By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director
The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles finished the regular season sweeping Navarro College three games to zero to earn the second seed in the Region 14 post season tournament South Bracket.
NTCC won game one of the series on Tuesday at Northeast 13-9 and then headed to Corsicana on Saturday to finish out the regular season and earn the sweep with a tight 3-2 win in game two and a 9-4 win in game three of the series.
The Eagles finished the regular season in second place in the North Division of Region 14 and will join fellow North division opponent Paris Junior College in Brenham to face Blinn College and Wharton Junior College.
NTCC will take on Wharton College at 6:00pm Thursday while Blinn College and Paris Junior College will battle it out at 2:00pm. Winners of both contests will play Friday at 6:00pm while the losers will face each other at 2:00pm on Friday in the double elimination tournament.
Winner of the South bracket will face the winners of the North bracket winner the following weekend in a Super Regional for the right to represent Region 14 in the College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado May 24th-May 31st.
Northeast Texas Community College won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) World Series in 1996 under the direction of Ty Harrington. Coach Andy Morgan looks to lead the Eagles back to Colorado and bring home a second title to NTCC.
