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Kirkwood seeded No.3 for NJCAA tourney

CLINTON, Miss. - The Kirkwood Eagles have drawn the No.3 seed for the NJCAA Division II national softball tournament this week in Clinton, Miss.

The Eagles (55-3) will face No.14 seed CCBC-Catonsville of Baltimore, Md. (38-9) in the opening round Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

LSU Eunice (57-5) is seeded No.1 for the 16-team tournament. Phoenix College (44-15) is seeded No.2.

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KCC baseball season ends in tears

WATERLOO - Kirkwood Coach Todd Rima hugged all of his players Saturday after they played their final game of the 2013 season.

There were tears in their eyes.

The Eagles battled No.2 DMACC for much of the day before falling, 9-2, in the losers bracket of the NJCAA DII regional tournament at Riverfront Stadium on a cold, blustery day in Waterloo.

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Eagles taking 48-game streak to Mississippi

Awesome. Phenomenal. Sensational.

Go ahead and pick a superlative, because they all fit the incredible Kirkwood Community College softball team.

The third-ranked Eagles spanked Dawson Community College (Mont.), 12-0, in the district finals Friday and will take their 48-game winning streak to the NJCAA Division II national tournament in Clinton, Miss., next week.

Conference champs. Regional champs. District champs.

National champs?

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NIACC continues hex on Eagles

WATERLOO - NIACC bunched three of its four hits in the fourth inning and scored twice to down Kirkwood, 2-1, Friday in the first round of the NJCAA Division II Region XI baseball tournament at Riverfront Stadium.

The loss was the fourth for Kirkwood in five games against NIACC this season.

Kirkwood drops into the losers bracket where it will play top-seeded DMACC on Saturday morning at 10 in an elimination game. DMACC was beaten by No.8 seed Southwestern, 2-1, Friday.

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