2015
Diamond Warriors fall to No. one LSU Eunice Bangals
tion to claim a berth in the first round of the state tourna· ment May 1-2.
relief, giving up three hits and three runs in three innings of work. Six Warrior pitchers struck out eight
The Central Community College Diamond Wamors came up on the short end of a 9-2 score in a non– conference baseball game April 24 against the No. I ranked Louisiana State Uru,ersity Eunice Bengals m Eunice, La. With the loss, East Central ran... lO 2+15 overall. The Warriors had a bard time getting the bats go'ng against three LSU Eunice pitchers in the nine-inning contest, producing only six. hi
Bengal batters. East Central closed out the regular season Monday, April 27, with a dou– bleheader in Decatur against Jones County Junior College on Sophomore Apprec iati o n Day. Warrior sophomores will be honored before the firs t game , which begins at 4 p.m. The Warriors in Mi!>sissip pi Association of Community and Junior .Colleges play and in posi- are 17-9
No. 11 ranked Lady
East Central Community College freshman pitcher Chloe Thaggard gave up just one hit over seven innings as the Lady Diamond Warriors beat the Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigers 2-0 April 25 in Decatur. 1be Lady Warriors now advance to the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges State Tournament next weekend. East Central, ranked No. 11 nationally, beat Northeast 10-0 in
five innings Apnl 2-1 m the first game of the be t rno-out-0f-three first-round playoff series. 11le Lad) Diamond Warriors \\ere the ' o. 2 seed from the MACJC s. •atb Division. The Lady Diamond Warriors are now 38-8 overall. East Central will next be in action May 1-3 at the MACJC State Tournament. The location and pairings vtill be announced when all of the finl– round playoff series are COl:lpleted
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this weekend. Thaggard, a product of Leake Academy, struck out 11 Tiger bat– ters while throwing only 84 pitches. She walked one batter. Thaggard has been both the MACJC Pitcher of the Week and tho;NationalJunior College Athletic Association w:i:sn=.nal Pitcher of the
who gave up onl) four hits tO Easl Central batters. The Lady Diamond Warriors zot what would be the winning run-in the top of the fourth inoim? on an RBI single b> Caitl)n Aldous. of Petal High School. Anna Katherine Nowell of Leake Academy had a full-count. two-out double in the top of the sixth to dnve home Aldous for the game's onl> other run. The Lady Warriof" ""'Oil ~ 1 of the series 10-0 in fi\e lllniiigs.
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