The Eagles lost a 6-2 decision at Oestrike Stadium to lose their second straight Sunday afternoon matinee. They fell to 14-17 (9-9 MAC) on the campaign, while Toledo improved to 13-21 (7-11 MAC) with the win.
Welcome home, Maxx Crosby. Fresh off inking a three-year, $106.5M extension to remain with the Las Vegas Raiders earlier in the offseason, the Lapeer, Michigan native added a new role to his docket moving forward: assistant general manager of the Eastern Michigan football team.
Early in the third quarter, Eastern Michigan women’s lacrosse team looked like they had Oregon on the ropes.However, from 11:39 remaining in the third quarter through the rest of the match, Oregon would outscore Eastern Michigan 8-1, eight of those goals being unanswered, to flex their muscles as the power four team they are and knock off the home team, 13-11.
After losing the opening two games of the series to Ball State in Friday’s doubleheader, Eastern Michigan’s baseball team looked poised to end the weekend on a high note and get back into the win column in the Sunday matinee at Oestrike Stadium. Then, the ninth inning happened.
It was the Mackenzie Blackwell show at Scicluna Field. The junior made her presence known early and often, registering the opening goal of the match for the Eagles, four goals in the first half, and five on the day total to lead the attack for Eastern Michigan women’s lacrosse in their 13-8 victory over Detroit Mercy.
This was the fourth consecutive match for the Eagles that was destined to end in a 4-3 score, all against MAC competition. While Eastern Michigan had been 2-1 in the previous three outcomes, this time around they would have no such luck.
Last week, Eastern Michigan went into Ann Arbor and knocked off Michigan in a come from behind thriller. Things did not go as well for the Eagles in the rematch, with the home team falling 13-2 to the Wolverines on a chilly day at Oestrike Stadium.
Oestrike Stadium? More like Logan Hugo’s (Essexville, Mich./Essexville Garber) playground. The senior outfielder from Essexville, Michigan turned in one of the performances of the campaign in front of the Ypsilanti faithful on Saturday afternoon; falling just a triple short of completing the cycle while adding two home runs and six RBI’s to the statsheet in Eastern Michigan’s dominant victory over Miami, 19-12.
The freshman from Georgia, Kathryn Wilson, brought the heat on a chilly day at Scicluna Field, scoring a career-high six goals and headlining Eastern Michigan women’s lacrosse’s record-tying scoring output against Youngstown State, 19-6.
For the first time since the 2021-22 season, the Eastern Michigan women’s tennis team have won back to back matches via a clean sweep - making quick work of Saginaw Valley State via a clean sweep, 7-0.
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