Ottumwa -- Indian Hills Community College will take on defending national champion Yavapai College from Arizona in the first round of the NJCAA Division I National Softball Championship this week in St. George, Utah.
The pairings for the 16-team event at the Canyons Softball Complex were released Sunday.
Indian Hills (33-22) was given the number-12 seed and will take on No. 5-seed Yavapai (50-14) at 11:00 a.m. Iowa time on Thursday. The winner will play the winner of the first-round game between Wallace State CC (AL) and John A. Logan CC (IL) at 8:00 p.m. The loser of the IHCC-Yavapai matchup will play the loser of that game at 5:30 p.m.
Wallace State won the national title in 2008 and lost to Yavapai in the championship game last year.
Seven of the 16 teams that qualified for last year’s national tourney return to the field this year. The top seed is Salt Lake CC (UT) which has a 59-3 record. They are also in Indian Hills’ bracket and will play Pitt CC (NC) in the opening round.
The other two teams in IHCC’s half of the draw are Seward County CC (KS) and Seminole State CC (OK).
The double-elimination national tournament runs through Saturday.
Indian Hills is making its first appearance in the national softball tourney since 2005.
All of the Indian Hills' games in the national tournament can be heard live on KMGO Radio (98.7 FM) and on the internet at www.kmgo.com.
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