SIOUX CITY, IA (GPACsports.com) – The two brackets for the 2019 Cypress Risk Management 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 Jamestown will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) for the two four-team tournaments.
Tournament play will open on Thursday, May 2, at both bracket locations. In Seward, Nebraska, the Concordia Bracket will host Dakota Wesleyan, Mount Marty, and Doane. In Jamestown, North Dakota, the Jamestown Bracket will host Midland, Northwestern, and Morningside. Games will continue on Friday, May 3, with the bracket championship games on Saturday, May 4. The Concordia and Jamestown bracket winners will meet on Tuesday, May 7, in the GPAC Baseball Tournament Championship Game presented by Cypress Risk Management. The final game will be a single nine-inning contest at the highest remaining seed.
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 the regular season runner-up (Jamestown) will receive the second GPAC berth to the NAIA Opening Round.
All games in the GPAC Tournament are nine innings (with no 10-run rule) 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.
2019 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets
Concordia Bracket – Plum Creek Park
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Game #1 – (4) Dakota Wesleyan (22-21, 16-12) vs. (5) Mount Marty (25-19, 16-12) – 3 pm
Game #2 – (1) Concordia (29-17, 23-5) vs. (8) Doane (18-28, 12-16) – 6 pm
Friday, May 3, 2019
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 2pm
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 5pm
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 8pm
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – 4pm
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 7pm
Note – Plum Creek Park is also hosting district games for Seward High School, so games times were adjusted for the bracket
Jamestown Bracket – Jack Brown Stadium
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Game #1 – (3) Midland (24-23, 16-12) vs. (6) Northwestern (21-23, 15-13) – 3pm
Game #2 – (2) Jamestown (31-16, 19-9) vs. (7) Morningside (26-17, 14-13) – 6pm
Friday, May 3, 2019
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
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Game #6 – Winner Game #3 vs. Winner Game #5 – Noon
Game #7 – If necessary (Game #6 winner/loser) – 3pm
GPAC Baseball Championship Game – Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Game #8 – Concordia Bracket Winner vs. Jamestown Bracket Winner (at highest seed)
3pm (no lights) or 6pm (lights) – One 9 inning game
Note – There is no 10-run rule in postseason