NIACC faces Iowa Lakes in tourney opener

CEDAR RAPIDS - The third-seeded NIACC softball team will face sixth-seeded Iowa Lakes at 4 p.m. Friday in the opening round of the NJCAA Region XI-B tournament on the Kirkwood campus.

Second-seeded Kirkwood (44-13 overall) plays seventh-seeded Ellsworth (17-37) at 2 p.m. on Friday in the double-elimination tournament.

No. 20 NIACC (28-16 overall) won all four regular season games against Iowa Lakes (17-33) this season. The Lady Trojans won 9-5 and 15-9 on March 31 in Estherville and won 13-3 and 9-1 on April 14 in Mason City.

The winner of the NJCAA Region XI-B tournament advances to district play and will face the NJCAA Region XIII winner in a 3-game series at Dawson Community College in Glendive, Mont. on May 15-16.

NJCAA Region XI-B tournament

At Kirkwood, Cedar Rapids)

Friday's games

2 p.m. (Game 1) - (2) Kirkwood vs. (7) Ellsworth

4 p.m. (Game 2) - (3) NIACC vs. (6) Iowa Lakes

Saturday's games

Noon (Game 3) - Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser (elimination game)

2 p.m. (Game 4) - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

4 p.m. (Game 5) - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser (elimination game)

Sunday's games

Noon (Game 6) - Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner - Championship game

2 p.m. (Game 7) - if necessary, if Game 5 winner wins Game 6.

NIACC's 2019 season (28-16 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)

DMACC 9, NIACC 1 (6)

DMACC 9, NIACC 8

NIACC 10, Northeast CC 0 (5)

Northeast CC 4, NIACC 3

NIACC 8, Ellsworth 0 (5)

NIACC 6, Ellsworth 0

NIACC 8, Southwestern 0 (5)

NIACC 12, Southwestern 0 (5)

DMACC 5, NIACC 3

NIACC 10, DMACC 6

NIACC 2, Ellsworth 0

NIACC 9, Ellsworth 0 (5)

Kirkwood 5, NIACC 3

Kirkwood 6, NIACC 4