2011

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Lady Warriors bow out of NJCCA ·play

0 Team falls in elimination game Friday After winning two ear– lier contests Friday, East Central Community Col– lege's softball team fell 2- 0 to Owens Communit y College (Ohio) late Friday afternoon in an elimina– tion game in the NJCAA Division II Softball National Championship being held in Normal, llli- nois. The state champion Lady Diamond Warriors completed the success ful campaign with a 37-15 mark under head coach Scott Hill and a ssistant

Kristin Chaney.

product of Bowie High School in Austin, 'Thxas. East Central began the double-elimination event Thursday by cruising 12-0 over Mercyhurs t North East (PA) followed by a 1- 0 setback to Kankakee of Tilin . I OlS. , The Lady Diamond War rior s began Friday's compe tition by posting wins over Sauk Valley of illinois (12-11) and Kirk– wood of Iowa {1-0). East Central finished fourth in the 2010 NJCAA Division II Softball Cham– pionship en route to a 47- 11-1 record. The Lady Diamond Warriors won the Region 23 Tournament and fin– ished state runners-up.

East Central qualified for it s second-straight appearance in the nation– al tournament by captur– ing runner -up honors in t h e Region 23 Tourna– ment held earlier this month. East Central managed just two hits in the elimi– nation game with Owens - singles each by Lauren Nicholas of Neshoba Cen– tral and Kasie Buckley, a product of Newton County High School. Taylor Bailey (32-10), who pitched her fifth game in two days , took the loss. Bailey allowed two runs on nine hits. She fanned five batters and walked one. Bailey is a

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