2007

Lady Warriors swee Miss. Delta in fast-pitch The "bats" came alive for the East five innings of work. She fanned Central Community College fast- seven batters and walked four. pitch softball team \vhich pounded Stevens hurled two-thirds of an Mississippi Delta Community Col- inning and Schmidt. one-third. Nei– lege 9-1 and 13-1 in doubleheader ther allowed a hit. action held Thursday on the Moor- In the second contest, Brass led the head campus. offense with a double, two singles Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston on March 5. EC fell6-0 in the opener and rallied for a 12-8 decision to earn the split. Only three Lady Diamond War– riors managed hits against Gulf Coast in the shut out, as Kennedy; Schmidt and White recorded singles· each.

The Lady Diamond Warriors. who and three RBis. Other sluggers were improved to 7-9 under fourth-year Griffm, double and single; Schmidt, head coach Scott Hill following the two singles; Hillie, two singles and sweep. registered 11 hits in the open- .one RBI; KaylaMullinax of Stringer, er and collected 15 hits in the second two singles; Jessica Shannon of contest. Carthage, two singles and one RBI; Leading the EC offense in the 9-1 and Lindsey Little of Newton Coun– victory were Sondreia Hillie of ty and Kimbo Seale of Clarkdale, Neshoba Central, home run, double singles each. and six RBis: Loren Kennedy of Chandler picked up the win for Union. three singles; Shenique EC. as she allowed no runs on two Brass and Candace Griffm, both of hits through three-and-two thirds Philadelphia. double and single innings. She fanned two batters and · each; Lindsey Stevens of Newton w~lked three. Stevens pitched one County, double; and Whitnee White inning. allowing one run on two hits, of Neshoba Central. single. Brass, and Mullinax was on the mound for Griffm and White also collected an one-third of an inning. RBI each. Kady Chandler of Neshoba Cen- EC-Gulf Coast tral was the winning pitcher, as she The Lady Diamond Warriors split allowed one run on six hits through a doubleheader with Mississippi

In the second contest, EC rallied from a 3-0 deficit in grand style by exploding for 10 runs in the fourth inning and held on to gain the split. The EC offense accounted for 12 hits in the victory; .with four Lady Diamond Warriors blasting home runs. Smith led EC at the plate with a home run, two singles and two RBis. Other top sluggers were Hillie, home run, single and four RBis; and Brass and Griffin, who each homered, sin– gled and collected two RBis. Kennedy. Schmidt and Tiffany Thomas of Union added singles each. Chandler picked up the win as she allowed eight runs on 13 hits.

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