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Continued from 4B... bits. She also fanned. ECCC 8 Holmes 0 The Lady Warriors began state tournament competition by cruising 8-0 over Holmes on Thursday. K.asie Buckley tripled, doubled, and singled and Brittney Cochran had three singles to lead the offense. Other sluggers included Taylor Bailey with a double and a single; Summer Alexander and Hannah Lee with two singles each; and Lauren Nicholas and Morgan Malone, both with a single. Cochran also led in RBis with two. Bailey went the distance in the six-inning matchup and allowed just two bits. She also fanned three batters. ECCC 7 Co-Lin 4 Summer Alexander's three-run homer in the third inning gave the Lady Diamond Warriors a 3-2 advantage and the boost the squad needed in claiming a 7-4 win over Copiah-Lincoln in a semifmal game Friday. Other top sluggers include Lauren Nicholas with three singles and K.asie Buckley and Brittney Cochran with two singles each. Singles each were recorded by Taylor Bailey, Hailey Chisolm, Paige

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gles. Cochran was the top run producer with three ROJ Summer Alexander had a double and a single. Lauren Nicholas had a double, and Morgan Malone had a sin– gle. Taylor Bailey ( 17-6) wa-; the winning pitcher in the six-inning contest. She allowed just five hits and fanned three in the shutout. In the second game, ECCC erased a 4-0 deficit by scoring two runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth for the one-run victory. Lee Jed the otTense wtth three singles and knocked in two runs. Cochran had two singles, Nicholas had a triple, and Chisolm, Buckley, and Paige llolscn each had a single. Bailey was again the win– ning pitcher in relief and improved to 18-6 She burled three mnmgs, allow– ing three runs on five htts. She also fanned three. Buckley was the starter and allowed one run on four Continued on 68... Sec Lady Warriors...

MACJC South D1V1s1on reg– ular season (.hamp1onship with a double- from header sweep combined of ?outh~vcst reports MISSISSippi last week, the East Central Community College Lady Wamors battled their way into the MACJC state tour– nament finals at Fulton only to fall 2-0 to Pearl River in the title game. ECCC, 41-9-1, heads to Traceway Park in Clmton for the NJCAA Region 23 Division li Tournament this week where they open with the winner of the ltawamba– LSU-Eunice game Thursday at 5 p.m. Play in the double-elimi– nation tournament continues through Saturday. LSU-Eunice, 47-8, Is ranked No. I nationally. llawamba sports a 28-22 record Also m the six-team tour– nament ttre Mississippi Gulf' Cnast (~3-l :l). Pe:ul l~ i\'CI (311·18), mHI Copiuh-Linc(lln Clll·I C)·.,

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The Warriors wrapped up their 20 I0 regu– lar season with a sweep of Southwest Mississippi on Apnl 26 in Decatur. The sweep gave ECCC the MACJC South Division title. ECCC improved to 39-8- 1 overall a'nd 17-7 in league play with the two wins. Seventh year head coach Scott Hill, whose overall record at EC stands at 229- 90-1 and mcludes three MACJC Central Division titles, said he is •·especially proud'' of this year's team. "We arc excited about our season and how well the team has consistently played and persevered all year," said I'Ull. "We look forward to continuing our success in the post-season." Four players bad three hits each to lead ECCC in the opener. Hailey Chisolm, Brittney Cochran. and l l:lllnnh Lee each h:td a dou– ble und lwo singles and Knsic Bul·klcy hnd three sin- ---~-·------- Lady

Scott Hill, left, East Central Community College b ead softball coach, accepts his team's ruiUler-up award in the MACJC State Softball Tournament from Athletic Commissioner Jim Southward follow– ing the Lady Diamond Warriors' 2-0 loss to Pearl River Community College last Friday. The two-day tournament was hosted by ltawamba Community College in Fulton .

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Sheila (12-9) allowed only two baserun– ncrs to the Lady Warriors with Kasie Buckley's leadoff smgle in the bottom of the fifth breaking up a no-bit bid. It would be the only bit ofthe game for ECCC. The win gave Pearl River its first state softball title. Taylor Bailey went the distance for EC and took the loss, allowing two runs on nine bits. She also fanned eight. Hall

Holsen, and Morgan Malone. Hannah Lee was credited with two RBls. Bailey was the winning pitcher, allowing four runs on I0 bits in the seven– inning battle. She also fanned two. Pearl River 2 ECCC 0 Held scoreless for only the second time this season, ECCC fell short in iL'> qu1.'SI for a first state title in Frid.ty's charnptonship contest.