CHARLESTON, Ill. - You may be No. 3 in Division I, but you are No. 1 in our book.

That sentiment was printed across two columns in the Dec. 8, 1981, edition of The Daily Eastern News, one day after the Eastern men's soccer team returned home from Palo Alto, Calif., after competing in the men's Final Four.

It was Eastern's first season in D-I but the team, led by head coach Schellas Hyndman, finished third in the nation with a 19-2-2 record.

Sophomore striker Damien Kelly racked up 21 goals, still the Eastern record for a single season. Kelly and mid-fielder Agyeman Prempeh gave the Panthers two first team All-Americans; the only school with two members on the '81 team and Hyndman was awarded coach of the year honors.