Trojans face DMACC on Sunday
BOONE - Due to inclement weather, the No. 20 NIACC softball team now faces No. 9 DMACC at 2 p.m. Sunday in the second round of the NJCAA Region 11-B tournament on the DMACC campus.
Sixth-seed Iowa Lakes (18-31) faces seventh-seed Hawkeye CC (7-38) meet at noon on Sunday in an elimination game.
Third-seed NIACC (32-21) advanced to the second round of the regional tournament with a 9-1 win over Iowa Lakes on Friday. Second-seed DMACC (42-9) advanced with a 8-0 win over Hawkeye CC.
DMACC won three of the four games against NIACC in the regular season.
The Bears won 9-0 and 9-1 (both in five innings) on April 8 in Boone. On April 14 in Mason City, DMACC won 1-0 and the Trojans won 12-8.
The winner of Sunday's NIACC/DMACC game moves to the regional title game at noon on Monday. The loser of the NIACC/DMACC contest faces the Iowa Lakes/Hawkeye CC winner at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The winner of the NJCAA Region 11-B tournament advances to the district tournament May 10-11 at the site of the NJCAA Region 13 champion. The winner of the 3-game series in the district tournament advances to the NJCAA Division II World Series May 20-25 in Spartanburg, S.C.
NJCAA Region 11-B tournament
At DMACC (Boone)
Friday's results
Game 1 - (2) DMACC 8, (7) Hawkeye CC 0 (5)
Game 2 - (3) NIACC 9, (6) Iowa Lakes 1 (5)
Sunday's games
Game 3 (Noon) - Hawkeye CC vs. Iowa Lakes
Game 4 (2 p.m.) - DMACC vs. NIACC
Game 5 (4 p.m.) - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Monday's games
* Game 6 (Noon) - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
* Game 7 (2 p.m.) - If necessary.
* - Tenative.
