MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team is ranked No. 16 in the NJCAA Division II poll released on Monday.
NIACC (22-12 overall, 7-3 in the ICCAC) swept Iowa Lakes and Northeast CC in doubleheaders and dropped a twinbill to No. 12 Kirkwood.
St. Johns River State College (37-9) is ranked No. 1 and Murray State College (33-1) is ranked No. 2.
Other ICCAC teams in the March 31 rankings are No. 7 DMACC (33-4), No. 12 Kirkwood (30-10) and No. 17 Iowa Central (26-5).
It is the eighth consecutive poll this season that the Trojans have been in the national rankings. The Trojans were ranked as high as No. 14 in the March 17 and March 24 polls.
NIACC, which sits in a three-way tie for second place in the ICCAC, opens its home season Wednesday at home against DMACC. The first game on the NIACC campus is slated to start at 2 p.m.
NJCAA Division II rankings (4-7-25) – St. Johns River State College, Murray State College, Jones College, Copiah-Lincoln CC, Louisburg College, Phoenix College, DMACC, Northwest Mississippi CC, Pima CC, Rock Valley College, Northeast Mississippi CC, Kirkwood, LSU-Eunice, Pearl River CC, Lake-Sumter State College, NIACC, Iowa Central, Neosho County CC, Johnson County CC, UA Rich Mountain, Central Alabama CC, Kansas City (Kan.) CC, Parkland College, Cleveland CC, WVU Potomac State College
TROJANS IN THE 2025 RANKINGS
Jan. 21 – 24th
Feb. 24 – 16th
March 3 – 17th
March 10 – 17th
March 17 – 14th
March 24 – 14th
March 31 – 15th
April 7 – 16th