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April 30, 2008

GPAC Postseason Baseball Tournament Moved to Hastings

SIOUX CITY, IOWA — The 2008 GPAC Postseason Baseball Tournament has been moved from Harmodon Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. to Hastings, Neb.

The tournament will run Thursday-Saturday, May 1-3 at Duncan Field and Smith Complex in Hastings. The tournament schedule has been revised to accommodate the two field format.

The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team received the fifth seed for the tournament, and will face the fourth-seeded Midland Lutheran College at noon on Thursday at Duncan Field. If DWU wins game one, they will play at 4 p.m. at Smith Complex against the Northwestern College-Hastings College winner. If the Tigers lose game one, they will play at 7 p.m. at Smith Complex against the loser of Northwestern and Hastings in an elimination game.

REVISED SCHEDULE:
Day One - Thursday, May 1, 2008
(Games 1-8, All games seven innings with 10-run rule in games 1-4 and 7,8)
(GPAC Record)
Game 1-
at Duncan Field, 9:00 am (1) Northwestern (18-6) vs. (8) Hastings (11-13)
Game 2-
at Smith Complex, 9:00 am (2) Briar Cliff (16-8) vs. (7) Sioux Falls (12-12)
Game 3-
at Duncan Field, NOON (4) Midland Lutheran (14-10) vs.(5) Dakota Wesleyan (14-10)
Game 4-
at Smith Complex, NOON (3) Morningside (15-9) vs. (6) Nebraska Wesleyan (13-11)
Game 5-
at Duncan Field, 4:00 pm (Winner’s Bracket) Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 6-
at Smith Complex, 4:00 pm (Winner’s Bracket) Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 7-
At Duncan Field, 7:00 pm (Elimination Game) Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 8-
at Smith Complex, 7:00 pm (Elimination Game) Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3

Day Two - Friday, May 2, 2008
(Games 9-13, All games 9 innings – No 10-run rule)
Game 9-
at Duncan Field, 9:00 am (Winner’s Bracket) Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 10-
at Smith Field, 11:00 am (Elimination Game) Loser 6 vs. Winner Game 7
Game 11-
at Duncan Field, 12:30 pm (Elimination Game) Loser 5 vs. Winner 8
Game 12-
at Duncan Field, 4:00 pm Loser 9 vs. Winner 10*
Game 13-
at Duncan Field, 7:30 pm Winner 9 vs. Winner 11*
* Pairings may need to be adjusted to avoid previously or recently matched opponents

Day Three - Saturday, May 3, 2008
(Games 14 and 15(if needed), both games 9 innings – No 10-run rule)
Game 14-
at Duncan Field, 11:00 am Winner 12 vs. Winner 13
Game 15 (If Needed)-
at Duncan Field, 30 minutes following Game 14