NIACC sweeps Marshalltown CC

MASON CITY - The NIACC baseball team swept Marshalltown CC Sunday afternoon in an ICCAC twinbill at Roosevelt Field.

NIACC won the first game 13-3 in six innings of a scheduled 7-inning contest and completed the Sunday sweep with a 10-9 victory in a scheduled 9-inning game.

In the first game, NIACC pounded out 15 hits to score its 13 runs.

Charlie Harms was 4 for 4 with three RBIs to power the Trojan offense. It is the second time this season that Harms has had at least four hits in a game as Harms had a five-hit game against Barton CC on March 2.

Also for the Trojans, Will Couchman, Trett Joles, Sam Kwapnioski, Payton Fort and Alex Matchey all collected two hits. Kwapnioski and Fort both drove in two runs.

In the second game, NIACC hit a season-high four home runs, including a three-run home runs from Couchman and Fort in a six-run second inning.

Joles hit a solo home run in the fifth inning and Isaac Huettl hit a solo home run in the sixth frame.

NIACC took a 10-7 lead into the ninth inning, but Marshalltown CC scored two runs and had runners on second and third out before the Trojans could close the door and complete the three-game series sweep.

NIACC topped Marshalltown CC 15-4 in seven innings of a scheduled nine-inning game on Saturday.

NIACC (17-26 overall, 9-14 in the ICCAC) returns to action Wednesday in an ICCAC doubleheader at Southwestern on Wednesday.