Valley City State Baseball will face Bellevue in the opening round of the NSAA Postseason Baseball tournament, the conference office has announced.
 
VCSU earned the No. 8 seed with a 20-30 record overall and a 4-16 mark in conference play. Bellevue is the top seed after earning their sixth straight NSAA regular-season title with an overall record of 36-13 and 19-1 in the league. VCSU's opening round game against Bellevue will be Thursday, May 1 at 10 a.m. CT (9 a.m. MT).
 
The postseason tournament takes place at the Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark (240 2^nd Street SE) in Dickinson, N.D, as Dickinson State hosts for the third consecutive year. Dickinson State will provide a live broadcast and live stats for all tournament games.

This year's tournament will feature eight total teams, all six teams from the NSAA conference and two teams from the Cal Pac Conference.  Regular-season champion Simpson (Calif.) and La Sierra (Calif.) will be competing in the double elimination tournament format.

The North Star Athletic Association has awarded two automatic bids to the NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round this year. The Bruins already received the first North Star Athletic Association's automatic bid after winning the NSAA regular-season title.

Jamestown (N.D.) is No. 2 seed for the postseason tournament with an overall record of 32-16 and 11-9 NSAA conference record. 

Dickinson State (N.D.) (18-27 overall record) and Dakota State (S.D.) (24-22 overall record) finished in a two-way tie for third in the NSAA conference standings with 10-10 league record.  The Blue Hawks owned the tiebreaker over the Trojans after winning their four-game series with three victories.  DiSU is seeded No. 3, while DaSU is No. 5 seed.

Simpson from the Cal-Pac Conference is awarded No. 4 seed with an overall record of 20-26 and 13-5 record in league.  No. 6 seed belongs to La Sierra with an overall record of 19-18 and 9-9 conference record.  The Golden Eagles earned a tiebreaker over Westcliff (Calif.) to qualify for the NSAA conference tournament.

Mayville State (N.D.) (14-30 overall record, 6-14 NSAA conference record) is the No. 7 seed, while Valley City State (N.D.) (20-30 overall record, 4-16 NSAA conference record) is the No. 8 seed.

The tournament begins Thursday with four opening round games, starting at 10 a.m. (CT)/9 a.m. (MT) with Bellevue facing Valley City State.  Simpson and Dakota State will follow at 1 p.m. (CT)/12 a.m. (MT)/11 a.m. (PT).  Jamestown plays Mayville State at 5 p.m. (CT)/4 p.m. (MT) and wraps up the first day with the host team Dickinson State taking on La Sierra at 7 p.m. (CT)/6 p.m. (MT)/5 p.m. (PT).

The action continues Friday with two double elimination games and two winner's brackets games.  Saturday's action includes three elimination games and a winner's bracket contest between two remaining undefeated teams. 

The game times on Friday and Saturday may be adjusted accordingly after the first day of the tournament.

The final elimination game before the championship game is set for Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT)/11 a.m. (MT)/10 a.m. (PT), with the winner advancing to the championship game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. (CT)/2:30 p.m. (MT)/1:30 p.m. (PT).

The tournament champion receives the NSAA's second automatic berth to the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, which will be played on May 12-15 at campus sites.  The national tournament's opening round winners move on to the Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series in Lewiston, Idaho on May 23-31.

If the NSAA regular season champion wins the postseason tournament, the second automatic bid will go to the tournament's runner-up.

All games are nine (9) innings with 10-run mercy rule after 7 innings.  There will be no 10-run rule in the championship game.
  

2025 North Star Athletic Association Baseball Championship – hosted by Dickinson State (N.D.) University Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark – Dickinson, N.D. – Times in Mountain Time Zone (Overall Record, NSAA/Cal Pac record) LIVE VIDEO - LIVE SCOREBOARD
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - NSAA Baseball Opening Round
Game 1:  No. 8 seed Valley City State (N.D.) (20-30, 4-16 NSAA) vs. No. 1 seed Bellevue (Neb.) (36-13, 19-1 NSAA) – 9 a.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 2:  No. 5 seed Dakota State (S.D.) (24-22, 10-10 NSAA) vs. No. 4 seed Simpson (Calif.) (20-26, 13-5 Cal Pac) – 12 p.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 3:  No. 7 seed Mayville State (N.D.) (14-30, 6-14 NSAA) vs. No. 2 seed Jamestown (N.D.) (32-16, 11-9 NSAA) – 4 p.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 4:  No. 6 seed La Sierra (Calif.) (19-18, 9-9 Cal Pac) vs. No. 3 seed Dickinson State (N.D.) (18-27, 10-10 NSAA) – 7 p.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Friday, May 2, 2025 - times may be adjusted after the first day of the tournament)
Game 5 (Loser's Out Game):  Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 6 (Loser's Out Game):  Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 7 (Winner's Bracket Game):  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 8 (Winner's Bracket Game):  Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - times may be adjusted after the first day of the tournament
Game 9 (Loser's Out Game):  Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 10 (Loser's Out Game):  Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 11 (Winner's Bracket Game):  Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 12 (Loser's Out Game):  Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 – TBA	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Game 13 (Loser's Out Game):  Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 – 11 a.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Game 14 (Championship Game):  Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13 – 2:30 p.m.	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP
Monday, May 5, 2025
Game 15 (Championship Game #2):  If necessary if Winner Game 14 suffers first defeat – 11 a.m. Winner advances to 2025 NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round on May 12-15	LIVE VIDEO	LIVE STATS	RECAP