2012

ECCC Lady Diamond The East Central Commun- in the top of the seventh ~nd ity College Lady Diamond the Lady Diamond Warrtor s Warriors went 6-3 in recent held on for the victory and h ti improved to 6-2. fastpitc ac on. Kelsi Watson andA.J. Peeler After splitting from ·th d with Lamar State combined led the EC offense WI a ou- ble and a single each. Brittany and sweeping reports · ad d bl East Mississippi, Pounders h a ou e. EC went 3-2 in the Northeast Sanders went the distance, Mississippi Community c.ol- allowing three runs on 11 hi~s. 1n 'tat' al at Boone· ·:tle Stats were unavailable for lege Vl ton vw O ver the weekend to bring an the 10-2 loss in the opener. k EC 8-12 11-4 record into this wee · East u 'ssisslppl 5-7 Lamar State 10-3 1 m EC 24 EC continued its dominance A bases-loaded walk in the over East Mississippi with last bottom of the sixth inning pro- Wednesday's sweep at . r Decatur. The Lady Diamond vided the winning margm or Warriors improved to 8-2 with

EC in Game 2 of the February 17 doubleheader at Decatur. EC trailed 3-1 in the sixth

the two wins.

Brittany Pounders and before rallying to take the lead Haylee Roberts had three bits for od in the matcbup that each to lea~ 'EC in the o~ener. fea~ed several lead changes. P.ounders bdo~e~e~~n~o~!:~ EC freshman Mary Sanders smgles. an o e shutdownlhe Uunarofi••"\Vairlors up Jnark to 11 -4

Kaetlyn Brown was the singled, Kelsi Watson blasted a · starting pitcher and went 4 1/3 ~ouble and two singles, and innings, allowing six earned Kaetlen Brown collected three runs on five hits. · singles to lead the offense. EC 9 Dakota Vowell had two singles. Lane College 1 Tenna Pattersonwas thewin- EO's offense was led by Ding pitcher in the five-inning Kaetlen Brown, who pounded battle, allowing one run on four a double and two singles. hits. She also fanned six. Also recording multiple hits Calhoun 3 were Kelsi Watson, Brittany . EC 2 Pounders, Dakota Vowell, and EC managed just six bits in Ha.elie Allen, ea.ch with two Saturday's loss at Booneville. singles. Haylee Roberts led the Mary Sanders was the \vin- offense with a double and an ning pitcher. She fanned seven RBI. and allowed just one run on Kaetlen Brown took the three hits Friday at Boonerville. loss, allowing three runs on EC 9 five hits in the six-inning Three Rivers 1- matchup. She fanned four and The Lady Diamond War- walked three. riors tallied four runs in the EC 1 fo urth inning and four in the Itawamba 0 fifth in cruising to the easy vic- In Saturday's shutout, Mar- tory Friday at Boonerville. Continued on 4B... Lajoya Grillln homered and See 11-4...

Lajoya Griffin bad a single and a triple and Haelie Allen had two singles. Tenna Patterson went the distance to record the win. Patterson allowed two earned runs on seven bits. In the second game, EC was cruising 7-0 until the visitors tied the contest with seven runs in the fifth. The Lady Diamond Warriors added a run in the fifth and four in the sixth to seal the victory. Pounders led the offense with a double and three sin– gles. Marlee Massey was cred– ited with three singles and three RBI. Griffin bad a pair of doubles and Dakota Vowell had a pair of singles. Griffin also knocked in three runs . Mary Sander& was the win– ning pitcher as she allowed one hit and no runs in 1 2/3 innings.

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