The East Central College Softball (30-17) season came to close in the 2025 NJCAA Region 16 DII Tournament at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO on Saturday. ECC finished the regular season strong, winning 7 of their last 8 regular season games. The Falcons managed to beat Moberly 5-1 in the loser’s bracket but […]
The East Central College Softball Falcons (30-16) beat Moberly Area 5-1 in the elimination game of the game of the Region 16 DII Tournament in Park Hills, MO. The Falcons opened the scoring in the first in inning after Ryleigh Long drew a walk, scoring one run. Abrea Simmons earned the win for East Central […]
The East Central College Falcons (29-15) split a conference and region double header with the St. Louis Community College Archers in the last regular season match-up of NJCAA Region 16 DII and Missouri Community College Athletic Conference play. The Falcons took the first game 3-2 and lost the second game 4-2 heading into the post […]
ECC Softball (28-14) traveled to Quincy, IL to sweep a double header over the John Wood Community College Trailblazers 13-2 and 8-4. A dry day up north to escape the rain at home is just what the Falcons needed to put an exclamation point on a good week of softball. Coming off two home double […]
The ECC Softball Falcons (26-14) played Mineral Area College in two tightly contested games at home and came out winners 4-3 and 9-4 in the conference and region double header. A clutch two RBI single by Maggie Stubenrauch at the bottom of the third inning put the Falcons up 2-1. Anna Arman’s two run home […]
The East Central College Softball Falcons (24-14) were able to sweep the John Wood Community College Trailblazers at home with double digit scores of 11-7 and 10-2. The first game had Ryleigh Long sending the ball into orbit from the plate. Long sent two over the fence and launched a double off the fence going […]
East Central College (22-14) split a double header against the Moberly Area Greyhounds winning the first game 4-1 and dropping the second game 7-5. East Central College got on the board in the second inning of the first game after Ryleigh Long singled, scoring one run. East Central College added one run in the […]
Meredith Blakemore collected eight hits in two games as East Central College (21-13) defeated Central Methodist University 17-3 and 16-3 on Tuesday. Blakemore singled in the third inning, singled in the fourth inning, singled in the first inning, and singled in the second inning in the first game. East Central College got on the […]
East Central College (19-9) defeated the Moberly Greyhounds 7-1 in the second game and lost the first game 7-5. The first game was highlighted by a grand slam by Anna Arman in the bottom of the 7th in attempt at a comeback, but the Falcons fell short. The second game started with a Meredith […]
ECC Softball (18-6) put together two convincing wins over the Central Methodist JV Eagles. ECC won the first game 9-0 and the second game was a 7 -inning contest with the Falcons winning 7-2. Sam Kozlowski led the Falcons in the first game with three RBI on a big double. Genevieve Beacom went 3 for […]
The ECC Softball Falcons (16-4) were on a mission as they took down the Missouri State University- West Plains Grizzlies 5-3 in the first game and almost made a comeback in the second game, but fell short 6-4. A Missouri Community College Athletic Conference match-up had the Falcons in control the entire first game with […]
The Falcons (15-3) were able to win both games of a double header over the Lincoln University JV Blue Tigers. ECC won the games by 8-3 and 9-6 scores with offense provided throughout the lineup. Eve Sandoval led the team in the first game with three RBIs. Meredith Blakemore went 3 for 4 with a […]
The ECC Softball Falcons (12-2) have been finding ways to win with big hits coming up and down the line up. The big bats came out in a double header sweep over the North Arkansas Pioneers by scores of 13-5 and 10-0. The first game was highlighted by Genevieve Beacom who almost hit for the […]
The East Central College Falcons (10-2) were able to take the first game of a double header against the Frontier Bobcats 8-6 and the second 14-0. The first game was a hard-fought battle all the way to the top of the 7th inning as Abrea Simmons and the Falcon defense held tight to preserve the […]
