NIACC women face Iowa Lakes in tourney quarterfinals

SPENCER - The NIACC women's soccer team opens quarterfinal round play in the NJCAA Region 11 Division II tournament against Iowa Lakes at 3 p.m. Saturday.

NIACC (7-8 overall) earned the fifth-seed for the regional tourament. Iowa Lakes (8-4-2) is the fourth-seed in the 9-team regional tournament bracket.

The Trojans are seeking their fourth straight opening-round win in the regional tournament. The Trojans topped Scott CC 8-0 in the first round of the 2022 regional tournament, won 0-0 and 7-6 on penalty kicks over Scott CC in the 2021 fall regional tournament and edged DCTC 2-1 in the first round of the 2021 spring regional tournament.

The seven wins by the Trojans, under first-year coach Todd Alberts, is tied for the single-season school record for wins. n the 2021 spring season, the Trojans were 7-8 and the Trojans were 7-8-2 in the 2022 season. 

Iowa Lakes topped NIACC twice during the regular season. The Lakers won 9-0 in a non-league contest on Sept. 6 in Mason City and the Lakers stopped the Trojans 3-1 in a league contest on Oct. 11 in Spencer.

The winner of Saturday's NIACC/Iowa Lakes contest faces top-seed Northeast CC, No. 8 seed Scott CC or No. 9 seed Marshalltown CC in the regional tournament semifinals on Tuesday at the site of the highest remaining seed.

NJCAA Region 11 Division II Tournament Schedule

First Round - Friday, Oct. 20
(8) Scott CC vs. (9) Marshalltown CC at Norfolk, Neb., 3 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 21
Scott CC/Marshalltown CC winner at (1) Northeast CC (Norfolk, Neb.), 3 p.m.

(7) DCTC at (2) Iowa Central (Fort Dodge), 2 p.m.

(6) Southeastern CC at (3) Hawkeye CC (Waterloo), 3 p.m.
(5) NIACC at (4) Iowa Lakes (Spencer), 3 p.m.

Semifinals - Tuesday, Oct. 24
Northeast CC/Scott CC/Marshalltown CC winner vs. Iowa Lakes/NIACC winner at highest seed

Iowa Central/DCTC winner vs. Hawkeye CC/Southeastern CC winner at highest seed 

Championship - Saturday, Oct. 28
Remaining Teams at highest remaining seed