![[Thumbnail] Eastern's Old Main was quiet Thursday morning while educators who had left the office to strike picketed outside.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Strike_01_LT_O-800x1200.jpg)
![[Thumbnail Edition] Senior Foward Macy McGlone, getsw the ball and gets the point during the first half of the game aginst Western Illinois University,, Eastern Illinois University Lost to Western Illinois University Thursday March 6 20205, 78-75 EIU lost making it the end of their season](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WBB_OVC_03_O-1-e1743361637111-1200x614.jpg)
![[thumbnail edition] Assistant Coach of the Linebackers, Rodman Noel talking to the linebackers about their positions at O'Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University campus, Charleston Ill.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FB_24_O-1-e1744671213207-1200x609.jpg)
![[THUMBNAIL EDITION] (From left to right) Head football coach Chris Wilkerson works with his son student assistant coach Peyton Wilkerson at football practice at O'Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University campus on Thursday.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FB_25_O-1-e1744234837107-1200x596.jpg)
The female Panther of the Week is going to Sophia Olman from the softball team.
The sophomore catcher from South Elgin recorded her first home run of the season against Southern Indiana on Saturday afternoon.
Olman recorded the two-run homer in the eighth inning, securing the 3-1 win in the first game of the double header against the Screaming Eagles.
Olman’s home run allowed herself and freshman first base Abby Hatton to score.
The male Panther of the Week is going to Ian Hollander from the golf team.
The sophomore from St. Charles, Missouri recorded the second straight Top Ten finish from an Eastern men’s golfer.
Hollander finished in sixth overall in the Tennessee State University Big Blue Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday.
Hollander recorded a 54-hole total of 214.
The Panthers finished in fifth place.
Zaria Flippin can be reached at 581-2812 or at zhflippin@eiu.edu.
![[Thumbnail Edition] Eastern Illinois softball senior infielder Briana Gonzalez resetting in the batter's box after a pitch at Williams Field during Eastern’s first game against Southeast Missouri State as Eastern split the games as Eastern lost the first game 3-0 and won the second 8-5 on March 28.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SBSEMO_11_O-1-e1743993806746-1200x692.jpg)
