Softball canceled

The Eastern softball team was scheduled to play Ball State at 4 this afternoon in Muncie, Ind., but the doubleheader was canceled because of poor weather conditions.

Eastern head coach Kim Schuette said she is trying to reschedule the doubleheader, for Wednesday at Williams Field, but she wouldn’t know for sure until later this afternoon.

Former Eastern volleyball coach now a head volleyball coach

Former Eastern assistant volleyball coach Ryan Theis was named head coach at Ohio on Monday.

Thesis was an assistant coach with Eastern from 2000-02 and was with the team when the Panthers won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2002.

The Madison, Wis., native earned his master’s degree in athletic administration/sport management.

Ohio won the Mid-American Conference regular season, finished second at the MAC Tournament and lost to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

-Compiled by Associate Sports Editor Kevin Murphy