The double header sweep over the Lewis & Clark Community College Trailblazers was accomplished in convincing fashion with back to back 9-1 victories. ECC found the bats and collected big stats on the day in both games. A flock of Falcons, five to be exact, recorded two hits each in the first game: Ryleigh Long, […]
ECC Softball (6-2) pulled off a double header sweep over the St. Charles Community College Cougars by scores of 12-4 and 5-3. It was a cold and windy day, but the Falcons’ bats remained hot the entire day against the Cougars. The Falcons pounced on the Cougars early as Meredith Blakemore registered a two RBI […]
The East Central College Softball Falcons (4-0) were able to hold off the William Woods University JV Owls in a double header by scores of 7-6 and 7-0. The first contest had the Falcons in the lead 7-2, but the Owls made it interesting by mounting a comeback for a dramatic 7-6 win for the […]
The ECC Softball Falcons were able to put the bats to work in the first double header of the season by sweeping the Culver Stockton College JV Wildcats 9-1 and 15-0. ECC amassed 11 hits in the first contest with Loren Thurman knocking in two runs on a single. Avery Little, Anna Arman and Genevieve […]
This past week, new East Central College Head Softball Coach Grant Young and his coaching staff from Washington High School were named the 2023-24 National Fastpitch Coaches Association National High School Coaching Staff of the Year after winning the 2023 Missouri Class 4A State Championship. See more on the accomplishment of Coach Young at NFCA […]
Union, MO 6/19/2024 GRANT YOUNG -COACHING BIO Grant Young has been named the new coach of the East Central College Falcons softball team. Young will be replacing Brad Wallach, who has been the head coach for the past 15 seasons. Young has served over the past two years as the head softball […]
The ECC Softball Falcons went down fighting in the NJCAA Region 16 DII Softball Tournament. The Falcons lost 4-2 in the first round to the #1 seed and eventual champions, St. Louis Community College 4-2. They came out roaring in the second game and knocked out Mineral Area College by a score of 9-7. A […]
The ECC Falcons put their best effort forward to eliminate the Mineral Area College Cardinals from the Region 16 DII softball tournament with a 9-7 victory. It was all hands on deck for the Falcons as Addyson Steele, Kylie Mc Daniel and Abrea Simmons all pitched in the win. It was an ECC early lead […]
The second game of a double header against Moberly Area CC was a tightly contested one as the ECC Falcons won 2-1 by grinding out runs and playing stellar defense. The Falcons didn’t fair as well in the first game falling 7-0. Facing tough pitching throughout the day, ECC didn’t muster many hits at the […]
It was just a normal day at the office or in Lexi Lewis’ case a normal day on the softball diamond, as she collected 5 stolen bases in a double header against the Mineral Area College Cardinals. Her normal day in this particular instance just put her in the record books as the all-time career […]
A double header sweep of the Central Methodist University JV Eagles by the ECC Falcons (12-15) was highlighted with big hits from the entire line up winning 8-1 and 8-0. Ryan Stutzman started the hot hitting with a 2 RBI double in the 2nd inning of the first game to give ECC a 3-1 lead […]
ECC Softball (10-9) split a double header with the Mineral Area Cardinals winning the first game 4-3 with a walk off winning 2 RBI hit by Ryleigh Long. The Falcons were down 3-0 in the sixth inning and scored two runs to make the game 3-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Two runners […]
A cold, blustery day had the ECC Softball Falcons (9-6) split a double header with the Culver Stockton College Wildcats in Canton, MO losing the first game 8-5 and winning the second contest 5-4. The ball was not necessarily flying out of the park in the first game for the Falcons. The second match up […]
ECC Softball (8-5) elevated their game in the second game of a double header against the Southwestern Illinois Blue Storm to win 12-4 after falling 7-0 in the first. The Falcons couldn’t muster hits in the first game, but the bats took after the forecast and got hot in the second game. Down 1-0 after […]
The ECC Softball Falcons (7-4) were put to the test against the Central Methodist University JV Eagles and answered back with an emphatic walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in the second game to complete the double header sweep. ECC won the first game 6-3 with big hits coming from […]