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East Central takes division:pair fro By Marty Stampe r Special to The Star DECATUR -The East defensively and offensively." In the opener, the Lady

East M·ississippi retired 13 in a row from the first through the fifth innings. ECCC had 11 hits with rule double by Smith.

and allowed one walk and no hits in five innings in the opener. In the second game, she gave up two hits and fanned eight with no walks. "I think we came out focused and ready to play," ECCC coach Scott Hill said. "I was hoping that would be the case with this being two... division ball games. "We hit the ball 'well and I can't say enough about Kady Chandler doing a great job for us on the mound. She kept them off-balance and got some strikeouts. I can think of two real big strikeouts where it looked like they might score a run here or there. I'm real proud of her effor t "And I'm real proud of us

ECCC took a 7-0 lead in the fifth as White Jed off with a ground-rule double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Thomas. Lindsey Stevens ended tht game with a solo blast to left field to lead off the bottom ot the sixth. Nicole Lanthier took tht' loss. The Lady Lions' only hit was a single by J

Kayla Mullinax made it 4- in the fourth as she single• and scored ~n a fielder' choice by Kennedy. Amechia Hickmon brok· up the shutout as she led of the top of the seventh with : solo homer to left field. ECCC had 11 hit witl Stevens and Mullinax botl getting three. EMCC's only other hit wa: a single by Ashlyn Grossie t1 lead off the game. Ashle~ Clark took the loss.

Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Loren Kennedy beat out a bunt single, moved up on a single by Shenique Brass, and scored when Brass got caught in a rundown on a double steal. The Lady Warriors broke the game open with five runs in the third. Sondreia Hillie hit a two-out·single and Brass followed with a two-run homer to left field. After a walk to Whitnee White, Laura Smith, Candace Griffin, Tiffany Thomas and jessica Shannon delivered consccu tive singles with Griffin driving in one run and Shannon plating two.

Brass and White both getting two. Each offensive starter had at least one hit. The Lady Warriors went up 2-0 in the first inning of the second game as Kennedy led off with a single and scored when Hillie doubled. Hillie scored on a ground out by Brass. Brass made it 3-0 in the third as she doubled and scored on a two-out ground-

Central Community College Lady Warrior<; got solid per– formance~ in all three phases ol tht· game as they poked thdr no~e~ above .500 with an 8·0, 4-1 MACJC Central Divisi1m sw(•f•p of East Mis– t'issippi Community College Sa lu relay. ECCC improved to 16-14 ovcrull nnd 4-0 in the Central Pivi~ion. EMCC dropped lo il- lli and 1-5. In the two games, ECCC vot twu strong pitching per– forular~t:e~ from Kady Chan– dl('l", bang('(! out 22 hits and committed just one error in 13 innings. Chandler struck out seven

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