[Softball] Softball Picked 7th in Preseason Rankings

(Sioux City, Iowa) –

Morningside and Jamestown each totaled 112 points and are the preseason coaches' selection to win the 2022 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Softball Championship.  The Jimmies tallied six first-place votes while the Mustangs had four. 

Midland was picked third with 99 points and one first-place vote, while Concordia was fourth with 95 points and a single first-place vote

In 2021 Midland claimed both the regular season and tournament championships. The Warriors went 20-2 in league play and 39-10 overall.  Midland won the conference tournament sweeping Concordia in the best of three final. 

The GPAC Postseason Tournament will feature two four-team tournaments (Seeds 1,4,5,8 and Seeds 2,3,6,7) (double elimination) on May 4-5 at the sites of the top two seeds. Then the two tournament winners will play on Saturday, May 7, in the GPAC Championship (three-game series) at the highest remaining seed.

Points were awarded on an 11-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team and were completed prior to games being played.