2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament

The 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in Wayne, NE. Concordia University defeated Wayne State College for the title. The tournament was rained out on May 10, and became a single elimination format on May 11. Concordia and Wayne St., as the only undefeated teams left, played for the title. Brenden Furrow of Concordia-St. Paul was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wayne State College	24-6	John Manganaro
2	Upper Iowa University	24-8	Mark Danker
3	Concordia University	16-10	Mark McKenzie
4	Southwest Minnesota State University	14-12	Paul Blanchard
5	Bemidji State University	13-13	Tim Bellew
6	Winona State University	15-15	Kyle Poock

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wayne St. (NE)	6
	6	Winona St.	3			1	Wayne St. (NE)	9
						4	Southwest Minnesota St.	1
	2	Upper Iowa	2								1	Wayne St. (NE)	rain
	5	Bemidji St.	5								3	Concordia (MN)	rain
						5	Bemidji St.	2													1	Wayne St. (NE)	6	x
						3	Concordia (MN)	8													3	Concordia (MN)	10	x
	3	Concordia (MN)	2
	4	Southwest Minnesota St.	1								5	Bemidji St.	rain
						6	Winona St.	6			2	Upper Iowa	rain
						2	Upper Iowa	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Wayne State College	6-3	Winona State University
Game 2	Bemidji State University	5-2	Upper Iowa University
Game 3	Concordia University	2-1	Southwest Minnesota State University
May 9
Game 4	Upper Iowa University	9-6	Winona State University	Winona State eliminated
Game 5	Wayne State College	9-1	Southwest Minnesota State University	Southwest Minnesota State eliminated
Game 6	Concordia University	8-2	Bemidji State University
May 11
Game 7	Concordia University	10-6	Wayne State College	Concordia advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Chris Herbert C Jr. Concordia-St. Paul
• Mike Wagner DH Sr. Bemidji State
• Marc Manganaro 1B Sr. Wayne State
• Nick Bidroski 2B R-Fr. Wayne State
• Travis Mather SS Jr. Upper Iowa
• Alex Koch 3B Jr. Wayne State
• Brendon Furrow OF Sr. Concordia-St. Paul
• Ted Farni OF Jr. Concordia-St. Paul
• Joe Wendte OF So. Wayne State South
• Nick Schumacher P Sr. Wayne State
• Jake Schmidt P Jr. Concordia-St. Paul
• Blake DeVries P So. Concordia-St. Paul
• Adam Schrader P So. Southwest Minnesota St.