The St. Johns River State College softball team is one win closer to repeating as the NJCAA D2 softball champions! The Vikings beat Mercer County 9-2 in the first game of the World Series in Oxford, Alabama.

UNF is making its NCAA Division I Tournament debut Friday after winning its very first conference championship.  SJR State is hoping to defend its national title as the team is heading back to the World Series in its league. The Vikings won it all last season.

Alyssa Vallad’s crushed a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to slap an exclamation point on the most dominant close to a season in program history and deliver the Vikings a 7-5 win over Kirkwood for the NJCAA Division II title in Spartanburg, SC.

Player Local tie MLB teamSS Javier Baez, Arlington CD, Cubs, Hitting .286 with 28 HR, 81 RBI. Hitting .283 with 11 HR, 62 RBI. P Walker Lockett, Providence, Mets, Is 3-3 in the minors this season with 38 Ks in 60 IP, 4.05 ERA. Was 0-3 with 9.98 ERA in 15.1 IP in MLB this season. OF Myles Straw, SJRSC, Astros, Hitting .315 with 27 RBI, HR at Triple-A Round Rock.