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10A • THE PHILADELPHIAN, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 ECCC Warrior Tennis Team , Defeats Pearl River, Co-Lin The East Central Commu-' tition included Walker (6-1 , defeated in their doubles nity College men's tennis 6-0), Wade (6-2, 6-3) and match also by an 8-4 team evened its 2008 Savell (6-4, 3-6, 10-6). score.

record to 6-6 after posting Losses were registered by wins over Pearl River Brown (6-3, 4-6, 5-10), Community College April 5 Moore (6-1, 4-6, 8-1 0) and in Hattiesburg and Copiah- Jones (5-7, 4-6). Lincoln Community Col- The EC women fell 8-1 to lege April 2 on the Decatur the Lady Wildcats and campus. dipped to 4-8 in season ac-

In singles competition, Warriors winning their re– spective matches included Walker (4-6, 6-2, 10-6), Brown (6-2, 6-2), Wade (6- 0, 6-1) and Jones (6-2, 6- 2). Moore and King were defeated in their matches by scores of 4-6, 6-2, 8-10 and 2-6, 0-6 respectively. In women's action, Nichole Ball of Louisville posted the only win for the Lady Warriors with her 6-3, 1-6 and 10-8 victory in singles competition. Also compet– ing in singles and their re– spective scores were Anderson (2-6, 1-6), Gaines (0-6, 2-6) and Dowell (1-6, 0-6).

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The Lady Warriors were not as fortunate and fell in both matchups. Against Pearl River, the EC men slipped past the Wildcats by a 5-4 margin after taking two of three doubles matches and split– ting the singles competi– tion. Warriors Matt Wade of For– est and Devarus Walker of Newton teamed to win their doubles match by an 8-4 score, and Lorenzo Jones of Newton and Phillip Savell of Philadel– phia cruised to an 8-3 win. Keith Brown of Forest and partner Josh Moore of Newton were edged 10-8 in their contest.

Cheryl Dowell of Lena was the lone winner for EC, as she claimed a 6-3, 6-1 vic– tory in singles. Losses were incurred by Dru An– derson of Decatur (6-2, 1- 6, 10-12) and Julie Gaines of Philadelphia (6-1 , 4-6, 7- 10). Anderson and Gaines also fell in their doubles match (4-6). The other matches were forfeits. In the matchups with Copiah-Lincoln, the War– riors claimed a 6-3 win and the Lady Warriors fell 7-1 . Walker and Wade won their doubles match by an 8-4 score and Chris King of Louisville and Jones were also victorious by posting a111 8-4 decision. Moore and Brown were

Anderson and Ball were nipped 8-6 in doubles and Dowell and Gaines fell 8-1 in their matchup. Serving as ECCC tennis !~---­ coaches are Dianne and Pat O'Neil and Kyle Wat- . 1 son. .....~Vt----

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EC players winning their respective singles compe-