Last weekend, Eastern’s women’s soccer team allowed only its second goal of the season in the Ohio Valley Conference.

That goal was scored not by the opposing team, but by the Panthers on themselves.

Senior defender Erika Prazma accidentally knocked the ball in on a clearing attempt in front of her own goal.

She was one of only four Panthers to play all 180 minutes last weekend, along with fellow defenders Sam Balek and Hilary Blake, and red-shirt sophomore goalkeeper Jessica Taldone.

The Panthers spent a lot more time attacking Sunday than they did Friday, and this was exemplified by the volume of shots on goal.

Eastern took 14 shots, but only two were on-goal in Friday’s entire match with Eastern Kentucky, and the Panthers ended up losing 1-0.

In Sunday’s match, the Panthers took 15 total shots, 11 on goal, and scored twice.

The Panther attack was led Sunday by red-shirt junior forward Ashley Streid, who took four shots, all on goal, in Sunday’s contest with Morehead State.

Friday also saw the Panthers outnumbered in shots on goal by a margin of 8-2 against the Colonels, but Sunday’s contest was a different story as Eastern’s 11 shots on net almost tripled Morehead State’s four.

Around the OVC

In other OVC action last weekend, Murray State played twice, topping Tennessee Tech 2-1 in Cookeville, Tenn., before battling to a scoreless draw with Jacksonville State Sunday.

Eastern Kentucky split a pair of 1-0 decisions on the road, as the colonels beat the Panthers 1-0 before falling by the same score to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Southeast Missouri beat Tennessee-Martin 2-1 in Martin, Tenn., before returning home to lose 2-0 to non-conference foe Iowa State.

Morehead State was shut out in a pair of road matches, as they lost 1-0 to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Eastern.

Austin Peay battled to a Friday draw with Jacksonville before falling 1-0 to Tennessee Tech on Sunday.

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville picked up a pair of 1-0 wins at home this weekend as the Cougars beat Morehead Friday and Eastern Kentucky Sunday.

Jacksonville State battled to a pair of home draws against OVC opposition as it ended 1-1 with Austin Peay Friday and 0-0 with Murray State Sunday.

Finally, Tennessee Tech lost on its home field Friday to Murray State 2-1 before bouncing back to beat Austin Peay 1-0.

Brad Kupiec can be reached at 581-7942 or bmkupiec@eiu.edu.