The North Central Missouri College softball team had two wins and two losses in the NJCAA Division One tournament at the Ebbe Sports Complex in Trenton, falling 6-0 on Saturday afternoon in the loser’s bracket final to Jefferson College, ending the year at 27-31.
North Central opened the tournament on Thursday morning, defeating State Fair Community College 6-2. The Lady Pirates, on Thursday afternoon, rallied from an 7-1 deficit with six runs in the 6th inning and a single tally in the 7th, stunning the top-seeded Three Rivers CC Raiders 8-7.
Other scores from Thursday’s opening day of action were:
Crowder College 10, Metropolitan CC 1
Jefferson College 4, St. Charles CC 0
Crowder College 14, Jefferson College 1
Metropolitan CC 3, St. Charles CC 2 (SCCC eliminated)
Other scores from Friday’s second day of action were:
Crowder College 8, North Central Missouri College 0 (5) (Winner’s Bracket Final)
Three Rivers CC 1, Metropolitan CC 0 (MCC eliminated)
Jefferson College 7, State Fair CC 4 (SFCC eliminated)
Jefferson College 12, Three Rivers CC 4 (TRCC eliminated)
Other scores from Saturday’s third day of action were:
Jefferson College 6, North Central Missouri College 0 (NCMC eliminated)
Crowder College 4, Jefferson College 2 (JC eliminated)
As Region XVI champion, Crowder College advances into the Midwest District Championship best-of-three series, hosting Indian Hills (IA) Community College this coming weekend in Neosho. There will be two games on Saturday afternoon (1 and 3 o’clock), with, if necessary, a winner-take-all third game on Sunday. The district champion will advance to the NJCAA Division One national tournament in Oxford, Alabama, starting Tuesday, May 23rd.
