Northeast comeback falls short against No. 7 SCC; Hawks still take the series

NORFOLK, Neb. -- The Northeast Community College baseball team could not overcome a seven-run deficit on Sunday, falling 11-10 in the series finale against No. 7 Southeastern Community College.
The Hawks still won the series however after taking the opening two games on Saturday.
Northeast (35-15, 19-9 ICCAC) and Southeastern both had thirteen hits on the afternoon through windy conditions as only the third and eighth innings went without runs.
Cade Grevengoed (West Des Moines, Iowa) and Derek Woolwine (Boulder, Colo.) both launched homers over the right-field wall in the showdown. The Hawks were behind as much as 11-4 in the seventh frame but had eight hitters record a knock in the contest and put together a rally that ultimately wasn’t quite enough.
“Like all year, you have to turn the page in this league,” Northeast baseball coach Marcus Clapp said. “You can’t worry about a loss or a win because the next team you face is just as good. We’ll get back to work this week. We started off a little rough today. I didn’t think we pitched real well today compared to yesterday. Our bats were quiet there until the last two or three innings. It took us awhile to get going, but we gave it a shot at the end.”
Northeast will hit the road for the final time during the regular season for a doubleheader with Iowa Central Community College starting at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
“I feel like we have played one really good game and then maybe we don’t play a good game,” Clapp said. “Then we play two really good games. In the tournament, you can’t do that. You have to play three, four, five or six solid games in a row. With two games against Iowa Central and three against Iowa Western coming up, we have to play five really good games. We might not win them all, but I just want to see us play clean. We just have to tighten some stuff up, but I like where we are at right now.”