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EC Lady Diamond Warriors sweep .SW East Central Community Col– tany Pounders of Southeast Laud· erdale scored a run.

lege's softball team arabbed a pair ofvictories over Southwest Mlssis· sippi Community College Satur· day, March 26 on the Summit cam– pus. The Lady Diamond Warriors won the opener by a 3-1 margin and held on for a 2·0 decision in the second contest. With the sweep, EC improved to 18-8 overall in 5-4 in the MACJC South DivisJOn, while the Lady Bears dropped to 10-12 and 3-7. Lauren Nicholas slapped two singles and Kasie Buckley and Taylor Bailey each doubled to lead the EC offense in the opener. Nicholas, a product of Neshoba Central High School, also scored a run. Buckley is a Newton County High School product and Bailey hails from Bowie High School in Austin, Texas. Other hitters were Abbie Joiner of Neshoba Central and Haylee Roberts of Enterprise, who had sin– gles each. Joiner also scored a run. Newton County High School product Summer Alexander was credited with two RBls and Brit-

Bailey picked up the win, allowing the one run on three hits. She fanned four batteTh and walked one. In the second victory, Pounders belted a double and single to lead the offense. She W0\5 also credited with an RBI. Other sluggers were Alexander, double; and Joiner. Nicholas, Buckley. Bailey and Roberts, sin– gles each. Alexander also scored a run and Joiner knocked in a run. Kelsi Watson of Smithville also '\COred. Bailey was again the winning pllcher. allowing just two hits in the shut-out. She fanned three bat– ters. The Lady Diamond Warriors host division foe Hinds Communi– ty College Wednesday. March 30. Game times are 3and 5 p.m. on the Decatur campus. East Central and Co-Lin will battle Saturday, April 2, in double– header action starting at 1 p.m. on the Decatur campus. The College's softball program is led by head coach Scott Hill and assistant Kristin Chaney.

EC photo Freshman outfielder/catcher Abbie Joiner slaps a run– scoring double on this effort and helped lead East Cen– tral Community College's softball team to a 5-1 victory in the first game of a twinbill with Peart River Community College last week on the Decatur campus. Joiner also belted three singles and scored a run in the MACJC South Division matchup. The Nashoba Central High School product also found success at the plate in the second contest by connecting on three singles in a 6-5 setback to the visiting Lady Wildcats. She also scored a run in the loss.

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