For Immediate Release
Monday, May 2, 2022
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The 2022 NSIC Softball Tournament bracket has been set as regular season play concluded Monday afternoon. The top ten teams in the final regular season standings will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which will be held May 5-7 at the RYFSA Complex in Rochester, Minnesota.
Augustana earned the number one seed after winning its second straight
NSIC Regular Season Championship with its 27-3 league record. The league championship marks the fifth title for the Vikings since joining the NSIC in 2008-09.
Day one match-ups:
| Time |
Field |
Teams |
| Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
| 10 a.m. |
Field A |
(8) SMSU vs. (9) Sioux Falls |
| 10 a.m. |
Field B |
(7) Upper Iowa vs. (10) Wayne State |
| 12 p.m. |
Field A |
(4) St. Cloud State vs. (5) Minnesota Duluth |
| 12 p.m. |
Field B |
(3) Winona State vs. (6) Concordia-St. Paul |
| 2 p.m. |
Field A |
(1) Augustana vs. Lowest Seed of game 1&2 winner |
| 2 p.m. |
Field B |
(2) Minnesota State vs. Highest Seed of game 1&2 winner |
| 4 p.m. |
Field A |
(4)/(5) losers vs. (7)/(10) loser |
| 4 p.m. |
Field B |
(3)/(6) losers vs. (8)/(9) loser |
The winner of the NSIC Softball Tournament will earn an automatic bid to the
NCAA Central Region Tournament. The 42-team 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.
The NCAA softball selections will be announced on www.NCAA.com on Monday, May 9 at 9 a.m. (CT). The NCAA Championships are set for May 26-31 at The Assembly Athletic Complex hosted by Metro State University of Denver.
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, 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 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 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.
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