NIACC's Ollie Yuhas delivers a pitch in last weekend's home series against Iowa Lakes.

May 8, 2024

NIACC faces No. 4 Iowa Central in tourney opener

FORT DODGE - The NIACC baseball team begins NJCAA Region 11 tournament play against Iowa Central at Harlan Rogers Park.

Game time Thursday is set for 2:30 p.m.

NIACC (23-30) enters the six-team regional tournament as the No. 6 seed. Iowa Central, which is ranked fourth in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, earned the third-seed for the regional tournament.

No. 6 Kirkwood (42-13) is the top seed for the regional tournament and No. 10 Southeastern (41-15) is the No. 2 seed. Kirkwood and Southeastern received first-round byes and don't play until Friday.

Iowa Central won the three-game series against NIACC, 2-1. Iowa Central won 5-4 and 10-6 and the Trojans claimed a 8-6 victory.

The winner of the NIACC/Iowa Central game faces Southeastern at 11 a.m. Friday. The NIACC/Iowa Central loser plays the Northeast CC/DMACC loser at 6 p.m. Thursday.

NJCAA Region 11 tournament

(At Harlan Rogers Park, Fort Dodge)

Thursday's games

Game 1 - 11 a.m. - (4) Northeast CC (34-22) vs. (5) DMACC (30-23)

Game 2 - 2:30 p.m. - (3) Iowa Central (44-11) vs. (6) NIACC (23-30)

Game 3 - 6 p.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (Elimination game)

Friday's games

Game 4 - 11 a.m. - (2) Southeastern (41-15) vs. Game 2 winner

Game 5 - 2:30 p.m. - (1) Kirkwood (42-13) vs. Game 1 winner

Game 6 - 6 p.m. - Winner Game 3 vs. Game 4/5 loser (Lower seed of the Game 4/5 losers will play in Game 6)

Saturday's games

Game 7 - 11 a.m. - Winner Game 6 vs. Game 4/5 loser (Higher seed of the Game 4/5 losers will play in Game 7)