CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Eastern Illinois baseball and softball took on out-of-conference at home this week as the Spring sports season starts getting into full swing.

On Tuesday, March 24, the Panther baseball dropped an extra-inning game against Northern Illinois 5-4.

Despite getting walked 16 times, Eastern converted just one of those into runs.

This veteran EIU team is confident they can bounce back.

“You’ve got to put guys across the plate, and we get runners in scoring position with the best of them,” head coach Jason Anderson said. “It’s just hard to win games if you don’t score runs.” “[I’m] always confident in them, but hitting is contagious.” “Once a couple of them get going, it seems like it gets way easier.”

“This is a tight-knit group, closest I’ve ever been a part of, and so, that’s going to help us,” senior infielder Chris Worcester said. “We’re never taking the foot off the gas.”

On Wednesday, March 25, Panther softball earned a 12th-straight win on the season after a doubleheader sweep of Bradley.

EIU erased an early 1-0 deficit in game one to earn a 5-0 win, completing the sweep with an 8-5 win in game two.

“I think we came out a little flat, but we found a way to get it together and scratch a few runs there,” co-head coach Dan Paulson said. “We got a great performance out of Carly pitching, and that was a real positive to see, and our defense was pretty solid.”

EIU improved to 17-16 on the season and still 9-0 in conference play.

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