PORTLAND — Three wins down, two to go.

Sophomore Hayden Rockwell homered twice, Kennedy Hobson had four hits and six RBIs for top-seeded North Idaho College in a 15-9 win over the fourth-seeded Lower Columbia Red Devils in a quarterfinal game in the Northwest Athletic Conference tournament at Delta Park on Friday.

NIC (43-2) faces second-seeded Mt. Hood (44-4) in a semifinal game today at 10 a.m.

Kristine Schmidt, a freshman from Coeur d’Alene High, struck out 10 for NIC, which is seeking its first conference title since winning the second of back-to-back titles in 2019.

“We were able to do a little bit of everything offensively,” NIC coach Shay Chapman said. “The top of our lineup had a lot of power, and the bottom was able to play a bit of a short game. Lower Columbia’s a good team.”

Mt. Hood handed NIC its last loss, winning 8-6 in a crossover tournament on March 9.

“We were still trying to find our groove in March,” Chapman said. “We’ve had to work through some failures, but have been getting better each day. We’ve got one thing on our mind and we’re really champing at the bit to play them again. We’re hoping to give them a different game than they saw in March.”

Lower Columbia took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. After tying the game at 2-2 on an RBI single by Summer Makinster in the second, NIC took the lead for good on a two-run single by Hobson in the second inning. Rockwell followed with a two-run home run to make it 6-2, part of a five-run inning.

“Lower Columbia was hitting the ball pretty hard and we were making some errors that we haven’t been,” Chapman said. “We had some pressure that we hadn’t felt in a while, and I was happy that we were able to capitalize.”

Lower Columbia    200    510    1    —    9    11    1

North Idaho        157    110    x    —    15    15    4

Alli Heater, Teeghan Reams (4) and Sawyer Stenson; Kristine Schmidt and Corine Doran.

HITS: LCC — Grumbois 3, Russell, Stenson, Aspaas, Eder, Loose 3, Twitty. NIC — Hobson 4, Rockwell 2, Korok, Doran 2, Vieira 2, Schulhauser, Nichols, Makinster 2. 2B — Russell, Loose, Hobson, Schulhauser. 3B — Grumbois. HR — Grumbois, Loose, Hobson, Rockwell 2, Korok, Vieira.

NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Delta Park-Owens Sports Complex, Portland

Thursday’s Games

Mt. Hood 8, Yakima Valley 3

Columbia Basin 8, Treasure Valley 7

Wenatchee Valley 11, Walla Walla 3, 5 innings

Southwestern Oregon 10, Chemeketa 2, 6 innings

Spokane 4, Everett 3

Lower Columbia 13, Douglas 6

Clackamas 9, Edmonds 3

North Idaho 9, Grays Harbor 1, 5 innings

Yakima Valley 9, Treasure Valley 0, 5 innings (loser out)

Walla Walla 9, Chemeketa 1, 6 innings (loser out)

Mt. Hood 4, Columbia Basin 0

Wenatchee Valley 8, Southwestern Oregon 4

Douglas 9, Everett 8 (loser out)

Edmonds 7, Grays Harbor 6 (loser out)

Lower Columbia 5, Spokane 4

North Idaho 12, Clackamas 3, 5 innings

Friday’s Games

Clackamas 10, Yakima Valley 2, 5 innings (loser out)

Walla Walla 11, Spokane 8 (loser out)

Southwestern Oregon 6, Douglas 5, 10 innings (loser out)

Edmonds 5, Columbia Basin 3 (loser out)

Mt. Hood 2, Wenatchee Valley 0

North Idaho 15, Lower Columbia 9

Wenatchee Valley 17, Clackamas 9, 6 innings (loser out)

Lower Columbia 16, Southwestern Oregon 8, 5 innings (loser out)

Saturday’s Games

Game 27 — No. 2 Mt. Hood (44-4) vs. No. 1 North Idaho (43-2), 10 a.m. (semifinal)

Game 28 — No. 6 Wenatchee Valley (31-15) vs. No. 4 Lower Columbia (41-12), Field 5, 10 a.m. (loser out)

Game 29 — Loser Game 27 vs. Winner Game 28, Field 4, 12:30 p.m. (loser out)

Sunday’s Games

Game 30 — Winner Game 27 vs. Winner Game 29, Field 4, 11 a.m. (championship game)

Game 31 — Loser Game 30 vs. Winner Game 30, Field 4, 1:15 p.m. (if necessary)