2024 GPAC Men’s Soccer Postseason Tournament: Quarterfinal Results
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Men’s Soccer Tournament opened on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with quarterfinal round action. There was only one upset of the night, with the five-seed Hastings winning over four-seed Midland. The other top seeds all moved on.
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Men's Soccer Tournament opened on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with quarterfinal round action. There was only one upset on the night, with the five-seed Hastings winning over four-seed Midland. The other top seeds all moved on.
The top seed in the tournament, regular season champion Morningside, moved on with a 2-0 win over eight-seed Dakota Wesleyan. They will take on Hastings, how had the only upset of the night, dropping Midland from the tournament with a 2-0 win as well.
On the other side of the bracket things were a little more dramatic in Seward as the two-seed Concordia played to a 1-1 tie with seven-seed Briar Cliff after double overtime. Eventually, after a full round of PKs, the Bulldogs did advance 5-4 on PKs. The Bulldogs will take on Northwestern. The third-seed Northwestern moved on with a 5-1 win over six-seed Dordt.
The semifinals will be played on Saturday, November 9, with the final on Wednesday, November 13.
The winner of the GPAC Tournament will advance, as the league's automatic representative, to the NAIA National Men's Soccer National Championship Opening Round (on November 21-23). GPAC men's soccer only receives one automatic bid with eleven teams.
The NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Final Site is in Wichita, Kansas, December 2-9, 2024, at the Scheels Stryker Soccer Complex.
2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Postseason Tournament
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Quarterfinal Round
#1 Morningside 2, #8 Dakota Wesleyan 0 (Box Score)
#5 Hastings 2, #4 Midland 0 (Box Score)
#3 Northwestern 5, #6 Dordt 1 (Box Score)
#2 Concordia 1, #7 Briar Cliff 1 2OT – Concordia advances 5-4 on PKs (Box Score)
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Semifinal Round- High Seeds Host
#5 Hastings at #1 Morningside, 2 PM
#3 Northwestern vs. #2 Concordia, 7 PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
GPAC Postseason Championship
Semifinal winners at highest seed remaining, time TBA