2010

Lady DiamondWarriors off to torrid start National rccogmtion should come soon for coach Scott Hill and his East Ccnual Communit} College fastpitch sotlball team. which improved to 12-l– l followmg recent double- from header sweeps of East school f\.fissi'\sippi and Holmes t The Lady Diamond repor s Austin. Texas, after previously pitching - at Southeast Lauderdale. In the second contest, Bailey home– red for the EC offense, which tallied six runs in the first innmg and cruised to the five-inning victory. Buckley was the winning pitcher and improved to 7-0. ECCC S-8 East Mississippi l-1

Warrrors defeated r:ast Mississippi 5-l and 8-1 J'hursday m Decatur and Holmes by scores of 4-2 and 10-1 Saturdrt) on the Goodman campus. Aft\:r going to Mtss1ssippi Delta on Monday. the Lady Warriors are sched– uled to travel to Jones today, then host Pearl River on Saturday ECCC 4-10 Holmrs 2-1 Sophomore Brittney Cochrun and freshman Kasie Buckley both belted doubles to lead the EC offense in Saturday's opener. Both are products of Newton County High School. Fn:shman hurler Taylor Bailey got the win and impro\ed to 5-l Batley ts a product of Bowte High School ·

In Thursday's opener with East Mississippi in Decatur, Taylor Bailey slapped a double and a single, Paige Holsen of Union had two singles, and Summer Alexander of Newton County homered to lead the Lady Warrior offense. Other sluggers were Lauren Nrcholas of Neshoba Central, Brittney Cochran of Newton County, and Hannah Lee of Leake Academy, each with a single. Bailey picked up the win, as she allowed one run on one hit through 5 2/3 Continued on SB...

Paige Holsen of Union singles in ECCC's doubleheader sweep of East Mississippi.

Lauren Nicholas gave East Central Community CoUege an early 1-0 lead with this slide in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of East Mississippi Com– munity CoUege Thursday on the Decatur campus. The Lady Diamond Warriors won the opener 5-1 and cruised 8-1 in the second contest to complete the sweep and improve to 10-1-1. Nicholas, a freshman infielder, is a product of Neshoba Central High School. .: ECCCphoto T • d Central with two singles each. Other sluggers 0 rrJ ••• were Alexander and Cochran, both with a Continued from 4B... double; and Hailey Chisolm of Neshoba innings. She also fanned four batters. 4 Central and Shelby Smith of Union, both In the second game, Kasie Buckley belted with a single. two home runs and Lee homered and singled Buckley was the winning pitcher. She to lead the offense. hurled five scoreless innings and allowed Also credited with multiple hits were five hits. She also fanned four batters and N icholas and Sierra Farlow of Neshoba walked one.

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