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are truly appreciative for all their support." East Central, which entered the 16-team, double-elimination event as the No. 5 ~eed. bad defeated No. 8 seed Mississippi Gulf Community College 4-2 Saturday morning and needed two more wins to reach the finals. The Lady Diamond Warriors advanced to Saturday's competi– tion after defeating No. 4 seed Johnson County (Kansas) 7-2 Friday afternoon in a game delayed almost 24 hours due to the weather. EC fell 3-1 to top– seeded Kanakee (Illinois) Fnday night for its first loss after begin– ning the three-day competition Thursday with a 7-0 shutout of No.12 seed Mott (Michigan).

everyone in this program are to be commended for all their hard work and dedication in seeing that this team accomplish so many goals that we set for our– selves." Hill is also appreciative of the support shown for the Lady Diamond Warriors, who quali– fied for the NJCAA Tourney as Region 23 Tournament champi– ons. ''We have the best fans in the whole world. I want to thank those that made the trip and also those who were unable to make it but kept up with us throughout the tournament," llill said. "1 also want to thank those who Mtppurted our team Wlth their pri"t)'crs, generous contributions 1111~1 cv·i.·n ' nat ks for the tnp. We

"We owe a lot to our six sophomores for their leadership aJJ season long," said Hill. "'They are all so very humble and we will miss them so much. Coach (Kristin) Chaney and

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''We just ran out of gas," commented East Central Community College coach Scott l lill moments after his fast-pitch softballterun dmppc•d a 10-2 decision to No. 2 seed Iowa Lakt.., e.. rly Saturday afternoon in an elimjnation grune ur thl' 2010 NJCAA Division II Softball Champmnsh1p The loss represented the Lady Wurnors' fmuth contest within a 20 hour period and wndutll~d p.u ticipation in the three·day tournament hdd in Normal, Illinois. · Hill. who has led theCollege\ so It hall program for seven years, had nothing but pnusc for his hi-. tory-making Lady Warriors who fini.,hed fourth m the prestigious tournament and completed season action with a 4 7-11 record. "I am really proud of this team, although it was a little heart-breaking to suffer that loss and get put out of the tournament," Hill commented as he and team members were en route Sunday to the Decatur campus. "But after having a little time to reflect, I think it is quite an accomplishment to fin– ish as high (fourth) as we did. The two losses we suffered were to the # 1 and #2 seeds in tourna– ment, so we know we got beat by two very good teams." Hill's squad is also full of talent and two play-

ers tc('ci\Cd hun11r s in rcl'ogrution of their success duripg 1ho ~~~;un's thrrt~ v1ctnne' and two losses Jlr~hru:m shortstop KH,IC Buckley was named ns the toun,.uwnt 1 rnil··l v,tluablc offensrve phy ~,. untllftShnnn pttdil'r ·n,ytor Bmlcy wns named h• the J\IJ.' ll•trr n. •rrtent Teum. lluddt~y. n lllt~

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