EC wins on "Lulu Night"

It was "Lulu Night" for the
East Coweta Lady Indians as
senior Lindsay "Lulu" Warren
was honored on Senior Night

SHARPSBURG-Thursday night may have been “Lulu Night” on the East Coweta softball field, but it was a freshman and two sophomores who did the offensive damage in a 9-0 win over the Chapel Hill Lady Panthers.

The win improved the Lady Indians overall record to 21-4 as they begin play next Tuesday at home in the Region 2-AAAAAAA Tournament with a game against the Westlake Lady Lions.

Marking the evening was Senior Night or in this case Lulu Night as the Lady Indians’ only senior Lindsay “Lulu” Warren was honored in her last regular season game before starting a collegiate career at Georgia State University.

The Lady Indians took the lead with two outs in the bottom of the second inning as Hanna Miller walked and Caison Byars singled before Caroline Lively reached on an infield error that allowed Miller to score.

Byars would give EC a 2-0 lead when she came home on a single off Chapel Hill starter Kira Morgan by Carmen Prior.

The Lady Indians threatened top add to the lead in the bottom of the third with two outs as Rachel Vaughan was hit by a pitch and Ashlynn Gunter reached on a walk but Morgan was able to leave the duo stranded after a strikeout ended the frame.

After recording the first out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Morgan ran into trouble as Lively reached on a walk and while Prior single and both runners moved as the left fielder misplayed the hit.

On her night, Warren came to the plate and the senior hit a ground ball to third but the ball was mishandled and she beat the throw to first while Lively came home to increase the lead to 3-0.

A single by Olivia Davis scored Prior from third then Kelley Lunch came to the plate and drilled the first offering she saw from Morgan and deposited the ball over the center field fence for a three-run home run and a 6-0 lead.

Lynch’s home run resulted in a pitching change as Kira Morgan was replaced by her sister Ashley on the rubber with Vaughan coming to the plate.

Ashley Morgan would also be victimized by her defense as Vaughan hit a ground ball in the infield that was mishandled and the junior pitcher would reach first on the play.

Lindsay "Lulu" Warren is shown at third during a game at Campbell recently
getting ready to score a run. Warren scored a run, recorded an RBI and caught
the final out of the game Thursday to preserve a 9-0 win.

After the second out of the frame was finally recorded, Miller followed with a single and on the play a throw got away from third which allowed courtesy runner Krys Odum to score and allow Miller to reach third.

Miller scored the final run of the game as Byars lined a double to give the freshman her second hit of the night.

The 9-0 advantage was more than enough for Vaughan who gave up a pair of singles to start the game before a caught stealing, a strikeout and a flyball to end the top of the first inning.

Vaughan, who tossed a three-hitter Wednesday night against Northgate, had a little trouble against Chapel Hill but got help from her defense to preserve a shutout that she shared with Lynch who took over with one out in the top of the fifth inning and two runners on base.

Lynch retired Bella Caricari on a strikeout and Paige Vincent hit a ball that was appropriately caught by Warren the senior that ended the game.