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had its share of excite- Women's ~ournament has ment. The ECCC faithful that made the trip from Decatur, Miss., have been treated to two strong efforts from their team. The Lady Warriors and coach Sammy Pace, who are spending their spring break here, have played hard in an opening-round loss and in a second- round win. After the first loss, Pace said his team would not give up. "We're not going to let this loss send us into oblivion,"he said. And instead of oblivion, the LadyWarriors have got a shot at eighth place;, the highest finish for a Mississippi team since 1990when Northwest Mississippi finished - - eighth. Northeast Mississippi 1 won the tourney in 1987. After Fridav's win. Pace said he &d his hlay- ers felt relieved to have won a game here, that the win means they deserve to be here. But, as Pace said, many good teams who deserve to be here don't win even once. Like Florida. And man good teams that make t i e NCAA Tournament leave with- out a win, like California. And like the NCAA Tournament, the players for the teams in the NJCAA Tourney play their hearts out. And like the NCAA Tournament, one has to feel sorry for the young women who get those hearts broken. hron Dew is a spartm d a r for Tho Morldkn Star.