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ECCC Lady Diamond - WWCOF A-r.-i I $I t£(2, The East Central Community College Lady Warriors improved their stock in the MACJC South Division standings MACJC South Division Through April 8 with a rain-delayed from ~weep of llinds Commun- combined 1tyCollege last week. EC won the opener 8-3 reports Jones East Central 14-2 10-4 10-4 7-5

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and took an 8-7 nine-inning win in the second game three days later to improve to 26-9 overall and 10-4 in the division. ''I'm proud of our first round of divi– sion play," said EC coach Scott Hill. "We were 8-4 and would like to do that well or better in the second round to make sure we secure ourselves a spot in the playoffs." The top four teams from each divi– sion make the MACJC State Tourna– ment. "Right now, we're sitting in a tie for second place \vith Gulf Coast," Hill said. "If we play really. really well and keep moving up the ladder in division

play, it only helps during tournament time. The higher seed you are, the lower seed you will play from the North Division and the North is much improved this year." Last week's doubleheader with Pearl River at Decatur was postponed due to expected rain. No makeup date was determined by press deadline. In games this week, EC was sched– uled to go to .Jones on Tuesday before hosting Copiah-Lincoln on Saturday.

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Warriors rally to sweep Hinds A.J. Peeler's three-run homer high– lighted a five-run sixth inning and pro– vided EC with an 8-3 division victory over Hinds on April 2 in Decatur.

The second game of the scheduled doubltlheader was postponed until last Thur day due to inclement weather. With the key division win, EC improved to 25-9 overall and 9-4 in league play. In lhe opener, EC also got two doubles and a single from Brittany Pounders, three singies from Haelie Allen, two sin– gles (rom Lajoya Griffin, and one single each from Marice Massey, Haylce Roberts, and Tcnna Patterson. Patterson also got the win in the cir– cle, allowing three earned runs on 10 bits through seven innings. She fanned two and wl:llked one. EC Elinds See Rally, 3-B... 8 7

ECCC's A.J. Peeler snags a fly ball in shallow right field in Thursday's 8-7 wln over Hinds. Photo by Marty Stampertrhe Appeal

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