Morningside will be the number one seed when the 2007 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Tournament opens on Thursday, May 3, in Sioux City, Iowa. The Mustangs were the GPAC regular season champions this year with a 19-5 record. Northwestern and Dana tied for second in the league and the Red Raiders take the number two seed by way of league tie-breakers. Dana, the defending conference tournament champion, will be seeded third. Midland Lutheran is the fourth seed with Concordia in the five spot again by way of tie-breakers. Dakota Wesleyan, Hastings, and Briar Cliff round out the field with the six through eight seeds.

This year’s championship will be played at the SYA Softball Complex in Sioux City, Iowa (Riverside). The tournament will be played according to an eight team double-elimination bracket. The tournament will be played on Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4, 2007.

Day One -Thursday, May 3, 2007
SYA Softball Complex
(Games 1 - 10)
Records- (Overall, GPAC)
Game 1-
Field 1, 2:00 pm
(1) Morningside (40-9, 19-5) vs. (8) Briar Cliff (19-19, 11-13)
Game 2-
Field 2, 2:00 pm
(4) Midland Lutheran (24-24, 16-8) vs. (5) Concordia (22-21, 14-9)
Game 3-
Field 3, 2:00 pm
(2) Northwestern (30-15, 18-6) vs. (7) Hastings (20-19, 13-11)
Game 4-
Field 4, 2:00 pm
(3) Dana (31-18, 18-6) vs. (6) Dakota Wesleyan (17-19, 14-9)
Game 5-
Field 1, 4:00 pm
Loser 3 vs. Loser 4 (elimination game)
Game 6-
Field 4, 4:00 pm
Loser 1 vs. Loser 2 (elimination game)
Game 7-
Field 2, 4:00 pm
Winner 1 vs. Winner 2
Game 8-
Field 3, 4:00 pm
Winner 3 vs. Winner 4
Game 9-
Field 2, 6:00 pm
Loser 7 vs. Winner 5 (elimination game)
Game 10-
Field 1, 6:00 pm
Loser 8 vs. Winner 6 (elimination game)

Day Two - Friday, May 4, 2007
SYA Softball Complex
(Games 11-14 (15 if needed))
Game 11-
Field 2, NOON
Winner 7 vs. Winner 8 (winners bracket championship)
Game 12-
Field 1, NOON
Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 (elimination game)
Game 13-
Field 1, 2:00 pm
Loser 11 vs. Winner 12 (Loser’s Bracket Championship)
Game 14-
Field 2, 4:00 pm
Winner 11 vs. Winner 13 (Championship #1)
Game 15-
Field 2, 6:00 pm
(Championship #2 - If Needed)