2026 GPAC Softball Tournament Brackets and Hosts Set

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The two brackets for the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Softball Tournaments are set.  Top seed, and regular season co-champion, Midland will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed and regular season co-champion Dordt will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) of the two four-team tournaments. 

Tournament play will open on Wednesday, April 29, at both bracket locations.  In Fremont, Nebraska, top-seed Midland will host Dakota Wesleyan, Northwestern, and Hastings.  In Sioux Center, Iowa, second-seed Dordt will host Morningside, Concordia, and Briar Cliff.

Play will continue, including bracket championship games, on Thursday, April 30.  The Midland and Dordt bracket winners will meet on Saturday, May 2, at the highest remaining seed in the GPAC Softball Tournament Championship Series.  The final series will be a best two out of three format. 

Midland has secured the league's first berth to the NAIA Opening Round, while the GPAC Tournament Champion will receive the second berth.  If the Warriors win the GPAC Tournament, then the tournament runner-up will receive the second GPAC berth to the NAIA Opening Round.  The two brackets will be double elimination, with the final the best two of three.  GPAC tiebreakers were used in the seeding process.

2026 GPAC Softball Tournament Brackets

Midland Bracket/Site – Fremont, Nebraska (Schilke Fields)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Game #1 – (1) Midland vs (8) Hastings – Noon
Game #2 – (4) Dakota Wesleyan vs. (5) Northwestern – 2pm

Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 4pm  
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 6pm   

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – Noon
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – 2pm
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 4pm

Dordt Bracket/Site – Sioux Center, Iowa (Open Space Park)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Game #1 – (2) Dordt vs. (7) Briar Cliff – Noon
Game #2 – (3) Morningside vs. (6) Concordia – 2pm

Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 4pm
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 6pm 

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – Noon
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – 2 pm
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 4 pm

GPAC Softball Tournament Championship Series – Saturday, May 2, 2026

Midland Bracket Winner vs. Dordt Bracket Winner (at highest seed)
(Best 2 of 3 Format)
-Times TBA