Northeast, meanwhile, will travel to Hinds to open tourney play.
Pearl River beat Gulf Coast on Monday and advances to a best-of-three first-round matchup with ICC in Fulton, starting Friday.
Southeastern Louisiana signee Joseph Koon of Tupelo, 12-1 with an 2.10 ERA, will take the mound for Game 1 at 6 p.m.
Koon was struck in the throat by a line drive in a game last Friday against Holmes but is OK.
Auburn signee Will Irvin is scheduled to pitch the second game, Saturday at 2 p.m. A third game, if needed, would also be played on Satuday.
Northeast (25-25) and Hinds will open their series on Friday in Raymond at 6 p.m.
Region 23 softball: The ICC softball team will open Region 23 tournament play on Thursday at Clinton. The sixth-seeded Lady Indians (28-22) will face LSU-Eunice at 3 p.m.
Pearl River is the tourney’s top seed.











