The last game of the regular season for Eastern volleyball went into the fifth set. The game went back and forth until the last score, with both teams trading blows throughout the match. Eastern won...
Eastern volleyball has clinched the first seed in the Ohio Valley Conference playoffs after beating the Western Illinois Leathernecks 3-1. The last time the Panthers clinched the first seed was in 1998.
“There's...
With a pair of 3-0 sweeps against Little Rock last weekend the Panthers improved their overall record to 22-3 and have a 12-2 record in the Ohio Valley Conference play. They are currently tied with...
Sara Thomas is the women's volleyball and beach volleyball head coach for the Panthers.
From Belleville, Illinois, Thomas attended Althoff Catholic High School, which is just about 20 minutes from...
“We don’t want to keep teams in our conference the hope they can hang with us, because they can’t,” senior libero Christina Martinez Mundo said after Eastern’s match against the Southeast...
The Panthers bounce back against the Lindenwood University Lions to win in four sets.
After coming off a 3-2 loss on Friday night, the Panthers came into Saturday's match looking to get back on...
Over the weekend Eastern volleyball was able to sweep Morehead State University, which puts them at 16-1 on the season which is the best start in program history.
The Panthers are also 6-0 in Ohio...
Eastern volleyball continues to dominate in OVC play, not allowing Morehead State to win a single set on Thursday and Friday.
These two teams have quite a bit of competitive history. Coming into...
Autumn Schulz, Senior Sports Reporter
• October 5, 2023
The Eastern Illinois volleyball team improved its win-streak to five in a row over the Morehead State University Eagles with a 3-0 win Thursday evening at Lantz Arena.
The Panthers are now 5-0 in...
Christina Martinez Mundo traveled over 1,900 miles from her hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico to play volleyball here at Eastern Illinois University.
The libero is entering her senior year with the...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 27, 2023
Former head coach of the beach volleyball team Manolo Concepcion stepped down from the position in early February after taking an assistant coaching position with Washington University in Seattle, Wash.
Concepcion...
Tom O'Connor, Volleyball Reporter
• September 19, 2018
Any edge the Panthers gained over Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, when the Panthers pummeled the Cougars 3-1 in the first round, has been, in a sense, carried over...
