The Crowder College Roughriders have been leading the Region XVI baseball standings most of the spring.

Wednesday night, Crowder secured the No. 1 spot in the upcoming regional tournament with a two-game sweep over rival Metropolitan Community College at Maple Woods in Kansas City.

Crowder won 9-5 and 8-2 over the Monarchs.

The victories give the Roughriders the No. 1 seed at the tournament held at Mineral Area Junior College in Park Hills, Mo., next week. Crowder faces No. 8 seed North Central Missouri College at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7.

It is the first time since the 2005 season that Crowder has the No. 1 seed. That year, the team lost to Maple Woods for the regional championship.

The hitting machine known as Bubby Williams hit a three-run homer for Crowder in the first inning to kickstart the offense.

Williams and Will McGinnis hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning.

Don Lisi started and threw all seven innings for Crowder, giving up nine hits, four earned runs and struck out five. He is now 7-3 on the season.

Crowder (30-23, 19-9) had a pair of three-run innings to grab an early lead in game two.

Johnson led off with a home run and McGinnis added a two-run homer later in the first inning.

Williams had a two-run double, while Richie McVey and Michael Dunlavy had RBI singles in the second.

Dunlavy added a solo homer in the sixth inning.

Dan Golden (3-4) started and threw six innings for Crowder. He gave up four hits, struck out six and didn’t give up an earned run.

Nevada’s Cody Thompson threw the final inning, striking out two batters.