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S.D. – The brackets for the 2017 North Star Athletic Association Postseason Softball Tournament are set. Dickinson State, defending two-time North Star Softball Postseason Tournament Champions, will be this year’s conference tournament host site, with the opening round starting on Friday, May 5. Top eight seeds advance to the NSAA Softball Postseason Conference Tournament, which feature two brackets with four teams each—Bracket A and Bracket B—using a double-elimination within each bracket.
The seeding is based on the regular-season North Star conference record (winning percentage). Bellevue (45-12 overall record, 20-6 NSAA conference record) will be the top overall seed for the North Star Softball Conference Tournament. The Bruins will be placed in Bracket A section of the tournament, along with No. 4 seed Viterbo (21-29 overall record, 16-10 NSAA), No. 5 seed Mayville State (20-24 overall record, 14-14 NSAA) and No. 8 seed Waldorf (15-27 overall record, 7-19 NSAA). The NSAA conference tournament kicks off with the Bruins taking on the Warriors on Friday morning at 11 a.m. (Central Time)/10 a.m. (Mountain Time) on Field 2, followed by the V-Hawks taking on the Comets at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT). The double-elimination continues with a loser’s out game on Friday at 3 p.m. (CT)/2 p.m. (MT), a winner’s bracket game on Friday at 5 p.m. (CT)/4 p.m. (MT) and another loser’s out game at 12 p.m. (CT)/11 a.m. (MT) on Saturday.
The final two remaining teams in Bracket A competing for the NSAA conference championship berth is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT)/1 p.m. (MT). If the team with no loss in Bracket A loses that game, an ‘if necessary’ game will be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT).
Jamestown (36-18 overall record, 21-7 NSAA) is the No. 2 seed and will play in the Bracket B section along with No. 3 seed Dickinson State (22-22 overall record, 17-9 NSAA), No. 6 seed Valley City State (19-28 overall record, 10-16 NSAA) and No. 7 seed Presentation (21-30 overall record, 10-18 NSAA). The Jimmies will kick off the Bracket B section versus the Saints at 12 p.m. (CT)/11 a.m. (MT), followed by the host-team Blue Hawks taking on the Vikings at 2 p.m. (CT)/1 p.m. (MT) on Field 4. The double-elimination tournament continues with a loser’s out game at 4 p.m. (CT)/3 p.m. (MT), winner’s bracket game at 6 p.m. (CT)/5 p.m. (MT) and another loser’s out game on Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT). The final two remaining teams in Bracket B will compete for the NSAA championship berth is slated for Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT)/2 p.m. (MT). If the team with no loss in Bracket B loses that game, an ‘if necessary’ game is set for Sunday at 12 p.m.
The winners of Bracket A and Bracket B will meet in the NSAA Championship Game, featuring a best-of-three series format on Field 2. Depending on the outcome of each bracket, the first championship game is set for either 1 p.m. (CT)/12 p.m. (MT) or 3:30 p.m. (CT)/2:30 p.m. (MT) on Sunday. The second game of the best-of-three series is slated for Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (CT)/2:30 p.m. (MT) or Monday at 12 p.m. (CT)/11 a.m. (MT). The third and ‘if necessary’ game is set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. (CT)/1:30 p.m. (MT).
