Sports Week

EWU soccer splits on the road

Freshman Saige Lyons helped the Eastern Washington soccer team make history on Aug. 26, as her goal in the 104th minute of the second overtime lifted the Eagles past UC Davis, 3-2 on the road, to give them their first 3-0-0 start.

Eastern’s undefeated season came to an end two days later with a 3-1 loss to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The Eagles’ lone goal came from junior Delaney Romero in the 14th minute.

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Soccer’s Inthoulay earns Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week honors

Eastern Washington University women’s soccer junior midfielder Aimie Inthoulay has been named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced, Aug. 30, after a record-setting performance against UC Davis last weekend.

Inthoulay’s Big Sky honor is the first weekly conference award for the Eagles this season. The Seattle native earned the recognition after setting the school record for most assists in a single match with three in last Friday’s, Aug. 26, 3-2 come-from-behind victory over UC Davis in double-overtime.

The midfielder just played 51 minutes in the match, yet was still able to record an assist on all three EWU goals against the Aggies, which included picking up her second game-winning assist of the year on freshman Saige Lyons’ 104th-minute golden goal.

The school-record three assists against UC Davis now gives the junior a Big Sky-leading four helpers on the year.

Nationally, she is tied for fourth in NCAA Division I in assists with 10 other players.

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EWU women announce 2016-17 basketball schedule

Eastern Washington University women’s basketball coach Wendy Schuller announced her team’s 2016-17 Big Sky Conference schedule Aug. 29. The Eagles will play an 18-game conference slate, which is evenly split with nine home games and nine road contests.

The Eagles play a 10-game nonleague preseason schedule that begins with a contest in Seattle at the University of Washington in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament on Nov. 11. Another notable nonleague game is Sunday, Dec. 11 when EWU entertains Gonzaga at Reese Court at 2 p.m.

Eastern gets the Big Sky schedule underway on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, in Cheney, as the Eagles host rival Idaho for a 2 p.m. match up at Reese Court. Fans will have multiple opportunities to watch EWU at Reese Court during the opening month of Big Sky play, as five of the team’s nine home contests will be played from Dec. 31-Jan. 31.

Eastern is coming off back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1983-84 and 1984-85. The Eagles went 20-12 a year ago and 13-5 in the Big Sky Conference to place third in the league standings.

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