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Lady Warriors r start hot, finish fourth i h ,Div. II "We just ran out of

suffer that loss and get put out of the tourna– ment," Hill' commented as h e 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 finish as high (fourth ) as we did. "The two losses we s uf– fered were to t he #1 and #2 seeds in tournament, so we know we got beat by two very good teams." Hill's squad is also full of talent and two players received honors in recog– nition of their success during the team's three victories and two losses. Freshman shortstop Kasie Buckley was named as the tournament's most valuable offensive player and freshman pitcher Taylor Bailey was named to the All-Tournament Team. >- See ROAD on 6A l

gas," commented East Central Community Col– lege coach Scott Hill moments after his fast– pitch softball team dropped a 10-2 decision to No. 2 seed Iowa Lakes early Saturday afternoon in an elimination game of the 2010 NJCAA Division II Softball Championship. Th e loss r epresent ed the Lady Warriors' fourth contest within a 20-hour period and concluded par– ticipation in the three-day tournament held in Nor– mal, Illinois. Hill, who has led the College's softball program for seven years, had noth– ing but praise for his his– tory-making Lady War– riors who finished fourth in the prestigious tourna– ment and completed sea– son action with a 47-11 record. "I am really proud of this team, although it was a little heart-breaking to

East Central pitcher Taylor Bailey, pictured in action from earlier in th e season, mowed down Mott Community College on Thursday in the NJCAADivision ll title tournament in Normal, lli. EC finished fourth .