Sophomore Reed Stallman had three hits and an RBI and sophomore Gage Franck had two hits including a double in the first game

·         DMACC scores four runs in the bottom of the second to tie the score in the second game before ICCC pulls ahead for the win

·         Freshmen Mitchell Cummins and Dillon Kuehl get the only two hits for the Bears in the third game of the three-game series  

The DMACC baseball team played Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) in a doubleheader on April 14 and a single game on April 15, losing all three games. ICCC is ranked 10th in the latest Division II poll from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).  The Bears came up short 4-3 in the first game on April 14 and dropped the second contest by a 14-5 score.  ICCC shutout DMACC 10-0 in eight innings on April 15.  All three games of the series were played at the Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge.

DMACC fell to 17-21 and 6-12 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference while ICCC ran its record to 33-6 and 14-5 in the ICCAC.  

Sophomore Reed Stallman of Alburnett went three for three with an RBI and sophomore Gage Franck of Marion had two hits, including a double in the first game on April 14.  Starting pitcher Joe Husak, a sophomore from Cambridge, fell to 5-4 giving up two earned runs in six innings while striking out four for the Bears.   

DMACC trailed 4-1 entering the fifth inning and then scored two runs to make it a 4-3 game, but ICCC held DMACC scoreless for the remainder of the game.

ICCC took a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the second game on April 14, but DMACC tied it with a four-run second inning thanks to Camden Kaufman of Waukee reaching base on an error, a walk by sophomore Sergio Lira Ayala of Nappanee, IN, freshman Jaicee Foster of Oneida, WI reaching base on a hit-by-pitch and singles by Franck, freshman Mitchell Cumming of Chanhassen, MN and sophomore Brodie Kresser of Jesup. ICCC put the game away by scoring at least one run in five of the next six innings.

DMACC's JC Dermody of Council Bluffs took the loss, falling to 3-5 on the season.  He was one of eight DMACC pitchers to take the mound trying to stop the nationally-ranked Tritons.  

ICCC defeated DMACC 10-0 on April 15 with only Cummins and freshman Dillon Kuehl of Urbandale getting hits for the Bears in the shutout.  Kaufman pitched four and a third innings but struck out six in the loss for the Bears. He is now 0-2 this season. 

The DMACC baseball team will face Marshalltown Community College (MCC) April 18 at the DMACC baseball diamond.  MCC is 4-26 and 1-18 in ICCAC.