COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Emanuel County Institute’s Softball team was a swing away from forcing a winner-takes-all game three.

Saturday, ECI faced Lanier County in game two of the GHSA Class A D-II State Championship Tournament.

ECI got out to a 3-0 start thanks to a three-run homerun off the bat of Ronnee Swain-Russell.

In the seventh inning, ECI would hold onto a 7-5 lead, before Lanier’s Molly Newborn smacked a two-run homerun to left field, tying the game up heading into the eighth inning.

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A frame later, Lanier would add on three more runs, putting ECI in a do-or-die position in the bottom of the inning

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