WATERLOO – The NIACC baseball team plays Iowa Central at 7 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the NJCAA Region XI tournament.
NIACC (22-29 overall, 10-18 in the ICCAC) is the sixth seed in the double-elimination tournament, which is held at Riverfront Stadium. Iowa Central (36-17, 19-9) enters the tournament as the third seed.
Iowa Central won the season series against NIACC, 3-1. The Tritons won 10-0 in six innings and NIACC won 2-0 on March 29 and the Tritons won 10-0 in five innings and 4-3 on March 30.
The winner of Thursday’s game plays either second-seeded Southeastern or seventh-seeded Iowa Lakes at 7 p.m. on Friday. The loser of the NIACC/Iowa Central game plays the Southeastern/Iowa Lakes loser at 1 p.m. Friday.
Friday’s games
10 a.m. – (4) Kirkwood (29-16, 13-11) vs. (5) Ellsworth (22-28, 14-12).
1 p.m. – (1) DMACC (36-16, 21-7) vs. (8) Southwestern (6-33, 3-25).
4 p.m. – (2) Southeastern (36-18, 19-7) vs. (7) Iowa Lakes (19-21, 7-17).
7 p.m. – (3) Iowa Central (36-17, 19-9) vs. (6) NIACC (22-29, 10-18).
