NIACC completes sweep of Southwestern
Game 1
Game 1
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southwestern Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
North Iowa Area Community College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southwestern Community College | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
North Iowa Area Community College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
MASON CITY - The NIACC baseball team pushed its winning streak to six games with a doubleheader sweep of Southwestern Sunday afternoon at Roosevelt Field.
NIACC topped Southwestern 12-2 in seven innings in an ICCAC contest in the first game. The Trojans won the second game 6-2 in a non-conference contest.
NIACC improved its overall record to 18-10 and 7-5 in the ICCAC.
In the first game, NIACC pounded out 14 hits to score its 12 runs. Cayden Nicoletto hit a solo home run in the second inning and Bennett McCollow hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning.
NIACC's Ben Wagner was 3 for 4, including two doubles and Jon Koehn was 3 for 4 with an RBI. Also for the Trojans, Logan Milene was 2 for 4, including a double, and two RBIs.
NIACC's Brandt Thompson (2-1) did not allow a run in six inning of work to gain the win. Thompson allowed three hits with eight strikeouts and no walks.
In the second game, NIACC and Southwestern were tied 2-2 after four innings but the Trojans scored four runs in the fifth inning to complete the four-game sweep of the Spartans.
In the fifth inning, NIACC's Logan Milene hit a two-run home run. The Trojans also received an RBI double from Cole Fuecker and an RBI single from Zach Zaetta.
Zaetta, Nicoletto, Fuecker and Noah Juliar all collected two hits for the Trojans.
NIACC returns to action Wednesday in an ICCAC doubleheader at Iowa Lakes.