Lakeside Field News Today

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University is exploring a plan to construct temporary facilities to hold the school’s football games at an athletic field on campus while the permanent home of the football team is under construction. According to an internal memo from City of Evanston Planning Manager Liz Williams to Mayor Daniel Biss and other […]

With a slight breeze descending upon Lakeside Field on an uncharacteristically warm November afternoon, Northwestern took on Louisville in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament quarterfinal. When the two teams last met in late August, the visitors handed coach Tracey Fuchs’ squad its lone loss in a 1-0 result against the run of play. Now, two and a...

The Panthers pulled off another last-minute win to beat the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 1-0. Eastern’s goal came going into the 87th minute when senior forward Sam Eccles took the ball to the left side of the box and sent a cross that deflected off of the Screaming Eagles goalkeeper, junior Braden Matthews. Fifth year...

The Panthers are in the middle of a close race to make the Ohio Valley Conference championship tournament. Eastern is sixth out of eight in the OVC with eight points but is tied with Chicago State. The top six in the conference make the tournament. The reason Eastern owns the tiebreaker over Chicago State is...

The Panthers will begin a four-day stretch of staying in Texas that starts on Thursday when they play the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals at 7 p.m. at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium and ends on Sunday when they play the Houston Christian University Huskies on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Sorrels Field. “It’s...

Multiple aspects go into the actual game for a team, and one of those aspects is fan attendance. Some Panther athletes think the fan attendance has helped their home performances. Football Head Coach Chris Wilkerson and the Panthers are currently 2-0 at O’Brien Field to start the 2023 season. After the Panthers beat the McNeese...

The Panthers look to continue their momentum from Sunday as they face Morehead State University eagles on Thursday. Eastern was able to win in their previous game against the Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) Hawks on Sunday by a score of 2-0 after freshman forward Alex Tetteh scored a highlight reel goal off of an...

The EIU Panthers lost in their conference opener to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Cougars 2-1 at Lakeside Field on Thursday afternoon. The Panthers started off on top with a goal by fifth-year senior Zenaya Barnes at the 15:30 mark. This game also happens to back-to-back games with a goal for Barnes. “I give...

Eastern lost an aggressive game to Chicago State 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field. EIU was off to an early lead with a goal in the fourth minute by fifth-year forward Zenaya Barnes. Chicago State came back with two goals after the Panthers’ early lead. The first goal for the Cougars was scored by...

Panthers come out with a 1-1 tie against the IUPUI Jaguars at Lakeside Field on Tuesday night. The tie brings Eastern’s record to 1-1-1. Eastern’s only goal was scored by senior forward Sam Eccles in the 30th minute. Eccles received a pass from sophomore forward Casey Welage. He then tried to dribble around the defender...