For Immediate Release
Saturday, May 2, 2026
NSIC Media Relations
Tournament Website
 
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The 2026 NSIC Baseball Tournament bracket is set as regular season play concluded on Saturday.  The top eight teams in the final regular season standings will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which will be held May 6-9 at The Birdcage & Ronken Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; co-hosted by the University of Sioux Falls and Augustana University.  

Augustana earned the number one seed after going 30-7 in league play and earning its 5th regular season title. 

Day 1 Match-Ups:

Wednesday, May 6
Birdcage	(1) Augustana vs. (8) Minnesota Crookston	12 p.m.
Ronken Field	(4) Sioux Falls vs. (5) Wayne State	12 p.m.
Birdcage	(2) Minnesota State vs. (7) Minot state	6 p.m.
Ronken Field	(3) UMary vs. (6) Winona State	6 p.m.

 
 
 
 
 
Full Schedule at: www.NorthernSun.org/NSICBase

The winner of the NSIC Baseball Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Region Tournament. The NCAA Central Region is made up of teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Great American Conference (GAC). Automatic bids are awarded to the tournament champions from each conference with the final five spots awarded on an at-large basis.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 126 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.