2025 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets and Hosts Set

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The two brackets for the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Baseball Tournaments are set.  Top seed, and regular season champion, Concordia will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed, Morningside, will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) for the two four-team tournaments.  The Morningside pod will be in Yankton, South Dakota, at Riverside Field, and co-hosted by Mount Marty. 

Bracket play will open on Wednesday, April 30, in both locations.  In Seward, Nebraska, the Concordia Bracket will host Briar Cliff, Midland, and Dakota Wesleyan.  In Yankton, South Dakota, the Morningside Bracket will host Doane, Northwestern, and Mount Marty.  Games will continue Thursday, May 1, with the bracket championship games on Friday, May 2.  The Concordia and Morningside bracket winners will meet on Monday, May 5, in the GPAC Baseball Tournament Championship Game.  The final game will be a single nine-inning contest at the highest remaining seed and the highest remaining seed will be the home team regardless of bracket play. 

Concordia has secured the league's first berth to the NAIA Opening Round, while the GPAC Tournament Champion will receive the second berth.  If Concordia wins the GPAC Tournament, then Morningside (as number two seed) will receive the second GPAC berth to the NAIA Opening Round. 

All games in the GPAC Tournament are nine innings and the two brackets will be double elimination.  The overall GPAC Baseball Championship Game is a winner take all contest (9 innings) regardless of prior records in bracket play.  GPAC tie-breakers were used in the seeding process.

2025 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets

Concordia Bracket – Seward, Nebraska

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Game #1 – (4) Briar Cliff (24-21, 17-11 GPAC) vs. (5) Midland (20-26, 16-12 GPAC) – 3pm
Game #2 – (1) Concordia (37-9, 25-3 GPAC) vs. (8) Dakota Wesleyan (12-35, 11-17 GPAC) – 6pm

Thursday, May 1, 2025
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – Noon 
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 3pm
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 6pm

Friday, May 2, 2025
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – Noon
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 3pm


Morningside Bracket – Yankton, South Dakota/Co-Hosted by Mount Marty

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Game #1 – (3) Doane (31-13, 18-10 GPAC) vs. (6) Northwestern (25-20, 14-14 GPAC) – 3pm
Game #2 – (2) Morningside (33-12-1, 19-9 GPAC) vs. (7) Mount Marty (26-21, 12-16 GPAC)–  6pm

Thursday, May 1, 2025
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – Noon
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 3pm
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 6pm

Friday, May 2, 2025
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – Noon
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 3pm

GPAC Baseball Championship Game – Monday, May 5, 2025

Game #8 – Concordia Bracket Winner vs. Morningside Bracket Winner (at highest seed)
3pm (no lights) or 6pm (lights) – One 9 inning game