College Softball: LCC storms into NWAC Championship game

Red Devils Alert – Lower Columbia knocks off Everett, 10-3, in semifinals

Lower Columbia College softball players celebrate after notching an 10-3 win over Everett in the NWAC Tournament semifinals, Saturday, May 17, at Delta Park in Portland. The undefeated Red Devils will play for the championship on Sunday. / Photo courtesy of LCC Athletics

Sam Barbee for Blast Zone Media / blastzonenews@gmail.com

NWAC Softball

PORTLAND — Let’s all take a second and think about this.

The NWAC softball season started way back on Feb. 20. That feels like a decade ago, so let’s remember some things that were happening at the end of February.

America was just learning how to pronounce DOGE. And, oh hey, a tornado and no warnings! Weird! The NBA season was just starting up after the all-star break. Major League Baseball spring training games were starting the next day, even though spring was a month away.

The Lower Columbia College softball team hasn’t lost a game in all that time. Actually, when LCC steps on the field on Sunday to play for the NWAC title, it will mark the one year anniversary of the Red Devils’ last loss: an 11-9 defeat to North Idaho at the end of the dark side of the bracket. North Idaho went on to lose to Mt. Hood in the championship game.

Regardless of Sunday’s outcome, it will be the deepest run LCC has made since 2018 when it lost to North Idaho in the final. If the Red Devils win, it would be the first LCC title since 2008, back when Tim Mackin was still at the helm. That championship was the ninth title for LCC in 10 years, and the third in a row.

But those teams weren’t 47-0.

“I don’t even understand it,” head coach Traci Fuller said, chuckling with disbelief. “Everybody asks me about it. I just say, ‘Isn’t it crazy?’ Like how did we not have a bad day? Everybody has a bad day. We haven’t had a single bad day.”

LCC shortstop Allison Baumgart makes a throw across the diamond from her knees to first base during an 10-3 win over Everett in the NWAC Tournament semifinals, Saturday, May 17, at Delta Park in Portland. / Photo courtesy of LCC Athletics

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