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Viterbo to Travel to Bellevue for First Round of NSAA Tournament
Posted: Feb 17, 2023

Viterbo to Travel to Bellevue for First Round of NSAA Tournament

BISMARK, N.D. – The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) has officially announced the bracket for the Women's Basketball Postseason Tournament, and the Viterbo University earned the sixth seed. The V-Hawks will travel to third-seeded Bellevue (Neb.) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Dakota State (S.D.) will be the No. 1 seed for the third consecutive season, and hosts No. 8 seed Presentation (S.D.) in Madison, S.D., tipping off at 7 p.m. Mayville State (N.D.) will be the No. 2 seed. The Comets are set to host No. 7 seed Waldorf (Iowa) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening.

There was a tie for fourth place in the North Star conference standings between Dickinson State (N.D.) (12-16 overall record) and Valley City State (N.D.) (14-13 overall record), with a 7-7 conference record each.  The Blue Hawks defeated the Vikings 69-64 Thursday evening to secure the No. 4 seed in the postseason tournament.  Both teams split their head-to-head meetings this season, but Dickinson State earned the tiebreaker by defeating the higher place team in the NSAA standings, which was Bellevue with a 78-70 victory on Feb. 11. VCSU and DiSU will meet for the second straight game on Tuesday evening in Dickinson, N.D. with a tip-off at 6:30 p.m. (Central Time).

The four opening round winners will advance to the final site in the North Star Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament at the Civic Arena in Watertown, S.D. next weekend.  The women's semifinals take place at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.  The semifinals winners advance to the championship game on Sunday, Feb. 26 with a 1 p.m. tipoff.

The NSAA postseason tournament champion earns an automatic bid to the NAIA Women's Basketball National Tournament's opening round.  The national tournament opening round is scheduled for March 7-8.

The winners of the NAIA's opening round will advance to the final site at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa on March 13-18.

Follow along at the Tournament Central page on the NSAA website here.