Friday’s women’s soccer win over Tennessee Tech was the first win in four tries over the Golden Eagles in the Panther career under head coach Summer Perala.

The Panthers’ win over Tennessee Tech moves the all-time series between the two teams to 13-3-4 in favor of the Panthers.

Jacksonville State featured a different kind of first for the Panthers, as freshman midfielder/forward Brooke Sill notched her first goal as a Panther to help Eastern to the only 2-0 conference start in the OVC.

The Panthers are now a half game ahead of UT Martin for the conference lead as the Skyhawks are 1-0-1 in conference after battling to a 2-2 draw with Murray State.

Around the OVC

This weekend’s OVC soccer action opened up, as Murray State only played once, tying UT-Martin 2-2.

Tennessee Tech fell twice over the weekend, losing 2-0 to Eastern before falling 3-1 to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Eastern Kentucky only played once, going on the road to beat Morehead State 1-0.

Southeast Missouri played once in the weekend, traveling to Clarksville, Tenn., Friday to beat Austin Peay 3-1.

Jacksonville State battled for a split on the road for the weekend as they beat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1-0 before losing 2-0 to the Panthers.

Tennessee Tech lost a pair of road matches in its first OVC weekend as it lost 2-0 to Eastern and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 3-1.

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville played to a home split as they lost 1-0 to Jacksonville State before beating Tennessee Tech 3-1.

Morehead State played only once, losing a home contest by the slimmest of margins, falling 1-0 to Eastern Kentucky.

Austin Peay lost a pair of home matches to open its conference schedule as it fell 3-1 to Southeast Missouri and 2-0 to UT-Martin.

Finally in OVC action, UT-Martin battled to a 2-2 tie with Murray State before beating Austin Peay 2-0 in Clarksville.

Brad Kupiec can be reached at 581-7944 or bmkupiec@eiu.edu.