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complimentary. "You need great defense and good pitching to win champi– onships," Yarborough said. ECCC answered every Southwest offensive output in Friday's win. The Warriors answered the Bears' run in the top of the first inning with two runs in the bottom of the frrst, and after Southwest scored twice in the top of the fourth, ECCC tal– lied six unanswered runs for the win. ECCC increased its lead to 5-3 in the fifth inning, as Corey Coward-who led off with a dou- I bl~scored on a fielder's choice by James Harris. The Warriors scored four runs in the sixth off three hits and an error for a six-run advantage. EC 2, Gulf Coast 0 East Central Community College's James Harris broke a scoreless game with a home run, and the Warriors pulledout a win on the frrst day of the tourna– ment. ECCC defeated Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 2-0 in a pitching-dominated con- test Thursday. 1 The Warriors and Bulldogs combined for just nine hits in the nin~inning game. ECCC starting pitcher Josh Miller, who recorded the win, gave up five hits with six strik~ outs in the complet~game effort. Gulf Coast starter Miles Clark carried one hitter into the fifth inning, but after Harris' home run, the Bulldog hurler allowed four hits in nine innings. Clark had 16 strikeouts -strik– ing out the last six hitters he faced- in the loss. The Warriors recorded two hits in the sixth, the highest hit total in one inning by either team.

gles and an RBI. ECCC out-hit MDCCll-3. The Warriors advanced to a Super Regional in Fort Smith, Ark., on May 20-22. ECCC will face the winners from Region II and XVI in the three-team tour– nament. ECCC 9, Delta 7 Corey Coward ripped a single up the middle for one run and Marcus Davis scored on an error during the same play to propel ECCC to an extra-inning win on Saturday. Coward's RBI single broke a 7- run tie in the top of the lOth inning, and ECCC hung on to defeat Mississippi Delta Community College 9-7 in 10 innings in a winners' bracket game of the tournament. Cowardgave ECCC a 1-0 lead in the top of the ~inning withan RBI single. Ken Gordon of Morton increased the Warriors' lead to 3- 0 with a solo home run over the left-field wall in the top of the fourth inning. EC 9, Southwest 3 Cody Savell pitched a complete game Friday in the Warriors' 9-3 victory over Southwest Mississippi Community College (19-24) to advance in the regional winner's bracket. Savell gave up three runs off eight hits with one strikeout in the win, as the Warriors' defense didn't commit an error and ex~ cuted two double plays in the win. "The defense made all the plays today. I can't take any of the cred– it," Savell said. "The defense and hitters did it all." Coach Yarborough was just as