It is “go time” for a majority of the fall athletic programs.

It is almost the time for midterms, and this weekend marks a number of important games and meets for Eastern teams.

Saturday’s game against Ohio State is the women’s rugby team’s chance to get its season back on track after losing two in a row.

It is the meet for the cross country team that head coach Geof Masanet has been emphasizing since the beginning of the season.

Masanet has been holding runners out of races throughout the season. But he plans to run everyone who is healthy and ready to go this weekend at the Memphis Twilight Invitational.

Masanet said because this meet is right before Bradley and the Ohio Valley Conference Championship, everyone will see what they are capable of doing the rest of the season.

“It is going to be important to set a tone,” said Mario Castrejon, red-shirt freshman cross country runner. “Everyone is going to be running and everyone is pumped up and ready to go. Everyone else is going to be watching this meet and seeing how we do, so it is imperative that we go out, stay focused and do well.”

This weekend means two home conference matches for the women’s soccer team, who currently sit at 1-1 in the conference.

Sunday’s match against Valparaiso is the men’s soccer team’s last non-conference game.

Saturday means a home conference game against Eastern Kentucky for the football team, which is 2-0 in the conference.

And the volleyball team is almost midway through its conference matches, but will take its next few games on the road at Austin Peay, Jacksonville State and Samford.

“It is the point in, I believe, everyone’s season where you want to set a rhythm that will carry you through the rest of the season,” said Frank Graziano, head rugby coach. “Midseason is a time to either maintain momentum or to adjust some things and see how they work.”

Graziano said he wants this game to give his team a chance to turn its season around and give the team a needed confidence boost.

The rugby team has lost two in a row for the first time since 2001.

All but volleyball and cross country will be home this weekend, and I think if anyone sticks around campus this weekend, they should definitely take some time to check out all the excitement and intensity that goes along with midseason.