Sunday, April 29, 2007

Softball team falls to Iowa Central in regular season finale, next up is regional tournament

The Western Nebraska Community College softball team finished the Iowa Western Community College tournament with a 2-2 mark after falling to Iowa Central Community College 9-7 on Sunday. The team won two of three on Saturday defeating Iowa Western 2-0 and Southeastern Iowa 3-0 before losing 8-2 to Iowa Lakes.

In Sunday's game, the Cougars led the Division II nationally-ranked team 7-0 after one inning before falling 9-7. The team gave up a grand slam late in the fourth inning to help Iowa Central tie the game.

WNCC, 32-20, will now head to the Region IX tournament in La Junta, Colo., this weekend. The team's first game will be Friday at 10 a.m. against McCook Community College. The second game will be against the winner of the Lamar and Trinidad State game later that day.

The Region IX tournament bracket can be viewed at the Region IX softball webpage at regionix.wncc.net and then by clicking softball.

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