2012

Lady Dimnond Warriors veeKOF f\:pri tiS,·1J>a. An MACJC South Division double– header sweep of Copiah-Lincoln (4-2, 10-3) last week qualified the East Central Community Col- from lege Lady Diamond War- . riors for the upcoming combmed state playoffs. reports MACJC South Division Through April 1 s Jones East Central 18-2 12-6 11-7 11-7

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EC had been swept by Jones Junior College (7-0. 1-0) earlier in the week. EC was 28-11 entering this week. This week, EC was scheduled to go lo Mississippi Gulf Coast on Tuesday, host Pearl River on Thursday, and go to Southwest Mississippi on Friday. Jones 7 - 1 EC 0-0 The Lady Diamond Warriors fired blanks in both games of the April 10 dhision doubleheader at Ellisville. EC, ranked 19th in the NJCAA Dh-ision ll poll, dropped to 26-11 over– all and 10-6 in division play with the two losses.•Jones, ranked No. 5 nation– ally, improved to 30-5 and 16-2.

In the opener, Ginger Lonergan tossed a five-hit shutout for Jones. Lonergan (14-2) had nine strikeouts. Haelie Allen, A.J. Peeler. Haylee Roberts. Brittanv Pounders. and Kaetlen Br0\\"'11 each had a singie for EC. Mary Sanders went the distance and took the loss. In gamejwo. Lauren Candies (14-3) threw a five-hit shutout for Jones. She sh·uck put three.

Brittney McBrain's sacrifice fly to center field scored Rebecca Dunn with the game's only run in the bottom of the qualify for state tourney seventh inning.

Tenna Patterson took th<' tough-luck loss for EC. She gave up two hits and two walks and fanned four. Peel<'r, Roberts, Patterson, Brown, and Lajoya Griffin each singled for EC. EC outhit the Lady Bobcats 5-2, but were unable to put runs on the board. EC 4-10 Copiah-Lincoln 2 - 3 EC clinched a playoff berth with Saturday's sweep at Decatur. The Lady Diamond Warriors improved to 28-11 overall and 12-6 in the MACJC South Division with the two wins. In the fil·st game, Kelsi Watson's solo homer followed by AJ. Peeler's two-run double and Haelie Allen's REI– single in the fifth inning broke open a scoreless contest and gave EC a 4-0 advantage. Co-Lin responded with two runs in See Qualify, 3-B...

ECCC shortstop Brittany Pounders snares a ground ball during recent action.

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