https://gpacsports.com en-us https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260323a8gedj (Sioux City, Iowa) - Dakota Wesleyan Women's Basketball faced the first-seeded team in the Duer Quadrant, and the third-ranked team in the nation, the Bethel (Tenn.) Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the 2026 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260323a8gedj https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260323a0qn7o (Sioux City, Iowa) - The Dordt Defenders advanced to the NAIA National Championship semifinals for the third consecutive season with a dominant 83-62 victory over Saint Francis (Indiana) on Saturday afternoon at the Tyson Events Center. This win marks Dordt's third straight trip to the semifinals and their fourth in the last five years. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260323a0qn7o https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260305vozolp (Kansas City, Mo.) –  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and bracket for the 2026 NAIA Women’s Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds, presented by Ballogy. The 64-team bracket will begin with the First and Second Rounds at host sites nationwide on March 13-14. The 2026 NAIA Second Round winners will meet in Sioux City, Iowa, at the NAIA Championship final site presented by Bomgaars and Sterling. The 45th annual championship occurs at the Tyson Events Center from March 19-24. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260305vozolp https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260304e9fqkg (Sioux City, Iowa) – Macy Sievers of Dordt University has been selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year and headlines the GPAC Basketball All-Conference Teams for 2025-26. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260304e9fqkg https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260303x0myos (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Dakota Wesleyan Tigers have won the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Basketball Tournament after defeating the Dordt Defenders in the championship game on Tuesday night in Sioux Center, Iowa. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260303x0myos https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260228s0ofih (Sioux City, Iowa) – The top two seeds have advanced to Championship Tuesday of the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament after semifinal play on Saturday afternoon around the league. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260228s0ofih https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260225wbbqf1 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The top four seeds have advanced to Saturday's semifinals of the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament after quarterfinal play on Wednesday night around the league. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260225wbbqf1 https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260223zrl96e (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played February 16-22, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260223zrl96e https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260221ucct5p (Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University will be the number one seed when the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Postseason Basketball Tournament begins on Wednesday, February 25.  The Defenders went 21-1 in the GPAC and 27-1 for the season.  As the number one seed Dordt has secured an automatic berth to the NAIA Women's Basketball National Tournament. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260221ucct5p https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260217nkozal (Sioux City, Iowa) - The release of the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women's Basketball Tournament will be this Saturday, February 21. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260217nkozal https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260216yxms67 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played February 9-15, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260216yxms67 https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260209za93fp (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played February 2-8, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260209za93fp https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260202ytebhk (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 26-February 1, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260202ytebhk https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260126xeotgl (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 19-25, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260126xeotgl https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260119zvyarp (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 13-19, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260119zvyarp https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260112y10yz6 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 5-12, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260112y10yz6 https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260105w80l3p (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played December 29-January 4, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260105w80l3p https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251215v4k9sp (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played December 8-14, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251215v4k9sp https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251208xovi56 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played December 1-7, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251208xovi56 https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251201y0j02j (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played November 24-30, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251201y0j02j https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251124x9gues (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played November 17-23, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251124x9gues https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251117zgfs3r (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played November 10-16, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251117zgfs3r https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251110xgwv9o (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played November 3-9, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251110xgwv9o https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251103xz9eh5 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played October 27-November 2, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251103xz9eh5 https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251103iep87z (Kansas City, Mo.) - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and Sioux City, Iowa, have extended their partnership for the NAIA Women's Basketball Championship at the Tyson Events Center through 2029. Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251103iep87z https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251016dkkxbm (Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University totaled 120 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Championship.  The Defenders tallied 10 of the possible 12 first-place votes. Dakota Wesleyan was picked second with 111 points and one first-place vote. Hastings was selected third with 99 points and the final first-place vote. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20251016dkkxbm https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/2025032610phfj (Sioux City, Iowa) - In a thrilling 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship, Dordt (Iowa) successfully defended its title with a win over Indiana Wesleyan, culminating in a final score of 82-73.  Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/2025032610phfj https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250323xbg7rb (Sioux City, Iowa) - Briar Cliff and Dordt women's basketball have advanced to the NAIA Fab Four in 2025. Sun, 23 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250323xbg7rb https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250306xuze8v (Kansas City, Mo.) - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and bracket for the 2025 NAIA Women’s Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds, presented by Ballogy. The 64-team bracket will begin with the First and Second Rounds at host sites nationwide on March 14-15. The 2025 NAIA Second Round winners will meet in Sioux City, Iowa, at the NAIA Championship final site presented by Bomgaars and Sterling. The 44th annual championship occurs at the Tyson Events Center from March 20-25. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250306xuze8v https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250304webmz8 (Sioux City, Iowa) – The top seed Dordt jumped out to an early lead and cruised to the championship the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament over three seed Briar Cliff 77-54 on Tuesday night in Sioux Center, Iowa. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://gpacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/releases/20250304webmz8