(Sioux City, Iowa) – Morningside University will be the number one seed when the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Postseason Basketball Tournament begins on Wednesday, February 23. The Mustangs went 20-2 in the GPAC and 25-4 for the season. As the number one seed Morningside has secured an automatic berth to the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Tournament.
Dordt is the two seed, Dakota Wesleyan third and Northwestern the fourth seed. The top four seeds all host first round games on Wednesday. The 5-8 seeds are Briar Cliff, Concordia, Jamestown, and Hastings. GPAC tiebreakers determined the seeds for the tournament.
The semifinals are on Saturday, February 26, at the highest two remaining seeds. GPAC Championship Tuesday will be on Tuesday, March 1. The GPAC Postseason Tournament Champion garners an automatic berth to the NAIA National Basketball Tournament (the runner-up gains the berth if the regular season champion (top seed Morningside) wins the postseason).
64 teams will make the NAIA Women’s Basketball Postseason this year. Games will be played at Opening Round sites on March 11-12 (four team pods). The 16 opening round site winners will play in the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship is set for March 17-22, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa, at the Tyson Events Center.
2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Post-Season Tournament
GPAC Women’s Basketball Quarterfinals – Wednesday, February 23
#8 Hastings (15-13, 11-11 GPAC) at #1 Morningside (25-4, 20-2 GPAC), 6pm
#5 Briar Cliff (17-12, 13-9 GPAC) at #4 Northwestern (23-7, 15-7 GPAC), 6pm
#6 Concordia (16-12, 13-9 GPAC) at #3 Dakota Wesleyan (23-7, 15-7 GPAC), 7pm
#7 Jamestown (18-12, 11-11 GPAC) at #2 Dordt (23-7, 16-6 GPAC), 6pm
GPAC Women’s Basketball Semifinals – Saturday, February 26
#8/#1 winner vs. #5/#4 winner, Time TBA
#6/#3 winner vs. #7/#2 winner, Time TBA
GPAC Women’s Basketball Championship Tuesday, March 2
Semifinal winners at highest remaining seed, Time TBA
