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ad War !3oth Cast Central Commnmty College and Meridian Community College entered last Wedne~day·s dou- . bleheadcr chasing· Hinds Community College in the f\.1 <\C.IC Central D1vis10~ fastpitch standmgs. It vvould be the host Lady Warriors that pulled evened with Hinds \\ ith an 11- 10. 11-3 sweep of MCC in Decatur. !3oth three-time dctcndmg Central D1v1sion ch:~mp1on FCand Ilind.; \\cnt to 6-2 in the league. In took 1 late-in 1ing com~.:back fl)r the Lady Warnors to come away with a \vin in the opener. Meridian appeared to be in control a' the Lady Eagles hammered 14 hits and took a I0-5 lead over the ti~t four innings. ,\ICC managed JUSt one more hit O\Cr the final three frame~. but still c.lr– ricd a I0-6 lead into the bottom of the ~e\ cnth after EC let!th~.. bases loadcd in tht.: sixth. The seventh inning would be a night– marc for MCC. 1-C'.., Sondreia Hillie led offwith a triple to right field and scored when Shcniquc Brass homered to center

\\',.; probabb \.0 J hd " couple pla) 40 .!>!luff tt out e\ i!l) no~ and then. but hats otrto them for hmio,l! it. ··we sho'' ed a little pattcncc m that last inmng and I'm proud we hung in there and showed a little character. "It's nice to be tied with Hinds one time through the di\ ision." MCC indeed came out hot at the plate '' ith t\torgan getting three hits and three RBI 111 her fir"t three at-bats. i'..ttahe Parker abo h 1d three hit- 111 the first four mmngs to d 1\ c m J pa1r ol run;,. \\'hnne'. Omchcnberg had a pair of double., m her fir.-. two at-'b , s MCC led b~ a., much 1 0-t Brooklyn \\til urns firu!oh.:d \\ tth t\\O htts. mcJudmg n double, \\hlle Con~tanl'c Jones had a t\\o-run double and De'Mtrade Btggs had t\\C ,mgles for the Lady f-<~gle . ln the ~('cond g, n.c. tht- L1Jy Warrtor'i JUlllp~d ou · , 4-ll t .td m t"~ first uming \\ ith Hr:> ' ~etllng nr RBl double and Chiple~ addmg an RBI sm– glc. MCC also committed three errors in the frame. ( ontinued on 48... see S\\eep...

Hunter \\alked the first two b<~tter' she fac~.:d to load the bases with no outs Lmdsey Stevens made it I0-9 w1th a ~acritice fly and Knsten Pilb.bury reloaded the bases when she heat out an intield hll when 'ln onL co ~..ri!d tir:-.t ba~c for the Lad-., bwles A \\nlk to An ~~ trp t1eJ the game and Haile) Chii : red the \\10Hing nm \lll a th ball to :>hallO\\ center field ~ Emil) Thra-;h. · The Lady Warriors played long ball in the ''in us White had a three-run homer in the third inning and StC\ens hit a solo shot in the fourth . llillic went 3-for-4 with a triple and scored three run-;. Brass also had a double and had three RBI. Erin Breland (3-3) got the win with four innings of relief of EC starter Codee R ussdl. ·We \\.:r~.. kind of shcllshockcd becaus~.: Meridian came out hitting gap– per~ ... l-C coach Scott Hill said. "The) were hittmg the ball hard. It didn't mat– ter ''hat v.e thre'' up there. they tat-