CCSN takes step toward national title

Monday, May 9, 2005 | 8:58 a.m.

SUN STAFF REPORTS

The Community College of Southern Nevada will play host to Dixie State on Thursday in the best-of-three Region 18 baseball championship at Morse Stadium.

The Coyotes (46-12) pounded out 31 hits at home Thursday and Friday in defeating Eastern Utah (19-7) and Southern Idaho (12-5) to advance to the Region 18 tournament.

CCSN won five of its eight games against Dixie (39-14), the defending NJCAA World Series champion, during the Scenic West Athletic Conference season. The Coyotes won the junior college title in 2003.

Thursday and Friday's games start at 6 p.m. If needed, Saturday's game will also begin at 6. The winner advances to the Western District championship in Arizona to play for a spot in the World Series, in Grand Junction, Colo., in three weeks.

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