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Lady Bears vs. East Central
11
Winner EAST CENTRAL ESTC 0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
8
SMCC Bears SMCC 23-19-0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
Winner
EAST CENTRAL ESTC
0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
11
Final
8
SMCC Bears SMCC
23-19-0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
EAST CENTRAL ESTC 2 0 0 3 1 5 0 11 12 3
SMCC Bears SMCC 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 8 9 6

W: CHLOE THAGGARD (1-0) L: Davis, Rebecca (10-9)

5
Winner EAST CENTRAL ESTC 0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
2
SMCC Bears SMCC 23-19-0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
Winner
EAST CENTRAL ESTC
0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
5
Final
2
SMCC Bears SMCC
23-19-0, 0 Region 23 MJCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
EAST CENTRAL ESTC 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 8 3
SMCC Bears SMCC 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 4

W: LACEY HILL (1-0) L: Duff, Jenna (12-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information

Lady Bears end regular season with home losses to 5th-ranked East Central

Will open MACJC playoffs Friday at Itawamba

The Lady Bears closed out the MACJC regular season, their most successful ever, Tuesday afternoon with 5-2 and 11-8 losses to the visiting East Central Lady Warriors. East Central entered the game ranked 5th in the NJCAA.
 
Despite the setbacks, the Lady Bears (23-19, 16-12) will still advance to their first-ever MACJC playoff appearance Friday and Saturday at Itawamba Community College, ranked 12th in the current NJCAA rankings. The Lady Bears enter the post-season as the 6th seeded team while Itawamba is 3rd.
 
The Lady Bears trailed 5-0 in the opener before getting on the board in the bottom of the fifth on KELCEY BREMENKAMP's two-out homer over the right field fence.
 
MCKENZIE BROCK reached on an error to lead off the Lady Bears' sixth inning and later scored on a JENNA DUFF base hit, reaching the final score.
 
MACY FULTON took the loss in the circle, allowing all five runs (two earned) on seven hits and three walks. She struck out one batter. JESSIE PENTON had a single in the game.
 
The Lady Warriors (40-7, 22-6) held a 2-0 lead in the finale before the Lady Bears scored in the bottom of the first. Brock reached on an error to start the inning and later scored on a double from Penton. AUSTIN PRUITT's ground out later in the inning allowed Penton to score and tie the game at 2-2.
 
Bremenkamp's second solo homer of the day over the right field fence, and second hit of the game, put the Lady Bears on top 3-2 after two innings.
 
The Lady Warriors then scored three runs in their half of the fourth and another in the fifth to move out to a 6-3 advantage.
 
Penton's base hit in the bottom of the fifth scored GIANCA HOLMES (on base for JORDAN FITZGERALD, who had doubled). Penton then scored on an error to bring the Lady Bears to within a run, 6-5.
 
A homer, two singles and three errors then allowed the Lady Warriors to score five runs in the top of the sixth to increase their lead to 11-5.
 
The Lady Bears made a comeback attempt in the bottom of the seventh. Brock led off the frame with a single and later scored on Duff's base hit. Penton reached on an error and later scored on a sacrifice fly from EMILY TUMINELLO. Duff then scored on a wild pitch to bring the Lady Bears to within three runs, but that would be as close as they could get as the Lady Warriors held on for the win.
 
REBECCA DAVIS took the loss in the circle, giving up 11 runs (two earned) on 11 hits and three walks. She struck out one batter.
 
KAYLA SANCHEZ had a double for the Lady Bears while Pruitt had a single.
 
Despite the losses, Lady Bears' head coach Shea Johnson said would said he thought his team did well. But, he said "you can't give great teams like that, a team ranked as high as they are in the nation, extra outs. That's the main thing we've got to cut down on. We've got to play defense behind our pitchers."
 
"I thought out pitchers did a pretty good job. We didn't keep it down in the zone as much as I would like in the second game. But, it's been a great season. We're not complaining about where we're at; we're looking at moving on."
 
"We started to get some hits" late in game two, Johnson said. "I think you build on that and go into the playoffs knowing that we played well against Itawamba (the teams split their regular-season meeting in Summit). You go up there and try to get one win first and then you go from there."
 
The Lady Bears open up the best-of-three opening round of the post-season against the Lady Indians in Fulton Friday at 4:00. Game two of the series is set for 1:00 Saturday with game three, if necessary, to follow at approximately 3:00.
 
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