BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The NCAA postseason continues this week for Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) programs with the start of the Softball, Baseball, and Women’s Golf Championships. Selections for the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships and individual tennis championship have also been announced, with Outdoor Track & Field selections coming later in the week.
After completing its first undefeated conference regular season since 1998 and locking up a second consecutive playoff title, MIAC champion Saint Mary’s (39-3) will host its first-ever NCAA softball regional this week. The Cardinals got the good news from the NCAA on Monday morning and will welcome Husson (27-10), DePauw (24-13), and Simpson (31-7) to Winona for a four-team, double-elimination regional running Thursday, May 15 through Saturday, May 17. SMU will take on Husson in the first game on Thursday at 11:00 a.m., with Simpson and DePauw set to square off at 1:30 p.m. Elimination games will begin on Friday.
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Baseball
MIAC champion Gustavus (36-7) earned its first-ever playoff championship over the weekend to secure an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in program history. On Monday, the Gusties learned they will also host an NCAA baseball regional for the first time. Gustavus will welcome Midwest Conference champion Beloit (30-14) and at-large bids UW-Oshkosh (31-13) and UChicago (26-14) for a four-team, double-elimination regional that will run Friday, May 16 through Sunday, May 18 in St. Peter. Game times are yet to be determined.
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St. Catherine University will represent the MIAC as its automatic qualifier to the 2025 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championships, May 13-16 at Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Virginia. Twenty-five conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining nine teams were selected on an at-large basis from conferences and the independent institutions. Six individuals, not from selected teams, were also selected for the championships. Christopher Newport University will serve as host for the 2025 Championships.
Carleton College junior Carter Sichol will compete at the 2025 Championships as an individual selection. This will be Sichol’s third straight trip to nationals.
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Men’s Golf
Carleton College will represent the MIAC as its automatic qualifier to the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships, May 20-23 at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, New York. Bethel’s Will Karkoc and Saint John’s Andrew Boemer have also been selected to compete as individuals, the NCAA announced on Monday afternoon.
A total of 225 participants will compete at the 2025 championships. Thirty-four conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the championships. The final nine berths were at-large selections. The ten individuals were selected from the remaining players who did not qualify with a team.
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Women’s Tennis
MIAC champion Gustavus concluded its season against host and defending national champion UChicago (22-1) on Saturday, falling to the Maroons by a 4-1 margin in the regional championship on the Stagg Tennis Courts in Chicago. The Gusties took two out of three doubles matches to secure the first point of the day before dropping four singles bouts. Gustavus earned a bye to the second round on Friday, where the Gusties handled No. 34 Hope, 4-1.
The NCAA announced its participants for the individual championships last week. Gustavus first-year Karina Elvestrom and St. Catherine graduate student Kelsey Dorr were among 32 players selected for the Women’s Singles Championships, while Elvestrom and doubles partner Kaya DeBruijn were one of the 16 duos picked for the Women’s Doubles Championships. The individual championships will be held May 24-27 at Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California. Claremont McKenna Mudd Scripps Colleges will host.
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Men’s Tennis
The 2024-25 season came to an end in the regional championship for the MIAC champion, Gustavus. The Gusties lost to No. 4 UChicago, 4-0, in the title match held at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sunday. After earning a first-round bye, Gustavus defeated the host Warhawks in the second round on Saturday, 4-2, to set up the team’s third matchup with the Maroons this season.
Three Gusties will have another shot at national competition later this month, as individual NCAA Championship participants were announced last week. Gustavus’ Gage Gohl and Marco Siviero were selected for the singles tournament, while the Gusties’ defending national champion tandem of Gohl and Tyler Haddorff was selected for the doubles draw. The individual championships will be held May 24-27 at Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California. Claremont McKenna Mudd Scripps Colleges will host.
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Outdoor Track & Field
The 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship selections will be announced Friday, May 16, in a press release on NCAA.com. The championships run from Thursday, May 22 through Saturday, May 24 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
MIAC teams will compete in final qualifying meets hosted by Saint Benedict (5/13-14), Augustana (5/14-15), and UW-La Crosse (5/15) this week to cement qualifying marks for the national championships.
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