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 […]
The East Central College Volleyball Falcons, now 16-10, had an aerial battle with the Central Methodist JV Eagles in Fayette, MO on Monday night. ECC downed the Eagles by scores of 25-21, 25-13, 25-15. The Falcons were paced on the offensive side of the net by freshmen McKenzie Struckhoff, Cameron Hackman and Emma Borcherding with […]
The Falcons, 14-10, pull off tri-match double victory over Cottey College and Labette Community College in Nevada, Missouri. The Falcons knocked down the Cottey College Comets by scores of 25-21-25-10, 25-15. McKenzie Struckhoff had the hot hand at the net as she collected 12 kills in the match. Liz Mattli and Cameron Hackman both had […]
A rough weekend at the Lincolnland Tournament saw ECC go 1-3 against top level competition to fall to 12-9 for a season mark. The bright sport was a five set win over Kankakee Community College by scores of 25-22, 23-25, 18-25, 25-21, 15-6. A gritty performance had the Falcons down 2-1 in sets as they […]
The East Central College Volleyball Falcons (11-5) were able to knock off St. Louis Community College in straight sets 25-10, 25-13 , 25-18 at home during sophomore night. The Falcons were able start and finish strong in the match as they took a commanding lead in each of the first two sets. The third set […]
A convincing victory at home had the ECC Falcons playing one of their most complete matches of the season as they beat the Central Methodist JV Eagles in straight sets by scores of 25-10, 25-16, 25-22. The Falcons started off well and used a great defensive game to start the attack. Grace Goedde and Kayla […]
The Falcons, now 9-4, were able to beat the Lindenwood University- JV by scores of 25-11, 25-22, 25-19 in the Southwestern Illinois College Tournament. ECC was led in the attack by Cameron Hackman, who collected 9 kills in the vicotry. Grace Goedde, Abigail Ruck and McKenzie Struckhoff also contributed to the attack with the trio […]
The Falcons (8-3) returned to form by beating the Cottey College Comets in straight sets 25-20, 25-14, 25-22. A crisp passing game led by Kayla Borgerding had the Falcons back on track with a nice victory. Cameron Hackman, Grace Goedde and Elizabeth Mattli led the team in kills. Abigail Ruck had a great third set […]
A straight set sweep of St. Louis Community College has the Falcons sitting at 7-3 on the season and looking to improve overall play going into the toughest part of the season schedule. The Falcons took down the Archers with a 25-18, 25-18, 25-13 score line. Grace Goedde led the charge offensively with 10 kills. […]
The East Central Falcons, 6-3 on the season, were able to win the first match against Harris Stowe State University by scores of 25-16, 19-25, 25-21, 25-19. A couple of close sets in the end had ECC on their heels, but the Falcons rallied to end the match with good play from some of the […]
East Central College volleyball is now 5-0 on the young season, which is the best start in Coach Lisa Mathes-Peters tenure at the helm of the Falcons. Another home win against Wentworth Military Academy saw the Falcons strike quick against the Red Dragons with a score line of 25-16, 25-10, 25-18. A good defensive game […]
Two wins on the second day of the 1oth Annual Falcon Classic has Coach Lisa Mathes-Peter’s team with 4-0 record and a tournament title. The first match of the day had ECC pitted against Missouri Baptist University JV. The Falcons took the match three sets to one by scores of 25-10, 17-25, 25-17, 25-17. After […]