No. 6 NIACC plays at No. 4 DMACC

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

April 19, 2019

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.

Pitching

Wins - Peka 12-5, Kylie Sherwood 8-4. Strikeouts - Peka 104, Kylie Sherwood 52. ERA - Peka 1.71, Kylie Sherwood 3.56.

NIACC's 2019 season (20-10 overall)

NIACC 3, Rock Valley 2

Kirkwood 9, NIACC 6

NIACC 9, Bryant & Stratton 0

NIACC 6, Rock Valley 5

Daytona State College 5, NIACC 4

Daytona State College 10, NIACC 4

NIACC 5, Eastern Florida State 3

NIACC 7, Eastern Florida State 4

Indian River State College 4, NIACC 3

Indian River State College 9, NIACC 5

Indian Hills 1, NIACC 0

NIACC 12, Indian Hills 6

NIACC 9, North Central Missouri College 0

NIACC 3, North Central Missouri College 0

NIACC 9, Iowa Lakes 5

NIACC 15, Iowa Lakes 9

NIACC 11, Iowa Central 4

NIACC 12, Iowa Central 0 (5)

Kirkwood 2, NIACC 0

NIACC 13, Kirkwood 8

NIACC 8, Northeast CC 0 (5)

NIACC 9, Northeast CC 0 (5)

NIACC 15, Iowa Central 1 (5)

Iowa Central 4, NIACC 2

NIACC 15, Southwestern 0 (6)

NIACC 11, Southwestern 3 (5)

NIACC 13, Iowa Lakes 3 (6)

NIACC 9, Iowa Lakes 1 (5)

Indian Hills 14, NIACC 1 (6)

Indian Hills 11, NIACC 3 (5)