IOWA FALLS – The NIACC baseball team topped Ellsworth 12-7 on Wednesday in an ICCAC contest.
NIACC received home runs from Ike Mezzenga and Cole Fuecker as the Trojans won for the 14th time in their last 16 contests.
Ellsworth scored six runs in the fifth inning to take a 7-4 lead. NIACC responded by scoring five runs in the sixth inning to take a 9-7 lead.
NIACC added one run in the eighth inning and two runs in the ninth and the Trojan bullpen (Alex Berreth, Noah Tieskoetter, Fritz Meyer and Jake Green) held the Panthers scoreless for the last four innings.
Logan Milene was 4 for 6, including two doubles, with three RBIs. Cayden Nicoletto was 3 for 6 with two RBIs, Fuecker was 3 for 6 with three RBIs and Mezzenga was 3 for 4 with three RBIs.
NIACC (32-16 overall, 19-11 in the ICCAC) wraps up the regular season with a three-game series at home against Northeast CC on Saturday and Sunday. The doubleheader on Saturday begins at 1 p.m. and the single game on Sunday starts at noon.
The NJCAA Region XI tournament starts on May 12 in Cedar Rapids.