For Immediate Release
April 29, 2008
Pairings Set for GPAC Baseball Tournament
Lincoln, Neb. – Nebraska Wesleyan received the sixth seed for the 2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball postseason tournament which is set for May 1-3 in Sioux Falls, S.D. NWU will take on the No. 3 seed, Morningside College, at 3 p.m., on Thursday at Harmodon Park in Sioux Falls.
The Prairie Wolves finished the GPAC season with a 13-11 conference record to earn the sixth seed. Morningside finished the season with a 15-9 GPAC record. Northwestern College won the regular season GPAC title and is the top seed with a 18-6 record.
The winner of the GPAC Tournament receives an automatic bid to the NAIA Region III Tournament which will be played May 8-10 in Mayville, N.D.
NWU and Morningside split the season series playe on April 13 in Lincoln. NWU won game one, 2-1, in 10 innings, then the Mustangs took game two, 8-3. If NWU wins they will face the winner of the Briar Cliff/Sioux Falls game at 7 pm. If NWU loses game one they will take on the loser of the BCU/USF game at 7 pm in an elimination game.
This is the fourth time that the Prairie Wolves have qualified for the GPAC Postseason Tournament. NWU has a 3-6 all-time record in the tournament.
The GPAC Tournament will be played according to the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association Eight-Team Double-Elimination Bracket. All games on day one will be 7-innings with the rest of the tournament being 9-inning games.
Tournament Schedule (Revised)
Thursday, May 1
Game 1 - (Duncan Field) #1 Northwestern (18-6) vs. #8 Hastings (11-13), 9 am
Game 2 - (Smith Complex) #2 Briar Cliff (16-8) vs #7 Sioux Falls (12-12), 9am
Game 3 - (Duncan Field) #4 Midland Lutheran (14-10) vs #5 Dakota Wesleyan (14-10), Noon
Game 4 - (Smith Complex) #3 Morningside (15-9) vs #6 Nebraska Wesleyan (13-11) Noon
Game 5 - (Duncan Field) Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 4, 4 pm
Game 6 - (Smith Complex) Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 3, 4 pm
Game 7 - (Duncan Field) Loser Game 2 vs Loser Game 4, 7 pm (elimination game)
Game 8 - (Smith Complex) Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 3, 7 pm (elimination game)
Friday, May 2
Game 9 – (Duncan Field) Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6, 9 am
Game 10 - (Smith Field) Loser Game 6 vs Winner Game 7, 11 am (elimination game)
Game 11 - (Duncan Field) Loser Game 5 vs Winner Game 8, 12:30 pm (elimination game)
Game 12 - (Duncan Field) Loser Game 9 vs Winner Game 10, 4 pm (elimination game)
Game 13 - (Duncan Field) Winner Game 9 vs Winner Game 11, 3 pm
Saturday, May 3
Game 14 - (Duncan Field) Winner Game 12 vs Winner Game 13, 11 am (Championship game)
Game 15 (if necessary) - 30 minutes following game 14
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