SPORTS

10/23/2016, 6:12pm

Echo sports profile: Greg Steiner

By Evan Hensley

Greg Steiner is an Associate Athletic Director at Eastern Michigan Universities Athletic Department as he is in charge of the Media Relations Department, as he works to help students improve in their field of media relations. Steiner is in charge of the media relations for the EMU football team, women’s basketball team, and both men’s and women’s golf teams. Steiner has been working for the media relations office for 15 years as he has contributed as an assistant athletic director and the media office’s assistant director.

10/17/2016, 12:32am

Eagles Eye: 10/16

By Evan Hensley

The Eastern Michigan football team won its third road game in a row against the Ohio Bobcats in a 27-20 game on Oct.

10/16/2016, 11:48pm

Volleyball drops two matches as their offense struggles

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan volleyball team headed home coming into the third week of October looking to slam the breaks and stop a recent losing skid with matchups against Bowling Green on Friday, Oct. 14th, and Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, Oct. 15th.

10/16/2016, 11:07pm

Eagles drop their fifth straight road dual.

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan Volleyball team fell to Miami University at the Convocation Center on Saturday in a 3-1 match. Miami came into town undefeated against Mid-American Conference opponents and a 15-4 record altogether. With Eastern Michigan looking to halt a four game losing skid at home before heading back on the road.

10/15/2016, 9:28pm

Volleyball is shutout by the Falcons

By Drew Conover

Friday night the Eastern Michigan volleyball team defeated by Bowling Green University in another Middle American Conference matchup that the Eagles have found themselves on the losing end. Following a string of recent losses the Eagles looked to draw energy from being back at home following a pair of hard fought matches on the road. Despite strong support from fans and vocal local youth volleyball team the Eagles would drop the match in three sets to the Falcons.

(Sarah Stier | Ohio Athletics)

10/15/2016, 9:20pm

Roback leads EMU to 27-20 road win.

By Evan Hensley

The Eastern Michigan football team pulled away in the fourth quarter, as it defeated the Ohio Bobcats 27-20 in Athens, Ohio on Saturday. After a slow start for both teams, the Eagles (5-2,2-1) put up 24 second-half points to pull off the 27-20 victory over the Bobcats (4-3,2-1). The Eagles were led by a career best performance from redshirt junior Brogan Roback who set a career high in passing yards as he threw for 347. This was the Eagles first win in Athens since 1994.

10/10/2016, 8:17am

Eagles Eye: 10-9

By Evan Hensley

Eastern Michigan football had it's win streak end against Toledo on Saturday. The Eagles fell to to the Rockets 35-20 at it's homecoming. EMU volleyball fell on the road to Central Michigan and Ohio.

10/9/2016, 11:09pm

Soccer picks up first MAC win

By Zachary Badger-House

Eastern Michigan University’s women’s soccer team close Homecoming weekend with two straight victories in Mid-American Conference play. The Eagles scored two goals in the first half against the Falcons of Bowling Green State University while taking a total of 16 shots.

Eastern Michigan defensive lineman Pat O'Connor hits the arm of Mississippi Valley State quarterback Austin Bray, ruining a pass, during the Eagles' 61-14 win over the Delta Devils in Ypsilanti, 2 Sept.

10/9/2016, 11:03pm

Which Eagles could become potential NFL draft picks?

By Dereka Bennett

Back in April, Eastern Michigan had its former running back, Darius Jackson, drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. This was the first drafted player from Eastern Michigan since 2009. But the question is: who could possibly be the next potential football player to be drafted into the NFL?

10/9/2016, 10:27pm

Eagles drop two on the road

By Drew Conover

Heading into the second week of October the Eastern Michigan Volleyball team found themselves in the middle of the pack in the West division of the Mid-American Conference and would remain there following two losses this week. With matchups against cross state rival Central Michigan and Ohio, the Eagles found themselves poised to boost their standing within the division. However, with the two losses the Eagles now find themselves located in the bottom three teams in the division while being two games below .500 in the MAC.

10/8/2016, 11:44pm

Eagles paddle through Oklahoma

By Emmanuel Bates

Saturday Oct. 1, the women’s rowing team traveled to Oklahoma for their first official regatta of the season. With four races on the agenda and the lady eagle’s team stack with sophomores and two seniors to lead the pack, the team looked to win.

10/8/2016, 11:37pm

Eagles fall at homecoming to the Rockets, 35-20

By Evan Hensley

Eastern Michigan struggled to find a rhythm as they fell to Toledo, 35-20 at Rynearson Stadium on Saturday. Students came out to see the Eastern Michigan football team play during Homecoming week and they had the tenth largest turnout in Rynearson Stadium history as 21,412 tickets were sold. The Eagles were not able to pull of the win for their fans as they struggled to get back in the game after going down 28-13.

10/3/2016, 8:41am

Eagles Eye: 10/3

By Evan Hensley

Football defeated the Bowling Green Falcons 28-25 on Saturday night to kick off Mid-American Conference play.

10/3/2016, 12:18am

Three Eagles who took on the 2016 Olympic trials

By Dereka Bennett

Over the summer, Eastern Michigan University was well represented by some of our best swimmers. Both seniors Alexis Mitcheltree and Cole Bateman, and sophomore Tom Gillis, who were all olympic qualifiers of 2016 and competed against some of the best swimmers across the country during trials.

10/2/2016, 8:27pm

Eagles go 1-1 at home

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan volleyball team finally made its way back home following a pair of road Mid-American Conference opponent matchups last week to take on the Western Michigan Broncos Friday, Sept. 29, at 7 pm in the Convocation Center. The team was fresh off of a 1-1 weekend the week prior and looked to take more steps in the right direction.

Sergio Bailey steals the ball from a defender.

10/2/2016, 6:27pm

Eagles roll to 28-25 win

By Evan Hensley

Eastern Michigan (4-1) defeated Bowling Green (1-4) on Saturday, as they pick up their first Mid-American Conference win of the year. The Eagles were led by a strong running game and a great performance by the defense as they picked off Quarterback James Morgan and only surrendered 25 points. The defense had a dominant first three quarters as they only surrendered 10 points.

9/30/2016, 11:00am

Preview: football v. the Bowling Green Falcons

By Candis Caldwell

This Saturday, the Eagles will travel down to Ohio to face the Bowling Green Falcons for the opening of the MAC Slate. Bowling Green holds a season record of 1-3 after harsh loss to the University of Memphis (77-3) on Sept. 24.