MCC Eagles enter the Regional as No. 1 seed

After winning their third MACJC State Championship in four years, the Meridian Community College Eagles will enter the Region 23 baseball tournament as the Region’s No.1 seed.

Pearl River will be the No. 2 seed, LSU-Eunice will be the No. 3 seed, Itawamba will be the No. 4 seed, Northeast Mississippi the No. 5 seed, and Mississippi Gulf Coast the No. 6 seed.

Pearl River, the South Division champions of the MACJC, will play host to this years Region 23 baseball championship on May 14-17 in Poplaville, MS.

On Wednesday at 1 p.m. the tournament will start off with game one featuring LSU Eunice vs Itawamba. Winner of the LSU-E/ICC game will face the winner of game two, MCC vs MS Gulf Coast. The Eagles and Bulldogs will play Wednesday at 4 p.m. in a rematch of game one in the MACJC State tournament. Gulf Coast won 10-0, which was MCC’s only loss in the State Tournament. In the nightcap on Wednesday, host-PRCC will entertain NE Mississippi at 7 p.m.

The championship game concluded on Saturday with the winner advancing to the Division II Juco World Series in Millington, TN.