SENATOBIA – After finishing the regular season 30-12 overall and 20-8 in conference play to clinch the No. 4 seed in the MACJC, Northwest will host No. 7-seeded Gulf Coast in a best-of-3 NJCAA Region 23 baseball playoff series this Thursday-Friday at Jim Miles Field.

A friendly reminder that Northwest is a tobacco free campus and pets are not allowed at the ballpark.

Game 1 of the series is set for Thursday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Game 2 will be a 3 p.m. start on Friday, May 11, with Game 3, if necessary, immediately following. All postseason games are nine innings.

Admission is $5 per person (all ages). Northwest faculty, staff and students will be admitted free with a valid college ID. MACJC passes will be accepted.

Northwest swept the regular season series from Gulf Coast on April 13 in Senatobia, winning 9-8 and 6-5.

The Rangers are making their ninth straight postseason appearance under Mark Carson and have won 30 games for the sixth time in the last eight seasons.

Other first-round playoff matchups are No. 9 Hinds at No. 2 Jones County, No. 8 Northeast at No. 3 Meridian and No. 6 Itawamba at No. 5 East Central. Pearl River won the conference and received a bye.

The winner of the series advances to a six-team NJCAA Region 23 Tournament in Eunice, La., May 16-19. LSU Eunice and Pearl River will join the four best-of-3 playoff series winners.

NJCAA Region 23 Playoffs Best-of-3 Series
THURSDAY, MAY 10 | GAME 1 | 6:30 p.m.
#4 Northwest (30-12) vs #7 Gulf Coast (32-14) — MGCCC, 9-5 | Box Score

FRIDAY, MAY 11 | GAME 2 | 3 p.m.
#4 Northwest (30-13) vs #7 Gulf Coast (33-14) — MGCCC, 17-8 | Box Score