For Immediate Release
Sunday, April 9, 2017
NSIC Media Relations
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The pairings for the 2017 NSIC Women's Tennis Tournament are set as the 11-match NSIC schedule concluded on Sunday.  Augustana, which won its eighth straight NSIC regular season championship, will be the number one seed in the eight-team single elimination tournament, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 22-23 at the Lifetime Fitness in Minnetonka, Minn. The Vikings will take on the eighth seed, Minnesota Duluth on Saturday, April 22 at 2 p.m.
 
Augustana has now won 88 straight NSIC matches, with its last loss come back to the April 19, 2009 to Minnesota State.  Since joining the NSIC in 2008-09, the Viking are 95-3 in NSIC matches, have won eight straight NSIC regular season titles and the last six NSIC Tournaments. 
 
Other first round matchups have second seeded Upper Iowa versus seventh seeded St. Cloud State on Saturday, April 22 at 9 a.m. Third seeded Winona State will take on sixth seeded Bemidji State at 11:30 a.m. with the final match of the day being fourth seeded MSU Moorhead versus fifth seeded Minnesota State at 4:30 p.m. 
 
Both semifinal matches will be play Sunday, April 23 at 8 a.m. with the championship match set for noon. 

The winner of the NSIC Women’s Tennis Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Region Tournament. The NCAA DII Central Region Tournament will take place on campuses on April 29 through May 2. The NCAA DII Championships (Final 16) will take place on May 10-13 at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Spring, Florida. The NCAA women’s tennis selections will be announced on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. (CT) at www.NCAA.com.
 

NSIC Women's Tennis Tournament Schedule
Date	Time	Teams
Sat., April 22	9 a.m.	(2) Upper Iowa vs (7)  St. Cloud State
Sat., April 22	11:30 a.m.	(3) Winona State vs (6) Bemidji State
Sat., April 22	2 p.m.	(1) Augustana  vs. (8) Minnesota Duluth
Sat., April 22	4:30 p.m.	(4) MSU Moorhead vs. (5) Minnesota State
Sun., April 23	8 a.m.	(1/8)  vs. (4/5)
Sun., April 23	8 a.m.	(2/7)  vs. (3/6)
Sun., April 23	12 p.m.	NSIC Championship

TIE-BREAKERS -  MSUM defeated MSU head-to-head; BSU beat SCSU and UMD head-to-head; SCSU beat UMD head-to-head