The Eastern men’s soccer team came up with its first tie of the season in its final game, finishing the season with a 3-13-1 record.

The Panthers tied Oakland, 0-0, in the last game of the season Friday. The Panthers finish in last place in the Summit League and will not participate in the Summit League tournament because only the top four teams play.

Oakland dominated game play Saturday by taking 18 more shots than Eastern and nine more corner kicks.

Eastern sophomore forward Tayron Martin lead the Panthers with four shots in the game, including two shots on goal.

Eastern junior defender Jake Plant and freshman forward Anthony DiNuzzo each had two shots in the game.

Eastern senior goalkeeper Evan Turner made six saves in the game – the same number of saves as the Oakland goalkeeper.

Oakland’s Miche’Le Lipari and Kyle Bethel led the Golden Grizzlies with seven shots apiece, while Joey Tinnion had six shots.

Oakland is the No. 1 seed in the Summit League tournament, which begins this weekend in Macomb, Ill.

The Golden Grizzlies will play fourth-seeded Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne, while No. 2 Missouri-Kansas City will play No. 3 Western Illinois. The winner will be decided in the championship game on Sunday.

Western Illinois and Fort Wayne each helped their cases to get into the tournament this weekend with victories.

Western, the reigning Summit League champions, beat Kansas City Saturday, 2-1, to pick up a crucial three points in the league.

Western also played the last regular season game of the year Sunday in a non-conference match against Belmont. The two teams played to a scoreless draw.

Fort Wayne beat Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis this week, 1-0, to help its cause. IUPUI was previously a team in the running for one of the four spots in the tournament.

Eastern’s goals against average ends as one of the worst in the nation, but the third worst in the Summit League at 2.05 per game.

Only Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne gave up more goals this season.

Likewise, the Panthers scored the third fewest goals this season.

In conference play only, the Panthers were the worst team in the league in goals against and gave up the most total goals.

The Panthers also scored the fewest goals in Summit League play, but took the second most shots.

Eastern sophomore forward Jake Brillhart was fifth in the league in shots taken, while senior goalkeeper Evan Turner was among the top five goalkeepers in goals against average and goals given up.

Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.