A boisterous crowd made “Jam the Gym” an epic night as the Falcons (13-8) took down conference and region foe St. Louis Community College. ECC rode the momentum of a quality first set performance and the loud crowd to a three set sweep of the Archers by scores of 25-20, 26-24 and 25-16. After a […]
The Falcons, now 12-8 on the season, went through the weekend not firing on all cylinders at the St. Louis Community College Tournament. ECC picked up one victory over Millikin University JV by scores of 25-19, 26-24 and 25-20. In the match, Symantha Fredrick was one of the consistent offensive players recording 12 kills. The […]
ECC Volleyball (11-5) came out on top of some close matches at the Southwestern Illinois Tournament over the weekend. The Falcons knocked off the tournament host SWIC in five sets: 20-25, 18-25, 25-23, 29-27 and 15-9. This was the biggest comeback of the season for the Falcons who found themselves trailing by two sets and […]
Another victory for ECC (8-4) has Coach Lisa Mathes- Peters’ Falcons flying high as they conquered the Missouri Baptist University JV Spartans in four sets. The Falcons were in charge most of the match, just faltering once in a close third set by a two-point margin. ECC took three sets to one with a score […]
ECC Volleyball (7-4) had the match in control from start to finish as the Falcons floated past the Rend Lake Community College Warriors in straight sets by scores of 25-14, 25-22, 25-18. As the Falcons face competition throughout the regular season, it important to build on each win to create a mentality to finish off […]
The Falcons, now 6-3 on the season, traveled north of the border over the Labor Day weekend to take on several team from Iowa in the Jimmy John’s Invitational at Southeastern Iowa Community College in Burlington, IA. It made sense for the Falcons to checkout the talent level at Southeastern, which is the closest Iowa community […]
ECC Volleyball improved their season record to 4-1 with an away win over John Wood Community College by scores of 25-18, 25-10, 25-15. The Falcons were able to win in three straight sets for the fourth time this season. Both of their victories over John Wood have come in convincing fashion with a dominant attack […]
The Falcons (3-1) were successful over the first weekend of the 2018 season with big wins coming in second day of the Falcon Classic over Southwestern Illinois College and Lewis & Clark Community College. ECC was in control of both matches as they took down the Trailblazers of Lewis & Clark 25-17, 25-21, 25-17 and […]
The Falcons (1-0) made quick work of the John Wood Community College Blazers in three straight sets by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-12. Coach Lisa Mathes-Peters was pleased with the overall team play and saw areas where improvement needs to be made for the future. The Blazers were led by first year head coach and […]
Union, MO– The Falcons keep transferring sophomore student athletes to four year schools with good academic and athletic scholarships. McKenzie Struckhoff is one of the latest after her signing with Missouri Valley College to play volleyball on the western side of the state next year. Last year’s Missouri Valley College squad was 33-11 earning a […]
The Falcons ended their season in the NJCAA District O/ Region 16 DII Tournament as they fell to the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Norse in four sets by scores of 10-25, 14-25, 25-17 and 22-25. As the season ended East Central College was named Region 16 Runners-Up and four players received honors. Three sophomores were named […]
As the Falcons fly from their home nest for the rest of the season, they are on a quest to bring home victories. The first step was collecting a three straight set win over the Lewis & Clark Community College Trailblazers in Godfrey, IL. After falling to the Trailblazers in the Falcon Classic to start […]
The East Central College Falcons 15-9 were able to knock off the Cottey College Comets in an NJCAA Region match-up at home. A scoreline of 25-21, 29-27, 25-13 had the Falcons battling to win each set from a much improved Cottey squad. A couple of big performances came offensively from freshman Molly Kraus who was […]
A large crowd enjoyed a Falcon victory at “Jam the Gym” night as ECC put up a three set sweep of the St. Louis Community College Archers. ECC won the match by scores of 25-21, 25-14 and 27-25. A close score line had the ECC Falcons clawing to stay ahead in each set. The team […]
Volleyball Falcons improved to 13-9 on the season with a victory over the Rend Lake College Warriors in the second match of the day. After disposing of Missouri Baptist University in the first match, ECC regrouped and went back to work taking down Rend Lake in straight sets by scores 25-18, 25-21, 25-15. As the […]
