2010 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament

The 2010 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in St. Cloud, MN. Minnesota State University, Mankato defeated Southwest Minnesota State University for the title. Zach Rowles of MSU was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Minnesota State University, Mankato	25-7	Matt Magers
2	Winona State University	24-8	Kyle Poock
3	St. Cloud State University	23-9	Pat Dolan
4	University of Minnesota Duluth	22-10	Bob Rients
5	Southwest Minnesota State University	22-10	Paul Blanchard
6	Wayne State College	21-10	Brian Disch

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Minnesota-Mankato	7
	6	Wayne St. (NE)	4			1	Minnesota-Mankato	4
						3	St. Cloud St.	9
											3	St. Cloud St.	3
											5	Southwest Minnesota St.	5			5	Southwest Minnesota St.	4
						6	Wayne St. (NE)	2								4	Minnesota Duluth	2
						5	Southwest Minnesota St.	13
	2	Winona St.	8																		5	Southwest Minnesota St.	5
	5	Southwest Minnesota St.	6																		1	Minnesota-Mankato	6
						2	Winona St.	5
						4	Minnesota Duluth	8
	3	St. Cloud St.	3								4	Minnesota Duluth	6
	4	Minnesota Duluth	8								1	Minnesota-Mankato	7
						2	Winona St.	4
						1	Minnesota-Mankato	20

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 5
Game 1	Winona State University	8-6	Southwest Minnesota State University
Game 2	University of Minnesota Duluth	8-3	St. Cloud State University
Game 3	Minnesota State University, Mankato	7-4	Wayne State College
May 6
Game 4	Southwest Minnesota State University	13-2	Wayne State College	Wayne State eliminated
Game 5	St. Cloud State University	9-4	Minnesota State University, Mankato
Game 6	University of Minnesota Duluth	8-5	Winona State University
May 8
Game 7	Minnesota State University, Mankato	20-4	Winona State University	Winona State eliminated
Game 8	Southwest Minnesota State University	5-3	St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud State eliminated
Game 9	Minnesota State University, Mankato	7-6	University of Minnesota Duluth
May 9
Game 10	Southwest Minnesota State University	4-2	University of Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth eliminated
Game 11	Minnesota State University, Mankato	6-5	Southwest Minnesota State University	Minnesota State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Andrew Kinney 1B Sr. SMSU
• Matt Kuchenbecker 2B So. MSU
• Orry Engebretsen 3B Fr. UMD
• Zach Rowles SS Jr. MSU
• Derick Swenson OF Sr. SMSU
• Joey Benke OF So. SCSU
• Aaron Berner OF Jr. MSU
• Brian Burman C Sr. UMD
• Bret Mitchell P Jr. MSU
• Jared Pick P Sr. SMSU
• Patrick Dockendorf DH So. MSU