Following a handful of pre-conference matches, the East Mississippi Community College men’s and women’s soccer teams will begin the MACCC portion of their 2023 schedule by playing host to Itawamba Community College Friday evening (Sept. 15) on the Scooba campus. A scheduled 5 p.m. women’s match will be followed by a 7 p.m. men’s contest at EMCC’s Sullivan-Windham Field.
Set for the school’s first soccer action since 2009, East Mississippi Community College’s reinstated soccer program will kick off the 2023 campaign this weekend on the Scooba campus.
Reunited on the Scooba campus with his former high school and junior college coach, Alejandro Pocasangre has been named assistant soccer coach at East Mississippi Community College. His hiring was announced this week by first-year EMCC head soccer coach Chris Rash.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned their third conference doubleheader sweep of the softball season by knocking off visiting Coahoma, 8-2 and 12-0, during Thursday’s rescheduled and relocated MACCC twin bill played at the EMCC Softball Field.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s golf season came to a close during this week’s fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Gulf District Championship played on the Oaks course at Dancing Rabbit Golf Club.
Former East Mississippi two-sport standout and retired EMCC administrative staff member Nick Clark was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame during Tuesday night’s 18th annual induction banquet held at the Clyde Muse Center on Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus.
East Mississippi Community College posted a fourth straight baseball doubleheader split in MACCC action by claiming a 10-7 opening-game home win over Copiah-Lincoln on Saturday before dropping a 3-2 decision to the visiting Wolves the following day at Gerald Poole Field. The twin bill spanned both days of the weekend after rain moved through the area late Saturday afternoon.
The East Mississippi Community College men’s rodeo team registered its third second-place finish of the 2023-24 season by claiming runner-up team honors at last week’s Weevil Stampede hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello. The three-day rodeo concluded Saturday evening at the UAM Diesel Training Academy.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College closed out their regular-season road baseball schedule by earning a doubleheader split with 15th-ranked Northwest Mississippi during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at Jim Miles Field. After claiming the 9-6 opener with a five-run ninth inning, the Lions dropped a hard-fought 6-5 decision to the Rangers in the nightcap.