MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team is ranked No. 19 in the first NJCAA Divsion II poll released Tuesday.
NIACC (5-3 overall) returns to action Friday at Southeast CC. The doubleheader in Beatrice, Neb. is slated to start at 2 p.m.
DMACC (7-0) is ranked No. 2. Other ICCAC teams ranked are No. 5 Kirkwood and No. 12 Iowa Central.
The last time a NIACC softball team was ranked was in the March 16, 2016 poll when the Lady Trojans checked in at No. 15.
NJCAA Division II poll
Jones County, DMACC, Highland (Kan.), LSU-Eunice, Kirkwood, Phoenix, Mississippi Gulf Coast, East Central (Miss.), Cowley, Mesa, Itawamba, Iowa Central, Kalamazoo Valley, Madison, Florence-Darlington Tech, Hutchinson, Northeast Mississippi, Pitt, NIACC, East Central (Mo.).
NIACC’S 2018 season (5-3)
NIACC 13, Viterbo University 12
Viterbo University 9, NIACC 6
NIACC 25, RCTC 1
Southeastern 9, NIACC 6
NIACC 15, Bryant & Stratton (Wis.) 7
Southeastern 12, NIACC 0
NIACC 27, Century College 0
NIACC 13, Century College 1