September 16, 2021
The East Central Community College Warriors played a tight match with the Itawamba Community College Indians on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14. The match ultimately went in ICC's favor, 1-0, despite stellar effort from the Warriors for all 90 minutes. The loss drops ECCC to 0-5-1, 0-2 on the year and improved the Indians to 3-2, 2-0.
"We battled for 90 minutes with a good ICC team," said ECCC head coach Ethan Paschal. "An early mistake leading to a goal had us chasing the game but we're seeing improvements in important areas. We just have to keep working."
The Indians took the lead just 10 minutes into the contest, forcing the Warriors to push offensively for the remaining 80 minutes. ECCC staged numerous attacks, but just couldn't penetrate the Indian defense. Chase Graham (Vicksburg) surrendered the lone goal, but the sophomore played lights out throughout the match as he made five additional saves with several of them being diving stops.
The Warriors are back at home on Friday, Sept. 17 as the William Carey JV Crusaders make the trip to Decatur. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. and fans can watch the match live at www.eccclive.com/gold.
