Rain washes out opening day of NWAC Championships

| May 19, 2018 1:00 AM

SPOKANE — Opening round play in the Northwest Athletic Conference softball Championships was rained out on Friday and rescheduled to begin today at 10 a.m. at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex.

Top-seeded North Idaho College (45-3) opens the tournament against 16th seeded Columbia Basin College (15-29) today at 12:30 p.m.

For schedule updates, visit www.nwacsports.org.

NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Dwight Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane

Saturday

Game 1 — No. 2 Douglas (35-5) vs. No. 15 Big Bend (22-24), 10 a.m.

Game 2 — No. 7 Southwestern Oregon (31-17) vs. No. 10 Everett (28-16), 10

Game 3 — No. 6 Lower Columbia (36-12) vs. No. 11 Centralia (23-18), 10

Game 4 — No. 3 Edmonds (39-6) vs. No. 14 Highline (19-24), 10

Game 5 — No. 13 Treasure Valley (19-27) vs. No. 4 Walla Walla (37-11), 12:30 p.m.

Game 6 — No. 12 Clackamas (23-19) vs. No. 5 Bellevue (32-13), 12:30

Game 7 — No. 9 Wenatchee Valley (27-13) vs. No. 8 Mt. Hood (26-14), 12:30

Game 8 — No. 16 Columbia Basin (15-29) vs. No. 1 North Idaho (45-3), 12:30

Game 9 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 3 p.m.

Game 10 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 3

Game 11 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5:30

Game 12 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 5:30

Game 13 — Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 3

Game 14 — Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 3

Game 15 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5:30

Game 16 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 5:30

Game 17 — Loser Game 16 vs. Winner Game 9, 8

Game 18 — Loser Game 15 vs. Winner Game 10, 8

Game 19 — Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, 8

Game 20 — Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 14, 8

Sunday

Game 21 — Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, noon

Game 22 — Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, noon

Game 23 — Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, noon

Game 24 — Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20, noon

Game 25 — Winner Game 23 vs. Loser Game 21, 2:30 p.m.

Game 26 — Winner Game 24 vs. Loser Game 22, 2:30

Game 27 — Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, 2:30 (semifinal)

Game 28 — Winner Game 25 vs. Winner Game 26, 5

Monday

Game 29 — Loser Game 27 vs. Winner Game 28, 11 a.m.

Game 30 — Winner Game 27 vs. Winner Game 29, 11 (championship game)

Game 31 — if-necessary game, 1:15 p.m.