2005

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Brenda Derbyshire (13-5) tossed a five-hit shutout Friday night as Northeast blanked the Lady Warriors for the third straight time dating back to the 2004 season. The Lady Tigers roughed up EC starter Lindsey Smith (8-3) early as they got two-run homers from Torie Malone and Amber Hass in the first inning. Marley Smith tossed the final 6 2/3 innings. She allowed four hits and struck out five. EC, 32-4, got one double each from Joy Cavenaugh and Abby Miller and a single apiece from Kristin Chaney, Dominique Mapp. and Kotreece Bender. ECCC 3 Northwest 0 Marley Smith (17-0) tossed a thr<'c- hit shutout in Saturday's early C'limina– tion game. She struck out fiw and walked two. The Lady Warriors scored l\\icc m the third inning and once in the ~ixth. Suzanne Chaney and Kristin Chaney had RBJ singles in Lhe third framr and jennifer Smith had an RBI single in the sixth. The 33-4 Lady Warriors had fiv~ hits in the game. Also getting hits \'><'H' Abby Miller and Shelly Ferguson. Lacie McCulley (28-4) took the loss for Northwest. 33 7. ECCC 5 Gulf Coast 4 Kristin Chaney scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a fielder's choice by Marley Smith in Saturday night's elimination gamr Smith tossed a six-hitter to up hr.t record to 18-0. She struck out seven and walked three. GulfCoast took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Emily LeBlanc's solo homrr.

Hopes of a state and region champi– onship ended for the East Central Community College softball team Sunday afternoon with an by 8-1 Joss to Northeast Marty Mississippi Community Stam College. per The Lady Warriors placed third in the six-team event. Their 34-5 record set a school record for wins. ..We don't have anything to be ashamed of," ECCC head coach Scott I I ill said. 'The girls have had a heck of a year, and I'm really proud of them. We would have liked to have gone on, but that's the way it worked out." EC went 3-2 in the tournament, beat– ing Copiah-Lincoln (3-1), losing 5-0 to Northeast, beating Northwest Mississippi (3-0) and Gulf Coast (5 4) before being eliminated by Northeast. Meridian Community College then beat Northeast 4-2 in the finals to clinch its second-straight trip to the national tournament at Fort Dodge, Iowa. ECCC 3 Copiah-Lincoln 1 Suzanne Chaney hit a two-run single to put the Lady Warriors up 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth inni~g Friday after- noon. ' After Co-Lin closed to within 2-1 in the top of the sixth, Kristin Chaney added an RBJ single that drove in Suzanne Chaney with an insurance run ln the bottom of the sixth. Marley Smith (16-0) got the win, allowing one unearned run on two hits. She struck out five. EC, 32-3. had six hits with Dominique Mapp and Suzanne Chaney both getting a pair of singles. jennifer Smith and April Boyd each had one single. Northeast 5 ECCC 0

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