Although last Saturday’s match only put the Panthers at 3-2, their dominant win over Kansas State left an impact.

That impact was not only in the record books, but also in the mind of Eastern head coach Frank Graziano.

“It reminded me of (the game against) Michigan State,” Graziano said. “It was nice to see all of that scoring even without Lauren (Doyle).”

The 121-point explosion was the most for Eastern since the aforementioned game against Michigan State in 2006.

In that match, the Panthers tallied 124 points and held the Spartans to a blank scoreboard en route to their biggest shutout in history. The difference between then and the win against Kansas State were the individual efforts.

In last weekend’s victory, sophomore center Madison Kissner tallied 10 trys, setting the record for most trys in a game.

Kissner’s 10 scores went along with 25 runs of over 20-yards and 50 points, both program bests.

In the victory against Michigan State, no player managed to score more than five trys and no player recorded more than 25 points.

A statistic that went unnoticed in the midst of the offensive explosion was the defense.

In both games, Eastern kept the Spartans and the Wildcats off the scoreboard.

Since the program’s inception in 1998, the Panthers have shutout their opponents in 72 matches. With Eastern playing 144 games in their history.

Around The League

Two of the four rugby powerhouses faced off in Hamden, Conn. on Saturday.

West Chester traveled to Quinnipiac and fell 32-12 to a Bobcat team that remains undefeated.

West Chester was the first team to score on Quinnipiac turf this season, with Jackie Sacco and Cheryl Johnson doing the honors.

Bowdoin also remains undefeated after defeating Colby 46-7 on Saturday.

The Polar Bears clinched the number one seed for their conference tournament with the victory and will begin play Nov. 3.

Nicholas Ruffolo can be reached at 581-2812 or nfruffolo@eiu.edu.