The pandemic not only has affected Forest Park’s faculty, staff and the general student population but also several STLCC’s athletic teams in the 2020-21 season. In July, the NJCAA, the sanctioning sports body for community colleges, decided to move many fall sports to the spring semester.
This affected men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams, all of which are playing condensed schedules.
In addition, STLCC student-athletes have had to adjust to the health and safety protocols that are in place to minimize the risk of contracting COVID-19 and adapt to new styles of learning in their courses.
Fans aren’t yet allowed at STLCC basketball games, but both the men’s and women’s teams put on exciting performances in a doubleheader March 1 at the Forest Park gymnasium. The men broke open a tightly fought contest late to defeat the No. 2-ranked NJCAA Division II team and previously unbeaten Arkansas State University Mid-South 68-57. The Archers got 15 points from David Jones and 14 each from Doreante Tucker and Ahian Barnett to improve to 7-5.
The STLCC women’s team fell to 4-4 after losing 59-58 to No. 8-ranked ASU Mid-South. Kierra Winkeler scored 22 points, Courtney Lumpkins had 15 and Makayla Williams added 11 to lead the Archers.
