2008

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foe Meridian Communi– ty on April 2 by rallying for an 11-10 nail-bitter in the first contest followed by an 11-3 blowout. In the first game, EC scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh to capture the victory, eras– ing a 10·6 deficit. \ White, Stevens and Brass each homered for EC and Hillie had a triple and two singles. Brass and White led in RBis with three each. Erin Breland of Philadelphia was credit– ed with the win on the mound, as she pitched four scoreless innings in relief. She allowed just two hits. Russell was the starter and allowed eight earned runs on 14 hits. In the second game, EC tallied four runs in the first inning and four in

ti1e fifth in posting the win. White, Laura Smith and Haley Chipley ..of Carthage had two hits each to the lead the offense. White was also the top RBI producer with four. Amber Smith was the winning pitcher. allow– ing three earned runs on seven hits through the flve- inning contest. She fanned one batter and walked two. - Next up for EC is a non– division match-up with Northeast Mississippi Community College Thursday in Boone,·ille. The Lady Diamond War– riors travel to division foe Holmes Community College on Saturda~: Dou– bleheader action gets unden,·ay at noon on the Goodman campus.

White, Sondreia Hillie of Neshoba Central, Shenique Brass of Philadelphia and Allison Phillips of Leake Acade– my had two hits each to lead the EC offense, which out-hit Hinds by an 11-6 margin. Phillips was also the team top RBI producer as she knocked in three runs. Amber Smith of Union took the loss for EC on the mound, allowing four earned runs on sLx hits. She walked four batters. ECCC-Meridian The Ladv Diamond Warriors rook a pair of contests from division