Lady Eagles claim two big victories over Lady Lions

By Rocky Higginbotham/sports editor

Meridian Community College squeaked out a 5-4 win over homestanding East Mississippi in its Central Division opener Tuesday afternoon — then rolled to a 14-1 win in the second game to complete a doubleheader sweep in Scooba.

MCC, which is now 10-8 overall and 2-0 in division play, pounded out 12 hits and 11 runs over the final two innings of Game 2 to pull away.

"We got hot with the bats at the right time to break the game open," MCC coach Robert Eakins said. "It was just one of those things ... we just kept hitting."

Six different players had at least two hits for the Lady Eagles, who got 2-for-2 performances from Brooklyn Williams and Jennifer Bristow.

Courtney Gordon added a single and a double, Gabrielle Morgan and Shanese Hunter had a single and double apiece and Terra Moore also had two hits.

DeMiracle Biggs, Karen McCullough and Tiffany Hickman all had doubles for MCC.

Hunter, a freshman from Philadelphia, was the winning pitcher and improved her mark to 3-4. She allowed just two hits.

In the first game, Morgan (5-3) was the winner after giving up just two earned runs and six hits in a complete-game effort. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run — her second of the season.

Moore and Gordon both had a single and a double in the Game 1 win, while Chantalle Wilson had a pair of singles.

EMCC led 2-1 early and held that lead until the sixth, when MCCscored twice to go up 3-2.

The host Lady Lions answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to go back up 4-3 — but Moore delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh to provide the game-winning runs.