Friday – Oct. 3 vs. Belmont, 3 p.m. at Lakeside Field ( Live Stats )
Sunday – Oct. 5 vs. Austin Peay, 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field. ( Live Stats )
CARTER GETS ON THE BOARD: Madison Carter became the fifth different EIU player to score a goal this season when she connected in Sunday's match at SIU Edwardsville. It was Carter's third career goal and her first points of the season.
Chris Reed leads the Panthers with four goals while
Hannah Miller is second on the team scoring both of her goals in a win at Chicago State.
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE: Eastern Illinois fortune in the Ohio Valley Conference schedule has opened a little different than the 2013 season. Last year EIU found a little luck in a Buddha statue that helped the Panthers open conference play with four straight wins en route to a 6-4 conference slate. EIU dropped both of its OVC opening weekend matches as they stand at 0-2 in the league entering the month of October.
EIU 3RD IN THE OVC IN SAVES: Eastern Illinois has had two goalkeepers split time in the net this season with
Emily Hinton appearing in eight matches and
Kylie Morgan playing in four. As a unit EIU ranks third in the OVC with 6.43 saves per contest. The Panthers opponent on Sunday, Austin Peay, ranks second in the league with 6.8 saves per match.
AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS: Eastern Illinois has two offensive players that rank in the top ten in the OVC in goals and assists heading into the weekend.
Chris Reed is currently tied for tenth in the league with four goals. Meghan Radloff is currently tied for seventh in the league with three assists.
SERIES HISTORY: Eastern Illinois (1-9-1, 0-2 OVC) will host Belmont and Austin Peay in Ohio Valley Conference action this weekend. Belmont enters the weekend with a 3-3-4 record including 0-0-2 in the OVC. This will be the fifth meeting between the two schools with EIU leading the all-time series 3-1. Austin Peay enters the weekend 2-7 overall, 1-1 in the OVC. This will be the 13th meeting between the two schools with EIU leading the all-time series 6-4-2.
UP NEXT: Eastern Illinois will travel to Tennessee Tech on Oct. 10 and Jacksonville State on Oct. 12 to continue OVC play.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Be sure to follow EIU Athletics and EIU Women's Soccer on Twitter this season and use the Hastag
@EIU_Panthers @eiuwsoccer 20th SEASON: Eastern Illinois is playing its 20th season of NCAA Intercollegiate soccer this season. The program has an all-time record of 182-166-37 over the past 19 years including four NCAA College Cup Tournament appearances and five OVC Tournament titles. EIU's first intercollegiate game was Sept. 2, 1995 with a 2-1 loss at Toledo. The program's first win would come in game three of that inaugural season with a 4-0 home win over Iowa State.
HEAD COACH JASON CHERRY: Eastern Illinois head coach
Jason Cherry is in his second season as the program's head coach and his third season overall at EIU. Cherry was named the Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year last season as the Panthers posted a 6-4 record in conference play winning four straight conference games to open the season. EIU would finish the year at 6-14 overall. Cherry's overall record is 7-23-1 in two seasons at EIU.
