September 7, 2017
Tanner Lindsey (No. 20 in white) prepares to head in the first goal of the day for East Central in a 3-3 tie with Itawamba. The assist came off the foot of sophomore midfielder Jacob Thomas. (EC Photo)
September 2, 2017
The East Central Community College men’s and women’s soccer teams opened 2017 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges North Division play Friday, Sept. 1, but with mixed results.
The ECCC women opened with a 2-0 loss to the unbeaten Lady Bulldogs.
The match was scoreless until the 47th minute when Kendal Walsh got Holmes on the scoreboard. Sarah Donahoo added another Lady Bulldog goal eight minutes later.
August 27, 2017
Aubree Patterson netted the game-winning goal to give the East Central Community College women’s soccer team its fifth straight season-opening win, a 1-0 shutout of Motlow State Community College Saturday, Aug. 26.
The match against the Lady Bucks from Tullahoma, Tenn., was played on the Meridian Community College campus in Meridian.
Patterson, a sophomore midfielder out of Richland, found the net with 41 minutes left to play in the first half for the only score in the match.
August 21, 2017
July 20, 2017
Two-Time NCAA National Championship-Winning Soccer Coach to Present Clinic at ECCC
Randy Waldrum, who won more than 475 matches and two NCAA Division I National Championships as a college soccer coach, will present a Coaches Clinic, Saturday, Aug. 12, at East Central Community College in Decatur.
The clinic will be held at the ECCC Soccer Complex on the north end of campus. The cost for soccer coaches to participate is $50.
January 19, 2017
Tryouts for the 2017 East Central Community College women’s and men’s soccer teams will be held on the Decatur campus, announced head soccer coaches Gray Massey and Kenneth Thompson.
The men will hold their tryout on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. The women will hold their tryout on Friday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. Registration will be held at the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building beginning at 1 p.m.
January 5, 2017
December 8, 2016
Two East Central Community College women’s soccer players signed National Letters of Intent Wednesday, Dec. 7, to continue the careers at Mississippi College in Clinton.
Defender Gabby Gross, a product of Lewisburg High School, and goalkeeper Kaitlyn Knuth, a product of West Lauderdale High School, will remain teammates on the Lady Choctaw’s women’s soccer team.
October 26, 2016
The East Central Community College women’s soccer team ended its season after falling 1-0 to Pearl River Community College in overtime of the quarterfinals of the MACJC playoffs Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Bailey Stadium in Decatur.
Coach Gray Massey’s East Central squad finished the season 12-4 overall and 6-2 in the North Division.
This year’s team had the best start in school history at 9-0. The women have finished in the second place in the MACJC North Division three years in a row.
October 20, 2016
The East Central Community College women’s soccer team finished regular season play on a high note with a 6-0 win over Hinds Community College Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Soccer Complex on the Decatur campus.
Sophomore Kenzie Jenkins of McLaurin High School began the scoring for ECCC off an assist by TaNissa McNair of Forest High School.
Defender Gabby Gross of Lewisburg High School added another first half score for East Central.
