2014 Combined

Pau1a Me-- n Star East Central Community College's Mallory Turner reaches first on a bunt as the ball ls thrown wide to Meridian Commun ty Co cg-:: s Snelby Peavey Wednesday. Lady Warriors earn sweep ECCC bats come alive in 12-3, 13-0 wins against JJCC Reed DeSalvo The Meridian Star

"(Chaney) definitely got us pumped up," Stephens said. "She got us ready to fight." Meridian (0-13. 0-4) stranded eight runners, including leaving the bases loaded in the third. The Lady Eagles had jumped out to a 3-2 advantage with a run in the first inning and two in the fourth. "Our struggles this season has been finishing," Meridian coach Faith Robinson said. "Today, we just lost it. We let a couple of errors start a train wreck. "We have to keep fighting and learn how to finish ball games." In the first, consecutive walks to Miranda Crenshaw and Chelsea Moore gave Meridian the scoring opportunity, and Paige Gipson capitalized with a double to right that plated Crenshaw. In the the fourth, Montana Holyfield scored on Casy Bolton's single, and Paige Bowser came home on Crenshaw's bases-loaded walk. In Game 2, the Lady Warriors smashed three home runs, including a three-run shot by Beard en route to their 13-0 win. The 30-minute intermission between games did1ittle to cool down the hot

swinging bats of East Central, a.... 1e Lady Warriors scored four runs,;: the opening frame. Buckley, Beard and Karoline H ,on bac)\ each had run-scoring base-....... Stephens came around to score • wing a Meridian fielding error in the u1n :Jg. "We just told them not to relax ana not to let up," East Central assistant coach Courtney Nunn said. EC addd to their total in the '-econd after Buckley smacked a double down the left field line that scored ~lallo.r · Turner and Morgan Parker. Buck.le· eventually came around to score on Hol sonback's sacrifice-fly. Following Stephens' two-run hom r in the fourth, the Lady Warrior ta -kt-d on four more runs in the fifth when Beard smashed her three-run homer o\·er the left-center wall. Two pitches later, Stephens deposited her second homer over the same fence. "I was just seeing (the ball) well w Stephens said. East Central hosts Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Friday, while Meridian squares off again t Pearl River Community College.

MERIDlAJ\' - Hayley tephens reached base safely ix times and drove in eight run , including two home runs in Game 2, to lead East Central Commu nity College to a doubleheader sweep over Meridian Community College, 12-3 and 13-0, Wedne day at Tommr McDonald Field In the first game a three-run fifth inning, powered by tephens' three-run double, propelled th· Lady Warriors (16 4, 2-2) to victor} -lPP hen::. added two more RBI's in the 'll. ·h with a sharp single up the m1dd!~ ·bat plated Ty Buckley and Lind, ' Beard. "(In previou ga::iir:,), I've been swinging too hare and trying to do too much," Stephen.......aid. ·rroday}, I just was staying throu'!h ~he ball more." East Central bead coach Kri tin Chaney was ejected in the f •Urth inning after relief pitcher Makayla Kelly was penalized a ball for "e..~ce ....-.ive warm-up pitches.~ The ejection i'!nited a spark into the Lady Warrior..... who were trailing 3-2.

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