The MCC Pioneers had the hot bats on Monday afternoon and made short work of the Bay College Norse to win the Region XIII Championship with a 13-2 win and advance to the North Plains Championship May 13-14 at DesMoines Area Community College in Boone, Iowa. The first 2 games will be on Thursday with the if necessary game being played on Friday. This is the Pioneers 1st full season of competition since the inception of the program in 2020.   

The Pioneers scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 1st and 3 more in the 2nd inning to cruise to victory. Nine different Pioneers collected hits and 8 players had RBI's in the game. LF Taylor Woolley was 2-3 (double, triple) with an RBI and 2 runs scored. CF Autumn Porter hit a perfect 3-3 (double) with 2 RBI. 3B Olivia Cook was 1-3 (double) with an RBI and 2 runs scored. RF Raegan Harper and PH Ashlin Hiller each had 2 RBI in the game. 1B Hazel Eaton and DP Kelealani Waiau also doubled in the game. SS Abby Johnson was 1-2 with an RBI and 2 runs scored.

Pioneer Ace Kassidy Kinzie took to the circle again and went a complete game 5 innings giving up 2 hits and 2 runs in the game. Kinzie struck out 7 Norse batters and walked 3. 

The Pioneers are 29-13-1 overall and 8-1 in the postseason. The North Plains District Championship will be a best 2 of 3 series with the winner advancing to the NJCAA DII World Series in Oxford, Alabama.