IOWA FALLS, IOWA -- In one last tuneup before the start of postseason play, Marshalltown CC knocked off Ellsworth CC in both halves of a Wednesday doubleheader.  The Tigers pushed across a run in the top of the 8th to take game one, 7-6, then scored a 9-2 triumph in the second game.

The opener went to extra innings after Ellsworth scored three times in the bottom of the 7th to knot the score at 6-all.  MCC won it in the first extra frame.  ECC amassed 13 hits, including 3 each by Gintare Paskocimaite, Lauren Brennan and Nevaeh Dice.  Breanna Howard and Delaney Vetter had 2 hits apiece.  Dice knocked in 3 of ECC's 6 runs.  Vetter went the distance in the circle, giving up 11 hits and striking out 8.

Paskocimaite's 11th home run of the spring accounted for one of the 2 Ellsworth runs in the nightcap.  She scored the other run with Lauren Brennan getting the RBI.  Grace Gordon and Lili Ruiz both doubled for the Panthers.  Starter Cheyanne Collins worked 3 innings and gave way to Asa Kesinger who finished up.  None of the 5 runs charged to Collins were earned.

Now it's on to the postseason for ECC with the Region XI-B tournament starting Friday in Cedar Rapids.  The Panthers, seeded 6th, draw the No. seed, Kirkwood CC, in their opening game.