COLONIA, N.J. – In an East Coast Conference regular season finale for the books, Mercy came from behind to defeat Molloy in a five-set thriller on Saturday afternoon en route to claiming the 2025 ECC Women’s Volleyball Regular Season Championship and the top seed for this weekend’s 2025 ECC Women’s Volleyball Championship. No. 1 Mercy, No. 2 Molloy, No. 3 Daemen, and No. 4 D’Youville will compete for the ECC crown and the conference’s AQ into the NCAA Championship this Friday and Saturday, November 21 and 22, at Mercy University’s Judge Athletic Center in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Each match of the championship will be streamed live on FloCollege. 

Ticket prices are $10 for general admission adults and $5 for students (with ID), senior citizens and children 5 and up; children under 5 are free of charge. In addition, cash will not be accepted, so walk-up tickets at the venue still must be purchased through tickets.eccsports.org.

2025 ECC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL

The No. 1 seed Mercy Mavericks (18-4, 11-1 ECC) are back in the tournament for a sixth straight year. The Mavs have won the ECC Championship three times (from 1999-01) and reached the ECC Championship Final last year for the first time since 2005. 

Back in the postseason bracket for a seventh time in the last eight seasons are the No. 2 seed Molloy Lions (17-8, 10-2 ECC). The Lions have appeared in the ECC Championship Finals five times in the last seven seasons and won it all in 2017 and 2019. 

Daemen (12-13, 8-4 ECC) earns the No. 3 seed after winning three of its last four conference match-ups of the regular season. The Wildcats have won four of the last six ECC Championships (2018 and 2021-23) and have appeared in five of the last eight ECC Championship Finals. 

Defending champion D’Youville (10-15, 5-7 ECC) earns the No. 4 seed as the Saints make their second consecutive ECC Tournament appearance. DYU upset top-seeded Daemen, 3-2, and third-seeded Mercy, 3-1, last year to win the program’s first-ever ECC Championship… as the No. 4 seed. 

The Mavericks and Saints will meet at 4:00 PM on Friday in the first of two semifinals that evening. Mercy defeated D’Youville at home, 3-0, on October 11 but the Saints went on to hand the Lions their only conference loss of the season in a five-set nailbiter up in Buffalo, N.Y. on November 8. 

The Lions and Wildcats will meet at 6:30 PM in Friday’s second semifinal. Molloy swept Daemen in the regular season with a 3-1 road win on September 27 and a 3-0 home win on November 1. 

The winners of those match-ups will meet on Saturday evening at 5:00 PM in the 2025 ECC Women’s Volleyball Championship Final.

2025 ECC Women's Volleyball Championship
Semifinals - Friday, November 21
4:00 PM – No. 4 D'Youville vs. No. 1 Mercy
6:30 PM** – No. 3 Daemen vs. No. 2 Molloy
**or 60 minutes after conclusion of first semifinal

Final - Saturday, November 22
5:00 PM – Semifinal winners