Joliet Junior College captured it's third national baseball championship defeating Niagara County Community College 6-5 in ten innings yesterday in Tyler, Texas.
Niagara took a one run lead scoring two in the top of the ninth inning with a walk, a sac bunt, a single and a double. Joliet tied the game up in the bottom of the ninth on an error by the Niagara second baseman. Dakota Brown's triple in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in Cole Judy for the winning run.
Joliet went undefeated in the Championship Series with a perfect 4-0 record.
Luke Andrade was named the tournament Most Valuable Player and Trevor Vermillian, Casey Papp and Dan Eliopulos made the All-Tournament Team.
Congratulations to Joliet JC!
After a loss in the second round of the Region 24 Baseball Tournament, the Heartland Community College baseball team worked its way through the losers bracket with five straight wins to earn a berth in the NJCAA D-II World Series.
The Hawks will face UConn-Avery Point Community College at 7:30 pm on Saturday at David Allen Memorial Park in Enid Oklahoma. The official bracket can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
NJCAA D-II World Series
The Joliet Junior College Baseball team was eliminated from the division III NJCAA World Series in Tyler Texas yesterday losing 5-3 to Eastfield College out of Texas.
The Wolves won their opening round game 7-4 over Westmoreland PA on Saturday, lost their second on Sunday 7-3 to Gloucester N.J. and were eliminated on Monday by Eastfield.
