Eastern Washington Eagles NCAA Football News

When the season began, Brent Vieselmeyer couldn't have imagined his Valor Christian Eagles would be playing for the Class 3A state championship.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team recorded its first postseason victory since the 1995 season with a 44-33 win over Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs.

The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team was able to hold off the Memphis Tigers for a 58-54 victory Sunday afternoon in the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash.

There were no late-game heroics for the Eagles this week, but they had a mid-game scoring slump instead.

Eastern Washington's improbable run to the FCS playoffs was sparked by record-setting quarterback Matt Nichols.

Comparisons can sometimes be a bit unsettling. Take, for instance, those made by Eastern Washington's coaches and players when asked about Stephen F. Austin, today's first-round foe in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Looking back, it's hard to imagine which was a more difficult task for Eastern Washington head football coach Beau Baldwin.

Stephen F. Austin's first playoff opponent since 1995 certainly can't say its road to the playoffs has been on the straight and narrow.

Weber State senior wide receiver Tim Toone was a unanimous selection to the All-Big Sky Conference team.

After finishing the regular season 18-10, the Eastern Washington University volleyball team will turn their attention to the Northern Colorado Bears as they will meet in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference Championships this Friday at 7 p.m. Pacific time at Reese Court in Cheney.

Life continues to be good for the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. One day after clinching a share of the Southland Conference championship and the league's automatic playoff berth, the Lumberjacks found out who and where they would play in the opening round of the postseason.

The 2009 FCS Playoff Brackets are out, and Eastern Washington will get the chance to play in the first round of the 2009 FCS Playoffs.

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CHENEY, Wash. The No. 18 Eastern Eagles were happy a month ago to find out the NCAA lifted their postseason ban, allowing them to compete in the playoffs if they were to be selected.

HELENA - Montana State senior Dane Fletcher was named the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the week.

A career-long 52-yard touchdown run was just part of a sensational day for Eastern Washington University senior quarterback Matt Nichols as he broke the Big Sky Conference career record for total offense in 18th-ranked EWU's easy 41-28 non-conference football victory over Southern Utah Saturday at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah.

EWU senior free safety Kevin Hatch compares this weeka s opponent, Southern Utah, to Montana.

Greg Peach could serve as the answer to a number of hotbed issues. At six-foot-three and 255 pounds, it's difficult to find anyone who'd be willing to confront the Edmonton Eskimos defensive end.

Seagraves got off to a fast start, and Plains faultered early as the Eagles beat the Cowboys 34-6, Friday night in District 7-1A play.

Eastern Washington's 47-10 win over Big Sky Conference rival Portland State at Qwest Field in Seattle on Saturday seemed to work in a lot of ways.