of decisions regarding player discipline that has caused some controversy and brought up the question: Has the NFL been doing a good job disciplining their players? [twocol_one]Yes Kyle Nichols Each day, I feel I wake up to a new National Football […]
Men’s Soccer Team Eager For Conference Games
The season is in full swing for the Eagles and the Men’s socer team is putting their name on the map. With an overall record of 4-1-0 so far this season, the team is showing that their efforts on and off the field are paying off. The last few games […]
Field Hockey Gets Past Tough Schedule
Eastern’s field hockey had a tough start to the year playing two ranked teams very early in the season. Despite their tough start, the field hockey team finds themselves with a 3-3 record. After starting off 0-2 the Eastern Eagles have won three of their last four games. Two of […]
Men’s Soccer is the Team to Beat
Last season was a season to be proud of for Eastern’s men’s soccer team. Last season the Eastern Eagles had a respectable record of 14-4-1, and finished with a conference record of 5-1-1. They ended up going to the Freedom Conference Semifinals. This year, Eastern will look to improve upon […]
EU Hosts Nation’s Largest Soccer ID Camp
This summer Eastern soccer partnered with T3 soccer’s Future 500 ID Camp. Together they held the largest college soccer ID camp in the nation. The camp was held June 19th through June 22nd, with 500 high school students attending to work with college coaches from more than 50 colleges. Players […]
Volleyball Nabs 15th spot in preseason ranking
There are a lot of things to be optimistic about for Eastern’s Women’s volleyball team. Eastern’s women’s volleyball team was selected as the team to beat in the Freedom Conference coaches’ preseason poll. If this prediction proves true, Eastern will be Freedom Conference champions for the 7th year in a […]
Faith on the Field: Softball Captain Emily Houck
As America’s pastime, whether we like baseball or not, we’ve grown up with our parents and grandparents telling us stories about old players and games. Many of us can vividly remember having a catch with our dad or brothers and sisters, trying squeeze a glove as best we could. Some […]
Up for Debate: MLB Institutes New Challenge Rule
After years of outraged fans, press releases apologizing for bad calls and much debate, Major League Baseball has decided to implement an in depth replay system for the 2014 season. Previously, home runs were the only thing that MLB has left open to review. Now, pretty much everything except balls […]