2004

WEEK OF dO\ch '?

ECCC softball team wins three Lady Warriors now 4-2; Warrior baseball team splits two with Jones Tuesda) but no re:.ults were available The Warrior' were slated to ho't Wabash (Ill.) Valley College Monda) and go to Souihwcst Tuc~da) before rcturnmg home to cntcttain Itawamba on Saturday.

Southwe t out-hll ECCC 13-6, with Lauren Barren (0-2) taking the Joss. Against Jone:.. the Lady Warrior\ staged a six-run rail) in the top of the seventh inning to give themselves a big cushion in the 11-3, opening-game win. Former Philadelphia standout Jhaun Spamecht had a pair of doubles and Smith (3-0) got the wm on the hill. Lisa Wolf (1-0) w~ the winning pitcher in game two. • ECCC baseball: The Warriors split two games with Jones last week, winrring 8-2 in the opener of a double– header before falling 3-2 in the second contest. ECCC. which is 5-6 overall, was scheduled to play Gulf Cow.t last

By ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM Sport.\ Editor ------ The East Central Community Col– lege softball team won three of its four contests la\t week. The Lady Warriors split a double– header la~t Monday at home against Southwest Mississippi, winning 5-2 in the rughtcap after dropping a 6-2 deci– sion in the opener. But EC and first-year head coach Scott Htll rebounded on Thursday. :,\\Ceping a t\\tnbtll from Jones Coun– t) Junior College by scores of 11-3 and +3. The Lady Warriors entered this \\eek " th a +2 record, and were to Vt,tt Snuth\\Cst Monday. They'Ll go to htghl) outed Pearl River on Friday before taking an 11-day break. In l~t ~1onday's twinbill against Southwest. EC\ Marley Smith of Lruon pteked up the win in the second game. In the opener, the Lady Bears <;cored three times m the top of the fifth to break a scoreless tic.

In the split against Jones. the .War– riors ~cored four timc5 in the fifth inning to break open a close game and take an 8-2 win in the opener. Mario Thomas and Dexter Sellers both had a single and a double for ECCC, while Brent McMillan picjecond game, Hunter John– son wa~ the tough-luck loser. a:. Jones scored three times in the bouom of the thtrd mning and held on for a 3-2 \\in.

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