2014 Combined

ECCC softball concludes 2014 season DECATUR - The 2014 season has ended for the East Central Commu nity College fa<;t-pitch softball team which dropped a best-of-three series v.;th Itawamba Community College Fnday and Saturday on the Fulton campu-.. The Lady Diamond Warriors began the po-.l-..,eason competition with a 4-2 \o, ... Frida>'• and evened the series with a 5-3 \;ctory Saturday afternoon. E wa-. out-.cored 8-4 in the third and deciding contest late Saturday. In the first contest, Karoline Hol- ' onback led the offense with two sin gle:.-and an RBI. Holsonback is a r uct of South Lamar (Ala.) High ~ '>Ol. ther hitters were Haley Stephens of Union. two singles; and Ty Buckley of Ne::-hoba Central Lindsey Beard of Clarkdale, Morgan Porter of Enter pri. e and Kaylin Hopkins of Louisville, singles each. Runs were scored by Buckley and Beard. From school reports

Kendra Wilson took the loss. She allowed two earned runs on six hits fa~ned ~o batters and walked four.' Wilson is a product ofSouth Lamar (Ala.) High School. In the win o ·er Itawamba, Mallory Turner led the offense with three hits and an RBI. Turner is a product of West Lauderdale High School. Other run-producers were Stephens. double and two RBis; Hol sonback, RBI double; and Anna Kath~rine Nowell of Leake Academy two singles and one RBI. ' Other hitters were Beard, Hopkins and Amber McBroom ofBrandon sin gles each. ' Runs were scored byTurner Port~r, Buc.kley, Beard and No~ell. Wilson picked up the win. She allowed two earned runs on six hits fanned a b~tter and walked a pair. ' • In the th1rd and deciding contest th~ home standing Indians never ' traded after scoring two runs in the first stanza. Turner collected two hits and knocked in a run to lead the offense . Other sluggers were Porter, two · smgles; and Stephens, Beard, Holson back, Nowell and McBroom singles each. ' Runs were scored by Porter Nowell, Hopkins and Christen'Benson See Eccc on page B2 - - - - -

Top-seed Itawamba completed the regular season with a 33-10 mark and led the MACJC North Division at 21-3. The Lady Indians were ranked 17th in the latest NJCAA Division II poll.

The Lady Diamond Warriors, who finished the regular season with a 32-14 mark and 17-11 record in the MACJC South Division, qualified for the playoff series as the South# 4 eed.

hits. She fanned five bat ters and walked seven. Makayla Kelly pitched 1 1/ 3 innings. She allowed one hit and walked a batter. Kelly is a product of Nederland (fexas) High School.

ECCC fro mpage B 1 of Brookhaven. Wilson took the loss. She hurler 4 2/3 innings and allowed seven earned runs on seven

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