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EC women end A third-place finish in the 6, 2-6) in a tough match .

season (2-6, 2-6 ) in second-round action. Burnett and Bridgett Stamper defeated Flynt/Anderson of Pearl River(6-l, 6-2) prior to falling to Joy/Johnson of Co-Lin (2-6, 2-6) in semi-frnal action. The Lady Warriors complet– ed regular season competition by winning eight of 12 matches. The Warrior tennis team will compete in the state tour– nament competition April 28- 30 at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville.

Region 23 and state tennis championships held recently in Tupelo capped one of the most successful campaigns in recent memory for the East Central Community College women's tennis team. The Lady Warriors, led by Coach Jay Bowen, compiled 11 points in the three-day tourna– ment and shared third-place honors with the Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats. Co-Lin won the tennis crown with 26 points, followed by run– ner-up Itawamba with 23 points. Also participating were Pearl (9), Northeast (8), Hinds (7), Southwest (3), Gulf Coast (2), Holmes (0) and Northwest (0 ). Two members of the ECCC squad, Haley Chance and April Foley, were among the top– seeded singles and doubles players in the annual event. In the singles competition, Chance fell in second-round action to Pearl River's Nicole Shepard (2-6, 4-6); Foley defeated Meghan Mason of Gulf Coast (6-3, 6-2) in second– round action before falling to Pearl River's Pamela Miller (0- 6, 6-2, 3-6) in the semi-finals. Jessica Weeks fell to Courtney Shivers of Co-Lin (0- 6, 5-7) in second-round action; Kasey Comans defeated Charlsie Whetson of Southwest (0-6, 6-0, 6-4) in first-round action and beat Melissa Rimes of Hinds (6-4, 6-2) in round two _ before falling in the semifinals

Kristi French fell to Tammy Case of Co-Lin (0-6. 2-6) rn sec– ond-round competition; and Brandy Burnett defeated Ma~:ie Singleton of Hinds 6-1. 6-3) before falling to Jennifer Garrett of Itawamba (6-1. 2-6, 0-6) in semi-finals . In doubles action, Chance and Foley defeated Cutshall!Freeman of Northeast (6-7, 6-4, 6-4) before falling to Fagan/Bishop of Itawamba (0- 6, 2-6) In the semifinals ' Weeks and Comans fell to Shepherd/Creely of Pearl River

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