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Junior Lilli Amettis dives down to get the ball during Eastern's beach volleyball game against Lindenwood University. Amettis' teammate, redshirt junior Julia Udell, watches her back on April 10, 2025 at Sister City Park in Charleston Ill.

EIU beach volleyball suffers close loss to Lindenwood

Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor April 10, 2025

Eastern’s beach volleyball team fell just short to the Lindenwood Lions 3-2 on Thursday afternoon at Sister City Park.  The pair of redshirt junior Julia Udell and junior Lilli Amettis started strong...

Junior Sylvia Hasz (left) and senior Kaitlyn Flynn (right) compete in a beach volleyball match against the Lindenwood Lions on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at Sister City Park in Charleston, ILL

EIU beach volleyball set to host only home match against Lindenwood

Emerson Reynolds , Sports Reporter April 9, 2025

Having its first start in 2022, Eastern’s beach volleyball has started its fourth season with the university. The team’s first and only home game is on Thursday against Lindenwood University at...

Sophomore middle blocker Julia Stanev spikes the ball over the net, during the Eastern Illinois University against Southern Illinois University Evansville

EIU volleyball wins during Greek night

Aidan Cusack, Multimedia Editor October 19, 2024

At the end of Eastern volleyball's 3-1 win over Tennessee Tech, as the players were cooling down, sophomore middle blocker Julia Stanev flashed a heart with her hands at the stands. The heart was...

Junior outside hitter Matilda Dahlström, supports the volleyball team from the sideline during the matchup between Eastern Illinois University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Junior outside hitter talks about support system in Sweden in Q&A

Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor October 16, 2024

Junior outside hitter Matilda Dahlström is in her first season with the Panthers. Dahlström, the Malmö, Sweden native, moved out of her parent’s house to attend Ållebergsgymnasiet, a volleyball...

Eastern Illinois’ volleyball team huddles up before playing in the fifth set against Southern Indiana Thursday evening in Groniger Arena. The Panthers lost to the Screaming Eagles 3-2.

EIU volleyball loses close match against Southern Indiana

Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor October 3, 2024

Sophomore middle blocker Julia Stanev missed a block for the Panthers as the Screaming Eagles got the victory with a final score of 3-2 (22-25, 25-19, 25-23, 16-25, 12-15) Thursday evening in Groniger...

Junior outside hitter Kaitlyn Flynn, attempts to spike the ball over the net but is blocked by the Marquette University Golden Eagles. The Panthers were swept 3-0 for the first time this season. Flynn had seven kills and points.

Outside hitter speaks on EIU volleyball program in Q&A

Zaria Flippin, Sports Editor September 3, 2024

Senior outside hitter Kaitlyn Flynn shared why she stayed with Eastern’s volleyball program throughout her four years here and how head coach Sara Thomas is outside of coaching.   Q: When...

Christina Martinez Mundo attempts to spike the ball over the net at the beach volleyball match against Missouri Baptist University Monday afternoon in Sister City Park.

EIU beach volleyball unable to get win on senior night

Aidan Cusack, Sports Reporter April 10, 2024

Eastern fell to Lindenwood University’s beach volleyball team in a 3-2 scrap Wednesday afternoon at Sister City Park. The town of Charleston showed out for Eastern’s lone home game, as Sister City...

After number 20 Emily Wilcox, a junior middle blocker, reconvenes with her team after successfully blocking a spike from UT Martin Skyhawk players during the volleyball game at Lantz Arena Friday afternoon. Wilcox had 6 blocks and scored 7.5 points. The Panthers won 3-2 against the Skyhawks.

Women athletes on campus talk being STEM majors

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor January 25, 2023

There are 10 women’s sports teams here at Eastern and quite a few of the women student athletes find empowerment outside of their sport through their STEM degrees. According to NCAA data that...

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