East Central Community College’s fast-pitch softball team is just one win away from capturing a first Region 23 championship following a 3-1 victory over Gulf Coast Community College today at Traceway Park in Clinton.

The Lady Diamond Warriors, who improved to 43-9-1under seventh-year head coach Scott Hill, will meet the winner of the Pearl River/Gulf Coast contest in the championship game set for 1 p.m. Saturday.

EC, ranked 13th in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, began the double-elimination tournament Thursday by defeating top-ranked Louisiana State University at Eunice by a 4-3 margin.

The Lady Diamond Warriors fell to Pearl River in the MACJC State Championship game last week.