The 2023 American Rivers Conference Softball Tournament will be held Friday-Saturday, May 12-13 at the tournament's top seed (Coe College -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa). The single-elimination tournament will include the conference's top six teams. The No. 1 seed Coe Kohawks and the No. 2 seed Luther Norse will receive the first-round byes. First-round games will feature the No. 4 seed Wartburg Knights and the No. 5 seed Loras Duhawks at 2:00 p.m. with the winner drawing the No. 1 seed Coe in the semifinals. The late first-round game features the No. 3 Central Dutch vs. the No. 6 seed Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves at 4:30 p.m., with the winner moving on to face the No. 2 seed Luther.
The winner of the tournament will receive the American Rivers Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Softball Championship. The NCAA selection will announce AQ and at-large qualifiers, along with regional sites selected for the Championship on Monday, May 15. The regional round takes place Friday-Sunday, May 19-20 (Regionals that inlcude a team with a no-Sunday play policy will be conducted Thursday-Saturday). Winners of the regionals will advance to the Super Regionals that will take place Friday and Saturday, May 26-27. This year's NCAA Division III Championship will take place Thursday-Tuesday, June 1-7 at Taylor Field in Marshall, Texas as East Texas Baptist serves as the host site.
Game Schedule
Friday
Game 1 - 2:00 p.m. - No. 4 Wartburg vs. No. 5 Loras -
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Game 2 - 4:30 p.m. - No. 3 Central vs. No. 6 Nebraska Wesleyan -
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Saturday
Game 3 - 10:00 a.m. - Winner Game 1 vs. No. 1 Coe -
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Game 4 - 12:30 p.m. - Winner Game 2 vs. No. 2 Luther -
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Sunday
Game 5 - 11:00 a.m. - Championship Game -
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