Both the Eastern men and women swimming teams continue to be winless this season, with its records being 0-3 and 0-4. Both teams’ latest loss came against the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames this past Saturday. The Panthers are enjoying a bye week this week and will participate in the House of Champions Invitational at 5:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. on Nov. 11-12. The Invitational will be held at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in Indianapolis.

Around the Summit League

Sophomore Amr el Sayed of the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies won the men’s Summit League Athlete of the Week award this week for his performance against Wayne State. He won the 200-yard freestyle with a league best time of 1:40.27 and also won the 500-yard freestyle at a 4:34.91, which was the second best league time.

A sophomore of Oakland University, Vanessza Balogh, also won women’s Summit League Athlete of the Week award. This is her second time winning this award this season. Balogh won the 100 and 200-yard breaststrokes with league-best times of 1:05.07 and 2:19.70.

South Dakota University celebrated a win by both the men and women beating Western Illinois 125-87 and 148-66. The South Dakota University women will be at home for their next meet against Northern Iowa at 1 p.m. on Nov 5. Both teams will face green Bay at 6 p.m. on Nov. 10 after that.

The University of Nebraska is sitting at 0-4 after registering their fourth straight loss to Northern Iowa this past Saturday by a score of 176.5-119.5. Nebraska will not be participating in the House of Champions Invitational.

South Dakota State University men beat Western Illinois Friday with a score of 217-69. The South Dakota State women lost though 220-79. South Dakota will meet at St. Cloud State at 2 p.m. on Nov.12, while Western Illinois will participate in the House of Champions.

Oakland University won both meets, with its men’s and women’s teams with scores of 175-118 and 174-121. Oakland University will stay home when it will face Wright State at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5. Oakland University will also not participate in the House of Champions.

IUPUI will host the House of Champions Invitational next week after the men and women remained undefeated after beating Centre College by 184-112 and 95-37. The men stand at 2-0 and the women at 3-0.

Nick Blankenship can be reached at 581-7942 or nrblankenship@eiu.edu.