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Rachel Irbe bumps the ball during the volleyball game against Western Michigan at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti on Friday, September 30, 2016.

Eastern Michigan University volleyball drops all matches in DePaul Invitational

By Blake McQueary · Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022

The Eastern Michigan University womens’ volleyball team competed in the DePaul Invitational on Friday, September 9, 2022, and Saturday, September 10, 2022. On Friday, the Eagles faced off against Virginia Tech University, and Saint Louis University, as they dropped both matches in five sets, with both finishing in a 3-2 loss, while on Saturday they faced off against tournament host DePaul University where they fell to the Blue Demons, 3-1. 

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EMU volleyball drops must-win match against Ball State

By Tiauna Allen · Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019

The Eastern Michigan women’s volleyball team suffered a loss to Ball State on Friday, Nov. 15. It was a crucial loss as the Eagles were looking for a spot in the 2019 MAC Tournament. Eastern Michigan was on the road in Muncie, Indiana, the home of the Cardinals, and EMU left Worthen Arena with a 3-1 loss. 

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EMU vollyball falls 3-1 to Akron

By Jadan Shorts · Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019

The Eastern Michigan women’s volleyball team lost to Akron on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Convocation Center. The Eagles lost the match 3-1. Eastern Michigan won the third set 25-23 but fell in the other three sets.  

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EMU volleyball falls to Ball State after two straight victories

By Jadan Shorts · Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019

The Eastern Michigan women’s volleyball team has had an up-and-down season thus far through 18 matches. The Eagles won two straight games against Ohio and Toledo before falling to Ball State at the Convocation Center on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Cardinals won the match 3-2. 

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Eagles volleyball defeats Purdue-Fort Wayne in four sets

By Luke Gremban · Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019

The Eastern Michigan women’s volleyball team squared off against Purdue-Fort Wayne on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The Eagles came into the game with a 3-5 record, hoping to improve that in the last game of the Michigan Challenge. Purdue-Fort Wayne came into the game with a 3-8 record and had Eastern Michigan as the last game of their Dunn Hospitality Tournament. Purdue-Fort Wayne was 1-2 in their last three games coming into the match. 

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EMU volleyball falls to 3-5 with losses to Navy and Michigan

By Luke Gremban · Monday, Sept. 16, 2019

Eastern Michigan played Navy Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Convocation Center. Eastern came into this game with a 3-3 record, fresh off of a 3-0 rout of McNeese State to end the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic. Eastern Michigan started the Michigan Challenge with its game against Navy, a three-game event featuring Navy, the University of Michigan and Purdue-Fort Wayne. Navy came into the game 3-4, while losing three of its last four before defeating the Eagles in five sets. 

Women's Volleyball

EMU volleyball looks to repeat performance from last year

By Luke Gremban · Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019

The EMU women’s volleyball team opened up its season against Utah State on Aug. 30. The Eagles got off to a flying start with a 3-2 victory but proceeded to go 2-3 in their next five games, with losses to Southern Utah, Xavier and Louisiana. The wins were against Florida A&M and most recently, McNeese State. Eastern swept McNeese state with scores of 25-11, 25-20 and 26-24. 

Volleyball qualifies for MAC tournament

Eastern Michigan volleyball releases 2019 slate

By Zach Sturgill · Saturday, July 13, 2019

The EMU volleyball team is entering the 2019 season as defending MAC Champions and seek to repeat with a promoted Darcy Dorton as head coach. The upcoming schedule is now complete for the team, which lost three senior players but now returns four seniors and two juniors. This will be the 43rd season program history. 

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Scott Wetherbee Discusses State of EMU Athletics

By Charles Post · Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The Eastern Michigan athletics program has seen some ups and downs in the last year, which includes a MAC Tournament title by the women’s volleyball team, an appearance in the Camellia Bowl for the football team, and a court ruling that forced EMU to reinstate the softball and women’s tennis teams. 

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Volleyball makes it to MAC tournament

By Drew Conover · Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017

After four straight wins, Eastern Michigan’s women’s volleyball team found themselves sneaking into the MAC tournament. The team managed to win their first round matchup against Buffalo, 3-1, before falling to Ohio in the following round with a score of 1-3. Coming into the tournament as the lowest seed, being able to upset Buffalo in the first round is more than enough to deem their tournament berth successful. 

Latest Podcast

Nothing gets in the way of a podcast episode, not even Thanksgiving break. With that being said, the 11th episode of Scoop on the Scene is now avilable to listen to on Spotify.

This week’s episode covers events between Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. Listeners have options to attend the Ypsilanti Artisan Holiday Market, the annual Tree Lighting Celebration, yoga, First Fridays and more.

Take a listen here and be sure to comment on Instagram @eagletalkpodcast or @easternechoofficial The Final Scoop question:

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