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Women's soccer dominates Broncos

By Drew Conover · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

Eastern Michigan University’s women’s soccer dominated the Western Michigan Broncos Thursday, Oct. 19 at Scicluna Field. Eastern has seen great success at home this season and Thursday’s match was no different. Goalkeeper Kaylin Williams kept the Broncos off the scoreboard to help the team on their way to a 3-0 victory. Despite the difference in score, EMU still had to fight valiantly to secure their first victory against Western since the 2014 season. 

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EMU drops Homecoming to Broncos

By Joe Israel · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

The 90th Homecoming game contained all that and more. However, it would be the in-state rivals that got the last laugh, as the Eastern Michigan University Eagles (2-5, 0-3) dropped yet another overtime heartbreaker to the Western Michigan Broncos (5-3, 3-1) 20-17 Saturday Oct. 21 at Rynearson Stadium. 

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Soccer sees postseason victory

By Joe Israel · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

The Eastern Michigan University soccer team saw a postseason victory with a 1-0 win on Senior Day over the Northern Illinois University Huskies Sunday Oct. 22 at Scicluna Field. 

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Volleyball loses pair of road matches

By Drew Conover · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

Eastern Michigan University’s volleyball team left the nest for a set of road matches against Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. The Eagles lost both games to their fellow MAC opponents by a combined score of 7-1. With the lose, EMU finds itself on a five-game losing streak, dropping the team to 10-14 overall with a 2-6 record in conference.

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Road woes continue to trouble women's soccer

By Drew Conover · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

Eastern Michigan’s women’s soccer lost a pair of road matches this week against Toledo and Ball State with final scores 4-1 and 3-0 respectively. The two losses drop Eastern to 5-10-1 overall and 2-5 in the conference. Eastern has yet to pull off a victory away from home since an early season matchup against the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since, Eastern has lost seven straight games on the road.  

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Three Eagles place in top 20 at Shirley Spork Invitational

By Joe Israel · Monday, Oct. 30, 2017

After a fervent final round of play, the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team finished with a score of 933, including three Eagles placing inside the top 20 at the inaugural Shirley Spork Invitational this past Monday and Tuesday at the Eagle Crest Golf Club. 

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Sean McCarthy named new assistant athletic director

By Joe Israel · Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017

Eastern Michigan University’s Athletic Department welcomed a new face to the staff this past Wednesday, Oct. 4, as it was announced by Associate Athletics Director of Compliance Matthew Jakobsze that Sean McCarthy was named Assistant Director of Compliance. 

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Eagles fall to WMU in OT 20-17; drop fifth straight

By Joe Israel · Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

The battle of I-94. Bragging rights. The Michigan MAC trophy.  The 90th Homecoming game contained all that and more. However, it would be the in-state rivals that got the last laugh, as the Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-5, 0-3) dropped yet another overtime heartbreaker to the Western Michigan Broncos (5-3, 3-1) 20-17 Saturday Oct. 21 at Rynearson Stadium. 

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Preview of EMU's 2017 football team

By Drew Conover · Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

As the summer of 2017 comes to a close that means fall is upon us. With fall comes many things: new classes, new jobs and most importantly for some -- a new college football season. 

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Three place in top 20 at Eagle Crest; team places fifth

By Joe Israel · Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017

  After a fervent final round of play, the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team finished with a score of 933, including three Eagles placing inside the top 20, at the inaugural Shirley Spork Invitational this past Monday and Tuesday Oct. 9-10 at the Eagle Crest Golf Club. 

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Eastern Michigan University football defeats Big Ten team

By Joe Israel · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

The Eastern Michigan University football team (2-0, 0-0) notched their biggest regular season win in 126 seasons of football Saturday, Sept. 9, as they defeated the Scarlet Knights from Rutgers University (0-2, 0-0) 16-13 in Piscataway, New Jersey.  

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Eastern Michigan University women's soccer defeats Oakland in overtime

By Drew Conover · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Eastern Michigan University women’s soccer headed into Scicluna Field, Sunday, Sept. 10, for a matchup against the Oakland University Grizzlies, The Eagles snagged a goal in the first overtime period to secure a 1-0 victory. This win pushed the Eagles to a 2-0-1 record at home and a 3-3-1 record altogether for the season.  

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