Eagles get No. 5 seed for regional
WEST BURLINGTON - The Kirkwood baseball team traded a pair of one-run victories with 16th-ranked Southeastern Community College Saturday and earned the No. 5 seed for the regional tournament.
Kirkwood (31-18) will face Northeast Community College (27-17) in the first round of the NJCAA Division II regional tournament this Thursday at noon at Ashford Field in Clinton.
Kirkwood trimmed Southeastern, 5-4, in 11 innings in the first game Saturday. Southeastern took the nightcap, 8-7, in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the seventh.
Kirkwood finished the ICCAC campaign with a 15-13 record.
Caleb Fuller (3-0) pitched three scoreless innings in relief to finish the 5-4 victory in Game 1 and earn the victory. Levi Usher and Kal Youngquist were 2-for-5 and scored twice to lead the offense.