The Eastern hockey club surrendered two losses on its road trip to Arkansas during the weekend, losing 9-3 on Friday and 14-1 on Saturday.

The Razorbacks opened the first period with two goals from freshman forward Mason Browner, but Eastern would respond with less than a minute with a goal from freshman Sam Turk. Senior Chris Gallagher was credited with the assist on Turk’s goal.

Entering the second period with a 3-1 lead, Arkansas added to that lead with a goal from freshman forward Ryan Machos. The Panthers again responded, this time with an unassisted goal from senior Andrew Maronich.

The Razorbacks brought the game back to a two goal lead with a score from junior Martin Sundstedt. Machos then added his second goal of the game to end the second period, making the score 5-2.

Sundstedt added another goal in the third period, followed by a goal from sophomore Marcel Toure.

Sundstedt then completed the hat trick early in the third period, scoring his third goal of the game, adding to the Razorbacks’ lead. Eastern finally got back on the board with a goal from senior Joe Salazar.

Sundstedt closed the game with another goal, his fourth of the game, bringing the final score to 9-3.

On Saturday, it was all Razorbacks, with Arkansas scoring five goals in the first period. Machos opened the scoring, followed by two goals from Sundstedt. Sophomore Logan Drake scored the Razorbacks’ fourth of the first period, followed by a fifth from Toure.

The Panthers scored first in the second period, with Steve Kinnison scoring five minutes into the period. Freshman Brenden Terbrock and senior Tim Shannon were credited with assists. It was the only goal the Panthers scored in the game.

Machos scored again in the second period, followed by a goal from freshman Erik Robinson and sophomore Luke Seibold.

Arkansas scored six goals in the final frame. Sophomore Taylor Jones scored first, followed by senior Tyler Bynum, graduate student Justin McDowell and junior Johnny Stromp. Brower and Bynum both added goals in the final minutes of the game to bring the final score to 14-1.

Senior Andrew Teske started both games for Eastern. Sophomore Kevin Sheer started Friday’s game, while junior Spencer Mulgrew started Saturday’s.

The pair of victories for Arkansas brings its winning streak to eight games, dating back to Jan. 10. Eastern’s losing streak now stretches to eight games, dating back to Nov. 9.

The 14 goals on Saturday were the most given up by Eastern in a single game so far this season. It is a season-high for Arkansas.

Eastern will take on Central Arkansas on Friday and Saturday in Springfield, Mo. Both games start at 7 p.m.

Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-2812 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.