Fulton, Miss. – Itawamba Community College's nationally-ranked softball program will compete in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) Tournament starting Wednesday at Jones College.
The Indians, who earned a No. 3 seed in the eight-team tournament, will play in the first game Wednesday at 11 a.m. against No. 6 seed East Central Community College.
In their first meeting, the Indians and Warriors split the doubleheader with ICC taking game one, 7-5, and East Central wining game two, 9-4.
The tournament features five nationally-ranked teams: No.4 Jones College, No. 5 Copiah-Lincoln Community College, No. 6 ICC, No. 9 Pearl River Community College and No. 13 Northwest Mississippi Community College.
After ICC and East Central kick off the tournament Wednesday morning, No. 2 seed Co-Lin will face No. 7 seed Northeast Mississippi Community College at 1:30 p.m. In the third game of the day, No. 1 seed Jones will face No. 8 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at 4 p.m., and No. 4 seed Pearl River and No. 5 seed Northwest will wrap up the opening day at 6:30 p.m.
With a win on Wednesday, ICC will face the winner of Co-Lin and Northeast at 4 p.m. Thursday, but an opening game loss would put them in an elimination game Thursday at 11 a.m. against the loser of Co-Lin and Northeast's game. Click here for full bracket
All games will be available to watch on jcjc.tv, and tickets are available at jcbobcats.com.
ICC regular season results vs Tournament Teams:
vs Jones – G1 1-0 L; G2 6-2 L
vs Co-Lin – G1 3-2 L; G2 1-0 L
vs Pearl River – G1 4-2 L; G2 2-0 L
vs Northwest – G1 14-11 W; G2 9-6 W
vs East Central – G1 7-5 W; 9-4 L
vs Northeast – G1 4-1 W; G2 7-3 W
vs Gulf Coast – G1 8-4 W; G2 2-0 W
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