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Corey Westra
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Sat, May 5, 2007
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 Cougars Win GPAC Baseball Tournament The University of Sioux Falls won two games on Saturday and claimed the 2007 Great Plains Athletic Conference Postseason Baseball Tournament. The Cougars needed two wins over undefeated Mount Marty and the GPAC regular season co-champions got the job done. Championship game number one went into the 11th inning before the Cougars forced across the winning run in a 4-3 victory. In the second championship game of the day the Cougars defeated the Lancers 13-3 and won the tournament at Duncan Field in Hastings, Nebraska. The GPAC Tournament Champion receives an automatic berth to the NAIA Region III Tournament. Since Sioux Falls won the GPAC Tournament, Briar Cliff has been awarded the number two bid to the regional for the conference. The third GPAC regional bid goes to Northwestern College. The Red Raiders had the next best regular season and conference tournament combined record this year. The NAIA Region III Tournament is a six-team event (in Sioux City, Iowa, at Lewis and Clark Park – May 9-12). Sioux Falls, Briar Cliff, and Northwestern will join Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) schools Dickinson State, Jamestown, and Dakota State in the tournament. The NAIA Region III Tournament will be seeded and the bracket released on Monday, May 7. The NAIA Region III winner will advance to the NAIA Plains Super Regional (vs. the NAIA Region IV winner). Day One - Thursday, May 3, 2007
(Games 1-8, All games seven innings with 10-run rule) Game 1- at Duncan Field, 10:30 am (1) Sioux Falls 7, (8) Nebraska Wesleyan 3 Game 2- at Smith Complex, 10:30 am (7) Mount Marty 10, (2) Briar Cliff 0 Game 3- at Duncan Field, 12:30 pm (5) Midland Lutheran 9, (4) Dakota Wesleyan 2 Game 4- at Smith Complex, 12:30 pm (3) Northwestern 5, (6) Morningside 4 Game 5- at Duncan Field, 5:30 pm (Winner’s Bracket) (7) Mount Marty 8, (3) Northwestern 7 Game 6- at Smith Complex, 5:30 pm (Winner’s Bracket) (1) Sioux Falls 7, (5) Midland Lutheran 4 Game 7- Suspended to Friday at 10AM Game 8- at Smith Complex, 8:30 pm (Dakota Wesleyan Eliminated) (8) Nebraska Wesleyan 10, (4) Dakota Wesleyan 5 Day Two - Friday, May 4, 2007 (Resume Game #7 - Games 9-13, All games 9 innings with 10-run rule) Game 7- at Smith Field, 10:00 am (Elimination Game) (2) Briar Cliff 18, (6) Morningside 5 (6) (Morningside Eliminated) Game 9- at Duncan Field, 9:00 am (Winner’s Bracket) (7) Mount Marty 5, (1) Sioux Falls 4 (10) Game 10- at Smith Field, 11:00 am (Elimination Game) (2) Briar Cliff 8, (5) Midland Lutheran 7 (Midland Lutheran Eliminated) Game 11- at Duncan Field, 12:30 pm (Elimination Game) (3) Northwestern 6, (8) Nebraska Wesleyan 5 (Nebraska Wesleyan Eliminated) *Game 12- at Duncan Field, 4:00 pm (Elimination Game) (1) Sioux Falls 4, (3) Northwestern 2 (Northwestern Eliminated) *Game 13- at Duncan Field, 7:30 pm (7) Mount Marty 7, (2) Briar Cliff 0 (Briar Cliff Eliminated) * Pairings were adjusted to avoid previously or recently matched opponents
Day Three - Saturday, May 5, 2007 (Games 14 and 15(if needed), All games 9 innings – No 10-run rule) Game 14- CHAMPIONSHIP #1 at Duncan Field, 11:00 am (1) Sioux Falls 4, (7) Mount Marty 3 (Second Championship Game Needed) Game 15 (If Needed)- CHAMPIONSHIP #2 at Duncan Field, 2:15 pm (1) Sioux Falls 13, (7) Mount Marty 3 (Sioux Falls Wins Championship) |
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