2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament

The 2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball tournament was held May 8-11 at Veterans Memorial Ballpark at BNC Field in Mandan, ND and Municipal Ballpark at Dakota Community Bank & Trust Field in Bismarck, ND. #1 Augustana University defeated #2 Minnesota State University, Mankato for the title. Jack Hines of Augustana was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Augustana University	32-6	Tim Huber
2	Minnesota State University, Mankato	29-10	Matt Magers
3	University of Minnesota Crookston	28-10	Steve Gust
4	St. Cloud State University	28-11	Pat Dolan
5	Wayne State College	21-16	Alex Koch
6	Southwest Minnesota State University	20-19	Jeremy Ische
7	University of Mary	19-19	Tanner Spencer
8	Concordia University, St. Paul	19-19	Neil Lerner

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Augustana (SD)	19
	8	Concordia-St. Paul	3
						1	Augustana (SD)	12
						5	Wayne St. (NE)	5
	4	St. Cloud St.	2
	5	Wayne St. (NE)	3
											1	Augustana (SD)	10
											2	Minn.-Mankato	7
	2	Minn.-Mankato	5
	7	Mary	1
						2	Minn.-Mankato	15
						6	Southwest Minnesota St.	2
	3	Minnesota Crookston	0
	6	Southwest Minnesota St.	6																		1	Augustana (SD)	8	x
																					2	Minn.-Mankato	3	x
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						6	Southwest Minnesota St.	4
	8	Concordia-St. Paul	6			8	Concordia-St. Paul	8								2	Minn.-Mankato	7
	4	St. Cloud St.	5								8	Concordia-St. Paul	8			5	Wayne St. (NE)	1
											5	Wayne St. (NE)	19
						5	Wayne St. (NE)	4
	7	Mary	5			3	Minnesota Crookston	3
	3	Minnesota Crookston	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Wayne State College	3-2	St. Cloud State University
Game 2	Augustana University	19-3	Concordia University, St. Paul
Game 3	Minnesota State University, Mankato	5-1	University of Mary
Game 4	Southwest Minnesota State University	6-0	University of Minnesota Crookston
May 9
Game 5	Concordia University, St. Paul	6-5	St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud State eliminated
Game 6	University of Minnesota Crookston	6-5	University of Mary	Mary eliminated
Game 7	Minnesota State University, Mankato	15-2	Southwest Minnesota State University
Game 8	Augustana University	12-5	Wayne State College
Game 9	Concordia University, St. Paul	8-4	Southwest Minnesota State University	Southwest Minnesota State eliminated
Game 10	Wayne State College	4-3	University of Minnesota Crookston	Minnesota Crookston eliminated
May 10
Game 11	Augustana University	10-7	Minnesota State University, Mankato
Game 12	Wayne State College	19-8	Concordia University, St. Paul	Concordia eliminated
Game 13	Minnesota State University, Mankato	7-1	Wayne State College	Wayne State eliminated
May 11
Game 14	Augustana University	8-3	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Augustana advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Bennett McCollow, IF, Jr., Concordia-St. Paul
• Colin Lynam, OF, Gr., Wayne State
• Kolby Kiser, P, Sr., Southwest Minnesota State
• Aidan Byrne, INF, R-Jr., Minnesota State
• Ryan Friedges, INF, R-Sr., Minnesota State
• Mitch Gutknecht, LHP, R-Jr., Minnesota State
• Tate Meiners, INF, Sr., Augustana
• J.D. Hennen, RHP, So., Augustana
• Drey Dirksen, C, Sr., Augustana
• Caleb Saari, RHP, Sr., Augustana
• Jack Hines, INF, Sr., Augustana