Sioux City, Iowa — With its 9-0, game-one win against Hastings on Saturday, Northwestern secured the seventh seed and will take part in the Doane bracket where they will play the hosts on Thursday, May 6 at 3pm in the No.2 vs No.7 match-up.
The other match-up in the Doane bracket is No.3 Mount Marty vs. No.6 University of Jamestown.
Concordia won the regular season title and claimed the No.1 seed where they will host No.4 Morningside, No.5 Briar Cliff and No.8 Hastings.
Northwestern, under the direction of head coach Brian Wede, is 19-25 this season.
2021 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets
Concordia Bracket – Plum Creek Park
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Game #1 – (4) Morningside (25-28, 16-12) vs. (5) Briar Cliff (32-18, 15-13) – Noon
Game #2 – (1) Concordia (34-9, 21-7) vs. (8) Hastings (13-29, 11-17) – 3pm
Friday, May 7, 2021
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 9am
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – Noon
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 3pm
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – Noon
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 3pm
Doane Bracket – Doane Ballfield Complex
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Game #1 – (3) Mount Marty (28-17, 16-11) vs. (6) Jamestown (28-21, 13-14) – Noon
Game #2 – (2) Doane (31-16-1, 21-7) vs. (7) Northwestern (19-25, 12-16) – 3pm
Friday, May 7, 2021
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 9am
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – Noon
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 3pm
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – Noon
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 3pm
GPAC Baseball Championship Game – Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Game #8 – Concordia Bracket Winner vs. Doane Bracket Winner (at highest seed)
3pm (no lights) or 6pm (lights) – One 9 inning game
Note 1 – Both brackets will be played under the GPAC “no lights” time schedule as Plum Creek Park is hosting NSAA High School Baseball on the same dates in Seward, Nebraska.
Note 2 – There is no 10-run rule in postseasonThe Northwestern College baseball team earned the No.7 seed for the upcoming 2021 Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament, beginning later this week in both Seward, Neb. and Crete, Neb.
