The Eastern volleyball team split its weekend matches in opposite fashion with a one-sided win at Tennessee-Martin and a five-set loss at Southeast Missouri.

The Panthers swept the Skyhawks in three sets on Saturday (25-22, 25-21, 25-14), after falling to the Redhawks (25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 24-26, 15-7).

Eastern is now 7-8 on the season overall and 1-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play.

Tennessee-Martin

Senior outside hitter Reynae Hutchinson recorded her 30th career double-double performance as she nabbed 10 kills and 10 digs behind a season-high .409 hit percentage.

Sophomore outside hitter Chelsea Lee also had a team-high 10 kills as her 3.39 kills per set now ranks second in the OVC.

Red-shirt senior middle hitter Stephanie Arnold added eight kills while tying sophomore setter Marah Bradbury with four blocks. Bradbury finished with a team-high 30 assists.

The 14 points in the third set is the second lowest the Panthers have allowed this season.Eastern led Tennessee-Martin in hit percentage (.235 to .153), digs (50-45) and blocks (10 to 5).

Southeast Missouri

The Panthers won the first two sets against the Redhawks to begin their OVC season, but the Redhawks had a .328 hit percentage to the Panthers’ .124 hit percentage over the final three sets.

The loss dropped the Panthers to 6-12 in OVC openers since they joined the conference in 1996. It is the eighth consecutive OVC-opener the Panthers have lost.

Arnold recorded a career-high 18 kills with team-highs in attack (.389) and blocks (five).

Bradbury also set a career-high of her own with 65 assists, following her OVC Setter of the Week honor last week.

Anthony Catezone can be reached at 581-2812 or ajcatezone@eiu.edu.