Tennis

July 24, 2018

Both the East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams along with four players from each team have been recognized for academic success by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

The ITA announced the 2018 All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes on July 24. In all, 735 teams and 4,328 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis were honored.

The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.20 or above.

May 3, 2018

April 23, 2018

April 14, 2018

The East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams played their final regular season matches before next week’s State/Region 23 Tournament, falling to the nationally ranked teams from Meridian Community College in matches played in Meridian.

The ECCC women lost 7-2 to No. 23 ranked Meridian, while the East Central men fell 9-0 to No. 10 Meridian.

April 10, 2018

East Central Community College’s men’s and women’s tennis teams dropped a pair of matches to Hinds Community College on Monday, April 9, in Raymond.

The East Central men fell 8-1 to the No. 15 Hinds Eagles, while the Lady Warriors dropped a 6-3 match to the Hinds Lady Eagles.

A bright spot for the ECCC women was that freshman Bethany Wellerman of Newton County Academy remained undefeated in singles play in MACJC matches, said East Central head coach Jay Pacelli.

April 6, 2018

The East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams lost a pair of matches to nationally ranked Jones County Junior College Thursday, April 5, in Ellisville.

The East Central women lost a 7-2 match to the No. 15 ranked Jones County Lady Bobcats, and the ECCC men fell 7-2 to the No. 25 ranked Jones County Bobcats.

March 28, 2018

March 24, 2018

No. 23 nationally ranked Wallace State Community College (Hanceville, Ala.) beat the East Central Community College men’s tennis team 8-1, while the Wallace State women won a close 5-4 match over the East Central women Saturday morning, March 24, at Tennis Complex on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

The East Central Warriors fell to 1-9 on the spring season, while the Lady Warriors are now 5-5.

March 24, 2018

The East Central Community College men’s tennis team picked up its first win of the spring season with a 9-0 victory over Holmes Community College, while the East Central women also defeated the Holmes women 9-0. The matches were played Friday, March 23, at the new Tennis Complex on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

With the team sweep, the Warriors are now 1-8 on the spring season, while the Lady Warriors improved to 5-4.

March 20, 2018

The nationally ranked teams from Cowley College in Arkansas City, Kan., grabbed a pair of 9-0 wins over the East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams in matches played Monday, March 19, at the Tennis Complex in Decatur.

The No. 7 ranked Cowley Tigers and the No. 11 ranked Lady Tigers are playing several matches in the state of Mississippi during their spring break.

The East Central Lady Warriors fell to 4-4 on the season, while the Warriors are now 0-8.