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SPOKANE — North Idaho College will have to wait a day to open defense of its NWAC softball championship after all.

The first day of the NWAC championships at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex was washed out by rain on Friday, pushing the tournament back.

Games will begin at noon today in Spokane, with NIC (33-9-1) facing Southwestern Oregon (18-23-1) at 12:30 p.m.

The semifinals are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, with the championship game now at 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

NORTHWEST ATHLETIC

CONFERENCE

SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Dwight Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane

Saturday’s Games

Game 1 — No. 2 Mt. Hood (32-7) vs. No. 15 Spokane (20-20), Field 2, noon

Game 2 — No. 7 Douglas (33-10) vs. No. 10 Wenatchee Valley (22-14), Field 3, noon

Game 3 — No. 6 Big Bend (33-11) vs. No. 11 Olympic (20-21), Field 1, noon

Game 4 — No. 3 Edmonds (37-8) vs. No. 14 Columbia Basin (17-19), Field 5, noon

Game 5 — No. 13 Southwestern Oregon (18-23-1) vs. No. 4 North Idaho (33-9-1), Field 2, 2:30 p.m.

Game 6 — No. 12 Clackamas (24-25) vs. No. 5 Centralia (27-11), Field 3, 2:30

Game 7 — No. 9 Walla Walla (28-14) vs. No. 8 Lower Columbia (28-11), Field 1, 2:30

Game 8 — No. 16 Skagit Valley (13-23) vs. No. 1 Bellevue (40-5), Field 5, 2:30

Game 9 — Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, Field 2, 5

Game 10 — Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, Field 3, 5

Game 11 — Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, Field 1, 5

Game 12 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, Field 5, 5

Game 13 — Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, Field 2, 7:30

Game 14 — Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, Field 3, 7:30

Game 15 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, Field 1, 7:30

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

Sunday’s Games

Game 17 — Loser Game 16 vs. Winner Game 9, Field 2, 10 a.m.

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

Game 19 — Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, Field 1, 10

Game 20 — Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 14, Field 5, 10

Game 21 — Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, Field 5, 12:30 p.m.

Game 22 — Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, Field 1, 12:30

Game 23 — Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, Field 2, 12:30

Game 24 — Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20, Field 3, 12:30

Game 25 — Winner Game 23 vs. Loser Game 21, Field 5, 3

Game 26 — Winner Game 24 vs. Loser Game 22, Field 1, 3

Game 27 — Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, Field 1, 5:30 p.m. (semifinal)

Game 28 — Winner Game 25 vs. Winner Game 26, Field 5, 5:30 (loser out)

Monday’s Games

Game 29 — Loser Game 27 vs. Winner Game 28, Field 1, 11 a.m. (semifinal, loser third)

Game 30 — Winner Game 27 vs. Winner Game 29, Field 1, 1:30 a.m. (championship game)

Game 31 — Winner Game 30 vs. Loser Game 30, Field 1, 4 p.m. (if necessary)