The NIACC softball team plays at DMACC in a doubleheader Friday starting at 1 p.m.

April 19, 2019

No. 6 NIACC plays at No. 4 DMACC

BOONE - The No. 6 NIACC softball team plays at No. 4 DMACC on Friday in key ICCAC doubleheader.

The first game is slated to start at 1 p.m.

DMACC (30-5 overall) leads the ICCAC with a 13-1 mark. NIACC (20-10 overall) is in second place with a 12-2 league record.

No. 5 Kirkwood (32-11 overall) is in third at 11-3 and No. 9 Iowa Central (28-9) is in fourth at 9-5.

NIACC won three of four games from Iowa Central. The Lady Trojans host DMACC in a twinbill on April 28 and host Kirkwood in a doubleheader on May 5.

The top two teams in the ICCAC hosts separate pods for the NJCAA Region XI tournament May 9-11.

NIACC was swept in a nonconference doubleheader by NJCAA Division I Indian Hills on Tuesday.

DMACC swept Ellsworth (7-0 and 13-1) in an ICCAC twinbill last Sunday.

DMACC's No. 1 pitcher is Josie Swafford, a freshman from Choctaw, Okla. Swafford is 14-1 with a 0.78 earned run average. She has 131 strikeouts in 89 1/3 innings pitched.

NIACC'S LEADERS

Hitting

Average - Kaci Sherwood .480, Hannah Faktor .398, Kaitlyn Carlson .356. Hits - Sherwood 48, Faktor 39, Tayler Schmidt 34. Doubles - Schmidt 9, Faktor 6, Sherwood 5. Home runs - Sherwood 9, Alyssa Laxson 8, Kristen Peka 7. RBIs - Laxson 37, Sherwood 32, Peka 29. Stolen bases - Schmidt 19, Faktor 11, Carlson 10.