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Eagles place first in GVSU Open

By Noah Goad · Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017

The Eastern Michigan women’s track and field team placed first at the GVSU Open in Allendale on Friday, Jan.

Eagles Eye- 1/23

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Jan. 23, 2017

The Eastern Michigan men's basketball team fell to the Akron Zips, 70-63. Guard Ty Toney led the way for the Eagles with 17 points. The wrestling team fell to both Northern Illinois as well as Northern Iowa.

Eagles struggle against hot Zipps

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Jan. 23, 2017

The Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team fell to the Akron Zips, 70-63, on the road on Friday, Jan.

Women's swim and dive team now 7-0

By Dereka Bennett · Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017

The EMU women's swim and dive team defeated Wayne State and Tiffin University on Jan. 21, at Jones Natatorium.

Men swim and dive team pick up victory

By Dereka Bennett · Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017

The Eastern Michigan men's swim and dive team had a very successful tri-dual against Wayne State and Tiffin University on Saturday afternoon, Jan.

Women's track and field take part in Simmons-Harvey Invitational

By Noah Goad · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017

The Eastern Michigan women’s track and field team participated in the Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor on Saturday, January 14.

Men’s track and field team competes at Simmons-Harvey Invitational

By Noah Goad · Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017

The Eastern Michigan men’s track team had a strong performance at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Jan. 14. Four Eagles placed in the top-ten in the 60m prelims, as junior Leighton Antonio finished first with a time of 6.92 sec., a personal best, sophomore Tyler Underwood finished third with a time of 6.99 sec., junior Brandon Bolden finished seventh overall with a time of 7.05 seconds, and freshman Sean Beckom finished tenth with a time of 7.12 seconds. Antonio, Underwood, and Bolden all earned spots in the 60m finals, where Antonio finished first with a time of 6.92 seconds, tying his new personal best, and Bolden finished sixth with a time of 7.03 seconds.

Eagles Eye: 1-16

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Jan. 16, 2017

The EMU wrestling team fell to Missouri over the weekend in a 22-12 contest. The Eagles were able to manage four wins of the 10 matches. The Eastern Michigan tennis team competed against Marshall over the weekend.

Eagles fall to no. 9 Missouri at home, 22-12

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Jan. 16, 2017

The Eastern Michigan wrestling team was defeated by the no. nine ranked Missouri Tigers at the Convocation Center on Sunday. The Tigers featured six nationally ranked wrestlers against the two nationally ranked players of Eastern Michigan.

Bond’s' late three-pointer ices win over Ohio

By Evan Hensley · Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

The Eastern Michigan trailed by seven going into the half as a 34 point second-half gave the Eagles the 53-49 victory over the Ohio Bobcats in Athens, Ohio on Saturday. Senior Ty Toney led the way for the Eagles with 17 points while hitting 54 percent of his shots.

EMU picks up its second MAC win on the road

By Drew Conover · Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017

On Tuesday, January 10th, the Eastern Michigan Eagles took down the Bowling Green Falcons in an 81-53 romp on the road in Bowling Green. The Eagles benefited from a scorching hot shooting performance where the team sank 58 percent of its shots while Bowling Green only managed to make about a third of its.

Kent State’s strong offensive day results in an EMU loss

By Zachary Badger-House · Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017

The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team lost its third straight conference game to the Golden Flashes of Kent State, Saturday afternoon, at the Convocation Center. “I’m really disappointed in our effort and execution today,” said coach Fred Castro.

Wrestling falls to Ohio in MAC opener

By Evan Hensley · Friday, Jan. 6, 2017

Even with three starting seniors winning their own individual matches, the Eastern Michigan wrestling team was unable to keep up with the Ohio Bobcats in a 20-12 loss at the Convocation Center on Friday. With veteran Jacob Davis injured, the Eagles looked to their bench for wrestlers to come in and contribute.

EMU falls to Old Dominion in bowl game, 24-20

By Evan Hensley · Friday, Dec. 23, 2016

The Eastern Michigan football team ended its historic 2016 season at the Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl as the team fell to the Old Dominion Monarchs, 24-20, on Friday. This was the Eagles first bowl game since the 1987 California Bowl against San Jose State.

Poor shooting leads to Eagles loss

By Zachary Badger-House · Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016

After a near 20-point victory over St. Bonaventure, Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team lose at home to the Monmouth University Hawks 75-68, Monday night, at the Convocation Center. “Just really disappointed in our effort as a whole,” said Eagles head coach Fred Castro.

Men’s track opens the season at the Findlay Oiler Open

By Noah Goad · Monday, Dec. 12, 2016

The Eastern Michigan men’s track team opened up the season on Friday, December 9, at the Findlay Oiler Open in Bloomington, where they sent out two heptathletes and six throwers. Of the six throwers, junior Elijah Albert-Grayer led the Eagles, finishing in fourth place with a toss of 17.51 meters.

Wrestling picks up win and a loss at dual home-opener

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Dec. 12, 2016

The Eastern Michigan wrestling team defeated Cleveland State, 38-12, and then fell to Indiana, 25-12 as they kicked off their home schedule with a tri-dual on Saturday, Dec. 11. Redshirt freshman Noah Gonser dominated the day as he won both of his matches including a win over no. 17 ranked Elijah Oliver of Indiana. He forced a fall against Cleveland State and a 7-3 decision against Oliver.

Eagles blow 21 point lead in heartbreaking overtime loss to NIU

By Evan Hensley · Friday, Nov. 18, 2016

The Eastern Michigan football team blew a 21-0 halftime lead in an overtime loss to Northern Illinois at Rynearson Stadium on Wednesday night, 31-24. A week after Eastern Michigan (6-5, 3-4) came back down 21 points to Ball State (4-7, 4-3), the Eagles gave up there 21-0 halftime lead as the Huskies put up a 24 point second-half to send the game into overtime. The Huskies marched right down the field for a touchdown in overtime and the Eagles responded with four straight runs as they fell one yard short of a first down to fall to Northern Illinois, 31-24. “this year one of the things we’ve been able to do is to fight back when we are down,” said coach Chris Creighton. “But one situation we haven’t been in is to be up and for things to be seemingly going well.”

EMU beats Ferris State in home opener 68-50

By Zachary Badger-House · Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Head coach Fred Castro and the Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball team won their season home opener 68-50 over the Ferris State University Bulldogs, Wednesday afternoon at the Convocation Center. Despite the struggles offensively from the Eagles, junior guard Sasha Dailey led EMU with 28 points to go along with nine rebounds and five steals.

Wrestling kicks off season with 42-0 shutout

By Evan Hensley · Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016

The Eastern Michigan wrestling team kicked off their season with a 42-0 win over Olivet College on the road on Friday Nov. 11. Eastern Michigan (1-0) performed their first shutout since the previous season against Michigan State as the Eagles saw five starters who did not perform in the previous season.

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