February 26, 2022
The East Central Community College Lady Warriors made the trip to Brandon on Saturday, February 26, to play a doubleheader in the Hinds JUCO Classic. The Lady Warriors entered the day 8-6 overall after splitting a pair of games against Marion Military Institute late in the week. ECCC started their day with a matchup with Calhoun Community College before facing Coastal Alabama-North for their fifth time this season. ECCC split the two games, defeating Calhoun 8-2, before falling to Coastal Alabama-North, 9-4. With the split, ECCC moved to 9-7 on the year.
Game One vs Calhoun Community College | W, 8-2
The Lady Warriors overcame an early 2-0 deficit in the first game of the day as the Calhoun Lady Warhawks, playing as the home team, took advantage of some early walks in the bottom of the first.
ECCC responded in the top of the third with an RBI double from Emily McDonald that scored Mattie Hodge. Jayce Currie followed with an RBI single just before Meadow Villarripped an RBI double to put ECCC on top, 3-2.
McDonald kept her hot bat going in the fourth with another RBI double that plated another two Lady Warrior runs. An error in the fifth pushed another ECCC run across the plate. Villar added another run with a towering solo homer to left to lead off the seventh. An error later in the frame hand the Lady Warriors the last run of the contest.
Rae Rae Evans led the Lady Warriors to victory from the circle as she checked in in the first inning and threw seven innings. She allowed one hit, surrendered zero runs, and struck out three. Caroline Jackson got the start and gave up two runs on one hit.
Villar led the way at the plate with three hits, while McDonald's three RBIs were a team-high. Hodge joined the pair with a multi-hit game.
Game Two vs Coastal Alabama-North | L, 9-4
The familiar foes went toe-to-toe on Saturday with the Lady Eagles leaping out to a 2-0 lead after a single and fielder's choice RBI in the first. Coastal got another in the bottom of the third, but ECCC was quick to knot the game at 3-all with a two-run homer from Mcdonald followed by a solo shot from Taylor Pittman in the top of the fifth.
Coastal hit right back in the bottom of the frame with a pair of runs before adding four insurance runs in the sixth.
Makayla White took the loss in the circle as she lasted one and two-thirds innings, allowing six hits and four runs while striking out one. Currie got the start on the rubber and went four and a third innings, allowing five runs on six hits, striking out two, and walking one.
Hodge, Shante' Beaulieu, and Pittman all posted multiple hits in the loss, while McDonald drove in two runs.
Up Next
The Lady Warriors return to 'The Mound' in Decatur on Monday, March 7, for a doubleheader against Lansing Community College for their last non-conference games of the year. The games start at 4 and 6 p.m.
