The Eastern Illinois men's tennis squads dropped their second straight road match, losing at Illinois State, 5-2, on Sunday. The loss moves the Panthers to 2-3 on the early season.
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- During the early signing period, the Eastern Illinois men’s tennis squad inked prep standout Kevin Bauman to a National Letter of Intent to join the Panther squad in 2010-11.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Eastern Illinois's own Jeff Rutherford and Jamie Firth had a nice showing at this past weekend's prestigious ITA Midwest Regional Championship as the two tennis standouts ended with a combined 3-4 record in singles and doubles action.
Sydney Mitchell is the Student-Athlete of the Week after helping EIU extend its program-record win streak to 11 with victories at SIU Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri State. The freshman provided energy and offensive production off the bench, scoring in double figures in both games. She scored 11 points at SIUE and a career-high 12 points at SEMO. She finished the road trip 7-of-13 from the field and 9-of-10 at the free throw line.