No. 14 Trojans sweep Northeast CC

• Trojans push win streak to 10 games
• Sloan, Kellar pick up wins
• Trojans face No. 19 Iowa Central on Friday

NORFOLK, Neb. - The No. 14 NIACC softball team opened its ICCAC season with a pair of wins Thursday against Northeast CC.

NIACC (17-9 overall, 2-0 in the ICCAC) won the opener 8-3 and won the second game 9-0 in five innings.

NIACC has won 10 straight contests dating back to March 9 when the Trojans dropped a 5-1 decision to Johnson County CC. The 10-game win streak is the longest since the Trojans won 10 straight games to begin the 2023 season.

In the first game, NIACC received home runs from Ally Wall and Katie Riesselman as the Trojans won for the ninth straight time. Wall was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Riesselman was 2-3, including a double to go with her home run and two RBIs.

NIACC's Ella Trenkamp was 3 for 4, including two doubles, and three RBIs.

NIACC's Izzy Sloan (7-3) gained the win in the circle tossing a complete-game three-hitter. She held the Hawks to one earned run with a career-best 11 strikeouts.

Sloan's previous career-high strikeout total was 10 three times. She struck out 10 batters on March 11 in the second game of a twinbill against NDSCS and also struck out 10 batters twice during her freshman campaign.

In the second game, sophomore right-hander Macy Kellar (6-3) tossed a complete-game shutout. Kellar, which allowed two hits, struck out six.

It was Kellar's second shutout of the season and fifth of her career. Kellar also blanked Labette CC 9-0 in five innings in the first game of a doubleheader on March 12.

Riesselman drove in four runs and Makayla Wirkus drove in three runs. Wirkus, Wall and Camryn Dilla all collected two hits.

NIACC returns to action Friday in a doubleheader at No. 19 Iowa Central (19-2 overall). The first game in Fort Dodge is slated to start at 2 p.m.