2025 GPAC Softball Tournament Brackets and Hosts Set
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The two brackets for the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Softball Tournaments are set. Top seed, and regular season champion, Northwestern will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed Midland will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) of the two four-team tournaments.
<MIDLAND BRACKET TIMES CHANGES FOR WEDNESDAY>
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The two brackets for the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Softball Tournaments are set. Top seed, and regular season champion, Northwestern will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed Midland will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) of the two four-team tournaments.
Tournament play will open on Wednesday, April 30, at both bracket locations. In Orange City, Iowa, top-seed Northwestern will host Dakota Wesleyan, Concordia, and Doane. In Fremont, Nebraska, second-seed Midland will host Morningside, Dordt, and Hastings.
Play will continue, including bracket championship games, on Thursday, May 1. The Northwestern and Midland bracket winners will meet on Saturday, May 3, at the highest remaining seed in the GPAC Softball Tournament Championship Series. The final series will be a best two out of three format.
Northwestern has secured the league's first berth to the NAIA Opening Round, while the GPAC Tournament Champion will receive the second berth. If the Red Raiders 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 tie-breakers were used in the seeding process.
2025 GPAC Softball Tournament Brackets
Northwestern Bracket – Orange City, Iowa
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Game #1 – (1) Northwestern (40-9, 20-2) vs (8) Doane (18-24, 10-12) – Noon
Game #2 – (4) Dakota Wesleyan (33-14, 14-8) vs. (5) Concordia (27-18, 12-10) – 2pm
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 4pm
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – 6pm
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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
Midland Bracket – Fremont, Nebraska
(Records – Overall, GPAC)
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Game #1 – (2) Midland (36-13, 18-4) vs. (7) Hastings (22-20, 10-12) – NOW 3pm
Game #2 – (3) Morningside (29-15,17-5) vs. (6) Dordt (22-27, 11-11) – NOW 5pm
Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – NOW 7pm
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – NOW 9pm
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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 3, 2025
Northwestern Bracket Winner vs. Midland Bracket Winner (at highest seed)
(Best 2 of 3 Format)
-Times TBA