For Immediate Release
Sunday, April 16, 2023
NSIC Media Relations
Championship Website

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The pairings for the 2023 NSIC Women's Tennis Tournament are set as the 11-match NSIC schedule concluded Sunday.  Augustana, which won its 13th straight NSIC regular season championship, will be the number one seed in the eight-team single elimination tournament, which will take place on Friday-Sunday, April 21-23 at Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
 
Augustana has won 151 straight NSIC matches, with its last loss coming back on April 19, 2009 to Minnesota State.  Since joining the NSIC in 2008-09, the Viking are 158-3 in NSIC matches, have won 13 straight NSIC regular season titles and the last 11 NSIC Tournaments. The Vikings have won their last 31 NSIC Tournament matches as well.

First round pairings on Friday, April 21 have (2) Minnesota State taking on (7) SMSU at 9 a.m.  At 11:30 a.m. (3) University of Mary will take on (6) Winona State.  At 2 p.m. (1) Augustana takes on (8) Minnesota Duluth and the 4:30 p.m. match has (4) Sioux Falls versus (5) St. Cloud State.  All match start times are subject to change if earlier matches run long. No matches will begin earlier than the announced start time. 
 
Both semifinal matches will be play Saturday, April 22 at 2 p.m. with the championship match set for Sunday, April 23 at 10 a.m.
 
TIE-BREAKERS
SCSU/WSU:  SCSU earned the fifth seed as it defeated Winona State head-to-head.
SMSU/UMD:  SMSU earned the seventh seed as it defeated Minnesota Duluth head-to-head.

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 105 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 can 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.