NIACC men face Indian Hills in tourney opener

OTTUMWA - The NIACC men's soccer team faces Indian Hills in the opening round of the NJCAA Region XI tournament at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

NIACC (6-8-1 overall, 4-5-1 in the ICCAC) is the sixth seed for the regional tournament. Indian Hills (9-3-1, 8-2) enters the post-season as the No. 3 seed.

Top-seed Marshalltown CC and second-seed Iowa Lakes earned first-round byes in the regional tournament.

The NIACC/Indian Hills winner faces Iowa Lakes in the regional semifinals at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 in Spencer.

Indian Hills topped NIACC 3-1 in their regular season contest on Sept. 29 in Ottumwa.

SATURDAY'S PAIRINGS

2 p.m. - (5) Iowa Western (8-5-1, 6-4) at (4) Iowa Central (9-3-1, 7-2)

2 p.m. - (6) NIACC (6-8-1, 4-5-1) at (3) Indian Hills (9-3-1, 8-2)

TUESDAY, OCT. 23 SEMIFINALS

2 p.m. - Iowa Western/Iowa Central winner at (1) Marshalltown CC (15-1, 9-1)

3 p.m. - NIACC/Indian Hills winner at (2) Iowa Lakes (14-2-1, 9-1) - at Spencer

SATURDAY, OCT. 27 CHAMPIONSHIP

Highest remaining seed hosts. If a school has lights, the match is at 3 p.m. If school doesn't have lights, championship is at 2 p.m.