A surging Falcon volleyball squad has collected another victory over the Lindenwood-Belleville University Lynx by a score line of 20-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19. Improving to 11-9 on the season, the Falcons are starting to improve their offense to go along with a strong defense which has been a constant in their wins. Finding themselves trailing […]
The Falcons were not quite sure what to think of Frontier Community College at first. Finding themselves trailing in the first set, it was time turn up the intensity. As ECC was able to knock down the Bobcats in the first set, they went into overdrive the next two sets led by Lydia Klenke winning […]
Road rage from being stopped on Interstate 44 for an hour and half to make the shortest away trip of the season to St. Louis Community College didn’t stop the Falcons from taking three straight sets from the Archers. Coach Lisa Mathes-Peters’ team finally arrived to their destination in Kirkwood, quickly warmed up and got […]
A large crowd inspired the ECC Falcons (8-6) to a three set sweep of the Missouri Baptist University JV Spartans by scores of 25-13, 25-20 and 25-19. A different look to the line-up had some of the Falcons playing in new positions. Emma Borcherding filled in for a sick Grace Goedde at the libero position […]
The Falcons (7-4) were able to knock off the tournament host Southwestern Illinois College and Lewis & Clark Community College to start off the SWIC Tournament in fine fashion. The Falcons made quick work of the SWIC Blue Storm in the first match. The second match against Lewis & Clark went down to the wire […]
The East Central College Volleyball Falcons took down Rend Lake College for their fifth victory of the young season improving to 5-2. ECC took a commanding lead in the set and didn’t look in the rearview mirror as they finished off the RLC by score of 25-18, 25-8, 25-16. McKenzie Struckhoff lead the charge collecting […]
The Falcons (4-1) have found the winning formula early in the season as they knocked off another opponent in Missouri Baptist JV going five sets by scores of 19-25, 25-20, 22-25,25-18, 15-7 in St. Louis, MO. A good start to the season has East Central finding their strengths on the court. Last night McKenzie Struckhoff […]
The ECC Falcons (3-1) won their opening tournament for the second year in a row with wins over Lindenwood-Belleville JV, John A. Logan and Southwestern Illinois. The Falcons only fell to Lewis & Clark over the weekend after making a comeback in the match down in sets 2-0, ECC fought back to take it to […]
The Falcons (2-0) flew into the season with some questions about who they were as a team trying to replace sophomore starters. The 2017 campaign kicked off with a home tournament and the team identity was quickly found. The Falcons used ball control to win their first two matches of the season over Lindenwood-Belleville JV […]
12-5-2016 Union, MO – East Central College sophomore setter, Mackenzy Vedder, was named an NJCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Honorable Mention All-American for 2016. Vedder has been the assist provider for two winning seasons in a row for the Falcons. While captaining the ECC squad, the Falcons put together a 44-34 record in two seasons […]
The Missouri Community College Athletic Conference volleyball all-conference selections were announced and three Falcons were able to bring home awards. Mackenzy Vedder, sophomore setter from New Haven, MO, was named to the 1st team. Vedder ended her career ranked #3 all-time in assists with 1,906 in her two years with the Falcons. This season she […]
The Falcons finished runners-up in Region 16 and were able to land four players on the all-region team. The first team selections included sophomore setter McKenzy Vedder, sophomore libero Kayla Borgerding, and freshman outside hitter MacKenzie Struckhoff. Freshman middle hitter, Cameron Hackmann was the lone Falcon named to the 2nd Team All-Region. As another winning season came […]
A successful season came to an end for the ECC Falcons (20-14) as they finished NJCAA Region 16 runner-ups in the post season tournament. East Central College started the day on the right note in the semifinal as they knocked off the Cottey College Comets in three straight sets to reach their 20th victory of […]
The Falcons (19-12) traveled to Champaign, IL for the Parkland Tournament and faced NJCAA #1 Parkland College, Sauk Valley College, Illinois Valley College and Carl Sandburg College. A successful weekend had ECC going 2-2 with wins over Illinois Valley and Carl Sandburg. In the first victory over Illinois Valley, the Falcons were paced offensively with […]
The Falcons(17-10) were taken the distance by the Wentworth Military Academy Red Dragons in an away match in Lexington, MO. The match went five sets with ECC squeaking out a winner in the fifth and deciding set by scores of 25-16, 25-22, 22-25, 22-25 and 15-12. The momentum swing in the match had the Falcons […]