In just the second year of the program’s existence, Northeast Alabama Community College’s softball team is competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Softball World Series.

The Mustangs opened the series at Choccolocco Park in Oxford this week with a victory over Gaston College.

NACC makes Junior College Athletic Association Division I Softball World Series

NACC, located in Rainsville, won the Alabama Community College Conference/NJCAA Region 22 Tournament championship, and posted an impressive 51-4 record for the season. the conference championship earned the Mustangs an automatic bid into the World Series.

This has a record setting season for NACC softball, which played its inaugural season in 2025. The 2026 campaign began with a 19-winning streak and the Mustangs had a 20-game winning streak later in the season.

NACC won the ACCC regular-season crown with a 29-3 mark in conference play and went 3-0 in the conference tournament last weekend, winning in thrilling fashion on sophomore Francesca Lumpp’s walk-off two-run homer in extra innings.

The Mustangs are batting .401 as a team, which leads the NJCAA, and has outscored opponents 462-108 this season. Meanwhile, the NACC pitching staff has a team ERA of .185 (seventh in NJCAA) and has a team fielding percentage of .972 (tied for third in NJCAA) while committing just 39 errors in 1,399 total defensive chances.

The win means NACC plays sixth-seeded Odessa College in a winners’ bracket game Wednesday at 3:45PM, weather permitting. The 20-team double-elimination tournament continues through Saturday.

The complete bracket with game times each day can be viewed by clicking here.

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