2024 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets Announced

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The two brackets for the 2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Baseball Tournaments are set.  Top seed, and regular season co-champion, Concordia will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed, and co-champion, Doane will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) for the two four-team tournaments. 

Bracket play will open on Thursday, May 2, in both locations.  In Seward, Nebraska, the Concordia Bracket will host Briar Cliff, Midland, and Mount Marty.  In Crete, Nebraska, the Doane Bracket will host Morningside, Northwestern, and Jamestown.  Games will continue Friday, May 3, with the bracket championship games on Saturday, May 4.  The Concordia and Doane bracket winners will meet on Tuesday, May 7, 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 Doane (as co-champion) 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.  GPAC tie-breakers were used in the seeding process.

2024 GPAC Baseball Tournament Brackets

Concordia Bracket – Plum Creek Park

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Game #1 – (4) Briar Cliff (26-20, 18-10 GPAC) vs. (5) Midland (30-17, 16-12 GPAC) – 4pm
Game #2 – (1) Concordia (37-12, 21-7 GPAC) vs. (8) Mount Marty (28-21, 14-14 GPAC) – 7pm

Friday, May 3, 2024

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, 2024

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

Doane Bracket – Doane Ballfield Complex

Thursday, May 2, 2024 (DAY ONE NOW 7 INNINGS IN THIS BRACKET)

Game #1 – (3) Morningside (33-16, 19-9 GPAC) vs. (6) Northwestern (24-25, 15-13 GPAC) – 2:30pm
Game #2 – (2) Doane (35-11, 21-7 GPAC) vs. (7) Jamestown (28-17, 14-13 GPAC)–  Following game #1 ASAP

Friday, May 3, 2024

Game #3 – Winner Game #1 vs. Winner Game #2 – 9am
Game #4 – Loser Game #1 vs. Loser Game #2 – Noon
Game #5 – Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #3 – 3pm

Saturday, May 4, 2024

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, 2024

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

Note - There is no 10-run rule in postseason