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GPAC Baseball Brackets Set

GPAC Baseball Brackets Set

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The two brackets for the 2017 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Baseball Tournaments are set.
Top seed, and regular season champion, Concordia will serve as one bracket host (1,4,5,8 seeds), while second seed Midland will be the other bracket host (2,3,6,7 seeds) for the two four-team tournaments. This is the third year that the GPAC is using the current format for the postseason.

Tournament play will open on Thursday, May 4, at both bracket locations. In Seward, Nebraska, the Concordia Bracket will host Hastings, Mount Marty, and Briar Cliff. In Fremont, Nebraska, the Midland Bracket will host Morningside, Dordt and Dakota Wesleyan. Games will continue on Friday, May 5, with the bracket championship games on Saturday, May 7. The Concordia and Midland bracket winners will meet on Tuesday, May 9, in the GPAC Baseball Tournament Championship Game presented by Cypress Risk Management. The final game will be a single nine-inning contest at the highest remaining seed.

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